Xconomy

APRIL 9, 2018

Now, thanks to a growing number of e-commerce companies, the ability to share goods and services is being applied to our wardrobes through programs that offer clothing rentals for a monthly fee. The sharing economy is moving into our bedroom closets. Women are tired of what’s in their closets; they.

Commerce 84

Commerce Startup Ideas Services 84

Xconomy

MAY 1, 2019

The Seattle e-commerce giant told analysts the move would cost around $800 million but that didn’t appear to concern investors. Amazon’s stock price rose by 2.5 percent the day after it announced financial results and changes to the Prime program, while rivals Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) and Target (NYSE: TGT saw their stock prices.

Commerce 84

Commerce Pricing Startup Demand 84

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Wednesday that it has launched a new, $150M strategic venture fund in China, which will invest in Chinese companies working on mobile technology. Qualcomm says it has been investing in China for more than 10 years. qualcomm venture capital china international asia investment strategic'

Funding 147

Funding Venture Capital San Diego Commerce 147

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2017

San Diego-based Miva , the developer of e-commerce shopping cart software, has received a growth capital funding from private equity investor Bison Capital Partners, the companies said this week. Size of the minority investment was not announced.

Capital 113

Capital San Diego Commerce Equity 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

San Diego-based Cordial , a developer of marketing software which automatically tracks the actions of consumers, which triggers personalized messaging to those consumers, has raised 6M in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Upfront's Kobie Fuller. The funding came from Upfront Ventures. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 100

San Diego Commerce Content Platform 100

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2017

San Diego-based TVPage , a startup developing cloud-based technology for monetizing video content, said on Thursday that it has added Greg Silverman as an investor in a recent $3M funding round. Silverman is the former president of Warner Bros.

Funding 124

Funding San Diego Commerce Content 124

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The investment firms and executive teams behind the Los Angeles-based delivery liquor delivery company, Saucey , along with Inception Companies, the backer of marijuana distribution company, Emjay , have formed Pacific Consolidated to merge their two companies and build what’s likely the largest “vice” company in the world.

Company 188

Company Companies Los Angeles San Diego 188

Xconomy

MAY 16, 2019

BioClarity, which sells plant-based skincare products to online shoppers, announced Wednesday that it has raised a $13 million investment round. The San Diego-based company is part of Adigica Health, an e-commerce company founded in 2016 to develop and market direct-to-consumer healthcare products.

Product 58

Product San Diego Commerce Invest 58

Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The latest salvo in the increasingly competitive sector is a $50 million investment in Alto Pharmacy, a San Francisco-based “digital pharmacy” startup that has offices in Denver. In conjunction with a $23 million venture investment it. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Commerce 71

Commerce Competition Mobile Invest 71

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

San Diego-based SkinIt , the maker of protective "skins" for electronic devices, said today that it has expanded its leadership team. O'Loughlin is VP Human Resources; Lewis Chang VP of E-Commerce and Marketing; Billy Crotty as SVP Global Operations; and Rick Foukes is VP Coatings Engineering. READ MORE>>.

Equity 214

Equity San Diego Commerce Resource 214

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2018

Instead, San Diego-based Qualcomm said it plans to repurchase $30 billion of shareholder stock. A spokesman for the Chinese Commerce Ministry said the actions by China about Qualcomm and. The lack of approval from the Chinese government was not taken well in the U.S.,

San Diego 57

San Diego Commerce Web Blogging 57

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com)  which just raised $2.3M A lot of those brands, on the e-commerce side, are becoming more data driven. The company that owned the brand was Provide Commerce, and the brand was Proflowers, which they owned along with a couple of other brands. founded in summer of 2017.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Commerce San Diego 113

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. Vulcan, Venrock, NEA, Wellcome Trust, Google, and the Kuwait Investment Authority are all backers.

Technology 354

Technology Artificial Inteligence Google Orange County 354

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

Xconomy

MARCH 4, 2019

One size fits most (at best), and a women’s sizing system created during the Depression doesn’t gibe in an e-commerce business that prizes personalization. People want to buy a size,” says Patrick Donnelly, director of marketing at Fit3D, a San Mateo, CA-based maker of e-commerce software.

Artificial Inteligence 99

Artificial Inteligence Commerce Software Customer 99

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm. Elbaz sold Applied Semantics to Google in 2003, for pre-IPO stock, reaping first round investors more than a 100x return on their investment.

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

Petco, the privately held pet supplies company based in San Diego, said today it led a $10 million Series A financing in Los Angeles-based Petnet, a three-year-old startup developing technology-enabled pet feeders and pet food delivery service. The deal also reflects Petco’s expanding interests in technology following the company’s $4.6-billion

San Diego 52

San Diego Los Angeles Mobile Equity 52

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

So, it was a surprise when a number of smart, insider angels -- including Roy Rubin (founder of Magento, which he sold to eBay), and Dan Rose (VP of Partnerships at Facebook)--put their money behind TaxJar (www.taxjar.com), a San Diego startup developing sales tax compliance software.

