socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Santa Monica-based Songtradr , a startup developing a music licensing platform, said today that it has named Clare Nicholls as its new Chief Financial Officer. Songtradr announced a $4M funding round in January from angel investor Richard White of WiseTech Global. Nicholls will be based at the company's UK office.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Platform Funding Startup 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based GoCoin --one of the first BitCoin startups to emerge out of the Silicon Beach technology ecosystem--said today that it has raised $550,000 in a seed funding round, to develop a platform to enable the purchasing of good and services around the world with Bitcoin. READ MORE>>.

Beachbody 211

Beachbody Seed Funding Santa Monica Platform 211

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2012

Los Angeles business accelerator program upStart.LA , one of numerous startup acceleration and incubation efforts to start in the last year in Southern California, is merging with a startup in Santa Monica, Cross Campus. According to a note to supporters form upStart.LA According to a note to supporters form upStart.LA

Santa Monica 204

Santa Monica Southern California Incubator Education 204

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2019

Santa Monica-based scooter rental service Bird has laid off approximately 5% of its full-time staff, according to a report on Thursday, in what has been attributed to an effort to "contain costs". The report said 40 people were laid off.

Report 124

Report Santa Monica Los Angeles Platform 124

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2014

Santa Monica-based GoCoin , the Bitcoin payments startup led by Steve Beauregard, has scored $1.5M The funding also included angels Andrew Frame (Ooma), David Neumann (Current TV), and others. software ecommerce angel seed purchase capital venture bitcoin gocoin' in a Series A financing, the company said today.

Santa Monica 157

Santa Monica Commerce Resource Platform 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , along with another local investor, Crosscut Ventures , have both made investments in a new Techstars company, Branch Messenger , Branch announced this morning.

Capital 113

Capital Invest Santa Monica Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. The eight startups are pitching their investors to startups at CrossCampus in Santa Monica this afternoon. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 178

Santa Monica Startup Activision Commerce 178

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2013

In some what-did-our-spam filter eat-recently funding news, Santa Monica-based Privlo recently raised $2.1M According to Privlo said the new funding will go to expand on its recently pilot of its platform, which helps match up private lenders and mortgage borrowers.

Chief Technology Officer 215

Chief Technology Officer CitySearch Ticketmaster Santa Monica 215

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2015

Santa Monica-based Switching Concepts , a provider of turnkey telecom switching platforms, aimed at helping startup and existing telecommunications providers, has been acquired by X5 Solutions. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Acquisition Equity Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has acquired Society6 , an online e-commerce marketplace centered around artists, the company announced Monday afternoon, as part of an effort to expand its content and media platform. Society6 was also based in Los Angeles, and was co-founded by Justin Cooper and Justin Wills. READ MORE>>.

Demand 171

Demand Commerce Media Santa Monica 171

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Santa Monica-based CHNL , a new, pre-launch startup which is focusing on social content and content curation, said this week that it has named Rod Perth to its board of directors. CHNL is headed by John Wander, and is angel backed. He also co-founded cable network ReelzChannel, and runs consulting firm RHP Media Consulting.

Santa Monica 187

Santa Monica Content Platform Media 187

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

It’s no secret that Los Angeles is home to a bevy of celebrities. startups wanting to get recognized, Tech.Co’s Startup Showcase in Los Angeles on July 26th is the perfect opportunity. startups wanting to get recognized, Tech.Co’s Startup Showcase in Los Angeles on July 26th is the perfect opportunity.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. One example is Santa Monica-based hardware company, Ring, who transitioned to a hybrid business model that now includes recurring revenue. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

Santa Monica 124

Santa Monica Southern California Venture Capital SoCalTech 124

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Los Angeles-based GonnaBe , the startup headed by Hank Leber, rolled out its platform this week, releasing a new iPhone application which the startup says acts as the "crystal ball for your social life.". GonnaBe was one of the companies launched out of LA's StartEngine accelerator, and is now in Santa Monica.

Help 171

Help Activity Ticketmaster Santa Monica 171

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Santa Monica startup, Gravity --headed by former MySpace COO Amit Kapur--announced this morning that it has raised $10.6M Gravity said the new funds will help it expand its operations in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, as well as scale its publishing partners and deploy its platform.

GRP Partners 178

GRP Partners Redpoint Santa Monica Web 178

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2013

Santa Monica-based location analytics software developer MomentFeed announced Tuesday morning that it has signed on some big brands as customers of the firm. MomentFeed is backed by Gold Hill Capital, DFJ Frontier, DFJ-JAIC Venture Partners, Double M Capital, Daher Capital, as well as a long list of local angel investors.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Santa Monica Social Media 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Focused Labs , which provides social media marketing services, said Thursday that it has renamed itself GraphEffect , and raised $2M in funding. GraphEffect provides a social advertising platform which helps advertisers gain Facebook fans and Likes. The firm was founded by Clark Landry and James Borow.

Marketing 189

Marketing Santa Monica Social Media Advertising 189

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

DogVacay.com, the fastest-growing, Santa Monica startup, passionate about using technology to build a community where dog lovers can connect with one another to find and provide safe, convenient and affordable services to care for their best friend. Senior IOS/Mobile Engineer , DogVacay. Product Marketing Manager , TigerText.

