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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).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

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. vionic social offers venture capital angel media software advertising' The funding came from angel investors. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 183

Social Media San Diego Venture Capital Advertising 183

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Thanks to all of our sponsors and advertisers, who make our coverage of Southern. to San Diego. to San Diego. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. Advertisers. professionals?

SoCalTech 127

SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

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. Carroll will head up the firm's social media marketing. Tags: social brickfish advertising executive media.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Draper San Diego 100

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. Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

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. liquidgrids liquid grids venture capital healthcare marketing advertising' READ MORE>>. Size of the round was not announced. READ MORE>>.

Bradbury 100

Bradbury Marketing Miramar Advertising 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

Paul, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, D.C. They join the 23 cities that were already supported: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis-St.

News 156

News Journal San Diego IP 156

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

San Diego-based Frontline Direct , which is owned by Adconian Media Group, said today that it has acquired Objective Loyalty , a provider of data management and direct marketing solutions. Frontline Direct is a provider of online marketing, and was acquired by Adconian Media in February of 2008.

San Diego 154

San Diego Advertising Media Networking 154

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of enterprise tag management software, announced today that it has been selected by News International , the UK publishing division of News Corporation for its online media network. The firm raised a $1.1M Series A in January from angels. READ MORE>>.

News 150

News San Diego Web Advertising 150

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2011

Carlsbad-based Scentsa , a developer of an out-of-home advertising network, has scored a Series A funding from San Diego private equity fund Huntington Capital , Huntington said Tuesday. Size of the equity funding deal was not disclosed.

Funding 145

Funding San Diego Advertising Screening 145

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2017

San Diego-based TVPage , a startup developing cloud-based technology for monetizing video content, said on Thursday that it has added Greg Silverman as an investor in a recent $3M funding round. Silverman is the former president of Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

Funding 124

Funding San Diego Commerce Content 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and online advertising software, said today that online shoe and apparel firm Zappos.com and Steve Madden are using its social media platform. Tags: brickfish social media advertising zappos steve madden football shoes retail ecommerce.

Social Media 113

Social Media San Diego Advertising Media 113

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2011

San Diego-based Stocktwits , the stock-focused, online social media site headed by Howard Lindzon, has inked a new content deal with CNNMoney , the firm said today. Financial detail fo the deal were not disclosed. StockTwits said that the deal gives it access to CNNMOney's more than 13 million unique visitors per month.

Content 133

Content Social Media Blogging San Diego 133

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small and local businesses place Internet advertising, was up 15.2 Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing run by Richard Rosenblatt, also is widely expected to be in the process of filing for an IPO. percent after its IPO Thursday, closing at $14.98, up $1.98.

ReachLocal 157

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks NewEgg 157

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>>.

Social Media 124

Social Media San Diego Advertising Media 124

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. Tags: content news newspaper publisher android iphone software mobile advertising wireless verve.

News 154

News Mobile Press San Diego 154

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. Brickfish is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P.,

Google 140

Google Sales Social Media Draper 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

San Diego-based Verve Wireless, which develops products to help newspapers publish their content to mobile phones, has signed on another set of newspapers, and rolled out a new coupon offering, the firm said late Wednesday. Financial impact of the new customers was not disclosed. READ MORE>>

San Diego 100

San Diego Media Advertising Mobile 100

Xconomy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Ransomware: Social media will be the number one vehicle for ransomware distribution in 2018. Currently, there are nearly 1 million social media accounts compromised every day, and that number will continue to rise, thanks to the plethora of easily identifiable targets.

Social Media 82

Social Media Artificial Inteligence Media Technical Review 82

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. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

Internet Brands 190

Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

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.,

Social Media 100

Social Media Draper Advertising San Diego 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2009

San Diego-based FLO TV , the subsidiary of Qualcomm providing the FLO TV live mobile TV service, said this week that it has inked a deal with media measurement firm Rentrak to provide comprehensive viewership and advertising impression reporting on its viewers.

Report 124

Report Research San Diego Advertising 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2008

San Diego-based online advertising network Brickfish said today that the firm has teamed up with Microsoft on a social media effort for Microsoft's "I'm a PC" campaign. According to Brickfish, the firm will power a social media ad effort which will allow people to submit videos and photos to the "I'm a PC" campaign.

Social Media 100

Social Media San Diego Advertising Media 100

Tech Zulu Event

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. Holding the (almost) Kindle sized media player in my hand made me wonder just how far off we are to having phones with 5″ screens be the standard.

San Diego 65

San Diego Mobile Startup Cloud Computing 65

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. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

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. FTVentures, and Voyager Capital. READ MORE>>.

Search Engine Optimization 100

Search Engine Optimization Organic Search Advertising San Diego 100

Xconomy

JUNE 4, 2019

But the growing concern about the pervasive control of tech giants in arenas such as social media, advertising, and e-commerce stemmed first from revelations about consumers’ lack of meaningful control over the privacy of their personal data.

Social Media 75

Social Media Commerce Google Advertising 75

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.

Customer 40

Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2011

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing and advertising applications, announced today that it has hired two executives. Verve said that it has appoint Dan Hodges as Chief Revenue Officer, and Aimee Irwin as SVP Business Development and Publisher Network.

Press 165

Press San Diego Mobile News 165

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. Tags: entrepreneur startup kids children video videogame game content world virtual myminipeeps media masher gunther sherry.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. What is uCast?

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Xconomy

JANUARY 23, 2018

Facebook expanded its mea culpa on Monday for failing to prevent “bad actors” such as Russian entities from using the social media platform to distort democratic processes—notably the U.S. presidential election in 2016.

Social Media 67

Social Media Blogging News Advertising 67

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Los Angeles- and San Diego-based Veoh Networks, a provider of Internet video sharing services, said today that it has entered into a partnership with Axel Springer Digital TV Guide GmbH. According to Veoh, Axel Springer is in a strategic international partnership with the firjm, specifically in Germany.

Veoh 100

Veoh Guide San Diego Advertising 100

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

ScoreStream, a five-year-old startup that created a social media platform for crowd-sourcing local sports scores, has raised $3.7 CEO Derrick Oien said Friday that ScoreStream recently completed a Verizon R/GA digital “Media Tech. million in a Series A round that includes Intel Capital as an investor.

Avalon 56

Avalon Invest Social Media Media 56

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

At Congressional hearings this week on Russia’s use of social media to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election, lawmakers pressed Facebook, Twitter, and Google to take exhaustive measures to stop the same thing from happening again. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Content 48

Content Social Media Press Google 48

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Rubicon Project.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279