Permission.io Hires New Chief Revenue Officer
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FEBRUARY 1, 2022
San Diego-based permission-based advertising technology developer Permission.io announced this morning that it has named Lauren Griewski as the company's Chief Revenue Officer.
Close5: eBay's San Diego Move Into The Mobile, Local Market
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JANUARY 7, 2015
So, it''s no surprise that the area--specifically, San Diego--was chosen for the pilot launch of a new service from eBay, called Close5 (www.close5.com), So, we''re taking that concept and launching it here in San Diego. Why San Diego? com), which offers up local, peer-to-peer sales.
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Evofem Biosciences Raises $50M In Offering
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MAY 21, 2021
San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences, a developer of biopharmaceuticals for female reproductive health, reported it raised $50M in its previously announced public offering. The company sold 50 million shares of its common stock, plus two year warrants on up to 50 million additional shares. It said it will net approximately $46.6M
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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers
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NOVEMBER 19, 2013
So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising).
Evofem Prices $50M Offering
socalTECH
MAY 18, 2021
San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences, which is developing biopharmaceuticals for women's contraception and related areas, says it has priced a $50M, public offering, and also will receive up to an additoinal $50M upon exercise of accompanying short-term warrant.
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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors and Advertisers!
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DECEMBER 10, 2010
Thanks to all of our sponsors and advertisers, who make our coverage of Southern. to San Diego. to San Diego. Thanks this week to our sponsors and advertisers, which include Clearstone. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.
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127 Wrapify Raises $3M From Avery Dennison
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MARCH 7, 2017
San Diego-based Wrapify , a startup which pays everyday users to drive around in vehicles that have been "wrapped" with the advertisements of companies, has raised $3M in a new funding round, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The funding came from Glendale-based printing, packaging, and label giant Avery Dennison.
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133 Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA
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NOVEMBER 9, 2012
Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!).
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Sightly Gets $1.7M For Video Ads
socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2014
San Diego-based Sightly said this morning that it has raised $1.7M in a seed funding, to go towards its video advertising technology. Sightly said it is developing video advertising technology to help target video ads with locally relevant messaging, delivering them to users across different kinds of devices. READ MORE>>.
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Wrapify Q&A: Adhesive Giant Puts $3 M in Car Advertising Schtick
Xconomy
MARCH 19, 2017
After the adhesive products maker Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY ) recently made a $3 million investment in San Diego-based Wrapify , we tracked down Wrapify CEO James Heller, and stuck him with a few questions about the deal. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.
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Southern California Startups Raise $761.12M in Q2 2014
socalTECH
JULY 17, 2014
invested in San Diego, and $66.53M invested in Orange County during the period. for its consumer loyalty and advertising efforts; nearly $49.0M for San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals firm Otonomy ; and $48.0M for San Diego''s Veredezyne , which is developing biofuels and biochemicals processes.
Adtile Technologies Raises $4.5M
socalTECH
JULY 7, 2014
San Diego-based Adtile Technologies , a mobile ad technology company led by Nils Forsblom, has raised $4.5M The company did not announce the names of investors in the round. Adtile is the latest incarnation of TenFarms, a mobile app development company. in a Series A funding. founded by Forsblom. READ MORE>>.
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Vionic Gets $900K For Social Offers
socalTECH
OCTOBER 2, 2013
San Diego-based Vionic , a developer of technology for helping companies create social media deals and promotions, said Wednesday that it has raised $900,000 in a funding round. The company also said it has added Marie DeOrio as Vice PResident of Marketing for the company. The funding came from angel investors.
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183 Ezoic Gets $5.6M For Automated Website Layout Software
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NOVEMBER 13, 2013
San Diego-based Ezoic announced this morning that it has raised $5.6M in a funding round, for the company''s software for automatically improving site layout and advertising revenue. The company''s product is currently in private beta. ezoic automated website layout software advertising venture capital'
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Rubicon Project Sets IPO Range
socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2014
Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project set the pricing range for its initial public offering Thursday, saying that it hopes to offer 6,770,995 shares of its common stock at between $15.00 The company said it has been approved to list on the New York Stock Exchange as RUBI. and $17.00 READ MORE>>.