Sales 149

Sales Software Startup Commerce 149

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Austin —It stands to reason that if any industry could resist the tidal wave of e-commerce, it would be the fragrance business. After all, how can you smell a perfume or cologne online to decide if you like the scent?

Commerce 84

Commerce Startup Product Artificial Inteligence 84

Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Guengerich moved to North Texas in 2017 after years in the Austin tech community, where he co-founded Appconomy, a China-focused e-commerce startup, among other initiatives. Here’s an edited transcript. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Social Media 65

Social Media Commerce Web Media 65

Xconomy

MAY 4, 2018

Zola is an “e-commerce business disguised as a wedding company,” said Shan-lyn Ma, the startup’s founder and CEO, in an e-mail. “We Most wedding registries are focused on the lead-up to the day of the ceremony.

Commerce 61

Commerce Startup Sales Funding 61

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Walmart is taking the e-commerce delivery business south of the border. The Bentonville, AR, retailer announced Thursday it has acquired Cornershop, an on-demand online service that delivers products from supermarkets, pharmacies, and specialty shops in Mexico and Chile, for $225 million. “We

Demand 56

Demand Commerce Press Customer 56

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

That would make Amazon’s purchase of Ring the third largest in the Seattle e-commerce giant’s history. The purchase was first reported by Geekwire, which cited a separate report from Reuters that the deal is valued at about $1 billion. The two biggest acquisitions were Whole Foods last year and Zappos in 2009, according to Statista.)

Santa Monica 62

Santa Monica Commerce Report Acquisition 62

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2018

Athena Club, a subscription program for feminine hygiene products, is the latest entrant into the direct-to-women e-commerce space and announced today that it has raised $3.6 million in funding.

Commerce 52

Commerce Pricing Organization Funding 52

Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2019

The New York-based startup said Tuesday that the new funding round, which is being led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group, brings its total investment to $35 million. Billie, a monthly subscription service for shaving and body care products for women, has raised $25 million.

Product 90

Product Services Invest Pricing 90

Xconomy

APRIL 27, 2018

In the House of Representatives, an Energy and Commerce subcommittee advanced dozens of opioid crisis bills to the full committee. This week, members of Congress exercised a bipartisan effort in both chambers to advance dozens of measures proposing various approaches to fighting the opioid epidemic. Others aim to.

Commerce 63

Commerce San Diego Blogging Invest 63

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

In the move to online commerce, one of the latest areas of interest by online retailers has been the use of online video, to showcase products and provide training and instruction. Our application is designed to leverage their investment in video, and deliver these guides. We do that for international customers as well.

Guide 113

Guide Training Platform Product 113

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

They invested $1M in Veracity in April of last year, and we just recently had another seed round of half a million from Microsemi, and another investor, Hollinbeck Financial, plus other individuals. The third was the launch of e-commerce, and all of the shipping and logistics platforms for e-commerce.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Incubator Orange County 124

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

While a laptop or computer’s keyboard lends itself to the relative complexity of completing a transaction – entering text details and navigating between form fields – with technology improvements in mobile commerce this is changing. So much so, that eMarketer forecasts 51.2 percent of digital buyers in the U.S.

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Customer 106

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2018

But it’s an investment, and you can’t. The company is building a two-sided marketplace, with owners of haute garments and accessories on one end, and people who want to rent them on the other. You may have bought it for a special occasion or it doesn’t fit you properly anymore,” says Merri Smith, Tulerie’s co-founder and COO.

Help 85

Help Invest Startup San Diego 85

Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2016

However, the public markets do influence the investment decisions of the limited partners who invest in venture funds and VCs themselves, as they weigh whether or not to invest in a given startup. 4) Trade and Commerce: The U.K. 4) Trade and Commerce: The U.K. until they launch in the U.S., and China.

Startup 49

Startup Commerce Entrepreneur Invest 49

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing.

Technology 40

Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital Venice 40

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

million in a Series D investment round led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek. Poshmark , a social media e-retail company, has raised $87.5 That brings the total funding raised by the Redwood City, CA-based company to $160 million.

Social Media 57

Social Media Venture Capital Media Capital 57

Xconomy

JANUARY 13, 2019

Austin —The grocery store shelf has yet to be plugged into the increasingly digital food supply chain. Instead, inventory is typically tallied by employees by hand in a slow and laborious process.

Research 109

Research Sales Startup Artificial Inteligence 109

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. In fact, Indiana University’s Bicentennial Strategic Plan calls for a $300 million investment program called Grand Challenges that focuses on large-scale problems facing humanity. But there is more to Indiana’s economy and innovation than ag and manufacturing.

Patents 67

Patents Research Anthem Education 67

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I like to boil down the overwhelming majority of what we do on the web to just three primary activities, which I call the three C’s: Content, Commerce & Communications. It was always more likely that auto industry commerce prowess would come from LA or Detroit. We have invested $17.3 All great communication companies.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. retailmarket is done through e-commerce. We also assumed over 50 pending patents, from ten different patent families.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124