socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Pasadena-based Wallaby Financial , the developer of web and mobile apps to help consumers optimize their credit card spending, hsa been acquired by Bankrate. Wallaby was venture backed by Founders Fund Angel, Karlin Ventures, MuckerLab, SLP Ventures, and WI Harper Group. The company had only publicly disclosed around $1.1M

Pasadena 147

Pasadena Mobile Web Acquisition 147

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Pasadena-based Squawkin , a developer of mobile apps which let users communicate using voice, photos, and text, said Monday that it has raised $2.5M in a funding round, and also has launched its apps. Other details on the funding were not announced. The company said it is in the midst of a second funding round.

Pasadena 153

Pasadena Equity Mobile Startup 153

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2013

The fight between Los Angeles taxicab drivers and services like Lyft and Uber haas just gotten even more interesting, as mobile app developer Flywheel said it has launched in Los Angeles. The company also said it is offering up a $10 ride credit in Los Angeles for users to try out the service, with promo code FLYLA10. READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles 244

Los Angeles Hermosa Beach Beverly Hills San Fernando 244

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2010

Pasadena-based Idealab has launched a new company, TweetUp , which focused on showcasing Twitter users and helping them to grow an online following. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed. According to TweetUp, Inc., According to TweetUp, Inc., READ MORE>>.

Idealab 140

Idealab Funding Pasadena Venture Capital 140

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2016

Pasadena-based QLess , which is developing mobile apps to help reduce the lines in government offices and other locations, has raised $3.5M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from True Growth Capital and Wellington Financial LP.

Pasadena 100

Pasadena Education Mobile Funding 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

According to the startup--which is based in San Francisco--it will let participants in the process share in equity and other profits from those companies. All of those ideas have a pre-commited amount of capital from investors willing to back those ideas.

Ideas 159

Ideas Idealab Startup Pasadena 159

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

a developer of mobile coupon applications, said today that it has signed on comedian Wayne Brady as a co-owner of the company. The firm--which has previously raised funding from the Tech Coast Angels and the Pasadena Angels--said that Brady will also become spokesperson for the company. Los Angeles-based Yowza!! ,

Tech Coast Angels 167

Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 167

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

How do you keep up with everything that''s happening with your favorite interests, brands, and personalities on your mobile phone? Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab , the startup business incubator founded by Bill Gross, announced this morning that it has added Andy Steuer to its team. The firm said Steuer will work on new company creation, particularly in the new mobile applications area. He also was an investor in angel fund Andojo. READ MORE>>.

Idealab 154

Idealab Incubator Pasadena Mobile 154

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2014

However, Redondo Beach-based StaffRanker (www.staffranker.com) has rolled out a system to help those companies better manage what is a notoriously difficult segment of the labor market, which has a lot of turnover and which just doesn''t match existing, corporate performance management systems. How did you start the company?

Help 223

Help Hermosa Beach Technical Review Redondo Beach 223

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Carla Bourque: Smartify has been based in Pasadena for the past three and a half years. What is Smartify?

Marketing 196

Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Wallaby Financial , which develops a cloud-based credit card recommendation service to help users get the most out of their various reward and other credit cards, has debuted a new Android app, the company announced this morning. Wallaby is one of the companies out of the MuckerLab startup accelerator. READ MORE>>.

Pasadena 149

Pasadena Funding Help Services 149

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. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. Mobile Web America, Inc. The time has finally arrived!

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

LATechDigest

MAY 30, 2016

Mobile App Hackathon (-6/4). Innovate Pasadena. MARCH CAPITAL Opens LA Shop with $240M Fund ( link ). VNTANA Spoke at Innovate Pasadena. FAST COMPANY Hosted Its Creative Conference. leurafine of @laurelandwolf talks company culture and cross-office collaboration at #FCLA16 pic.twitter.com/EOVkbWSx4r.

Belkin 45

Belkin UCLA Funding Pasadena 45

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. Andy Steuer: Punchcard is a mobile loyalty rewards app. That was a rocket ride as well, and that took us to a top 10 website, and NBC took an equity steak in the company.

Southern California 245

Southern California Idealab Startup Custom 245

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Newly launched Crash is hoping to help solve that problem, by surfacing "photo-worthy" locations around you in its mobile app--sourced from its users. How did the company start? It's unbelievably fund, and as we've been expanding into new cities, I feel like I'm becoming a tourism expert in all of those cities.

Idealab 245

Idealab Startup Incubator Mobile 245

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. Al Eisaian: IconApps is built around simplifying people's lives through mobile technology. Al Eisaian: It's been angel funded so far.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2015

Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. The style, the systems, the technology, the branding, the culture, and what kind of company we want to create is very simple at the core, everyone can get it, and everyone understand its. How does Schlep and Fetch work?

Demand 100

Demand Tech Coast Angels Startup Pasadena Angels 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

What is happening in the electric vehicle market, is there are lots of new models coming out, and lots of companies building charging stations for both residential, commercial, and public charging stations. How did the company start? That was the genesis for the idea for the company, which was to build tools for that new market.

Help 178

Help Startup San Fernando Southern California 178

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

. · Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000. The founders previously ran another company together.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

You hear about extreme outcomes all the time—the huge exit or a company shutting down. Recently, I got to observe a much more rare event: a company exiting at a modest valuation. The company in question built mobile apps for a particular sport, and had 3 million downloads with nearly 2 million active users.

Pasadena Angels 45

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Tips 45

Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The recent funding deals that Intel Capital laid out in San Diego Monday, on the first day of its 17th annual global summit, also reflect the strategic thinking of Wendell Brooks, who took the helm at Intel Capital about a year ago as longtime president Arvind Sodhani retired.

Capital 40

Capital San Diego Invest USC 40

Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

It is an article about how to make your company worth a fortune by listening to your customers. Here are two successful founders who are building great companies by listening to their customers: Rick Stollmeyer of MindBodyOnline and Travis Giggy of SwingbySwing Golf. This is a company for the long haul.

Custom 97

Custom Customer Software Review SaaS 97

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. He received a B.S.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Webtide is designed to be a company which is the expert on using Jetty in companies. We've even seen people running Jetty duringly on a Windows Mobile phone. Adam Lieber: I think the business model for any particular open source company depends on the open source. They all were very different companies.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84