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DECEMBER 22, 2015

Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? 2015 marks the worst year for tech IPO's since '09 with only 28 vs 62 in '14 and half the companies that did go public are trading beneath their IPO price; wait didn�t I say don�t worry too much about broader markets ;-).

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? Lawrence Ng: We were reminded that the best solutions come from a team that is a combination of individuals who are veterans in traditional industries as well as those with proven track records as growth hackers and problem solvers.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Tech solutions for such pressing issues as the climate crisis and social inequality have seen a 280% increase in global VC investment from 2015 to 2020, while investment in this space more than doubled in both cities over the past five years. times) since 2015, compared to 3.1 times) from 2015 to 2020. billion into U.S.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Jeb Spencer: For TVC, closing on our new $115 million software focused growth equity fund at the end of last year made for an exciting 2015. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year? be the pig and don't get greedy.

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MARCH 14, 2015

Mark Suster (@msuster) March 14, 2015. Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. If Twitter believes @periscopeco is a better product why not just try to win on that basis? Exciting time.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

Marshall Kirkpatrick (@marshallk) January 24, 2015. It’s an online relationship and I actually believe that as of 2015 I’ve met more of my close connections in the past 5-7 years online before offline. years before… — Shafqat Islam (@shafqatislam) January 24, 2015. Theory: it’s really that simple.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Snapchat had reportedly been on track to hit a $100M run rate--a longtime milestone--in 2015, however, has not announced yet if it hit that goal. OpenX said in January it just passed $140M in revenues; Steelhouse said it had $130M in revenues in 2015 at the end of January , and Thrive Market disclosed it passed a $100M run rate this week.

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MAY 1, 2015

The Tech Coast Angels , one of the most active angel investment groups nationwide in addition to here in Southern California, said Friday that it invested in eight new and follow on deals in the first quarter of 2015, in addition to seeing two exits out of its portfolio.

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MAY 28, 2015

Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 29, 2017

percent on average for the time period of 2011 to 2015 compared with the previous five years, according to an estimate by the U.S. The pay gap between women and men in tech jobs in Los Angeles widened 15.5 Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

According to UC President Janet Napolitano, the UC Board of Regents is voting this week on approving the $250M fund, UC Ventures , which is expected to launch in 2015. The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2014

The network is expected to launch in 2015, timed with the opening of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. According to Boingo, it has just signed an agreement with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority) to design, install, and operate a cellular and Wi-Fi network system in the new World Trade Center.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x Every VC who’s been the business for a long time realized first hand that the VC markets were changing rapidly as early as Q3 of 2015. 2015 turned to 2016. Fall turned to winter.

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MAY 3, 2015

Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. I saw this Tweet recently by Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance. conviction > consensus. He took two words where I take 1,000!

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JANUARY 5, 2015

We are looking forward to this year''s Silicon Beach Fest 2015 continuing these themes and being bigger, adding more international, biotech, and more. Watch for more in 2015. What technologies are you looking at in 2015? What was your biggest lesson learned this year?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The publicly traded company had a US IPO and NASDAQ listing in August of 2020 but has been trading on the Toronto exchange since 2015. The company said the new school bus is an all-electric, 40-foot battery powered electric school bus with a range of up to 150 miles; the bus can seat up to 90 passengers.

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JULY 10, 2015

percent of its total revenues in the first quarter of 2015, and that it estimates that its users supplied 7 percent of AutoNation's Q1 2015 new vehicle sales. TrueCar said that AutoNation had represented 3.1 The two cut ties after a dispute over sharing of customer information.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

The two have been working together since August of 2015. The company said it will deliver its in-image and in-screen ad units to those publications. Financial details of the renewal were not announced. GumGum is backed by such investors as Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, and says it has a reach of 600 million uniques. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Blizzard said it intends to begin beta testing of the game in 2015. Anaheim-based videogame developer Blizzard announced plans for its next big videogame late Friday, saying its new title, Overwatch , will be a first person shooter revolving around a team of heroes set in an technologically advanced, stylized future earth.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The company said it is expecting 40 percent year-over-year revenue growth in 2015. Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project > has just passed the $100M mark, reporting yesterday that its 2014 year end revenues were $125.3M. on revenues of $41.8M for the quarter.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Both Poghosyan and Gudanis have long histories in identity and access management, back in 2009 Poghosyan founded Advancive Technology Solutions, which was acquired by Optiv in 2015 to bulk up its identity access management service.

