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OCTOBER 26, 2009

He is well known in the Southern California Technology scene for his work producing the Digital Family event series, along with the MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) series. We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach. " Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

magazine, has 42 companies in the Los Angeles area on the list. The Los Angeles metropolitan area was ranked just behind Washington, D.C. (50 Los Angeles based Savings.com was 135, with 2,077% growth; San Diego's ServiceNow was 260 at 1,240% growth; and Santa Monica's TrueCar was 480, with 721% growth in the last three years.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Earlier this week, Deloitte released its latest list of the top 500 growing technology companies, in its 2012 Technology Fast 500. The full list follows: 13 EdgeCast Networks 21406% Santa Monica Alex Kazerani 15 Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 46 Local Splash 3034% Santa Ana Steve Yeich 60 Lpath, Inc. Gorman, Ph.D.

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JUNE 1, 2017

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has just received $5M to fund a new initiative, called Energize California , to help boost clean technology startups. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , which develops e-commerce software for subscription-based software businesses, has been acquired by private equity investor Accel-KKR. According to FastSpring, Accel-KKR has made a majority equity investment in the firm, to provide capital and resources for its technology and go-to-market initiatives.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the provider of in-home and on-site technical support and services headed by Eric Greenspan, said today that it has inked a deal to offer up its services for sale at Costco Wholesale Corporation locations in Southern California. The rollout will begin in Q4 of the year. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2013

In the latest services-meets-smartphone service to launch in the Los Angeles area, a new startup, Naki Laundry , said today that it has launched its service in Santa Monica, letting the tech set use their smartphone or the web to get their laundry cleaned. Naki''s name comes from the Hebrew for the word "clean". READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Nothing that really blew me away.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Southern California had a healthy showing in the latest ranking of the fastest growing companies from Deloitte''s Technology Fast 500 , which was announced last night. Disclaimer: Deloitte is a sponsor of socalTECH, and socalTECH sponsored Deloitte''s LA Fast 500 awards last night in Santa Monica, although that does not affect our coverage.

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MAY 6, 2014

Santa Barbara-based HG Data , a developer of B2B sales and marketing tools, said today that it ahs raised $2M in an additional Series A funding. The funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners, and also included Epic Ventures and angels. According to the company, the new funds bring its total raised to $5.5M. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Based on a trio of recent, cloud technology acquisitions by major, Silicon Valley technology powerhouses, that would be Southern California. the acquisition of Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus by HP last week; and the acquisition earlier this year of Los Angeles-based Inktank by Red Hat. .;

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Several Southern California technology companies including San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody , Los Angeles-based Cornerstone OnDemand , Santa Barbara-based Ontraport , and Ventura''s The Trade Desk --have made a list of the top places to work, according to Outside Magazine.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. Rubicon Project.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Flying between Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, and have the nibbles? Los Angeles-based all-you-can-fly, membership-based airline Surf Air said today that it has linked up with a number of snack and beverage brands, as part of its service, and will be featuring those brands as part of its flights.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software).

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socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2015

Los Angeles-based membership airline Surf Air says it now has more than 1,600 members, and has flown over 13,000 flights, two years after its debut--according to the company's sales emails. The company's service allow members to skip the long security lines and crowded public terminals, and also mostly uses smaller airport locations.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2010

According to DEMO, Thousand Oaks-based Invested.In , Santa Barbara-based Phone Halo , San Diego-based Tastr , and Los Angeles-based Immitter will all be presenting at the technology launch conference. DEMO has traditionally been a major launch event for startups and new technology products.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Peter Pham, of Los Angeles technology studio/incubator Science Inc., Santa Barbara's Phone Halo pitches the idea of its GPS/Bluetooth wallet tracking device in this (kinda campy) video. Santa Barbara's Phone Halo pitches the idea of its GPS/Bluetooth wallet tracking device in this (kinda campy) video.

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JUNE 25, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home, information technology support firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, has shut down. Make It Work was backed by Frontera Capital, Somera Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. Make It Work was backed by Frontera Capital, Somera Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels.

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APRIL 5, 2010

The growing clean technology sector also helped numbers, with $74.0M for Santa Monica electric vehicle firm Coda Automotive. Father north, in Santa Barbara, Sonos scored $25.0M Tags: southern california angeles venture capital diego santa barbara startup investment finance. in a March deal.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The most amount of investment came for the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA, which saw $247.6M Another $28.68M was invested in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, plus Ventura. Carlsbad-based Ostendo Technologies , a developer of solid state lighting raised $41.8M billion funding round for Snapchat. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work said today that it has signed a national syndication agreement with Envision Radio Networks , which will make the firm's technology radio show available to radio stations nationwide. Make It Work also runs a show, Tech News powered by Make It Work, in Los Angeles on KNX1070.

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APRIL 22, 2013

FastSpring , the fast growing Santa Barbara-based e-commerce payment services provider headed by Dan Engel, said today it has scored a funding round from Pylon Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. Size of the funding round was not disclosed.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Technology solutions are now used by authoritarians to monitor and control populations, to stymie an individual company’s economic prospects or to foment chaos through demagoguery. What Has Changed in Financing?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Calabasas-based audio processing technology firm DTS is expanding into the Internet-connected, whole home audio market today, saying that it has released an Android-based, whole home audio system. The new system looks to be direct competition for Santa Barbara-based Sonos, and its own wireless, whole home audio systems.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms.

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JULY 18, 2017

The list of technology startups in Southern California who are "unicorns"--valued at more than $1 billion--surprisingly, might not be who you think, and in the sectors you might expect. and no, there aren't any entertainment-technology companies anywhere in sight). SpaceX (www.spacex.com). Honest Company (www.honest.com).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

According to the firm, both schools are using Active Network's operations management software and hosted technology for their campus recreation departments. Financial impact of the two wins was not announced.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Happy Holidays!

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the home computer installation, repair, and assistance firm run by Eric David Greenspan, is expanding into the San Francisco Bay Area with a new radio show. The firm is launching a new show on KSFO 560 San Francisco (Citadel/ABC Radio), running on Saturdays at 3pm, with the first show tomorrow.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at the start of a worldwide revolution. Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and technology assistance firm known for its bright red Mini-Coopers, is targeting a national expansion, as part of a deal to carry the firm's radio show in twenty three new markets. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The Los Angeles technology crowd turned out in full for last week's Twiistup 5 event--a showcase for startups looking for exposure and funding--with over 1,000 attendees at a private aircraft hangar at the Santa Monica airport. Tags: technology totspot startup twiistup twiistup5 angeles networking event cogi.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M Other large deals include Santa Barbara-based CytomX , with a $30.0M raised, and Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , a. Tags: venture capital southern california angeles orange county diego moneytree nvca. billion invested in the region. in funding.

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JUNE 9, 2009

Santa Barbara-based TrueVision Systems , a developer of 3D visualization technology used for microsurgery, said this week that it has raised $1.2M Source of the funding was not disclosed, and comes on top of a $5M, Series B funding round it raised from angels last year.

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