Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As we draw closer to the end of 2016, it is important that we take a moment to look back and reflect on all of the ways technology has inspired us, and transformed the way we live and do work.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based conversational text messaging software developer Emotive--which is backed by CRV and others--said this week that it has named Matt Cooley as the company's President and COO. The company recently raised $50M in its Series B funding round. Cooley is a seed investor in the company, and previously was President and COO of Skael.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Internet of things has been THE hot topic for the past couple of years and that trend continues into 2016 and beyond. Solving some of the problems that have been holding the IoT back from realizing its full potential are some of the most compelling technology trends to watch in 2016.

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JULY 29, 2020

Containers" are a software technique used to deploy and manage applications across the cloud, and are particularly popular for DevOps. Anchore was founded in 2016 by Said Ziouani and Daniel Nurmi. According to Anchore, the new office in the UK will be for its sales and customer support teams, and it also plans additional hires.

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JULY 17, 2020

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops software and services used for employee development and training, says that its CFO, Brian Swartz, is leaving the company. Swartz had been CFO of Cornerstone OnDemand since May of 2016. Coughlin has previously served at Workday, Goldman Sachs and Co., READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

ServiceNow , the developer of information technology service management software which has major operatinos in San Diego, has acquired Mountain View-based Passage AI , a developer of conversational AI tools. Passage AI was founded in 2016 and had received funding from Blumberg Capital, Storm Ventures, Engineering Capital, 11.2

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JULY 31, 2019

Irvine-based smart television maker VIZIO says it is rolling out support for Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit, including for smart TVs it built as far back as 2016. The upgrades to those VIZIO TVs is a welcome move for consumers, who usually are stuck with whatever version of software might be loaded on their television when the purchased it.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The final numbers on 2016 fintech funding deals are in from New York-based research firm and investment database CB Insights, and venture capitalists seem to be cooling on the industry. The numbers are in rough agreement with the slowdown or “normalization” in overall venture funding activity in 2016 , according to several reports.

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APRIL 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Palisades Growth Capital announced this morning that it has sold off its ownership interest Los Angeles-based L Docupace , a developer of software for the wealth management industry. funding round for Docupace in 2016. Financial terms of the sale were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Santa Barbara-based venture capital investment firm Rincon Ventures is part of a new funding round for quality assurance software developer Rainforest QA. Rincon invested in Rainforest QA's Series A round back in 2016. Rainforest is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Lead Inclusively said the new funding will go towards further developing its software-as-a-service platform, which is says is focused on "the science of behavior change and habit formation." Denise Hummel is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lead Inclusively, which was founded in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2021

GoGuardian was acquired by private equity investor Sumeru Equity Partners back in 2016, and most recently acquired Pear Deck, a student engagement software developer. GoGuardian says it now serves more than 20 million students at over 14,000 schools across the United States.

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JULY 16, 2019

Santa Monica-based Casetabs , a developer of cloud-based software used for surgical case coordination, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday morning. The company was foudned in 2016, and says it is now used in more than 200 surgical facilities and 1,500 physician practices. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Carlsbad-based Zingle , a developer of mobile messaging and customer experience software for the hospitality, travel , and retail markets, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Medallia , a provider of customer experience management software. Medallia said it will pay approximately $42M in cash for Zingle.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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MARCH 20, 2019

Boost.ai , a European startup which is developing conversational artificial intelligence (AI) software for banks, financial institutions, and other enterprises, said this morning that it has set up shop in Santa Monica, setting up its North American headquarters here as it expands to the US. was founded in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Peoplenet was a developer of cloud-based, workforce management software; Bullhorn is a developer of CRM and operations software for the recruitment industry. Gores acquired Peoplenet in 2016, through its Gores Small Capitalization Partners fund. Financial details of the sale were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 21, 2020

FMG Suite is a developer of cloud-based marketing automation software specifically for financial services professionals and advisors. K1 acquired FMG Suite back in 2016, and since there rolled up five other companies into FMG Suite, Advisor Launchpad, Advisors Assistant, Agency Revolution, MarketingPro and Platinum Advisor Strategies.

