socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

San Diego-based Daasity , a startup working on data analytics for direct-to-consumer retailers, has raised $2.3M The funding was led by Okapi Venture Capital, and also included Serra Ventures, Cove Fund II, 1855 Capital, and Mooring Ventures LLC. in a funding round, the company said this week.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com)  which just raised $2.3M in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. What does your startup do? What's your background, and how did the startup come about?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In a proof that it's not all social media and e-commerce here in Southern California, number two ranking startup in The Wall Street Journal's ranking of the "Top 50 Startups" is none other than wireless hardware provider Xirrus , based in Thousand Oaks. That list included Laguna Hills-based Glaukos at number 7; Donuts Inc. ,

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2017

San Diego-based TVPage , a startup developing cloud-based technology for monetizing video content, said on Thursday that it has added Greg Silverman as an investor in a recent $3M funding round. Silverman is the former president of Warner Bros.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Wildlink is backed by Mucker Capital. How does this work? What does that look like?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. The new machine was first fired up in the summer of 2017.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The pharmacy industry’s transformation is accelerating, as traditional drug retailers strike deals to expand their businesses and fend off technology startups encroaching on their territory. Like others in its industry, Alto offers online ordering and delivery (including same-day delivery) of prescription drugs.

Commerce 71

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2012

San Diego-based Tealium , a startup developing software which automatically loads tags onto web pages, said Tuesday that it has raised $1.1M in its Series A financing. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

MAY 4, 2018

Most wedding registries are focused on the lead-up to the day of the ceremony. New York startup Zola also sees opportunity in connecting with—and making a sales pitch to—married couples years after they’ve tied the knot.

Commerce 61

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms. His latest startup, Row 44, is providing hardware to Southwest Airlines and other airlines for wireless access, and has a number of announced wins.

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Xconomy

JUNE 11, 2018

The Seattle e-commerce giant is “a hefty competitor, but that doesn’t mean brands and retailers don’t have the ability to fight back,” says Kay Koplovitz, co-founder and managing partner of Springboard Growth Capital in New York. Commerce Department. There is still plenty of heft in traditional retailers,” she says.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

Veracity, which is backed by Microsemi and Frost Data Capital, recently inked a contract with the U.S. Paul Myer: Veracity Industrial Networks is a startup in the industrial network security segment. Paul Myer: Veracity Industrial Networks is a startup in the industrial network security segment. Thanks for the time today.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Austin —It stands to reason that if any industry could resist the tidal wave of e-commerce, it would be the fragrance business. But Eric Korman, founder and CEO of Phlur, says the startup can make it easier for shoppers to find scents they like while also offering up a more bespoke selection of products.

Commerce 84

Commerce Startup Product Artificial Inteligence 84

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

Petco, the privately held pet supplies company based in San Diego, said today it led a $10 million Series A financing in Los Angeles-based Petnet, a three-year-old startup developing technology-enabled pet feeders and pet food delivery service. The startup does its R&D and design in Los Angeles.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

” That question, along with a realization that she found herself asking it repeatedly over a variety of her purchases—from clothing items to housewares—led her to found FindMine, an e-commerce startup that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to help shoppers find clothing items that.

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Xconomy

JULY 31, 2018

Athena Club, a subscription program for feminine hygiene products, is the latest entrant into the direct-to-women e-commerce space and announced today that it has raised $3.6 Co-founder Maria Markina says her New York-based startup gives women the convenience of a subscription service but at lower prices compared to other similar services.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2019

The New York-based startup said Tuesday that the new funding round, which is being led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group, brings its total investment to $35 million. Billie, a monthly subscription service for shaving and body care products for women, has raised $25 million.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 15, 2018

The funding was led by Spark Capital and includes investors such as Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Rent the Runway co-founder Jenny Fleiss, and John Scherr, head of strategic partnerships at CircleUp. Full Harvest, an online market for imperfect produce that previously would have been thrown out, announced it has raised $8.5

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

That would make Amazon’s purchase of Ring the third largest in the Seattle e-commerce giant’s history. The purchase was first reported by Geekwire, which cited a separate report from Reuters that the deal is valued at about $1 billion. The two biggest acquisitions were Whole Foods last year and Zappos in 2009, according to Statista.)

