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MAY 16, 2018

CEO Gerry Widmer said Wednesday the San Diego-based company is expanding its workforce and extending its Web content management system (WCMS) to international customers. After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io founder Randy Apuzzo at the end of 2017.

Google 49

Google San Diego SaaS Capital 49

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

San Diego-based Power Digital Marketing , a digital marketing agency has raised a round of funding, from private equity investor Periscope Equity. The company says it offers up content marketing, SEO, paid marketing, social media marketing, and other related services. Financial details of the investment were not announced.

Marketing 113

Marketing SEO Funding Social Media 113

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Rio SEO , the local search software development arm of Covario, said Wednesday that it has raised a new round of funding to take the company independent. According to Rio SEO, it has raised additional funding from FTV Capital, Dubilier & Co., Size and details of that investment were not disclosed.

SEO 138

SEO Funding San Diego Content 138

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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. READ MORE>>.

Funding 124

Funding San Diego Commerce Content 124

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

San Diego-based crowdsourced local sports information provider ScoreStream , led by technology vet Derrick Oien, says it has connected its information into Amazon Alexa. ScoreStream's venture backers include Intel Capital, Avalon Ventures, Sinclair Broadcasting, R/GA and Verizon Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Avalon 113

Avalon San Diego Platform Capital 113

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MARCH 30, 2011

The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. Jeb Spencer: The goal at TVC Capital is to do exactly this. These companies don't traditionally get venture capital. Talk more about your philosophy of investments? READ MORE>>.

Capital 168

Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo San Diego 168

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APRIL 24, 2012

Zui.com , the kid's website focused on providing screened content and information to kids, is expanding its services today, saying that it has launched "Facetube", which combines the best social sharing aspects of Facebook with the channels of YouTube. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 186

Social Network Networking Mission Ventures Screening 186

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JULY 6, 2016

Stocktwits , the stock-focused micro messaging service co-founded by San Diego angel investor Howard Lindzon, said on Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a new funding round, and named a new CEO. Lindzon said he will focus on content and partnerships for the company from his San Diego base. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113

San Diego Content Funding Services 113

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

San Diego-based Imagine Communications , a venture-backed developer of video transcoding and other related, IPTV and digital video streaming hardware, has been acquired by Harris Broadcast , Harris said today. Imagine Communications was venture backed by Carmel Ventures, Columbia Capital, and Court Square Ventures. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 147

San Diego Acquisition Los Angeles Content 147

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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?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

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APRIL 19, 2016

The angels in the funding round included Darr Aley (Amazon), Mark Amin (Sobini Films), Peter Benedek (UTA), Jim Berkus (UTA), The Chandaria Family, Adam Felesky (Horizon ETFs), Michael Klein (San Diego Chargers), David Kramer (UTA), Leonard Latchman, Logan Levy (Dallas Buyers Club), Lynn Miller (Delaney Capital), Howard Owens (Propagate Content), G.

Mobile 100

Mobile San Diego Entertainment Los Angeles 100

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JULY 25, 2013

San Diego-based online gaming startup Molten Games has raised a round of initial funding from NCSOFT, in a Series A round, the company said Wednesday. content videogame ncsoft capital venture games molten' The startup, which is headed by and was founded by Jungwon Hahn, did not disclose the amount of funding. READ MORE>>.

Funding 124

Funding San Diego Entertainment Content 124

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MARCH 26, 2013

San Diego-based ZeaKal , a plant sciences startup focused on developing technology to increase the yield and oil content of crops, said this morning that it has raised $3.8M The firm said it is targeting soybeans and rice to increase crop yield and oil content. in a Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 147

San Diego Incubator Content Research 147

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Selectable Media , a digital advertising firm which lets users unlock digital content in exchange for interacting with brand advertising, said today that it has expanded to Los Angeles, as part of a growth in its footprint. The expansion came alongside the opening of a new office in Chicago. READ MORE>>.

Media 164

Media Avalon San Diego Advertising 164

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APRIL 20, 2012

San Diego-based Chumby , which had developed Internet-connected, alarm-clock like devices and similar technology, has shut down, according to a report Friday. The firm had raised on the order of $25M in funding for its efforts. READ MORE>>.

Report 157

Report Avalon San Diego News 157

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JULY 18, 2013

San Diego-based Yapert said this morning that it has raised $1.2M music entertainment brand celebrity publishing content capital venture magazine mobile yapert' in a seed funding round, for its interactive mobile magazine. The company said it will use the funding for continued platform expansion and sales and marketing.

Mobile 133

Mobile Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Seed Funding 133

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

San Diego-based Cordial , a developer of marketing software which automatically tracks the actions of consumers, which triggers personalized messaging to those consumers, has raised 6M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Upfront Ventures. The investment was led by Upfront's Kobie Fuller. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 100

San Diego Commerce Content Platform 100

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JULY 20, 2012

The latest MoneyTree Survey, from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters, tabulated. According to the report, which tracks venture capital activity nationwide, there were 89 deals in the quarter, the same as in Q1, but less than the 97 deals in the same quarter of last year. in funding.

