socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2011

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the cloud computing firm backed by Tenaya Capital, DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, and Presidio Ventures, said Tuesdya that it has launched a new product called RightScale myCloud.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Santa Barbara-based RightScale disclosed today that the firm has linked with WaveMaker Software, a developer of a framework for deploying web applications. WaveMaker and RightScale said that the two will integrate their products, allowing users who develop apps on WaveMaker to deploy them through RightScale's Cloud Management Platform.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2010

The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included current investors Benchmark Capital and BV Capital. Eucalyptus said the funding will go to scale development, marketing, and sales of its commercial open source private cloud management software. The firm said the funding brings its total raised to $25.5M.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The word “cloud”—as in cloud computing, and cloud storage—has served as a handy shorthand term, but it has always been inherently vague and a little misleading.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2009

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , which develops software for managing cloud computing, announced Thursday that it has added former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos to the firm's board of directors. Tags: rightscale amazon cloud computing executive mysql marten mickos. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2009

Santa Barbara-baesd RightScale , a developer of cloud computing management software, and SpringSource, a provider of web application performance and monitoring software, said this morning that SpringSource's software is now available through RightScale. RightScale is venture backed by Index Ventures and Benchmark Capital.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , a developer of software for managing cloud computing infrastructure, said Wednesday that it has rolled out its first commercial offering, focused on enterprise customers.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

For all of the consumer adoption of the cloud, enterprise users are still not as bought into the vision of cloud computing as one might think they would be. So, how do you help ease enterprise customers into the cloud--or at least, help them use cloud technology to help them with their business goals?

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the venture-backed developer of cloud computing management software backed by Benchmark Capital and Index Ventures, said yesterday that it has launched a new product specifically focused on grid processing.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Santa Barbara-based RightScale said today that it has raised $13M, in a second round for the cloud computing software firm. According to RightScale, the round was led by Index Ventures, and also included prior investor Becnhmark Capital. Danny Rimer of Index joins the board as part of the funding.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Among those involved in TheBlu are Andy Jones (Avatar), Joichi Ito (MIT Media Lab), Scott Yara (EMC/Greenplum), Yair Landau (MK Capital, formerly of Sony Pictures Entertainment), among others. Secondly, it's critical that we see the future of entertainment as being on the web, versus at the movie theater.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Finding business agility in the cloud. Chief Digital Officers.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Earlier today, we talked with Greg Martin at Archer Venture Capital. 1) Mobile web. The current incarnation of the mobile web changes what the Internet IS to users, and the manner in which it is incorporated into their lives. (2) 3) Cloud computing offerings as an enabler to lean startups.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Brilliant web and iPhone app design. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. Technology. Advertisers.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

Morphlabs is a cloud computing company, part of a good cluster of firms that we now have in Southern California, including 3Tera in Orange County, and Eucalyptus in Santa Barbara. It's nice to see us covering all of these cloud-enabling types of technologies in Southern California for a change. What's Morphlabs?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 19, 2013

Like the first-mover advantage, Stealth mode is a vestige of Silicon Valley''s past, when the cost to launch a company, including web-based businesses, required significant capital and customizedinfrastructure.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency. The disappearance of these legacy costs has spawned a legion of Capital Efficient Startups (CESs), described more fully in Pour And Stir.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency. The disappearance of these legacy costs has spawned a legion of Capital Efficient Startups (CESs), described more fully in Pour And Stir.

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Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic , which last year unveiled its novel computer chip designed for artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised $40 million in a Series B fundraising round led by the venture capital arm of Japanese telecom and tech giant SoftBank.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

They often identify expeditious ways to make money in the early days of their adVentures, which allow them to reduce the amount of capital they must raise from outside investors. WebEx was the early leader in web meetings. Many entrepreneurs encounter a similar dilemma. In the short-term, such opportunities are enticing. Scaling Right.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

“As voice API, voice broadcast and text messaging technology advances and cloud computing becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more business – across all core market sectors — are discovering why cloud telephony is the future,” said Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO and co-founder, CallFire.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Post-Launch: Marketing Web Apps on a Budget.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Leveraging mobile application and online platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Community Sponsors. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Community Sponsors. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I can’t say for sure, but it feels to me like the re-urbanization of technology companies is driven by a broader trend of the tech industry overall – cloud computing. Spark Capital, Flybridge, Founder Collective, NextView Ventures … all in Boston or Cambridge not west of the city. And with startups so go VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week. Aside from attacking yet another market segment all I could think about is, “Why enter the web conferencing market. Isn’t WebEx already dead man walking?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I have other areas of interest & competence such as cloud computing and document management given my background. But if you are growing uber fast, building for scale and have access to capital to fund your growth then it’s always the smart play. It doesn’t work for every business. Innovator’s Dilemma.

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