socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2015

The startup--led by Jeremy Gocke--said the funding came from Scout Ventures, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), Rich Heise (early Groupon investor), Hivers & Strivers, Kelly Perdew, and other angels. The company said it will use the funds to bolster its product team and expand into new verticals.

Tool 100

Tool CIO Seed Funding Entertainment 100

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform. billion of purchases made through the Klarna platform. Klara is now live with 24 of the top 100 U.S. retailers, which it says is “more than any of its competitors.”.

Los Angeles 266

Los Angeles Funding CIO Marketing 266

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

I was a principal engineer facilitating the integration and connectivity of the ServiceNow platform into these other systems. David Loo: Ultimately, at the C-level, the CIO requires data metrics and intelligence, in order to compete and make decisions and take actions to further a company's agenda. That's how we started.

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. In content creation we definitely have assets other markets don’t have. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Everybody knows about the leaked memo of AOL’s Tim Armstrong saying he wants to up his content from 4% video to 70% video. That sets LA & NY up nicely for a number of emerging content creation industries. LA is producing content at scale. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

While the focus perhaps should instead be on the conversations themselves and integrating them across whatever platforms within which they are taking place, the view today is instead still too much on individual tools and channels. This could also address some of the disconnect between older and newer social media platforms I outlined above.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29