socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , which develops embedded IP communications software, reports today that it has acquired Webia Technologies , a developer of products for the Google Android OS platform. D2 said the acquisition would deepend its industry expertise in embedded multimedia communications applications.

Technology 157

Technology Santa Barbara IP Google 157

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. The firms Enhanced Reports which can be viewed and downloaded will establish a thorough audit trail. iOS Compatibility. According to Eric M.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

With over $100 million from its investors including Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, Shasta Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, among others, Nest is reported to have been on the verge of another $150 million raise in a Series D round and would have eventually gone public. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition.

Google 86

Google Acquisition Resource Social Media 86

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

Advertising technology is hot with the rise of mobile, evidenced in part by Verizon’s merger with AOL valued at $4.4 billion, and on a much smaller scale, Undertone’s recent acquisition of mobile ad provider Sparkflow. Jetpack was founded in 2009 by digital media veterans Marc Brown, Chris Tragos and Kevin Woolery.

Advertising 40

Advertising Media Mobile Buzznet 40

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We''ve also built a data driven platform, that allows us to drive millions of unique visitors to our network of sites every month, covering the banking, credit, and travel and vertical markets. Brett Rossman: We have a platform we''ve built, and which we are constantly evolving called Magneto. We do that methodically.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Essentially, consumers are opting into Smartify''s platform. What is Smartify? READ MORE>>.

Marketing 196

Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

-Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Geodelic develops free mobile applications to easily browse your surroundings (restaurants, banks, businesses, etc). Kontagent. -A

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2011

Los Angeles- and San Francisco-based online gaming service MindJolt , which is run by MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, has acquired two companies, according to a report today. MindJolt--formerly known as Platform G--is venture backed by Austin Ventures. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Los Angeles 170

Los Angeles Platform Report Media 170

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Based both in Nashville, Tennesse and Chicago, edo provides personalized card-linked offers to consumers on their credit cards, debit cards and mobile devices. The platform also gives an insight into consumers spending behavior which traders use to increase their loyalty and acquire new clients. For Customer Acquisition and Loyalty.

Advertising 64

Advertising Media Networking Capital 64

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

He gave a glimpse into the 500 Startups program, including, but not limited to: Weekly roundup meetings with all hands to report wins and losses. So far, after every batch completion, that’s been the number one benefit reported by almost all our startups. It sits above curriculum, investor connections, etc. ” Demo Day.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google].

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence. We utilize the content of your existing website and create a mobile version on-the-fly. Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

In contrast, TaxJar, a SaaS solution which makes automates online sales tax calculations, reporting and filings, is an entirely virtual company. Dan is now CEO of Mobile1st , makers of Mobilizer, the mobile customer experience optimization platform. He then joined Picasa and was instrumental in its acquisition by Google.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Outsource Development 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

CapLinked’s online platform helps companies manage and close complex business transactions such as asset sales, financings, and mergers & acquisitions. The QuipaLoop can operate across one or many physical networks and is easily deployed on mobile devices as well as traditional laptop or desktop computers. Series A Round.

Yammer 72

Yammer Journal Networking Software 72

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

With this in mind, we figured it would be a great opportunity to get a direct look from someone who’s been immersed in the field, and spoke to Chance Barnett, CEO of LA-local investment platform, Crowdfunder. In order to encompass both, they need to build a large platform. Clearing the Air. CrowdFundX. ” The JOBS Act.

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. Total Raised: $366mm.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Launched in July of 2006, Twitter was a platform that experienced consistent and steady growth for many years. What made Twitter unique was the infrastructure and psychology that coincided with the rise of mobile text messaging. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. The ROI was solid.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I''ve grown from driving part of the technology within the company, to driving all of the product development side, and also picking up product management and business development, around traffic acquisition and third party products. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. How big is YP?

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I''ve grown from driving part of the technology within the company, to driving all of the product development side, and also picking up product management and business development, around traffic acquisition and third party products. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. How big is YP.com?

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 12, 2014

As we recall, this year has kicked off with some fierce acquisitions in the connected home and internet of things (IOT) space, namely with Google’s high profile $3.2 Billion acquisition of smart home device company, Nest. You arrive to the front door and interact with your camera-mobile synced Skybell doorbell.

Belkin 87

Belkin Startup Acquisition Entertainment 87

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. We see big data storage solutions and processing platforms.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. Aiming to head off Apple, Microsoft shows off Xbox SmartGlass mobile app and Xbox dashboard update. Motorola Solutions shows off its hands-free mobile computer. Acquisition. Live at the Apple Event: iPad Mini (and more?).

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. It was the late 90's, and everything was exploding, there were lots of IPOs and acquisitions, and it was a very exciting time to work in that space. It's a very exciting opportunity.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I believe that the advertisers they started with were probably disappointed that the cost per customer acquisition was not the same as search. There must have been some reasons the stations did not embrace the platform, because--from what I gathered--there were not a lot of stations actively participating in the system.

Google 124

Google Advertising Media Startup 124

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Step 5: Formal in-house reporting. Once the product features (and thus the user flows) are sufficiently mature to invest in this area, then it makes sense to formalize out the reports. How many reports should you generate? User acquisition via each method you use. Reports are too slow! Aggregate metrics.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. However, there are a few storm coulds out there that we need to be watching. Steve Blank , November 1, 2010 At $5.2-billion What went wrong?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175