Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2015 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, January 29 from 7 p.m. We will have amazing panelists from March Capital, Greycroft, Machinima, Silicon Valley Bank and Amplify who will share their insights and forecast for start-ups in 2015. Sponsorship opportunities for events.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based Enrou (www.enrou.co) thinks it has a way--by connecting people with products that also help support international development and causes, via its own online marketplace. I had worked along with some of these organization son the ground, who were employing people, providing microfinancing, education, and help.

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MAY 29, 2019

Black Mountain Systems was previously owned by another, private equity investor, Stone Point Capital LLC , which acquired Black Mountain in 2015. Black Mountain said the investment y Vista will help it grow both domestically and internationally, and also provide new capital ti invest in development of its platform. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 14, 2021

Mercato was founded in 2015 and helps over a thousand smaller grocers and specialty food stores get online for pickup or delivery, without having to sign up for delivery services like Instacart or Amazon Fresh. Mercato raises $26M Series A to help smaller grocers compete online.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Burbank-based Causecast , which developed an online platform to help employers increase employee engagement with charitable causes, has been acquired by America's Charities , a nonprofit focused on getting employees to support causes they care about. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Foot Locker explained the move will also go to help help accelerate GOAT Group's global operations, expanding its omnichannel experience and technologies. in total since it was founded in 2015. New York-based Foot Locker said the strategic minority investment came through its subsidiary in 1661, Inc. GOAT has now raised $197.6M

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. It helps you figure out what you can do in a business, what roles are available, what might be my future here.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The funding comes on top of an earlier $130M equity investment led by Netmarble in 2015, and another $145M in strategic financing Jam City raised in 2019, from a bank syndicate including Joint Lead Arrangers JPMorgan and Bank of America Merrill Lynch with Silicon Valley Bank, Truist Securities and CIT Bank.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

An incubator won’t help you if the market opportunity is small, the competitors are large, or your solution doesn’t address a real need. As evidence that it does work, VentureBeat calculated in 2015 that YCombinator startups had raised over $7 billion, with a $65 billion total valuation.

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I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies.

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MAY 5, 2020

According to Lassoff, Love Goodly's subscription box will continue unchanged, and the company will continue to deliver cruelty free and nontoxic products to help women discover healthier personal care, and with the same team. Love Goodly was founded in 2015; Lassoff said both she and Bogue Miller will continue on as consultants to NOVICA.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2015

Here is a look back on some of the biggest booths at CES 2015. The introduction to 8K did surprise, but again, the problem of lacking content is not going to help push 4K or higher TVs out the door. New business solutions mirror and talking Android were do-not-miss highlights of CES 2015. CES 2015 turned out to be CES 2014.5.

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MARCH 11, 2016

In the case of San Diego's Classy (www.classy.org), you get an extremely popular piece of software-as-a-service to help you manage a nonprofit and its fundraising efforts. People would come to our events, and do anything from cleaning a beach in San Diego, to restore a youth homeless shelter, to helping families directly impacted by cancer.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Hopefully more entrepreneurs will enter this space in the near future and create even more helpful services for the elderly and senior citizen communities. . The post Grandparents Day 2015 Gets a Boost from Entrepreneurs appeared first on TechZulu. This is a potentially lucrative under-tapped market.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based Evite is launching an effort to help raise money for charities, with a "Make More Merry" campaign powered by Venice, California-based Pledgeling , the company said Monday. Evite and Pledgeling have been working together since 2015 on the Evite Donation service. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2019

Techstars created the Techstars Foundation in 2015, in a bid to help increase the number of underrepresented entrepreneurs in the ecosystem. The Foundation's grants range from $10,000 to $50,000, depending on the established organization's budget, according to Techstars. Applications are open through April 8th. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

With the 2015 holiday shopping season now upon us, it’s “go time” for retailers across the country — an opportunity to put their carefully crafted holiday plans into action and deliver on their bottom-line expectations. Plus, holiday e-commerce sales are widely expected to continue rising in 2015. Focus On The Consumer.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. On paper she’s more qualified than Yves or myself so with that out of the way can we now just focus on her skills and how you help me recruit her?” She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership,

