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JANUARY 4, 2016

Over the last week or so, we've featured the reflections of our readers on 2015 and what it has meant for Southern California's technology industry. 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?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Who are the top 50 people to watch in Southern California? We've attempted to do that for the last three years, trying to ferret out exactly who the people--not companies--are to watch in the region's technology industry.

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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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DECEMBER 23, 2015

It was refreshing to see my team make so much progress in my absence. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? Lief Morin: In the Enterprise Technology sector, arguably the biggest impact event was the announcement of Dell acquiring EMC for 67 Billion dollars. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2017

The firm's second fund closed at the end of 2015, and was worth $50M. The company joins an increasingly long list of investors with new funds invested in Southern California's growing technology sector. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2016

Big Data Day LA is the largest of its kind, and completely free, Big Data conference in Southern California. Spearheaded by Subash D’Souza and organized and supported by a community of volunteers, sponsors and speakers, Big Data Day LA features the most vibrant gathering of data and technology enthusiasts in Los Angeles.

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MAY 9, 2016

in total revenues for 2015. The filing is the first IPO filing for a Southern California technology firm so far in 2016. The IPO is being underwritten by Jeffries, Cowen and Company, First Analysis Securities Co., NantHealth reported a net loss of $71.6M

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Among the massive trove of information in Venice, California-based Snap Inc. 's s IPO filing on Thursday is the tidbit that the company more than tripled its number of employees in the last year, going from 600 full time employees on December 31, 2015, to 1,859 as of December 31, 2016.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Over the holidays, we''re featuring a few reflections on 2014 from some of the movers and shakers in Southern California''s technology industry. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? Today''s thoughts come from John Greathouse, who is a partner at Rincon Venture Partners.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2016

Amid hand wringing about an IPO slowdown in 2015, there's one shining region which had a banner IPO and acquisition year last year: Santa Barbara. The city and surrounding region, which has been a long time technology hub, had a huge IPO and exit year, according to an analysis conducted by socaltech. The biggest exit was the $1.5

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JULY 29, 2020

After raising $15 million in financing from one of technology’s most successful global investment firms, the Los Angeles-based consumer goods rental company Joymode is selling itself to an early-stage retail investment firm out of New York, XRC Labs.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Los Angeles has 8 percent of all the "unicorn" companies globally, according to a new study released Wednesday by the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. The school said the study companies as a unicorn if they exceeded a value of $1 billion during any month between January 2014 and the end of 2015.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs?

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

It''s usually pretty slow from the news front around the holidays, so every year, we feature a few "end of the year" posts from movers and shakers here in Southern California''s tech industry. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015?

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JANUARY 2, 2015

Over the last couple of weeks, we''ve been featuring the reflections on the last year from folks in Southern California''s technology industry. This enabled our partnership to raise its third Frontier Fund offering, focused on early stage media and technology companies. What was your biggest lesson learned in 2014?

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MAY 25, 2016

Jim Armstrong: It's broadly technology, from consumer Internet, to marketplaces, from Internet infrastructure to enterprise software. I think there are a lot of opportunities across all of these areas of technology, especially as it relates to Southern California.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

Brett and I both grew up in Southern California. So, what is PeerStreet? We said, let's create a technology marketplace and platform that creates benefits for those existing lenders, as well as investors. So, we're focused on applying technology more efficiently and creating more value for investors.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

We''ve been featuring a few reflections on the last year from a number of movers and shakers in Southern California''s technology industry over the last couple of weeks, during the holidays. Technology investing is not for the faint of heart and requires vision, focus, tenacity, creativity and some luck (a lot?).

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

organized by the Los Angeles-based venture firm Upfront Ventures as a showcase for technology and investment talent in Southern California, venture investor Josh Kopelman spoke to the heightened pace of dealmaking at his own firm. Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Anne Fulton: Fuel50 is a career pathing startup, part of the HR technology landscape. We're a disruptor, the third wave in human resources technology. Anne Fulton: I've always been a technology lover, although I'm an organizational psychologist by training. I also find that Southern California is an amazing place for talent.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

It''s usually pretty slow from the news front around the holidays, so every year, we feature a few "end of the year" posts from movers and shakers here in Southern California''s tech industry. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2016

Orange County is the epicenter for ophthalmology technology and innovation in the world. OCTANe's 4th Annual Orange County Ophthalmology Technology Summit (OTS) continues to build upon this rich tradition and we are delighted to announce that David Pyott will be in attendance in a discussion with Jim Mazzo. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today. For example, Orange County with medical devices.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2015

REACH will host a one day Pitch Show-Down on September 24, 2015 pitting the best startups against one and other in front of a panel of experts. Press looking to rub elbows with the latest and greatest tech companies from the SoCal area. Dinners : this is a curated crowd of who’s who in the SoCal tech. What’s REACH NEXT?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Organic Academia.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

We're also giving them the technology to grow their sales, both through online and offline channels. Andrew Schydlowsky: We entered this market in 2015, and we are backed by a combination of institutional investors, and some family offices, as well as some very experienced and successful angels and operators.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What we specialize in, is the way we deliver this content in a seamless way, in high quality, with the latest technology available. Inside that solution, we have technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics ,and security for streaming machines, and so forth. By doing that, we are a turnkey business-in-a box.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

mPulse was formed in April of 2015, as a spinoff of a company called mobileStorm, which has been in mobile marketing and communications for the last fifteen years. So, after a fifteen year career there, I saw a tremendous opportunity here to build out that technology. This is really first mover technology. What is mPulse?

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Some entrepreneurs, though, are acting as if Prop 64, known officially as the California Marijuana Legalization Initiative, has already passed. The Boulder-based accelerator expanded this year to Northern California, and enrolled its first nine startups in Berkeley on August 29. billion , according to ArcView Market Research.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

The world today is going increasingly digital, to such a degree that even quick serve and fast casual restaurant chains are eager to connect with consumers online, via smartphone, and even in their stores--so that they can better get to know you, market to you, and encourage you to visit. What is Tillster?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 21, 2015

So she started a conference for girls. Hundreds of founders, speakers, mentors, and students flocked to the University of Southern California on March 28 th , 2015 to be inspired by female entrepreneurs. And I am not talking about starting a technology company. She didn’t stop there.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. However, in 2008 we were focused almost exclusively within Southern California. Without insights into the Northern California startup ecosystem, our thesis was, "Why are these guys seeking capital in SoCal?

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

We looked around, and decided to throw our hat into the ring, and went through the CONNECT incubator here, Nonprofits are not known to have much money to spend on technology, how does that affect you as you approach them about what you can offer? The other part, is you have to have a really great user experience when it comes to technology.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 11, 2010

This month’s big question is Examples of Big Impact from Technology and I’ve taken it as an opportunity to go back and look at the elements of different projects that I’ve worked on over the years that have had a big impact. In this post, I’m going to focus on a common model that has been part of several of the highest impact projects.

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JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Chip Kelly was 10-6 in his first two season so Philly fans had a love affair with him. Team Building.

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