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JUNE 3, 2014

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , which helps provide brands with online software and services for helping better connect with their customers and potential customers, said today that it is planning growth and hiring at a new headquarters in Agoura Hills. touchcommerce hiring jobs employment agoura software' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? You’re a small fish. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2017

ServiceNow , the developer of cloud-based, enterprise software for service management which has a big office San Diego, announced this morning that it has acquired DxContinuum , a developer of machine learning software. Financial details of the all-cash deal were not announced. DxContinuum was backed by Cequel III, LLC.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Newport Beach-based Title365 , a developer of technology and services for the title insurance and escrow business, has been acquired by Texas-based Solutionstar. Solutionstar said it will pay $36M in cash for Title365, which it says is expected to have $63M in revenues in 2014. Title365 was advised by JMP Securities in the deal.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based expense and invoice management software developer Chrome River says it has launched operations in the Asia Pacific, and set up a new company based in Sydney, Australia. The office is its second overseas; the company opened up an office in the UK in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2015

According to the two, LiveOps has split into LiveOps Cloud Platform , which will be led by LiveOps Ceo Vasili Triant and is now owned by Marlin Equity, from LiveOps Agent Services , which will continue on as a separate organization. The two parts of LiveOps have been run separately since 2014. LiveOps is based in Austin, Texas.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

More specifically, it’s the contractors that service equipment like the heating, ventilation and cooling systems at commercial and residential properties across the U.S. The two men built a suite of services to help contractors like their fathers manage their businesses.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2016

Mobrem is a serial entrepreneur, who was the founder of Lettuce, which he sold to Intuit in 2014; Shulem is a 21-year old Mac software developer. WeDo says it launched its app into beta in May, and so far has 18,000 signups for the service so far. Name of the angels were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Zweig was one of the architects behind the success of AdColony, a startup which sold to Opera Software in 2014 for $350 million. Zweig claims that conversion rates have increased significantly for the companies that pay a fee for his company’s service. “Google has been a great partner for us,” Zweig says.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

Is the world ready for another event management software provider? Gregg Parise What we are doing, is we are going into the event management software space, and doing it through a platform technology. You point out that there''s a lot of folks in this market, why jump in with a new service?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. Mike tells us about the company, who uses its software, as well as how he was initially turned away from the Amplify.LA

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2015

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest , which got its start offering up lists and ways to compare the merits of a myriad of different things (products, colleges, you name it), has rebranded itself as Graphiq , and has refocused on the visual tools behind FindTheBest's original service. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2019

That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time. Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Nanxi Liu about the company''s software. Nanxi Liu: Our goal is to be the software that powers content on any kind of digital display that you see anywhere, whether that''s in a restaurant, hotel, or bar. We want our software to get you to be more engaged with the content on those displays.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2017

With the growing interest in cord-cutting, you’d think it would be getting easier to find alternative sources for broadband Internet service. Back in 2014, I wrote a column intended to help consumers walk away from their. But no, it’s actually a bit more complicated than it used to be, because there are more options to choose from.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2016

SaaS – or Software as a Service – platforms are all the rage. Essentially a business model where software is licensed and distributed from a central location, SaaS companies can now be found in telecoms, human resources, and more. Here are four that are blazing trails right now: Quintype. RelinkLabs.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In the world of drone aircraft and robots, right now everyone develops their own, on-board operating systems software to run those autonomous systems. We spoke with Dreamhammer''s CEO, Nelson Paez , about the company''s software and its vision for a interoperable operating system for drones and robots. What''s Dreamhammer?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2014

How much will social media fame cost you in 2014? Just as tools exist to quickly and cheaply create counterfeit minions, inexpensive services also exist which make it easy to ferret truth from fiction. Thus, in 2014, accrue your social media status the old-fashioned way - earn it. Content matters, not puffery. . The Downside.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. How we do hat, is we've built an analytics platform, Daasity, for data-as-a-service. How supportive is that environment to third party software and partners?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2017

Jeff Debrosse, the San Diego cybersecurity expert who founded Nxt Robotics in 2014, will continue as CTO, according to a statement from the company. Under Andersen, the startup has expanded its strategy beyond developing service. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

Since then, TakeLessons has raised a total of $20 million in venture capital, and expanded into new markets and services. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million. San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 7, 2015

Now the co-founder and CEO of GoCoin named by Entrepreneur Mag 3/2014 LA’s Silicon Beach #1 hottest startup and one of three worldwide selected by PayPal, Steve is actively circling the globe speaking at International conferences on digital currency and next generation merchant payment solutions.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last Monday, Jan 6th, marked the culmination of AT&T’s Developer Summit at CES 2014 along with the release of open APIs for its U-Verse platform on Android. We look forward to working with more developers to bring fun and innovative apps to U-Verse.” ~GW Shaw, vice president of Video and U-Verse Services, AT&T Home Solutions.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Heyward was an early star of the budding Los Angeles startup community with the launch of the anonymous messaging service, Whisper nearly 8 years ago. Whisper’s last round was a $36 million Series C back in 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. a highly respected global video company that services virtually all media companies and 70 of the Fortune 100.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. But software companies often take longer to scale top-line revenue than retailers so it takes a while to cover your nut.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The partnership with Wearable World Labs and Technicolor give 30 startups not only office space, development tools and services but solid mentorship and education opportunities from a class of entrepreneurs in a move that will help them expand ideation and bring innovation to life, thereby driving the wearable technology industry forward.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014. In addition to working at Indiegogo, Kate is the co-founder and CMO of The Can Van, the world’s first mobile beer canning service made to bring reasonably priced and environmentally friendly packaging options to California breweries. Including wearables, gaming, smartphones, home and the car.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Institutional venture capital dispensed thus far in 2014 has been up significantly over the last few years, but is still less than half of the peak hit way back in the year 2000 (over $100 billion). Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The Carlsbad, CA-based company has also developed software that it says can help healthcare providers and other organizations keep track of orthotic devices and bill patients for their use. On Tuesday, Breg announced it will be getting an assist on the software side from Redox , a healthtech startup based in Madison, WI.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling your consulting service or a few products (as an alternative to eBay): Go online to reserve a website domain name.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 billion active mobile users monthly as of March 31, 2014, while Twitter has 255 million active users.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

I built my own company around marketing services, and have been around business development, marketing, custom service, and sales, and also on the consumer side of technology, a little bit a mix of the two. We're both working with music industry insiders, as well as going and talking with services. How did you two connect?

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. Four of the companies here were founded in 2014, another three were started in 2015, and two—CureMatch and Lymber—debuted earlier this year.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

The event attracted over 500 distinguished attendees from around the world in the digital media and technology industry including advertising, media, data, eCommerce, software, social and gaming. 2014 Wavemaker Award recipients are: Hang Ten Award: Advertising & Marketing Services. Hitesh Chawla, CEO. Silver Push.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 13, 2015

When CNET released their list of the “ Best Wearables of 2014 ,” all nine of these gadgets are worn on the wrist, every single one of them, like that is the only part of our bodies available for wearable technology. But with a price tag of $1,500.00 (as of December 2014), I think I’ll hold off on this for now. 3-D gaming.

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