socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

BridgeCo said that it will invest $2M of its recent round into financing the new R&D center, which will be staffed initially with 20 software engineers. The firm is venture backed by Advent Venture Partners, Balderton Capital, Cipio Partners, ETV Capital, Fidelity Ventures, Intel Capital and Wellington Partners.

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Software Engineering Research Entertainment Capital 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based nstartup HealthTensor, which is developing artificial intelligence (AI) software aimed at helping to augment medical decision making, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. HealthTEnsor said it will use the funding to scale its software engineering and implementation team.

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Artificial Inteligence Seed Funding Software Engineering Los Angeles 133

socalTECH

JULY 30, 2018

The $32M funding round, a Series C for the company, was led by Catalyst Investors, and also included New Markets Venture Partners, ABS Capital Partners, University Ventures and the Colorado Impact Fund. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2019

There were a host of reasons—she wasn’t a software engineer, she had no product development experience, and she wanted to launch a consumer item that was already sold widely by established enterprises. From the moment Talia Frenkel resolved to found a company after a kitchen-table talk with her parents, the odds were against her.

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Software Engineering Class Startup Software 110

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. Part of our DNA is pure software engineering, and dealing with that large amount of data.

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Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

Assuming normal valuations at fund raising rounds you’ll be down to 6-12% after you’ve created a stock-option pool and raised capital. It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. Starting with 25% is even harder. I know that 6-12% is more than most senior executives who join start-ups get.

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Startup Technical Advisors IP Ideas 366

Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

Thrun (pictured) says many software engineers working at the raft of companies now developing self-driving vehicles have trained in the technology via Udacity , the educational technology company he. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Education Software Engineering Training Research 87

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

I started my career as a technologist, as a software engineer. We've just finished our projections up to 2012, working with a consultant, and we're about to go--in this lovely economic climate--after an angel or venture capital funding. John Singleton: I came at writing a little late in the game.

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Xconomy

JUNE 14, 2018

That’s the anomaly Sajith Wickramasekara was trying to correct in 2012 when he and fellow software engineer Ashu Singhal co-founded the online lab notebook startup Benchling , where he is CEO. Existing data management systems weren’t tailored for work. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Research Software Engineering Software Technology 74

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

Company founders, led by Ravishanker, made the strategic choice early on to bypass venture capital. “Choosing to bootstrap over raising venture capital has forced us to build a profitable business,” he said. Burr also serves as advisor and Board member to several technology companies and venture capital firms.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Asterisk was not build with scalability in mind, and it was built by software engineers who don't know telecom.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

As a software engineer and self-described “tech guy,” de Bruin says he is more interested in. Search for “CEO books” on Amazon, and the search results from the world’s largest Internet-based retailer return just over 8,000 titles. A search for “CTO books,” on the other hand, yields about 540 titles.

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San Diego Software Engineering Software Startup 45

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the comparison search engine firm run by Kevin O'Connor, said today that it has received Series A funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' sFund. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. O'Connor was the co-founder of DoubleClick.

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Santa Barbara Funding Product Software Engineering 147

StartUp Beat

JANUARY 24, 2018

As with TKU, the startup’s purpose isn’t to somehow comfortably integrate these adults into society, but rather to capitalize on their potential. Coding Autism offers a 20-week intensive boot camp, providing training in software engineering, quality assurance and web development. Coding Autism’s CEO Oliver Thornton.

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Training Software Engineering Los Angeles Coach 40

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Welcome back to Human Capital, where we explore some of the latest news in labor, diversity and inclusion in tech. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911. TGIF, am I right?

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Capital Los Angeles News San Diego 316

Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Everyone’s a potential source: software engineers that ship new releases, HR teams that use human capital management software, and supply chain partners that have access to systems, all of which could be exploited.

Organization 40

Organization Framework Startup Software Engineering 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Prior to founding FirstMark Capital, Rick was a Partner with Pequot Ventures. Bambi Francisco. Rick Heitzmann.

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2013

The firm said it has brought its Series A up to $2.1M, and added new investors Conversion Capital, Inflection Ventures, The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA). cloud software management deal room data capital venture caplinked' READ MORE>>.

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Draper Software Engineering Platform Google 178

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

.” The new mansion will reportedly be inhabited mostly by Tyler, who will use it as his home base while launching West Coast operations of the brothers’ new NYC-based venture capital firm , Winklevoss Capital. Software Engineer, Back End – Games.com Games.com Sr. Latest Headlines Delivered To You. Gift Guide.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA).

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Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

And if, like us, you spend the first six months of your startup under a rock, your social capital may begin to dry up. If you hired an outstanding front-end software engineer, chances are they are friends with other outstanding software developers.

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Networking Startup Software Review Conference 81