TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The cybersecurity insurance market is expected to become a $23 billion industry by 2025, driven in part by an explosion in connected devices and new regulatory regimes under Europe’s GDPR and more recently California’s state-wide privacy law. It’s a huge move for the company, which only closed its Series B in February.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Brand endorsements from celebrities and athletes have been proven to have a powerful economic impact on stock prices (Forbes 2016). Discover how to navigate generational market complexity as Millennials and Gen Z look more to digital platforms and social media for healthcare guidance. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Carlsbad-based DNAe says it has developed a new, diagnostic platform that uses semiconductor DMA to help in treating antimicrobial resistant infections. contract was awarded in 2016 by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). According to the company, it completed the first phase of a $51.9M

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

6 Entrepreneurs share their predictions for this year’s evolution of online industries, which will be key for small businesses across the globe in 2016. As social media becomes a platform for online extremists, valid questions regarding freedom of speech, monitoring and censorship have arisen. Wireless Global Connections.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

to date, the company said that it saw an 188% growth in annual recurring revenue compared to a year ago, with more than 25,000 individuals in 2,000 salons and spas in the country now using its platform. But for now, it’s a startup its investors believe is on solid footing in its home market. “As Focusing on the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s coming from Leif , itself a startup that provides financing services to edtech platforms so that they can offer their students income share agreements (otherwise known as ISAs, arrangements where students are not required to pay back tuition loans until they find jobs). Thankfully, now that appears to be changing.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 29, 2019

“The barrier to entry from independent studios is to find product-market fit,” says Driver. The company raised a $55 million round of financing in 2016, $60 million in 2017 and $100 million in 2018. ” The unicorn gaming company has amassed increasingly larger rounds over the past three years on a nearly annual basis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

Most of the experience so far has been cash versus the equity feature defined by the JOBS Act – Equity Crowdfunding (Title III) , introduced back in 2016 with 685 pages of rules. I would summarize the qualms and feedback from professional investors as the following: Crowdfunding platform costs trickle down to angel groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Most of the experience so far has been cash versus the equity feature defined by the JOBS Act – Equity Crowdfunding (Title III) , introduced back in 2016 with 685 pages of rules. I would summarize the qualms and feedback from professional investors as the following: Crowdfunding platform costs trickle down to angel groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

With today’s overload of information from digital as well as conventional sources, even the best new solutions and services won’t get traction without real marketing. Digital marketing is the cost-effective place to start, utilizing the internet, mobile phones, display advertising, and other digital mediums.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2015

Triune''s products are aimed at the wearable, industrial, and automotive market, where the company''s platform can deliver up to 100W of power. Semtech said the deal is expected to be slightly accretive for its fiscal year 2016. Triune was based in Texas, and has 35 employees, all of whom are joining Semtech. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2018

Much attention was focused this past year on the impact of social media on the 2016 presidential election, as reports emerged about the use of these platforms by entities linked with Russia to spread false, misleading, or inflammatory political messages. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 3, 2016

Irvine-based vehicle telematics provider Spireon reported Thursday afternoon that it has reached three million subscribers to its platform, and has named a new CEO. In addition to the CEO news, Spireon said it saw "record breaking" sales in the first quarter of 2016. The company said it has named Kevin Weiss to the CEO position.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Although Arena of Valor didn’t quite take off in Western markets, it has done well in Southeast Asia in part thanks to Tencent’s publishing partnership with the region’s internet giant Garena. That raises the question of whether Tencent can replicate its success in overseas markets where its social apps are largely absent.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Our team has an eye for identifying legacy industries and nascent trends, and creating platforms for innovation. Coinbase, the online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital currency. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 9, 2018

A booming American economy coupled with failing infrastructure and a low-margin business reluctant to adopt new technologies have put stress on domestic logistics companies in the $900 billion market for U.S. The two men began planning the business in 2016 and only launched the service in the beginning of this year. trucking services.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Richard Wolpert: For HelloTech, we built our platform, launched a free friends and family trial in May, went live to the public in June, raised a $12.5M Richard Wolpert: You can�t spend too much time worrying about the broader markets. What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Richard Wolpert: For HelloTech, we built our platform, launched a free friends and family trial in May, went live to the public in June, raised a $12.5M Richard Wolpert: You can�t spend too much time worrying about the broader markets. What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016? READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

It is an heroic accomplishment in a brutal fund-raising market in which only market leaders can bring in that sort of money. 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. But of course public markets had begun gyrating. $30 million.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Our investment in PlayVS and the subsequent launch of their Season Zero high school e-sports platform was very exciting. I would love to see a stabilization of the public markets and crypto markets, however, there are some larger issues I am curious about that will deeply impact the technology industry.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg made an unannounced visit to Lagos, Nigeria last week on Tuesday, August 30, 2016. For many entrepreneurs and investors, Nigeria’s thriving market has been overlooked. ” The post Mark Zuckerberg Surprise Visit to Nigeria | FB’s Largest African Market appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

What they are doing, is offering up a minority position in those assets via our platform. You remain a 70 percent owner, but could put 30 percent on our platform, selling that 30 percent in little pieces to regular investors. Our ultimate goal, which is number three, is to become a market maker.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

What we are pursuing actively, is creating a curated, merchandising and transaction platform, which takes inventory from dealers so that consumers see a wide swath of inventory, all prioritized around value. We'll continue to build out our consumer financing options, to augment the platform. There's real competition in this area.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 10, 2019

The market caps of some of the most successful tech titans reach as high as $1 trillion. Some of these platform companies, taken together, now have a shared nickname: “FAANG,” which. Yet in 2018, perceptions about these dominant companies often reflected uneasiness and doubt—and for some, so did their stock performance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Our platform enables them to manage the digital representation of their locations, and engage with consumers in paid, social, and search, to improve that customer experience. Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. How did you get involved with MomentFeed? We accomplished that, that did it well.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2017

Whether that's Facebook Messenger, SMS, LinkedIn, or any other messaging platform, it all adds us, to more messaging than on social networks. However, all those mobile messaging platforms that do exist, they exist to let user A communicate with user B, where they already know each other. Our tagline, is where strangers become friends.

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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. For those of us not familiar with the market, what is it that you are adding with mPulse which isn't out there already? It's a highly competitive market.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

However, if you think about IT security, all the systems everyone is familiar with, ERP systems, web, and email, and other basic network systems, all those systems that are designed to run companies, my history and background is in securing those platforms. However, industrial security is very different. Paul Myer: That's a great question.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. An advantage of professional investors is their validation of required amounts for marketing, inventory and staffing. How can you go wrong?

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 22, 2016

As seasoned marketers, we saw that the problem was not in availability of testing options, it was in the way that testing is being delivered. myLAB Box was born to put decades of marketing expertise to work transforming preventative STD screenings.” and Celebrate 2016. Interested in a Q&A with your startup?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

The funding environment for tech startups is an ever shifting ground as we go through predictable shifts that go hand-in-hand with the slowing of the overall market. This works in a booming market or in a company that never hits any headwinds. The market eventually slowed down. Boom in Number of Startups. Non VC Growth Rounds.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. Digital platforms create network effects that multiply customer value. Network effects are huge value generators.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. At the intersection of those two is Los Angeles-based Connected Travel (www.connectedtravel.com), the startup which is behind Honda's Drive Drive platform.

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