socalTECH

MAY 14, 2019

According to L Squared, since its investment in Virtium in July of 2015, Virtium saw its organic revenues more than double, and a tripling of its EBITDA. L Squared said that Virtium was its second platform investment and third exit for the firm in the last twelve months. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Now, Thrive Global is adding a tech tool to its arsenal of cognitive behavioral therapies with the acquisition of the Los Angeles-based startup, Boundless Mind. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the stock and cash acquisition will see all nine members of the current Boundless team join Thrive Global.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GrubMarket , which provides a B2C platform for consumers to order produce and other food and home items for delivery, and a B2B service where it supplies grocery stores, meal-kit companies and other food tech startups with products that they resell, is today announcing that it has raised $60 million in a Series D round of funding.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2017

The way we're doing that, is we are creating video content, which we distribute across social platforms. We had lots of success reaching the GenZ and millennial audience with video content on that platform. I had seen how things were working over there, and went through a number of acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

According to recent statistics , there are already over 500 website crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter , available; and over $5 billion was raised this way last year. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/25/2015. Here they are: A crowdfunding campaign. A seed-stage “super angel.”

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

We morphed from a kiosk company, to a provider of a fully digital store platform for the restaurant industry, and in particular, multi-unit restaurants. Our platform encompasses several things. By bringing our platforms together, we could take in some additional technology and bring it into the fast casual segment of the business.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

Upon the platform of the new Machine Shop, they have brought both their Creative Team and Management in-house to effectively drive innovation. More recently in 2015, Kiel helped launch Machine Shop Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-to-growth stage companies with a global scope. Joe received his B.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2017

More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to a 2015 study. Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. It seems that more people are focused on money today.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Launched in July of 2006, Twitter was a platform that experienced consistent and steady growth for many years. They hit the coveted one million user milestone and within two years a billion tweets had been sent on the platform. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. It had strong platform usage.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. It also wasn’t clear at the time what types of apps would be built on top of the platform, other than cheaper IVR systems. The former is a developer platform, while the latter was a consumer subscription service.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

5) It is 2015. One of the interesting questions I’m keeping an eye on is at what level users will consume compute resources, in particular, where in the spectrum between infrastructure as a service and platform as a service. What helps me is to always remember the phrase about growing the pie as opposed to trying to get a larger slice.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Fun Fact: Preventing spreadsheet abuse since 2015 – one company at a time. B2B Demand Generation on Auto-Pilot – Metadata analyzes your inbound signups and automates b2b user acquisition by targeting new look-alike prospects. Moveha is a housing platform that helps students find off campus housing and make reservations online.

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