socalTECH
JULY 13, 2011
The firm is backed by Google Ventures, as well as a number of well known angels. You're backed by Google, isn't that right? Aviv Grill: Yes, Google ventures led our last round. It's a diverse group, both entertainment and technology. We caught up with founder Aviv Grill to dig deeper into what the firm is doing.
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 5, 2013
With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. And for good reason. At SBF, a number of good ideas were floated to do just that. But as long as L.A.
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 17, 2010
We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor).
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2017
So, despite their rivalries and silos, people have come together, and we now have all 5 UC campuses in Southern California, plus Caltech, Harvey Mudd, USC, UC San Diego, and others involved. What's really pushed that in the last few years are the major titans here, such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and others. more) READ MORE>>.
Xconomy
JUNE 25, 2017
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has set out to boost the startup ecosystem in San Diego and the rest of Southern California—and he already has scored a coup by partnering with Bill Maris, the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures, now known as GV.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 17, 2012
A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA.
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. I'm sure that you had to think about that at Google and United Online.
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