TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Previous backers include Sequoia Capital, SilverLake, Dragoneer and Ant Group, among others. and plans to use its new capital in part to continue to grow there and globally. Other things the company plans to do with its new capital is focus on acquisitions, particularly acqui-hires, according to Siemiatkowski.

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Los Angeles Funding CIO Marketing 266

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire. He was at Overture before it was acquired by Yahoo.

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OpenX CTO Hire GRP Partners CIO 223

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2009

ID Analytics is backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital Ltd., Pathman has also previously served at First NLC, Accredited Home Lenders, H&R Block Mortgage, Option One Mortgage, and Plaza Home Mortgage. Mission Ventures, and Trinity Ventures READ MORE>>.

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CIO Mission Ventures San Diego Software 100

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The firm--which grew out of the efforts of USC and UCLA grads--said the funding was led by former Redpoint Ventures EIR David Wu, and also included Crosslink Capital, Shopzilla CIO Jody Mulkey and Liveops Founder Douglas Feirstein.

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CIO Southern California Redpoint USC 153

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APRIL 17, 2015

The startup--led by Jeremy Gocke--said the funding came from Scout Ventures, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), Rich Heise (early Groupon investor), Hivers & Strivers, Kelly Perdew, and other angels. tool aggregation social gocke jeremy startup funding seed capital venture fliptu' in a seed funding round, the company said Friday.

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Tool CIO Seed Funding Entertainment 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

A number of Southern California angel investors, including Jody Mulkey , the CIO of Shopzilla, have backed Scripted.com , a new online marketplace for freelance writers.

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Angel CIO Southern California USC 173

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Nirvanix had last raised funding in May of 2012, when it took $25M in funding from such backers as Khosla Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Intel Capital, Mission Ventures and Windward Ventures. The company seemed to be on the upswing, with a long list of high profile customers; the company had even hired Zynga''s CIO earlier this year.

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Customer Custom Windward S3 147

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

That allows companies to reuse their existing capital, get full control over where their data resides, and where their performance is very deterministic, day in and day you, because you''re not sharing it with any other tenant on the public cloud. CIOs are wondering if they should jump in, wait for production, or wait for things to mature.

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CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2010

The firm is headed by Patrick Kelly, and the Tec Coast Angels investment was led by Bob Fried, the former CIo of Staples. Tags: intrastage venture capital quality management testing electronics manufacturing angel. IntraStage's customers include Motorola, Panasonic and Northrop Grumman. READ MORE>>.

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Angel Tech Coast Angels Funding CIO 140

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 17, 2011

Martin, chairman, CEO and CIO, Mont Pelerin Capital; Cary H. Abate, corporate vice president and CFO, Edwards Lifesciences; Robert A. Claassen, partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP; Charles D. Thompson, vice chairman, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; and Mikel Williams, CEO, DDi Corp. See [link] (more)

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Orange County CIO Company Companies 100

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JUNE 17, 2016

ElNaggar was most recently serving as Chief Strategy Officer at CBS Interactive; he co-founded Sapho with fellow CBS Interactive alum Peter Yared, who was CBSi's CTO and CIO. Those apps provide push-like, user-friendly access to enterprise apps, much like employees are used to interacting with mobile consumer apps and alerts. READ MORE>>.

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Redpoint CIO Venture Capital Startup 100

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JULY 21, 2011

The firm's founder and CEO is Douglas Merrill , the former CIO and VP of Engineering of Google. Hollywood-based ZestCash , a startup offering up short-term, consumer loans online, has scored $19M in funding today, including $11M in a Series A equity round plus $8M in venture debt. READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners CIO Startup Hollywood 133

Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president. She was previously the CIO for Holy Cross Health System in South Bend, IN, a 13-hospital chain where she was responsible for strategic IT planning from Maryland to California.

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San Diego CIO Incubator Startup 67

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Sending the zeros and ones into the air was the same and sending nutrients into your mitochondria, except that at Visalus, it was not capital intensive like it was at SkyPipeline. It was really the same business, but with less capital. My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

Los Angeles-based Unitas Global (www.unitasglobal.com) recently raised a round of funding from MK Capital and Azure Capital for its vision of helping enterprises make that transition to cloud technology. Most of the CIOs we are talking to are at large banks and healthcare providers. But, the way we do it is different.

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Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. David Loo: Ultimately, at the C-level, the CIO requires data metrics and intelligence, in order to compete and make decisions and take actions to further a company's agenda. What is Perspectium? That's how we started. What specific problem were you seeing?

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SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. Think about venture capital. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. But consider the following: 1.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Currently, I am the cofounder and CIO of Remesh , which is an AI platform that understands and engages groups of people in conversation in real time. What’s your role in your ecosystem? Aaron: I am Cleveland native, but have also spent time living in San Francisco, New York, India, London, and Paris.

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Startup Platform CIO Entrepreneur 70

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. But we have a great city for building technology companies. If you decide to build a company in LA, here’s what you need to know: 1.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

African ICT Achiever Awards – Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Year – WINNER multiple times (Annex.13). ABSA Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year – WINNER (This award was actually presented by Gill Marcus) – (Annex.13). African ICT Achiever Awards – OVERALL WINNER (Annex.13).

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer – what it means for the CIO. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Alex earned a B.A.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A lot of ink has been spilled on the subject of building tech startups and creating entrepreneurial communities for tech innovation. But to Etienne de Bruin, a disproportionate amount of attention has focused on the tech founder as CEO, and what it takes for a CEO to build a tech business.

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San Diego Software Engineering Software Startup 45

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2016

in funding, from Dallas Capital, Upfront Ventures, and Tribeca Angels. My counterpart, Mark Attaway, our CIO, was at Fidelity national and LSI, both title companies, building automated platforms for the title process. Cloudvirga recently raised $7.5M What is cloudvirga? Kyle Kamrooz: We were spun out of a lender.

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Startup Platform Pepperdine CIO 100

socalTECH

JULY 28, 2017

Vinny Smith was the founder of Quest, and Toba Ventures is his venture capital firm. We also have the CEO of Forescout on our board, the CIO of Malwarebytes, and lots of other different security leaders who are familiar with this space. The main institutional money in the company is a firm called Toba Ventures.

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IP Artificial Inteligence CIO Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313