socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Farbod Shoraka: My background is actually in mergers and acquisition advisory. If you type in flowers in Beverly Hills, you won''t see any organic results for the big businesses. It''s more about connecting then with customer, than BloomNation sending orders through the platform. It''s sort of an Etsy for flowers.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Our first investment in the new fund was a $12 million investment in Beverly Hills based MediaPlatform. Frost & Sullivan just named MediaPlatform the product leader in enterprise video platforms. Over the course of the year our active portfolio companies received awards or recognition on over 35 separate occasions.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Skyler Lucci is co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based HeyTutor (www.heytutor.com), a startup which has created an online platform which connects and matches students with in-person tutors. In this industry, customer acquisition costs are super high. Customer acquisition costs can be as much as $200 an hour.

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