socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , a stealth mode startup headed by well known angel investor Paige Craig, has raised around $1.5M Craig has recruited the co-creater of Zynga's Farmville game, Sizhao Yang, as well as George Ishii, who was co-founder of Geni.com and Yammer, as co-founders. in a funding round. READ MORE>>.

Yammer 242

Yammer Santa Monica Web Sites 242

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

The firm, which provides virtual currency handling for Android game makers, is the startup of Ari Mir, who formerly co-founded GumGum, and Amos Elliston, who served as CTO at Geni and SVP of Engineering at Yammer. and Kamran Pourzanjani, who founded Pricegrabber. READ MORE>>.

Yammer 164

Yammer Geni Funding Southern California 164

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which operates an online platform for managing fundraising by startups, has linked with the Startup America Partnership. CapLinked's site allows companies to manage due diligence documents, shareholder communications, finding investors, and more; the firm said it now has over 135,000 users using its site.

Technical Review 153

Technical Review Software Review Startup Yammer 153

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the startup which provides an online site to help companies manage their fundraising process, is announcing this morning thta it has raised $400,000 in a new funding round. The firm said the funding brings its total raised to $1.8M.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Software Review Yammer Funding 113

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based genealogy site Geni.com has been acquired by MyHeritage , an online genealogy website. Geni.com offers up an online, family tree site, and was the parent company of Yammer.com, the enterprise micro-messaging startup sold by Sacks for $1.2 Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Geni 153

Geni Sites Acquisition Los Angeles 153

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I am taking the lead from GRP and we also invested alongside a number of friends including Dave McClure, Dave Tisch, Ben Smith (Merchant Circle), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Jason Calacanis, Evan Rifkin, Jennifer Lum, Jay Weintraub and a whole host of other angels. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). And I know that great startups like Yammer are doing well. Tynt Multimedia “Online tool that allows content sites to control copy-paste activity on their web sites.&# For starters I LOVE the idea for this product. Enter Xobni. 5.0mm in Series C.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Yammer, Salesforce Chatter. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT).

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? A great opportunity for more visible networking. Sometimes I make a blog entry.

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170