socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

A number of local, high tech companies are putting their efforts behind Movember , a charity which helps raise funding and awareness for men's health, and particularly prostate cancer.

Company 170

Company Companies High Tech Demand 170

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2015

Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the startup led by Bryce Maddock which is the secret weapon behind the rising tide of on-demand and Internet startups, has raised $15M in a funding round, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Phillipnes-based private equity investor Navegar.

Funding 100

Funding Outsource Santa Monica High Tech 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Philz Coffee , the Silicon Valley coffee chain which has been in a massive expansion in Southern California in the last few months, announced on Tuesday a $45M Series C funding round. The company said the big investment round was led by TPG Growth. READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Funding Glendale Southern California 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

San Diego-based Global Village Concerns , which provides an online service which helps school with their branding and marketing--via online e-commerce shops with branded merchandise and gear--has raised ar round of debt funding. Size of the funding was not announced. Details on the terms of the debt were not announced. READ MORE>>.

Commerce 147

Commerce Platform Funding High Tech 147

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Wellington Financial , a provider of venture debt and growth capital to high tech startups and other companies, said yesterday that it has closed on a $177.5M, fourth fund. The fund, Wellington Financial Fund IV, came from Canadian institutional investors, pension plans and family offices. READ MORE>>.

Funding 133

Funding Santa Monica High Tech Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

JULY 26, 2019

the underground, high tech transportation company run by Elon Musk, has raised $120M in a funding, which reportedly came from 8VC, Vy Capital, and Future Ventures. According to the report from Bloomberg, the new funding values Boring. The funding is the first outside investment for the company.

Report 113

Report High Tech Los Angeles Invest 113

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2021

San Diego-based National Resilience, a new manufacturing and technology company focused on making sure countries can manufacture their own vaccines and other threapeutics, says it has received $163.8M in a funding from the Government of Canada, to modernize and expand its Ontario, Canada biomanufacturing site.

High Tech 113

High Tech San Diego Venture Capital Sites 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2011

San Diego-based Avalon Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on early stage high tech, digital media, and life sciences firms, said today that it has closed on $200M in capital commitments for its latest fund. Avalon said that the fund, Avalon Ventures IX, LP, is the ninth and largest fund for the company.

Avalon 140

Avalon Funding High Tech San Diego 140

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2010

Santa Ana-based ICanBuy , which develops online tools for helping consumers determine what they can afford on their mortgage, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding round. The firm said the funding came from high tech execs Vahid Manian and Massoud Dabir. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Funding 171

Funding High Tech Venture Capital Pricing 171

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2013

In what could help Santa Barbara further increase its influence in the high tech world, Surf Air , the subscription-membership based, all-you-can-fly airline headed by Wade Eyerly, said today that it has added Santa Barbara to its daily schedule. Surf Air launched its service between Burbank and San Francisco in June.

Santa Barbara 242

Santa Barbara High Tech Anthem Burbank 242

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2019

RealWear , a developer of helmet-mounted, wearable Android computers, has scored backing from San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , in a $80M funding, the company said this morning. Qualcomm was already a strategic partner of RealWear, whose high-tech products include an eye-mounted projection display with voice control.

High Tech 113

High Tech San Diego Startup Equity 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2013

The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California.

Acquisition 159

Acquisition Southern California High Tech Venice 159

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

San Diego- and Irvine-based startup incubator EvoNexus announced today that it has started accepting applications to a new startup incubation effort it is running with high tech material company EMD Performance Materials. EMD is owned by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

Incubator 133

Incubator High Tech San Diego Startup 133

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2019

The company said, as part of that growth, it has named Jason Blais as Executive Vice President of Sales, Linda Souza as Senior Vice President of Marketing, and also promoted Yair Riemer to President of its Career Transition Services Division. CareerArc recently raised $30M in a funding round from PeakEquity Partners. READ MORE>>.

Burbank 145

Burbank High Tech Sales Los Angeles 145

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2013

Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Hale Boggs, who is well known to local entrepreneurs as one of the digital media- and tech-focused attorneys here. READ MORE>>.

Media 168

Media High Tech Santa Monica Southern California 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

For our Insights and Opinions section today--where we feature the thoughts and opinions of the local high tech community--we have an article from Jeff Grabow , of Ernst & Young, talking about the changing world of venture capital : The VC environment isn''t what it used to be. Guess what? That''s not a bad thing. Continued.).

Venture Capital 159

Venture Capital Capital High Tech Southern California 159

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2018

Reali , a Silicon Valley startup which offers up a high-tech, and artificial intelligence-enabled real estate service, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, which it specifically will use to launch in Southern California.