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Phunware Gets $26.25M For Mobile App Platform
socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2014
Phunware , a developer of mobile advertising, application, analytics, and other tools for brands which has operations in both Newport Beach and San Diego, said this week that it has raised $26.25M in a Series E funding. The company is headquartered in Austin. READ MORE>>.
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147 Selectable Media Expands To LA
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Selectable Media , a digital advertising firm which lets users unlock digital content in exchange for interacting with brand advertising, said today that it has expanded to Los Angeles, as part of a growth in its footprint. The company also said it has added Dan Feldstein as its Director of Marketing. READ MORE>>.
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Interview with Jordan Glazier, Wildfire Systems
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2018
San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Who is providing the funding and backing for the company? We're taking a different approach.
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Adtile Technologies Rolls Out Mobile Ad Product
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FEBRUARY 12, 2015
San Diego-based Adtile Technologies , the developer of mobile advertising technology led by Nils Forsblom, has rolled out a new mobile ad technology that the company says uses multiple sensors on users'' phones to engage with users. adtile technologies mobile advertising sensor sensors phone smartphone'
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100 OpenX's Tim Cadogan To Take Over At GoFundMe
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JANUARY 29, 2020
Tim Cadogan , the current CEO of Pasadena-based OpenX , is set to take over at San Diego-based GoFundMe , according to GoFundMe. The reason for the shift was not given, however, GoFundMe said that Solomon will stay as Chairman of the company.
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Liquid Grids Gets Series A For Healthcare Marketing
socalTECH
MAY 13, 2014
San Diego-based Liquid Grids , a developer of digital advertising software aimed at the healthcare industry, said this morning that it has raised a Series A funding round. The company said it has added Daniel M. liquidgrids liquid grids venture capital healthcare marketing advertising' READ MORE>>.
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Qualcomm Spins Out Retail Solutions Unit
socalTECH
MAY 1, 2014
San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Wednesday that it is spinning out its Qualcomm Retail Solutions (QRS) unit as a new company, Gimbal, Inc. , The company said that technology is being used for retailing, advertising, social networking and other use cases. in a deal with a group of third party investors.
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Tealium Reports Growth
socalTECH
MAY 5, 2015
San Diego-based software developer Tealium , which develops software used to manage enterprise "tags", those snippets of codes used for tracking advertising, marketing, analytics, and other efforts, said today that it had 100% growth in the first quarter of 2015. The company did not disclose any actual revenue numbers.
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Under New Ownership, San Diego’s Ad-Juster Names Dennis Clerke CEO
Xconomy
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Ad-Juster, a San Diego adtech startup acquired earlier this year by the investment arm of China’s Innotech International Group, Wednesday named local software entrepreneur Dennis Clerke as CEO. He succeeds Ad-Juster founder and president Mike Lewis, who has left the company.
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The Search Agency, Covario Make Top Search Marketing Agency List
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MAY 7, 2010
Two Southern California firms have made Advertising Age's annual list of the largest search marketing agencies, released last week. Santa Monica-based The Search Agency , which is headed by David Hughes, was listed at number 12, and San Diego-based Covario , which is run by Russ Mann, was listed at number 25.
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174 ReachLocal Up 15 Percent After IPO
socalTECH
MAY 20, 2010
Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small and local businesses place Internet advertising, was up 15.2 Tags: reachlocal advertising small business exit merger acquisition. percent after its IPO Thursday, closing at $14.98, up $1.98. The firm sold 4,166,667 shares of stock at $13.00 during the day. READ MORE>>.
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157 Southern California VC Totals Drop To $810.5M In Q1
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APRIL 14, 2016
in funds invested, across 47 deals; Orange County had $158M invested across 15 deals; and San Diego had $253.5M Among the bigger deals were an investment in smart doorbell company Ring, with a $61.2M funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. Los Angeles had $399.1M
Proper Media Acquires Spoutable, Last Piece of Venture Studio
Xconomy
MARCH 11, 2018
After learning that Proper Media , a San Diego specialist in programmatic digital advertising had acquired Spoutable, it took a couple weeks to catch up with Spoutable CEO Jon Belmonte and ask: What happened to Cursive Labs? As Belmonte explained in 2015, “In a venture studio, you’re building your own companies.
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Pepcom: Mobile Focus San Diego | HTC, Samsung, X1, Paymentone They Haz It!
