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MAY 25, 2016

I think there are a lot of opportunities across all of these areas of technology, especially as it relates to Southern California. We know you invest globally, but are there specific kinds of companies you hope to focus on here in Southern California? Southern California, in particular, has a lot of talent in ad tech.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Amir Banifatemi: K5Launch supports our larger vision, the K5 initiative, which was promoted last year to provide a more stable and vibrant community of entrepreneurship in Southern California, but mostly Orange County. We are in Orange County, but we're also focused more largely on Southern California.

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. 1) Mobile web. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. I'll list three, not necessarily in order. (1) READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

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APRIL 25, 2013

com) recently scored a round of funding from such notable investors as Data Collective, Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, the new Southern California venture capital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. It''s mobile and mobile apps, but not just mobile apps.

Technology 216

Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2010

We've been sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community all week, and will also do so next week. Apple and the IPAD because it showed that the power of a mobile OS applied to the essentials of computing is good enough. I think we are there. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 133

Clearstone Southern California High Tech GRP Partners 133

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

We're looking to launch our first class in the fall, with five to ten companies, with the TechStars model of a small capital investment, and a seed investment of $6000 per founder. I've also worked with startups in Southern California, including TouchCommerce, and I was with them when they were on their first round of funding.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

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APRIL 8, 2013

A few weeks ago, the University of Southern California announced a new startup incubator, the Viterbi Startup Garage ([link] backed by such notable investors as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the United Talent Agency. Ashish Soni: The URL for applications is open right now, and we start our first class on April 22nd.

Incubator 233

Incubator USC Startup Artificial Inteligence 233

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This is class four for Launchpad LA. Swing by Swing, a mobile app for golfers, has over 1,300,000 members.was one of the innuagural investments for 28-year-old Mike Rothenberg’s Rothenberg Ventures. We’ve been blown away by the performance of the eight companies in this class.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. We have refind our thesis around why mobile is so special, and how it ties into location, and have spent two years working on precise, location targeted ads in the industry. But, do they really help?

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 13, 2013

WHAT: Girls in Tech LA partners with Microsoft and Uber Geek Girls Jessica DeVita (Microsoft MVP for LA) to present a class on Windows 8 mobile and desktop apps! Saturday, January 19, 2013 -- Windows 8 Unleashed brought to you by Microsoft and GITLA. By mid-day you?ll ll be building an app with an all-star team.

Class 113

Class Training Mobile Develop 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2012

The Israel Conference is a fast-paced business conference showcasing the vitality and growth of Israel-facing business through a variety of panels on hot industry topics and trends with world-class speakers and high-quality networking.

Conference 113

Conference High Tech Commerce Class 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2012

The Israel Conference is a fast-paced business conference showcasing the vitality and growth of Israel-facing business through a variety of panels on hot industry topics and trends with world-class speakers and high-quality networking.

Conference 100

Conference High Tech Commerce Class 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2012

We caught up with Michelle Crames, CEO and Founder of SkuLoop, to hear the story about how the firm pivoted form its former focus on mobile gifting (as Giiv.com) and caught the wave of the flash sales and daily deals industry. Michelle Crames: We started as Giiv.com, and were primarily focused on mobile gifting.

Startup 208

Startup Custom Customer Commerce 208

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. Mobile Web America, Inc. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

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MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. That's actually borne fruit in our first class. We sat down with Paul to learn a bit more about the program at Amplfify.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

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MARCH 8, 2013

Clearly, globally, data is coming out of the explosion of cloud, mobile, social media, and healthcare areas. We are really set up to solve those problems, and deliver the hard core, enterprise class tools and applications that people need, in order for big data to go mainstream. Stuart Frost: I think it's a combination of things.

Incubator 208

Incubator Startup CTO Hire Ideas 208

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Los Angeles area has seen a surge in the last month in companies and organizations looking to bolster entrepreneurial activity and startups in Southern California. They're unlike us, in that we're not program or class based, and we're not going to be pumping out companies every three months.

Incubator 196

Incubator Startup Commerce Los Angeles 196

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 -- Services For the Global Enterprise: Opportunities in Security, Mobility, Wireless and Cloud Computing. Services For the Global Enterprise - Opportunities in Security, Mobility, Wireless and Cloud Computing [link] The I.T. CIO Impacts Forum. See [link] (more).

CIO 100

CIO Cloud Computing Services UCLA 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks! Babak Razi - Founder Third Wave Ventures.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. Leveraging mobile application and online platform. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

The very next week I organized a call with Babak Nivi of VentureHacks to present to the Launchpad LA class. The two bibles on this topic on VentureHacks Archives and on Feld.com so I asked Nivi to do a Skype call. The voice was more clear than my mobile phone. You can create virtual instances of computers in the cloud.

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Screening Screencast Web Yammer 266

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. Using CallFire, anyone with a cell phone and a laptop can become a virtual call center. I look forward to contributing to that achievement.”.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. If you’d like to see some of the best technologies and meet some of the brightest minds in beautiful Southern California, SIGN UP NOW. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Event Details.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful Internet company in college and since then, has founded, built and sold numerous online and mobile businesses. Avesta Rasouli , Founder of Coloft. Event Details.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Thank you all for your continued support in highlighting the many innovative technologies emerging in Southern California! Howard is now CEO of Gamzee, a new social game company building games for the new Facebook mobile platform. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Being in its inaugural class, Startup UCLA is still sorting through its own identity and business model issues. The leadership group is currently looking at options to tie in relevant coursework in entrepreneurship, business, and engineering, while also contemplating an alumni-only, mid-year class of startups. George Thiruvathukal.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing engineer and PageWoo ’s CEO and co-Founder Jason Crilly about his side project, the new hacker news site for the Southern California tech community called Develop.la. First off, there are a few things about Jason you should know. Jason is a passionate advocate for.

News 95

News Los Angeles Ideas Startup 95

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. There is still time to apply so if you have yet to do so APPLY HERE. If you’d like to see some of the best technologies and meet some of the brightest minds in beautiful Southern California, SIGN UP NOW.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Thank you all for your continued support in highlighting the many innovative technologies emerging in Southern California! Howard is now CEO of Gamzee, a new social game company building games for the new Facebook mobile platform. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. By allowing friends to collaborate during the planning process using a mobile app or SMS, Volly takes the burden of organizing casual gatherings off of one person. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. By allowing friends to collaborate during the planning process using a mobile app or SMS, Volly takes the burden of organizing casual gatherings off of one person. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Yet entrepreneurs in one class think that the others aren’t the “real” entrepreneurs. Despite its still 44% strong market share, the company is losing more and more every day to Apple and Google, both of which had no previous mobile experience. They all engage in entrepreneurship. Small Business Entrepreneurship.

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Kevin Miller, president of Westside Rentals, which bills itself as Southern Californias largest home-finding service, says he has seen rents in Santa Monica and Venice increase by about 10% over the last 18 months—compared with other desirable areas such as Beverly Hills and Culver City, where he says rents increased by about 4% to 5%.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44