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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018?

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SmartAction Names Gary Davis As CEO

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Los Angeles-based software developer SmartAction , which develops conversational, AI-powered virtual agents for contact centers, said this morning that it has named Gary Davis as its CEO. The company went through a management recapitalization in February of 2018. READ MORE>>.

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Framework Benchmarks Round 16

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— Ben Adams (@ben_a_adams) May 24, 2018. See [link] pic.twitter.com/Od1nuq0UQV — TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks (@TFBenchmarks) May 17, 2018. We also want the ever-increasing diversity of options for web development to be represented. link] — John Montgomery (@Johnmont) May 24, 2018. On to Round 17!

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Meet the 25 Startups Competing at SXSW Startup Night 2018

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And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. These days it seems like a professional is needed to interpret a business’ web analytics.

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Mission Debuts Managed Services, Cloud Consulting After Merger

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The company--led by longtime cloud and hosting services veteran Simon Anderson--offers up managed services and consulting for cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. According to the newly formed company, it completed all three of those mergers earlier in 2018, and now has a customer base of 175 enterprises.

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March Capital Backed SpyCloud Adds $21M

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March Capital Partners co-led the Series A funding round for SpyCloud in 2018. SpyCloud's services and products leverage a database of exposed credentials and personally identifiable information it has gathered from the "dark web" and other sources to help identify accounts which might have been compromised. in total funding.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

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While the company has been steadily rising through the ranks since its inception in 2018, as generative AI becomes big tech’s new gold standard, the New York-based startup has enjoyed a very triumphant 2023. Gumroad Gumroad is a web-builder and ecommerce platform that lets creators sell products directly to consumers.

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