socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

For today's interview, we spoke with Joe Bayen , the CEO and founder of Los Angeles-based Grow Credit (www.growcredit.com), which runs a fintech startup which allows you to pay your subscriptions through a free Mastercard, as a way to boost your credit score. How do the credit bureaus view that loan reporting you are doing?

Netflix 203

Netflix Platform Report Services 203

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile dating app developer Tinder is looking to clamp down on users creating fake celebrity accounts on the service, by launched a new verification program. tinder celebrity verification verify twitter checkmarks celeb star dating mobile' READ MORE>>.

Hollywood 153

Hollywood Mobile Report Los Angeles 153

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based wireless software publisher Mobile-XL reported Thursday that it is partnering with Venice-based mobile video messaging firm Mogreet. According to Mobile-XL, both companies have committed resources toward developing a mobile messaging platform.

Mogreet 100

Mogreet Mobile Venice Resource 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital reports this morning that it has led a $30M investment in Pixellot , an Israeli firm developing automatic, artificial intelligence-driven software for producing streaming sports video. The funding was led by Shamrock, and also included other, existing, un-named investors.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Capital Funding Organization 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based digital rodering systems developer Tillster , which is led by Perse Faily, reported a win in Thailand with Pizza Hut Thailand. According to Tillster, it has developed a localized, online ordering platform for the pizza chain in Thailand, the second international win with Pizza Hut. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 153

Mobile Los Angeles Platform Report 153

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Woodland Hills-based Gumiyo, which develops mobile marketing technology, said today that it has launched an effort with the Los Angeles Times to market classifieds, online automotive, and real estate advertising via mobile phones. The new text messaging service also includes access to CARFAX Vehicle History Reports.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Woodland Hills Angel Mobile 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Los Angeles-based valet parking app developer CurbStand said this morning that it has acquired another, parking app developer, Curby , and will integrate Curby''s technology platform into its software. Curby develops software for valet parking operators, including reporting, metrics, and other enterprise features. READ MORE>>.

Metrics 100

Metrics Acquisition Mobile Los Angeles 100

TechEmpower

JULY 2, 2013

July marks the fourth month of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. The new plaintext test demonstrates the extremely high request routing throughput possible on very high-performance platforms. This new chart type compares frameworks versus their underlying platform (e.g.,

Framework 521

Framework Software Review Technical Review EC2 521

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 4, 2012

This 27th Annual Meeting of the Los Angeles Venture Association will be hosted by the LAVA Mobile SIG. Mobile has emerged as ubiquitous computing technology within the last year and is actively transforming, enhancing and disrupting existing business models as well as making entirely new business relationships viable and profitable.

LAVA 113

LAVA Startup Mobile Report 113

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , which develosp technology for digital audio advertising and publishing, reported a win with Varick Media Management, a provider of programmatic streaming audio ads. The companies asid the deal is the first time that streaming audio ads will be available via Varick''s data management platform.

Media 147

Media Advertising Los Angeles Platform 147

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I've recently co-founded the first political social network FreedomSpeaks and CitySourced.com a real time mobile civic engagement tool. We were in the finals at TechCrunch50 this year and are waking up the neighborhood with our mobile application. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2014

George Collado: We worked with the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Siemer Ventures, and in January we raised a $300,000 seed round. They can use our platform to do the audit. They can use our platform to do the audit. The GM gets a report, the district manager gets a report, the regional manager gets a report.

Help 223

Help Hermosa Beach Technical Review Redondo Beach 223

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The Verge was the first to report the story. The car-sharing service has struggled for months, long before COVID-19 upended the “shared” mobility sector. Maven continued to operate in Detroit, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Toronto.

Los Angeles 215

Los Angeles Technical Review Email Services 215

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace reported Tuesday that the firm is now the top, social application on the Android platform, and is the third most popular downloaded application overall on the Android Market. MySpace trails T-Mobile's account information app and The Weather Channel's app in the store.

Marketing 180

Marketing Social Network Google Mobile 180

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. As part of the program, up to 30-minute rides will be free for members of critical workforces through April 30 in Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, the Washington D.C. Ride Report creates software that enables cities to work with micromobility operators.

Layoffs 136

Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based CitySourced , the developer of a mobile tool for helping involve citizens in local government headed by Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, has linked up with Microsoft and its Windows Azure platform, the firms said Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles 182

Los Angeles News Tool Organization 182

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

In the Los Angeles startup world, there are lots of high profile, buzzy companies which have lots of attention and funding--but which haven''t earned a dime of revenue. Brett Rossman: We have a platform we''ve built, and which we are constantly evolving called Magneto. That''s one of the things we have going on with our platform.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

TestFlight recently joined forces with Burstly (www.burstly.com) to create a suite of apps for mobile developers and publishers. We spoke with Ben about how Burstly is now creating a company to help mobile developers create, develop, distribute, and monetize their apps. It also includes things like rewards and currency in games.

Startup 262

Startup Mobile Outsource Development Tool 262

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

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. READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles 170

Los Angeles Platform Report Media 170

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

For our interview today, we sat down with Kevin Anderson , one of the co-founders of Los Angeles-based Appetize (www.appetizeapp.com), the developer of a cloud based enterprise point of sale solutions for venues and events. We provide primarily enterprise, category, point-, and sit in between the legacy guys and mobile guys.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Sales Mobile Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

There is a plethora of tech innovation going on in Los Angeles right now, and not only in Silicon Beach — but all over from downtown to the valleys to everywhere in between. These reports will be published quarterly and annually. It is very much a sharing, learning, promoting platform for the community.”. tech culture.

Startup 105

Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Platform 105

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

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

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. And that’s why the online video space and YouTube ecosystem has taken one more leap toward its rightful place as next generation video platform.

Media 320

Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

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. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Being their second time in Los Angeles I was really excited for the event organizers for getting their room as packed as it was. Events like these and ones in the future, say TC, are aimed at helping startups get exposure by giving them a platform to present themselves in an expo-style in a small focused environment.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Userplane Social Media Santa Monica 63

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

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. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Event Details. to 10:30 p.m.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform. We find that there’s all this really specialized software, software as a service, certain platforms, and different places you can do marketing; all of those have their own sets of data. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version?

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kaufmann Foundation , the numbers are finally here to show it. Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

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

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

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. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Eleven-year-old TiMi currently has a team working out of Los Angeles on global business and plans to grow it into a full development studio that “helps us understand Western players and gives us a stronger global perspective,” said the studio’s international business director Vincent Gao. That’s finally changing.

Tips 149

Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149