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OCTOBER 13, 2011
I entered Pepcom’s Mobile Focus event with heightened excitement after driving through the busy intersections of Downtown San Diego’s rickshaw littered streets. But for me, the ones that stole the evening was Mobeam , a Silicon Valley based company that are hard at work to make our phones compatible with barcode scanners.
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65 SweetLabs Snags $13M
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
San Diego-based SweetLabs , the company headed by Darrius Thompson, and which runs both the OpenCandy advertising network and the desktop Pokki app platform, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series C funding round. Pokki allows developers to create desktop apps using web technologylike HTML5. READ MORE>>.
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140 Verve Wireless Raises $7M For Mobile News Apps
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing tools for the Associated Press, McClatchy, Belo Interactive, and other publishers, said this morning that it has raised $7M more in additional funding. The company says its mobile news app served up 150 million mobile news pages in July. READ MORE>>.
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Slacker: We're Growing Fast, Profitable On Every User
socalTECH
MAY 9, 2013
San Diego-based music streaming service Slacker has a message for the industry: you can run a digital music service, and make money. The company said that, since its relaunch, it also is seeing an increase in average listening time, by 25 percent, with about 100,000 new paid subscribers joining the service. READ MORE>>.
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CPC Strategy Acquired By Elite SEM
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
San Diego-based e-commerce agency CPC Strategy has been acquired by digital marketing agency Elite SEM , according to private equity backer Mountaingate Capital. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition is the third for Elite SEM since Mountaingate Capital acquired the comapny in 2017. READ MORE>>.
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100 Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets.
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Brickfish Wins The Limited
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
San Diego-based social media marketing firm Brickfish has roped in fashion retailer The Limited , for a pet product launch, the company said today. Tags: brickfish limited fashion advertising social media. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
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124 ReachLocal Tops Fast 500 List
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OCTOBER 20, 2009
Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a provider of local search advertising services, has topped Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500 list, an annual listing of companies ranked by their five year growth rates. revenues, 11,034% growth); San Diego's Santarus at number 23 ($130.2M
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124 Covario Launches Services Arm
socalTECH
AUGUST 11, 2009
San Diego-based Covario , a provider of search engine marketing and SEO automation software, said Tuesday that the firm has launched a new services arm, focused on agency services. The firm said that it has created its own, SEO delivery team to compliment the firm's technology offerings. READ MORE>>.
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Tealium Adds $35M to Expand Technology, Sharpen Customer Focus
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. The company’s workforce has grown to about 270, including 80 in San Diego.
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Sorenson Media's Csathy Departs To New Digital Media Effort From Manatt
socalTECH
MAY 15, 2013
Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. There are dozens of legal firms servicing the high tech industry here, based on our tracking of those companies and their clients.
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168 Covario Hires Bizdev VP
socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2009
San Diego-based Covario , a developer of marketing analytics and search engine optimization software, said Thursday that the firm has hired on a new VP of Business Development. Johnson has also served at AOL Time Warner, Homebuilder.com, and Trader Advertising Media. Tags: semdirector covario advertising executive.
Brickfish Wins Nike Account
socalTECH
APRIL 7, 2009
San Diego-based Brickfish , a provider of social media marketing and advertising services, said Tuesday that Nike is using the firm as part of a user-generated photo contest. Brickfish runs social media campaigns and social media advertising for companies, and is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P.,
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100 Creating Raving Fans
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 12, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011 -- Customer Loyalty: Creating "Raving Fans" San Diego Software Industry Council. If your customers are not already part of your sales force, this workshop will teach you how to turn your customers into a group of motivated, passionate ambassadors for you and your company. See [link] (more)
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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current
socalTECH
JUNE 8, 2011
However, San Diego-based Deal Current (www.dealcurrent.com) appears to have found a sustainable niche in the industry--not providing daily deals, but powering those multiplying deal sites, including a number of major newspaper groups. Our original company was Collar Free, kind of a Threadless for fashion. What is Deal Current?
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Brickfish Bolsters Social Media Efforts
socalTECH
JANUARY 5, 2009
San Diego-based Brickfish, an online advertising network focused on social media, announced this monring that it has hired Becky Carroll as the firm's Director of Social Media. The firm said that Carroll joins the company from Petra Consulting Group, where she was President and Founder.
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