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

Highlights included a panel discussion led by our own Ben Kuo and featuring Abhi Nemani, Oded Noy, Erik Rannala, Matt Kozlov and Chet Pipkin, which inspired our audience with insights into where LA tech is headed in 2015. Chet Pipkin was also honored with the Outstanding Achievement Honor from DFR. See more photos on Facebook.

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JULY 29, 2015

in Q3 of 2015, with full 2015 revenues of between $246M to $250M. Rubicon said Tuesday afternoon that it had $53.0M in revenues, an 88 percent increase from the second quarter of 2014, when it had revenues of $28.3M. Rubicon said the growth in revenues game both from organic growth, and strategic acquisitions. and $65.0M

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MARCH 29, 2019

The fund--led by Carmen Palafox, Noramay Cadena, and Shaun Arora--says it has so far made investments into 16 companies since 2015. MiLA Capital , the venture capital firm that is behind the Make In LA hardware accelerator, says it has raised its first official venture capital fund, officially closing its first fundraise.

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APRIL 22, 2015

The company said it was selected to participate in the 2015 class of REach , a growth technology accelerator program sponsored by Second Century Ventures, the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). AssetAvenue is led by David Manshoory.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Who do you think are the top 50 up-and-coming individuals in Southern California's technology industry this year?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Overall, according to Gartner, the SaaS market will top $22 billion by 2015. SaaS is bringing sexy back, in 2015 and beyond. SaaS-based companies grow - The SaaS market is growing 3x faster than the software market (20% vs. 7%), and this rate is expected to continue through 2020. You can follow John on Twitter: @johngreathouse.

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Berkonomics

JULY 28, 2015

September 21st, 2015 marks the sixth anniversary of publication for BERKONOMICS , the blog containing insights for business management, entrepreneurs, and investors. Starting with just 4,000 circulation in 2009, BERKONOMICS has grown to well over 100,000, and is read on five continents by an audience that is 45% female.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2014

The two announced at SXSW over the weekend that Beats Music will show up as an app in Chevy Corvette, Impala, Malibu, Volt and other 2015 models which has OnStar 4G LTE capabilities. Los Angeles-based streaming music service Beats Music has extended out its reach, and will show up on Chevy models, via a deal with General Motors.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

TaskUs said it saw 400% revenue growth in 2015, but did not say what those revenues were; the company was bootstrapped by Weir and Maddock on $25,000 in their life savings, and the company took its first capital, $15M in private equity, last year.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

According to Neustar, Marketshare generated $57M in revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2015. Los Angeles-based MarketShare Partners , the marketing analytics technology developer led by Wes Nichols and Jon Vein, has been acquired by Neustar , in a deal worth $450M.

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MARCH 18, 2019

However, the site has quite a bit less music now, after the site accidentally lost all of the music uploaded to the site uploaded between 2003 and 2015. The onetime social networking site, founded in Los Angeles, is now owned by Meredith Corporation and is still active as an online music discovery site.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Slacker said Thursday that it will offer up a new Slacker Radio app on select Lexus models, and soon on select Toyota model years from 2011 to 2015. San Diego-based Slacker Radio , which operates a streaming radio service, has scored a big win with Toyota and Lexus. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Ziouani sold Ansible to Red Hat in 2015, and prior to that had spent more than 10 years at Red Hat; Anchore's co-founder is Daniel Nurmi, former Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Co-Founder and CTO of Eucalyptus Systems. Anchore is led by Said Ziouani, a veteran of Eucalyptus and Ansible.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Unfortunately for this year''s holiday shoppers, it looks like the company doesn''t expect to deliver first product until October of 2015. The two apparently have previously been involved with SparqEE, another developer of crowdfunding projects. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2019

Karma Automotive said it has actually been working with BMW on the onboard generators for the vehicle since 2015. Karma Automotive claims it will have its vehicles available for sale or lease by the second half of this year, although it has yet to announced its vehicles. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 5, 2016

With a massive increase in companies created and a huge number of sources one trend that we witnessed from 2012–2015 was the rise of the undisciplined round. In Q3/Q4 2015 the market changed noticeably for VC funds and the market started to realize this by Q1 2016. Now seed funding is conventional wisdom. I Leaderless Rounds.

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