socalTECH

JULY 27, 2016

Beverly Hills-based Influential , a developer of influencer marketing software, has raised $5M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The company says it has now raised a total of $9M. The company says its clients include Hershey's, Coca-Cola Company, NBC Universal, Nestle, General Mills and Sony Pictures.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2016

According to GIBLIB, it will broadcast a 360 degree virtual reality view of a surgery being conducted in Beverly Hills in 4K video. GIBLIB is using a camera from 360fly for the VR broadcast, Livit is providing the live streaming infrastructure, and the event even has a branding sponsor, medical scrubs maker FIGS.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2015

asterRIDE said this morning that it will offer up a ride service app which relies on local taxi and limousine firms, helping licensed drivers provide smartphone driven services ala Uber.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2013

Flywheel said that its service is now available in "hundreds" of Los Angeles taxis this past week, and it is helping to "take back the streets" from ride share services. Flywheel''s service is available across LA except Santa Monica and Beverly Hills.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Beverly Hills-based Myspace , the online social entertainment site now owned by Specific Media, said this morning that it has named Roger Mincheff as President of Myspace Entertainment. Myspace said that Mincheff will help lead internal production and entertainment efforts, developing original programming and content for the site.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The Bay Area startup--which has been in Los Angeles since last November--said its new ZIRX Enterprise service is offered up to companies, to help its employees with parking. In fact, at least two of ZIRX's initial customers for the on-demand parking--Live Nation and Insomiac--are in the LA area.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2010

Beverly Hills-based CPA advertising network operator Hydra announced today that it has signed an exclusive deal with Hollywood-based Meteor Games , to help the social gaming firm sign up new players, and to also extend out its ad inventory. Financial details behind the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , an operator of a cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, said today that it has linked with Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk , a provider of trademark protection and domain name services. According to the firms, the deal calls for CitizenHawk to offer "domain recovery services" to Hydra advertisers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra has launched a new, proprietary ad campaign tracking software product it is calling HNv2, the firm said Thursday. According to Hydra, the online ad tracking software is designed to help its publishing partners prevent fraud and the promotion of campaigns in unauthorized channels.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2010

Beverly Hills-based online dating operator Spark Networks said Friday afternoon that it has hired Piper Jaffray & Co., as its independent financial advisor, to help the firm consider a buyout proposal from Great Hill Partners III, LP. Great Hill offered to buy Spark on March 2nd, saying it is looking to pay $3.10

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Beverly Hills-based OVGuide.com , an online site focused on video discovery and search, disclosed today that the firm has received $5M in funding from Baroda Ventures LLC, the investment firm of former GeoCities founder David Bohnett. OVGuide.com has previously received funding from Baroda, which helped to incubate the firm.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

So, I decided to take a leap of faith, and leave my comfy corporate job, and go around to flower shops and get a full understanding of how they operate, how they run their business, and help solve this problem. We partner with them, and give them tools to help their business. You mention the big companies, like FTD, 1-800 Flowers, etc.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

While disappointed at not being able to meet with the Prime Minister, Erik Bjontegard of Big PlayAR --which is based in Beverly Hills--was still very impressed with the openness of the UK Government. "I companies to work with companies there.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Most people don't want injectsion, radio frequency, or ultrasounds, and it helps that we can work with pregnant women. We not only give them these devices and cosmetics, we also help them run retention and referral campaigns. We then started to help clients switch to marketing using our own machines.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra Media , the cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, has new funding in hand and legal issues behind it, and is now looking upmarket, the firm told socalTECH in an interview Thursday.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Icon Media Direct described how it helped TrueCar use TV ads plus digital to reach mainstream audiences and increase revenue. Someone just thanked me last night, saying he got two clients at Silicon Beach Fest and was able to help several others. The fest has grown with the community.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2015

In the past decade, LA has become a fast-growing tech hub with successful companies establishing their headquarters in neighborhoods from Beverly Hills to Santa Monica. NewCo will help you expand your understanding of one of the largest metropolitan economies on the planet.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

We have added several well respected and experienced institutional investors who have helped us improve our thinking across many areas. In addition, we added some great new talent to the firm this year including Andrew Albert, Ryan Sefidfard and Zach Veenstra and this team has helped to greatly expand our deal sourcing program.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

According to the article, Ostendo’s QPI technology “fuses an image processor with a wafer containing micro light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, alongside software that helps the unit properly render images.”. The work is to be completed by this October 17, according to the DoD contract announcement.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. We'd always go into client meetings asking: how can we help you? Stacy Stubblefield: We were part of the incubator, so we had some other contracted employees who were working and helping us develop the product.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The first step we took was to choose a brand name that we felt represented our shared values and that we felt helped force us to live our values. ” We won’t be the right cultural fit for every entrepreneur but if we’re truly WYSIWYG then it helps entrepreneurs decide if we’re aligned. Transparent. Early Stage.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2016

For our startup interview today, we have an interview with Wrapal (www.wrapal.com), a new startup developing an online marketplace to help film-makers find filming locations, and helping property owners--both residential and commercial--make their properties available for films, commercials, television, and more.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The West Coast biannual AdAge Social TV conference took place in Beverly Hills earlier this week. Hashtags help to narrow focus of course, and yes, there are apps for that. Social media giants Twitter and Facebook were both on hand to present their latest findings of their contributions to social television.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

A few weeks ago, Beverly Hills-based Meteor Games , the latest startup from the founders of NeoPets, announced that it had hired Zac Brandenberg as its CEO. They created Neopets, brought it to the US, helped it grow, and eventually sold it to Viacom in 2005.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Who with her Co-Founder Valerie Brennan , left a high profile position to help make a difference in peoples lives. So we wanted to help other women on the best places to go and find particular guys based on type. I get to meet new people all the time and we’re really helping make a difference in peoples lives.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

With the amount of networking possibilities, if you had an awesome idea I could almost guarantee you would have found someone to either help you bring your idea to fruition, or if already fully developed a chance to setup a meeting with a network executive. They help finance and sell projects. ITVFest Panel's. The Studio System.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

million for a 12,000-square-foot home in Holmby Hills in March. From her new perch in Los Angeles, shes helping to launch a company that she says lies "at the intersection of marketing and digital entertainment, philanthropy and lifetime experiences." Rappaports, Mich Mathews, formerly the head of marketing for Microsoft.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

And of course once you dominate a show like Real Housewives of Beverly Hills you get to make derivative versions in Atlanta, New York, New Jersey, etc. And the more you succeed the more advertisers in search of endemic audiences want to advertise with you. But the one I was most attracted to was Latino. of the population).

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