socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The firm, which is backed by Mission Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, First Round Capital, Maveron, and the Scholastic Corporation, said the new K2 browser is faster and simpler to use. The software also provides access and email reports on what kids are using online. KidZui is headed by Cliff Boro.

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Mission Ventures Education San Diego Screening 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The conference, which does not unveil the names of the companies pitching until the day of the event, rolled out a lineup of Southern California companies ranging from email and instant messaging aggregator Orgoo, to virtual avatar firm mEgo.com. READ MORE>>

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Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. I see you were at Gluecode, and also were in the venture world at Mission Ventures--can you talk about how you've bootstrapped this firm and how it compares? Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Don’t: tell us, “and now I enter my name, and then I put in my email address, and then I can pull in my social graph through Facebook Connect, and then then I can select the button here to Tweet out my actions on Twitter.&# Zzzzzzzzz. Talk us through how the person using your product is benefiting through your technology.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362