Southern California 145

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

San Diego-based KidZui , the developer of a service which provides kid-safe content via a search engine and browser, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M in new funding, and will start creating its own, original video content. The new funding comes from existing investors Mission Ventures and Costella Kirsch.

Mission Ventures 140

Mission Ventures San Diego Content Funding 140

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In a world of digital video, whats the best way to distribute and monetize that streaming video content? San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Media 113

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

San Diego-based KidZui has upgraded the firm's web browser for children, saying yesterday that version 5.0 of the service now includes ways for children to send videos, websites, and photos to their parents, and for parents to send content to children. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 133

San Diego Screening Web Content 133

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

San Diego-based SOCi , a developer of social media management and marketing software, has raised $2.25M in funding, the company said Wednesday. SOCi is taking aim at competitors such as Hootsuite, with what it says is a "next-generation" social media content discovery and marketing product. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 100

Social Media Tool Media Marketing 100

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Los Angeles- and San Diego-based video sharing site Veoh is claiming a major win today over Universal Music group, saying that a federal judge has thrown out a copyright infringement lawsuit against the firm. Tags: veoh universal music video sharing lawsuit legal copyright dmca content. READ MORE>>.

Veoh 140

Veoh Summary San Diego Content 140

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has backed a developer of video advertising products, Selectable Media , to the tune of $2M. Selectable Media, which is based in New York, lets users opt into branded video advertising in exchange for free access to content on web and mobile apps.

Avalon 147

Avalon Media San Diego Advertising 147

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

San Diego-based Chumby Industries , the maker of Internet-enabled, application-capable devices, said this week that it has launched a new version of its product for Android. Chumby has a catalog of over 1500 applications to stream Internet content to devices such as its Internet-enabled clock radio. READ MORE>>.

Avalon 160

Avalon Slides San Diego Software 160

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

San Diego-based Chumby , the developer of a Linux-based, programmable device which connects to Internet information, has linked with QNX Software Sytsems Co. , Chumby is headed by Derrick Oien, and backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Avalon 154

Avalon San Diego Research Platform 154

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0

Southern California 196

Southern California Invest Westlake Village SoCal 196

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JUNE 10, 2011

Howard Lindzon , the CEO of San Diego-based StockTwits , has made another angel investment, this time in Embed.ly , a developer of tools that make it easier for web sites to embed content from other web sites.

San Diego 140

San Diego Web Sites Tool 140

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MARCH 16, 2009

San Diego-based Verimatrix , a developer of content security technology for the IPTV market, said Monday that the firm has signed on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), an Indian IPTV operator, as a customer. Verimatrix said that the firm's Video Content Authority System has been deployed as part of a nation-wide IPTV launch.

San Diego 100

San Diego Content Custom Customer 100

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare , a provider of digital royalty accounting for music publishers, said today that it has expanded its royalty services for Canadian music labels. The firm is venture backed by William Morris, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Trident Capital. READ MORE>>.

Trident Capital 124

Trident Capital Bertelsmann Services San Diego 124

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MAY 20, 2009

San Diego-based Loop'd Network , an online site focused on action sports, announced this morning that it has raised $800,000 in additional funding. Tags: loopd venture capital sports content seed action. According to Loop'd, the funding came from its existing investors, along with new investor the Tech Coast Angels.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Networking San Diego Commerce 100

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APRIL 1, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat. The firm is venture backed by Intel Capital, Adobe, Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Michael Eisners Tornante Company, Time Warner Investments, among others.

Veoh 100

Veoh Layoffs Report San Diego 100

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MAY 14, 2009

San Diego-based online music provider Slacker has raised $9.6M Tags: capital venture content online radio slacker. in a funding round, based on a regulatory filing from the company. Slacker said in the filing that it raised just over $9.6M Details on the funding have not been released. READ MORE>>.

Mission Ventures 100

Mission Ventures San Diego Content Funding 100

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the portfolio firms of Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon , Trion World Network , is reportedly prepping for an IPO, according to reports over the weekend. Rustic Canyon's investment in Trion World Network is managed by Nate Redmond; the firm also has part of its game studio in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

Rustic Canyon 140

Rustic Canyon Report San Diego Venture Capital 140

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

San Diego-based Legend3d , a developer of 2D to 3D movie conversion technology, has raised $19M in a Series E funding round. The firm said the round was led by Northwater Capital Management, and also included prior investors PAR Investment Partners and Augustus Ventures.

San Diego 145

San Diego Capital Funding Invest 145

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JANUARY 17, 2012

San Diego-based SG Biofuels , a developer of hybrid seeds of Jatropha for the biofuels and specialty chemicals business, said that it has raised $17M in a Series B funding. SG Biofuels is developing hybrid seeds of the Jatropha plant, which yields a high oil content and can be grown on marginal land.

San Diego 145

San Diego Resource Research Content 145