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Qualcomm said its Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator will focus on helping to accelerate the development of a next generation of robotics and intelligence machines. Qualcom said that the deadline for applications is February 22nd, and the class will start in May of 2015 and end in September of 2015. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Borow currently runs an investment firm, Manifest Partners, and was co-founder and CEO of SHIFT, which he sold to Brand Network for $50M in 2015; he later was Global Head of Revenue Programs at Snap, and helped found commercial real estate marketplace CREXi. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incuabtor (LACI) said this week that it has been ranked third on the 2015 University Business Incubator list, an annual ranking of top university-associated incubators. LACI said it also received the 2015 High Impact Incubation Programs in North America award by UBI Global, the group behind the rankings.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The company said it is creating a "new set of tools" to help businesses grow smarter. The service is currently in beta, and free to use.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Honk Technologies offers up a mobile app which lets motorists requests help for a jump start, tire change, or other on-the-road road assistance. Honk previously raised $12M in a funding round in 2015. The funding was led by Altpoint Ventures, and also included Structure Capital and Venture 51. and Fonality. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

San Francisco-based Cloudflare , which provides a service which helps web site and web application developers manage caching and access to their websites, protecting against cyberattacks, distributed denial of service (DDoS)--and which is backed by Qualcomm--is heading towards an IPO.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Now, the technology is being installed in most new automobiles in order to track driving, which would help people lower their insurance costs exponentially. These devices are built into about 90% of new cars , and can help younger drivers decrease their insurance costs by quite a bit, if they are driving safely and responsibly.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. StatMuse is developing an artificial intelligence platform to help sports fans explore data using simple, natural language. Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015 appeared first on TechZulu. 2 3D-Printing Companies. 2 AI Companies.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

It’s an RNA-based drug meant to help boost production of the SMA protein, which in turn is supposed to help improve patients’ motor function. Type 2 patients, for instance, might not be able to walk, but they can sit upright, function with the help of a wheelchair, and live longer. Cure SMA drew about 4 percent of its $5.4

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Blizzard said it intends to begin beta testing of the game in 2015. The company said it has ramped hiring specifically to help support the new title and its other development efforts. Blizzard apparently had a playable version of the game running on a network of 600 PCs at its BlizzCon conference this weekend. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Weestlake Village-based data storage and high efficiency power supply maker Qualstar said Wednesday that it is looking at "strategic alternatives", including "mergers, acquisitions and divestures", and also will make "personnel adjustments" to help it reduce operating expenses. Qualstar said had $2.6 million in revenues, compared with $3.5M

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MARCH 7, 2015

Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 2/27/2015. The best and happiest entrepreneurs build a successful startup that attracts investors, rather than waiting for an investor to kick-start their success. entrepreneur funding request investors startup stage'

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JANUARY 19, 2017

MATCHCo , a developer of a mobile app which helps users match their skin tones to cosmetics, has been acquired by Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido. MATCHCo was founded by Dave Gross and Andy Howell in 2013, and launched its first app in November of 2015. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2019

The software is the first title for the new company, which was founded in 2015 by Charlie Jackson, whose claim to fame was founding the original Silicon Beach Software in 1984, one of the very first develops of third party software for the Apple Macintosh.

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MARCH 31, 2017

The company said its full 2016 year net revenues were $100.4M, an increase of 72% over the company's 2015 revenues of $58.3M. NantHealth's tests are used by oncologists to help guide what specific treatments to use to treat cancer for patients.

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JULY 20, 2016

Need help finding a parking spot in LA? The company--based out of Chicago--works with parking operators to help them fill unsold spots, which can be reserved via an iOS or Android app, or through the company's website. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s also worth noting that this represents a bit of a turnaround for the company, after the it shut down operations in Los Angeles, New York City and New Orleans in 2015, with Hall coming on as CEO shortly afterwards. We are excited to partner with their team to help drive future growth and expansion.”

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The new platform is aimed specifically at employers, helping them to gain control of their dental costs and claims. Brighter said the new product helps lower health costs for self-insured employers, and includes things as plan design, actuarial analysis, claims adjudication, wellness outreach, member services, and other features.

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JULY 20, 2016

3PL Central said that the acquisition will help it to accelerate its product development cycles, provide more solutions, and bolster its Customer Success team. 3PL Central is led by John Watkins, who remains CEO of the combined company; 3PL raised funding from Mainsail Partners back in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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