socalTECH

JULY 12, 2017

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Arena Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday that it is looking to raise $150.0M and UBS Investment Bank are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, with JMP Securities as co-manager. in a public offering.

San Diego 113

San Diego Invest Develop Development 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2013

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of tag management software headed by Ali Behnam, has raised $15.6M According to Tealium, the new funding comes from Tenaya Capital, Battery Ventures and Presidio Ventures. in a new, Series C funding, the company said this morning.

Funding 164

Funding San Diego Commerce Entertainment 164

Xconomy

APRIL 9, 2018

View the Slideshow With the first quarter in the books, it’s time to step back and lay out Xconomy’s editorial map for the rest of the year.

News 86

News Education Conference Report 86

Xconomy

JULY 23, 2019

The HireAHelper site allows users to find, compare quotes and availability, and book local movers. Now Porch is adding HireAHelper’s independent moving services providers to its lineup of more than 250,000 professionals. Financial terms of. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Services 56

Services Startup Sites Venture Capital 56

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. Joe Nigro: Right now, we're focused on the Greater Los Angeles area, and we'll be adding Orange County and San Diego over the next few months. What does Work Today do?

Startup 100

Startup Orange County Platform Capital 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Tyler Koblasa: Mingly is a relationship management tool, kind of a personal assistant, and keeps track of all of your contacts, from multiple sources, and aggregates that into a master address book. Whether someone is in Google address book, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, they all end up in one place.

Startup 145

Startup Social Network Tool Santa Monica 145

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based ScoreStream (www.scorestream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. Why aren't venture capitalists interested in sports? We didn't have any investors from San Francisco in our company.

Media 100

Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based SportStream (www.sportstream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. Why aren't venture capitalists interested in sports? We didn't have any investors from San Francisco in our company.

Media 100

Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I bought a book and I learned how to program macros and build spreadsheets. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. So I did that kind of stuff.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Some of the biggest school districts, including LA Unified, San Diego, and Oakland all use our software. Now, despite bootstrapping, you actually have some connections to the venture capital world, don't you? Ramit Varma: I've been sort of in and out of the venture space since we started.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

For example, when Pope Francis visited Philadelphia last year and all the hotels and motels were booked, homeowners stepped up—via HomeAway and VRBO, as well as Airbnb—to accommodate the overflow of visitors who came to town to see him.

Examples 40

Examples Services Technology Study 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

Other examples include Amazon, which began with the idea to sell books online and evolved through the years to basically sell everything. Because they were resilient, they were able to build on this strength to become a popular online retailer. Had buying shoes online not caught on, the team likely would have pivoted and tried something else.

Ideas 40

Ideas Startup Examples Demand 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. You can’t get that if you only play the outside book. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). Communications.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. million members who have added over 270 million books, completely by word of mouth. MUST be on this list!!

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. How valuable are these legacy businesses?

Ideas 150

Ideas Startup Technical Review Pricing 150

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. Downtown San Diego Condos. NC Mountain Golf Living. Investing Tools.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44