socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based GoodRx , a venture-backed startup which runs a prescription drug pricing marketplace, has named Jody Mulkey as the company's Chief Technology Officer. GoodRx is backed by Founders Fund, Upfront Ventures, Highland Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Dawn Lepore (drugstore.com), and Mike Ovitz.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2021

Orange County-based fintech startup Happy Money, which operates a service to help consumers better manage their money and pay off credit card debt, says it has named Jeff Winner as the company's Interim CEO. The company said its founder, Scott Saunders, will remain Chairman of the company.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Postie , a new Los Angeles-based startup, has a vision for the future of advertising and marketing — and it’s direct mail. The company was founded by Dave Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep, two former principals at the startup studio and early stage investor, Science.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Cybersecurity startup AttackIQ has appointed veteran tech executive Brett Galloway as its new CEO. AttackIQ said Galloway is taking over the role from Carl Wright, who has been named chief commercial officer. Wright was hired as chief revenue officer in August 2017. AttackIQ said that Galloway.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Southern California startup founder Isaac Saldana --who co-founded SendGrid --is hoping to help other entrepreneurs create companies , after the $3 billion, all-stock acquisition of SendGrid by Twilio in October. Saldana is based in Irvine, where he co-founded SendGrid in 2009. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

San Diego-based Stemson Therapeutics , a startup working on therapies to cure hair loss, has raised $7.5M According to the company, the new funding will go to advance development of its therapeutic solution to cure hair loss. as Chief Technology Officer. in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. There are significant economic reasons for companies to persist. The company was formed and financed with $6.3

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based startup Emotive, which develops conversational text messaging software, said this morning that it has raised $50M in its Series B funding round. The company said the funding brings its valuation to $400M. Murat Bicer, a General Partner at CRV, has joined the company's board with the new funding.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Curtail , a new cybersecurity startup which recently landed $3.25M in funding, said this morning that it has named two VPs. According to the startup, Deborah Scanlon will serve as vice president of strategic sales, and Nigel Quinnin will take on the role of vice president of development at the company.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2018

San Diego-based technology incubator EvoNexus , which has locations in both San Diego and Irvine, has named six new members of its board of directors, the group said this week. Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Xilinx to its board. EvoNexus says its portfolio companies have now raised over $1.4

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Los Angeles-based startup Canoo has finally unveiled its first model, the eponymously named canoo. The first cars are slated to appear on the road by 2021, according to the company’s current leader, Ulrich Kranz.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. A good Startup CTO will naturally address these. Gap closed, right?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Los Angeles-based Laudville , a startup developing an online platform to help users share entertainment like movies, books, TV, and music with friends, has added Gene Chuang to its board of advisors, according to the firm. Chuang is currently Chief Technology Officer at Oversee.net,and also has served at such companies as Yahoo!

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2013

io/LA, in a note sent to its members last week, obtained by socalTECH, said that "unexpected things happen" in the startup world, and that it will be "sailing off into the sunset". A number of companies which were located in io/LA have now moved to coworking space CrossCampus in Santa Monica, according to those companies.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The new financing will give Relativity the cash to fully build its “Stargate” factory, a semi-autonomous, full-scale production facility that will house the company’s massive 3-D printers and produce its first rocket, the Terran 1. space industry.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2016

The The Stage Fund , a investment and acquisition firm focused on acquiring turnaround companies, has tapped a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, Dan Tamkin , as a new Managing Partner in Los Angeles. According to the fund, Tamkin will be setting up a West Coast office for the fund, which is based in Denver, Colorado.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging to refashion the Los Angeles studio system for the digital age forming companies that combining live-streamed video, podcasts, and the newfound social media celebrities to craft entertainment for a new breed of consumer. “People want to see things for them by them,” says Rogers.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based cloud computing software developer Morphlabs said today that it has appointed Lee Thompson as its new Chief Technology Officer. Thompson has previously served at DTO Solutions, as well as E*Trade Financial, where he served in roles such as Vice President and Chief Technology and Operations Manager.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based Campus Steps , a new startup aimed at college counseling, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The funding included $2M in a strategic investment and $1M in a venture commitment, according to the company. Names of those investors were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based NationBuilder , a startup developing an online system to help political candidates and other organizations to create web sites, organize volunteers, coordinate campaigns, and more, said Thursday that it has raised $6.3M in a funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The former Microsoft chief technology officer is now vice chairman of TerraPower , a Bellevue, WA-based spinout of Intellectual Ventures that aims to revive commercial nuclear energy.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Fortunately for three companies from the NASA iTech Challenge, they will be teaming up with some of the finest scientific minds to help with space exploration and NASA’s mission to Mars. In the end, three companies in plasma technology, haptic communication and germ-fighting robots took home the win. FGC Plasma Solutions.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. Now I feel like I was part of the team to build the company but equity valuation offered to me is not fair. But I’m assuming you want to remain at the company.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. Now I feel like I was part of the team to build the company but equity valuation offered to me is not fair. But I’m assuming you want to remain at the company.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The healthcare tools of the future often start as research projects in academic medical centers, but they may not break out into widespread clinical practice until some sort of logjam gives way to make them workable and affordable. Up until now, these scans have been used only at Stanford and nine other medical research centers.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2016

Wearable IoT World (WIoTW), based in San Francisco and heralded as the world’s first accelerator dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables and emerging technologies, today has officially launched the U.S.-Pan The HKSAR Government welcomes innovation and technology companies from all over the world to set up offices in Hong Kong.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

TechZulu caught up with Michael Piermont, amSTATZ Chief Executive Officer and this is what he revealed. I am ( Michael Piermont ) co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer amSTATZ. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. Why did you venture into fitness? What problem do you solve?

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The mystartupXX accelerator is focused on providing mentorship, education, and funding to female-led technology-based startups at UC San Diego. The Growth Accelerator Fund competition is for organizations that help startups grow, become commercially viable, and have an economic impact. Next, demonstrate your success.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Eslambolchi, who had served as a LonoCloud advisor and CEO, told Caldwell he had an idea for a cybersecurity startup that would use analytic software and machine learning technology to monitor the data flowing in and out of networks for anything that looks out of the ordinary. San Diego represents a major growth area for Webroot.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (1) Stay Positive ► July (2) Go Fast, but Don’t Hurry The DNA of an A++ Team ► June (1) Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space ► May (3) Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advert. No, it’ Startup 2.0: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite&# - The Internet Needs.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

We caught up with the CEO William Zell. Technology has given us the ability to connect with others like never before, but personal access still remains uncommon. His main company Providence Holdings has invested in real estate and several small businesses. Two great companies! What do you do and Why? What Inspired You?

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Thank you @eminutes. .

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. TechZulu caught up with Chidi Nwaogu, co-founder and CEO brings you the energy behind the twin co founders. What inspired you to come up with LAGbook? What is LAGbook? Who are your mentors, role models?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

You folks are just that awesome that we try and hook our readers up whenever we can so you are Welcome! Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. He is a frequent public speaker.

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