Southern California 100

Southern California Artificial Inteligence High Tech Pricing 100

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. Did we miss your favorite tech company which wouldn't exist without Hollywood?

Hollywood 187

Hollywood Technology Company Companies 187

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2016

in a seed funding round. The funding came from Aristos Ventures, private angel investors and investment from serial entrepreneurs, founders and executives from several high tech companies, according to the company.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Platform Southern California Seed Funding 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2020

The crash site where Bryant and the others crashed is within view of a cluster of business parks, which houses some of the high tech companies along the 101 corridor. READ MORE>>.

Thousand Oaks 113

Thousand Oaks Legalzoom Calabasas High Tech 113

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2018

EAT Club , a startup which provides delivery of food to employees of high tech and other companies, said today that they've acquired Farm Hill and its personal meal business. EAT Club is venture backed by August Capital, Trinity Ventures and First Round Capital, and has raised around $50M in funding. READ MORE>>.

High Tech 100

High Tech Yahoo Los Angeles Capital 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2015

in a Series A funding. The funding came from Techstars Ventures, Foundry Group, and Intel Capital. Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , the producer of STEM-related, experiential entertainment led by Brent Bushnell, has raised $6.5M

High Tech 100

High Tech Entertainment Los Angeles Funding 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect.

Southern California 160

Southern California Malibu Oversee.net High Tech 160

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

Southern California 215

Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Looking for a high tech job in Southern California? Despite the economy, Southern California's high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Tech Lead Adserving Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group.

Malibu 145

Malibu Oversee.net Southern California High Tech 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

Southern California 259

Southern California High Tech Activity Platform 259

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2013

is the both fastest funding-to-exit in Silicon Beach, as well as one of the exits with best multiple on dollars invested, according to a new analysis of our extensive database of venture deals. had the shortest time between an initial funding and exit of any company, just short of nine months. The acquisition of Awesomeness.TV

High Tech 224

High Tech Hollywood Acquisition Content 224

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A new lawsuit, targeting Venice, California-based Snapchat --the hottest company to emerge out of the area''s high tech startup cluster in recent years--says that the company''s founders stole the idea for the company from him after forcing him out of the company early on in its history. READ MORE>>.

Snapchat 170

Snapchat Social Network High Tech Venice 170

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Running a new company cannot always be a consensus-driven process, especially when hard decisions need to be made that affect everybody’s lives. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. The trusted leader. The sales professional.

Technical Advisors 123

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 123

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Welcome to Tech Scenes where we explore what makes tech founders and the cities they live in thrive. Empowered by: Collective Genius - Executive Search for Emerging Companies. Media Sponsor: SOCALTECH - High Tech News and Information for Southern California. www.collective-genius.com). www.socaltech.com).

West Hollywood 100

West Hollywood Compton Southern California Santa Monica 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

Company 257

Company Companies Startup Study 257

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2016

Ventura, California--despite a number of growing high tech startups--has not been known for buildling multi-million dollar Internet companies. The company--which quietly disclosed the $202M in 2014 revenues in the 2015 Inc. The company--which quietly disclosed the $202M in 2014 revenues in the 2015 Inc.

Ventura 100

Ventura High Tech Advertising Software Development 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2013

According to Ahlborn, the idea is to harness the power of the crowd to refine anything from someone''s bright idea, to technology licensed from universities, and allow the crowd to benefit as those ideas and technology become real companies. The site combines the crowd-voting aspect with crowd-funding elements, as well. READ MORE>>.

Research 193

Research El Segundo Incubator Startup 193

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2017

in private funding for a feasibility study of the route. The interest in Hyperloop comes as a result of a competition--run by LA's Hyperloop One--for groups to figure out if their cities would benefit from its high tech, high-speed transportation system. The group says they are looking to secure $1.5M

High Tech 113

High Tech Study Competition Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? Thin Line Capital successfully reached the final close of its first fund. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

Capital 113

Capital Technical Review Southern California CalTech 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We very quietly went live with our second fund, Okapi Ventures II, LP, back in March and have already made 4 investments. I think "enterprise 2.0" READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 164

Venture Capital Capital Southern California High Tech 164

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2013

One of the hottest sectors in Southern California's high tech world in the last couple of years has been video--namely, Internet video and content creation. Other investors in the funding include Greycroft Partners , Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , Advancit Capital, Allen DeBevoise, Ynon Kreiz , among others.

Bertelsmann 191

Bertelsmann Downey GRP Partners Southern California 191