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DECEMBER 21, 2017

GumGum said its revenues in 2016 were $72M, and it expects to have revenues of nearly $110M in 2017. GumGum's software is used for analyzing visual contents in the social media, publishing, and other areas. In the programmatic advertising market, its software is used for targeting and understanding advertisement tied to images.

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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. In 2016, the price of mobile data will remain relatively stable. Streamlined Online Experiences – Think Slack 2016. Wireless Global Connections.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

San Diego-based Netradyne , a developer of artificial intelligence and "deep learning" software used for vision recognition--particularly in autonomous vehicles--has raised $21M more in a funding round. percent of the startup; Reliance had invested $16M in Netradyne in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners has chalked up another exit in its enterprise software portfolio, after VMware said Thursday morning that it has acquired VeloCloud , a developer of cloud-based, software-definied, wide-area-network (SD-WAN) technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2016

Here are our five predictions for the most important healthcare trends in 2016. In 2014, 83 percent of healthcare organizations were already using Cloud technology for some of their processes, and that number is expected to continue growing through 2016 to improve patient care. 3-D Printing. Virtual Healthcare.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance said Tuesday morning that it has named Greg Silberman as the company's Chief Privacy Officer. He also served at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

has made an investment in New York-based Diligent , a developer of enterprise governance management software. Insight Ventures acquired Diligent in February of 2016. Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. Size of the investment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 10, 2019

El Segundo-based online postage and shipping software developer Stamps.com says it has named Katie May, the CEO of e-commerce software company ShippingEasy.com , to its board of directors. ShippingEasy was acquired by Stamps.com in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

ID Analytics became part of Symantec, when Symantec acquired Lifelock in 2016. ID Analytics provides consumer risk and fraud analytics software, which uses consumer behavior for fraud detection. According to ID Analytics, Nigam will report to Symantec SVP for Information Protection Nico Popp. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based Digital Fuel , a provider of IT business management software, has been acquired by Apptio , the two companies announced Friday. Digital Fuel had been founded in 2000, and was acquired by VMware in 2011; Digital Fuel was then acquired by Skyview Capital in 2016. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Irvine-based Mavenlink , a startup which develops business process management software and related tools for services businesses, has raised $48M more, in a Series E funding round. The company last raised a funding round back in 2016, which also was led by Goldman Sachs.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Lancaster, California-based Simulations Plus , which develops simulation and modeling software, said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of North Carolina-based DILIsym Services. DILIsym develops software for the simulation of drug-induced liver injury. Simulations Plus said DILIsym had revenues of just over $3M in 2016.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2016 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, February 11 from 7 p.m. We will have amazing panelists from Crosscut Ventures, Machine Shop Ventures, Techstars, and more to be announced soon who will share their insights and forecast for startups in 2016.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Santa Monica-based venture investor Mucker Capital is one of the investors in a developer of fraud prevention and identity verification software, which uses email address scoring. Mucker Capital first made an investment in Emailage back in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2018

The company, which develops patient monitoring devices which can connect to the cloud, said that Ghoshal was ost recently Chief Operating Officer at Brightree, a Resmed-owned company which provides cloud-based software-as-a-service for out-of-hospital care. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2018

La Jolla-based Connectiv , a developer of cloud-based, mobile software used by biomedical and clinical engineering groups to manage and control their medical devices and equipment, has been acquired by Austin, Texas-based Accruent. Accruent was founded in Los Angeles a little over 22 years ago, but was acquired and moved to Texas in 2016.

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MARCH 8, 2018

ShippingEasy , the developer of cloud-based shipping, inventory management, and customer marketing software arm of El Segundo-based Stamps.com is targeting third party Amazon sellers today, with a new product release. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in the seed round of a startup, New Knowledge , which developed the artificial intelligence software which uncovered a large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S. presidential elections. According to New Knowledge, it has raised $1.9M

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APRIL 12, 2017

Irvine-based NextGen Healthcare Information Systems , a provider of electronic health records software which is owned by Quality Systems, said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Entrada , a Nashville-based provider of cloud-based mobile apps for the electronic health records (EHR) market.

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