socalTECH

MAY 20, 2015

Santa Barbara-based e-commerce software developer FastSpring announced late Tuesday that it has named Michael Smith as the company's new Chief Technology Officer. FastSpring develops cloud-based e-commerce software used by software, cloud, and other online service companies.

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2012

Santa Barbara-based zuuka , the publisher of the iStoryTime interactive kids books and educational applications, has tapped an Apple vet for its new Creative Director, the company said today. Mueller-Bruehl was previously Design Lead, Mobile Commerce at Apple, and had also served at Sapient.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , which develops software used to track phone calls from affiliate marketing, said Thursday that it has named Cynthia Stephens as its new Chief Financial Officer. Stephens joins the company from Harvest Power, where she was SVP and CFO. READ MORE>>. invoca executive software affiliate marketing tracking'

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2010

A group of businesses and local organizations in Goleta, California, north of Santa Barbara, are looking to rally more businesses to join in their effort to spur new, direct flight support to San Jose, California, after a loss of the service in February.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Santa Barbara-based ShipHawk , the online developer of technology for helping connect users with shipping companies, has raised $5M in a funding round, the company said this morning. DN Capital''s Steve Schlenker also joins the company''s board. READ MORE>>. shiphawk shipping marketplace logistics startup venture capital dncapital'

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the pay-per-call technology provider to the affiliate marketing industry, has inked a partnership with Pepperjam Network , an online performance marketing firm owned by GSI Commerce.

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , the e-commerce and payment processing software firm headed by Dan Engel, said this week that it has launched a new online subscription management and payment service called SaaSy. companies, to eliminate their need for maintaining their own e-commerce infrastructure.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the online comparison site headed by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor , has turned to a Google and DoubleClick vet to serve as President. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media.

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2013

FastSpring , the fast growing Santa Barbara-based e-commerce payment services provider headed by Dan Engel, said today it has scored a funding round from Pylon Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. Size of the funding round was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a firm which provides e-commerce services and payment processing for online software sellers, claims that the firm had 500% growth in its revenues in 2009.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The highest ranking firms on the overall Technology Fast 500 from the area were Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of software e-commerce tools headed by Dan Engel , which was ranked at number 13 nationally with 17,468% revenue growth from 2006 to 2010.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of e-commerce software headed by Dan Engel, said today that it has released a new product which handles mail-in-rebates for online vendors. Tags: fastspring software commerce rebates. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 15, 2010

The Goleta Chamber of Commerce, the Santa Barbara Airport and Citrix Online invite area businesses to a forum to discuss the business impacts from the loss of direct flights to San Jose. Wednesday, July 21, 2010 -- Reinstate Flights to San Jose Business Forum.

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MARCH 12, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Commission Junction , the affiliate marketing arm of ValueClick, said Wednesday that online discount retailer Overstock.com has signed on as a customer of the firm. Commission Junction will manage Overstock.com's affiliate marketing programs, which are used to encourage sales on e-commerce web sites.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

By December, 1969, there were only four nodes – UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah. Commercial policies gained influence, companies could charge for domain registration, and credit card encryption opened the door for e-commerce.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. We provide analytics on the velocity of sales across their channels.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Those references drive trillions of dollars of commerce. We automatically add tracking and point those product references to e-commerce merchants. What we do is draft over the existing product mentions that happen a billion times a day, and point that into commerce. We were most excited about Santa Barbara and San Diego.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

He then started several successful companies, including FastSpring, a company that provides outsourced e-commerce services to over 3,000 software companies. Dan shared his entrepreneurial insights with my UC Santa Barbara students, including the manner in which he built a virtual organization.

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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.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you look back at our history, our first fund was in 2008, and we did nine ad-tech deals and nine e-commerce deals.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

We just did a deal with Rincon Ventures on a deal in Santa Barbara, and we're partnering with other firms on deals, and we'd like to see more. Everyone does seem to be working together, and I don't see that deals are proprietary, and that there are numerous discussion on deals.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. Wade Eyerly: We will also have a couple of recreational runs, to Santa Barbara and Monterey.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

A number of my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students initially model their investment pitches on the show's contrived format. Unfortunately, the company’s ability to directly sell product was limited, as the deluge of traffic made their commerce funnel inoperable. I have seen the effects of this distortion first hand.

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