Dollar Shave Club 147

Dollar Shave Club SoCalTech Technology Santa Monica 147

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

Santa Monica- and Columbus, Ohio-based Fundable said that it is looking to provide a crowdfunding platform for "serious startups". Schroter is a repeat entrepreneur, who founded such companies as Go Big Network, and has involvement with a number of local startups in Los Angeles. on its advisory team. on its advisory team.

Startup 224

Startup Santa Monica Incubator Sites 224

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

and report them to city hall for quick resolution; an opportunity for government to use technology to save money and improve accountability to those they govern; and a positive, collaborative platform for real action. We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2012

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , the location-based analytics firm headed by Rob Reed, has scored a win with retailer Cinnabon , the firm revealed today. locations from using MomentFeed's platform. locations from using MomentFeed's platform. Cinnabon is one of the first, major customer announced by MomentFeed.

Santa Monica 185

Santa Monica Platform Customer Custom 185

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

SharesPost , the private company marketplace headed by Greg Brogger, which had been incubated and started in Santa Monica via Brighthouse, the startup incubator run by Brogger and Scott Painter, is in a joint venture with NASDA OMX , the two said this morning. Financial details of the joint venture were not disclosed.

CarsDirect 170

CarsDirect Marketing Incubator Truecar 170

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

In a sign of the growth of the Silicon Beach technology world, last year, Google moved its headquarters out of a space on Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, and into a new fancy headquarters space in Venice. Today, we just had a screening for the Tech Coast Angels, they're screening companies and having lunch here.

Google 253

Google Tech Coast Angels Screening Santa Monica 253

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

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. metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. Spin, similarly, introduced a new initiative that provides free, 30-minute rides and helmets to essential healthcare workers.

Layoffs 136

Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Linux System Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group. Tech Lead Adserving Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group. Accounting Manager / Assistant Controller , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Platform Senior Software Engineer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Software Engineer , West LA, Shopzilla.

Malibu 145

Malibu Oversee.net Southern California High Tech 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2014

For our profile today, we had a chat with Jonathan David , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Tapstone (www.tapstone.com), a company providing media buying and optimization. Jonathan David: We''re essentially a media buying and optimization platform. I''ve now been in Santa Monica as an entrepreneur for thirteen years, at this point.

Advertising 230

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Media 230

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Michael is a bit of an honorary Southern California, spending a large chunk of his time in Los Angeles (where he's built many of his companies) although he's now officially living in Puerto Rico. And you can now buy them with WAX tokens, where I'm an advisor and they raised $80 million (also based in Santa Monica).

Southern California 189

Southern California Santa Monica Conference Newsletter 189

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2016

WeWork is a platform for creators. Wherever you need to be in Los Angeles—Downtown, Hollywood, or Santa Monica, to name a few hot spots—you’ll find the right office space in one of WeWork’s 12 locations. Check out WeWork offices in Los Angeles. WeWork has a way of attracting the best people to its community.

Santa Monica 70

Santa Monica Hollywood Los Angeles Design 70

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2010

Santa Monica College and The City of Santa Monica bring together business leaders for an insightful discussion on Digital Entertainment. Wednesday, May 5, 2010 -- Digital Entertainment: Advertising, Distribution and the Consumer.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Advertising Santa Monica Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine).

Startup 256

Startup Commerce Santa Monica Mentor 256

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based CRM software maker Nimble --let by contact database and software pioneer Jon Ferrara--has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company announced on Thursday morning.

Funding 100

Funding Santa Monica Seed Funding Google 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation technology, announced Thursday morning that it has acquired Big Stage , the developer of avatar creation software. Image Metrics said it would merge Big Stag's avatar creation platform into its existing, real-time video animation technology. READ MORE>>.

Metrics 145

Metrics Tech Coast Angels Santa Monica Mission Ventures 145

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

Maynard Webb) and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti. Burstly is a Santa Monica-based team that I also proudly funded. And they were allegedly acquired (or so TechMeme says) by Apple in order to absorb the great engineers that built the leading iOS testing platform TestFlight. Maker Studios. FullScreen.

Startup 318

Startup Santa Monica Snapchat Yahoo 318

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

Gil Elbaz , one of the founders of Applied Semantics , the often unheralded Santa Monica-based creator of what is now Google's AdSense product, is one of the angel investors in San Francisco-based Triggit , a developer of a real time ad bidding platform, it was revealed today.

Santa Monica 133

Santa Monica Google Incubator Advertising 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

How did a quick weekend trip (for a birthday) to Los Angeles result in the creation and funding of a startup? Turns out that this weekend birthday celebration at Startup Weekend at CoLoft in Santa Monica was the perfect cocktail for. Sounds great," he said. That was the start of Zaarly. But let me back up just a bit.

Startup 164

Startup Santa Monica Los Angeles Entrepreneur 164

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Viewdle , the developer of cross platform, facial recognition technology backed by Santa Monica-based Anthem Ventures, has scored another round of funding, worth $10M, according to Viewdle. Viewdle has some amount of its operations in Los Angeles, including finance and business development.

Anthem 154

Anthem Santa Monica Venture Capital Research 154

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based BetterWorks , the employee perks and benefits firm headed by Craig Paige, has expanded its platform again today, saying that it is now handling in-office catering through its system. READ MORE>>.

Doc 150

Doc Santa Monica San Diego Los Angeles 150