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

One of those founders is Heather Yanak, a Houston-based attorney who recently co-founded B3ond (pronounced “beyond”), a consultancy that works with companies to assess workplace cultures and find out if a potentially troubling situation is brewing, or whether their human relations departments might need to shore up preventive measures.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The tech and commerce giant says it wants cities and states to apply to be a candidate for its so-called HQ2 by Oct. Amazon will pick the city in 2018. Notably, the (currently) Seattle-based company says its second headquarters would be built in North America broadly, exciting economic development officials in Canada.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 6, 2018

As much as 40 percent of food in this country is never eaten, yet 41 million people don’t have enough to eat, including 13 million children, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Xconomy

JULY 11, 2018

Mark Cummins wondered why online search engines could help you locate a landmark halfway around the world in a second but couldn’t tell him whether the corner store had a craft beer he liked.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 13, 2019

Pensa, an Austin startup. “Something like one out of eight or 10 items is typically not in stock.” Inaccurate inventory costs retailers $1.1 trillion annually, according to IHL, a Tennessee firm that specializes in retail and hospitality research. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

Today, the Puget Sound region is home to intense, interconnected innovation clusters that are continuing to pioneer in information technology, the cloud, e-commerce, gaming, data science, sensors, global health (including health metrics), neuroscience, and more. ” That would be death.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2019

Ackerman (pictured) is founder and managing director of San Francisco-based VC firm AllegisCyber , and co-founder of Fulton, MD-based DataTribe , which helps launch startups grounded in the expertise of former federal cybersecurity experts at the National Security Agency and other government units. His portfolio companies.

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

Zingle, a Carlsbad, CA-based tech startup targeting the service industry and consumer-facing businesses with its messaging app technology, has raised $3 million in venture capital, according to a regulatory filing earlier this month.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Like Detroit-based GM (NYSE: GM ), which is shifting its attention from traditional auto manufacturing to projects like its self-driving car unit Cruise—a San Francisco startup GM bought in 2016—Volvo Cars is one of the flock of established carmakers drawn to the Bay Area to take part in its thriving mobility innovation cluster.

Mobile 79

Mobile Startup Venture Capital San Diego 79

Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Kristina Tsvetanova says she found the motivation for her startup Blitab in 2014, when a blind colleague’s struggle to communicate via the Internet made her conscious of the barriers facing visually impaired people in a digital world. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Warsaw, IN, is the “Orthopedic Capital of the World.”. That law helped kick-start the modern tech transfer field. But there is more to Indiana’s economy and innovation than ag and manufacturing. The results?

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 29, 2018

“Traditional sizing only fits 15 percent of guys,” says Matt Hornbuckle, the startup’s founder and co-CEO. To connect guys with a shirt that fits well, the men’s wear startup created a database of “tens of thousands” of body scans. Twins come in and get different sizes.”

Startup 56

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Style trends may come and go but the apparel industry is increasingly accepting that sustainability will always be in fashion. “We We have the chance to shift the environment to a cleaner, more non-toxic place,” says Greg Altman, co-founder and CEO of Silk, a Boston-area maker of a proprietary liquid silk. That’s really our goal.”

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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.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

As college undergraduates, my roommate and I had what we called a “monowardrobe.” That’s how we described the contents of the closet that lined a wall in our dorm room. We each organized our own clothing on either side, but since we both wore the same size in clothing and shoes, we “shopped” for outfits in either section.

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Organization Content Platform San Diego 91

Xconomy

APRIL 20, 2018

There are few things more universal in wardrobes the world over than blue jeans. But they are also the number one item that is returned by online shoppers, says Rian Buckley, founder and CEO of Fitcode. Fit is the number one purchase driver and reason to return,” she says.

Ideas 78

Ideas Marketing Artificial Inteligence San Diego 78

Xconomy

JUNE 4, 2018

Inventory management is crucial to operating a successful retail operation. And as hard as it may be to believe, retailers “don’t really know what’s on the shelves,” says Sarjoun Skaff, founder and CTO of Bossa Nova Robotics.

Artificial Inteligence 69

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Xconomy

MARCH 9, 2018

If a shopper interacts with technology in a typical grocery store, it’s usually at the very end—as they are paying for their items. That could be about to change, though.

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