socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Santa Monica-based Surf Air said on Monday that it is extending out its flight schedule, and now allows its customers to book flights out as far as 90 days in advance. Surf Air offers up a membership-based airline, and now offers up both "all-you-can-fly" as well as discounted, per-trip fares for members. READ MORE>>.

Santa Barbara 124

Santa Barbara San Diego Santa Monica Los Angeles 124

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird , which offers up rentals of electric scooters for the "last mile" of your commute, has expanded to San Francisco, San Jose, and Washington, DC. Bird previously only offered up its services in Santa Monica, San Diego, and some other parts of Los Angeles.

Santa Monica 124

Santa Monica San Diego Equity Los Angeles 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2017

The company--which was just featured on Shark Tank last Friday--said it has launched in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Monica, as part of a nationwide expansion beyond its home market in Seattle and Portland.

Southern California 173

Southern California SoCal Santa Monica San Diego 173

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based Bird , which operates a network of "last mile" electric vehicles for connecting users with public transportation like buses and subways, has raised $100M in a Series B funding, the company said on Friday. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica UCLA Venice San Diego 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Los Angeles- and Santa Monica-based REME , a new startup offering up on-demand massage, stretch, and IV therapy services to the health and wellness community, said today that it has officially launched it services. The company said it provides its services toin-home, at the office, or the customer's location of choice.

Demand 113

Demand Marketing Santa Monica San Diego 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

San Diego-based Qualcomm has seen an exit at one of its Qualcomm Ventures portfolio companies, Wi-Fi mesh equipment maker Eero , which was acquired by Amazon on Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

Redpoint 113

Redpoint Santa Monica San Diego Acquisition 113

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Hundreds of red, “dockless” electronic bikes appeared on the streets of San Diego and Seattle on Monday, the latest cities in which Uber introduced its e-bike program, Jump. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing giant acquired Jump Bikes, a Brooklyn e-bike sharing service, in April.

Services 88

Services Santa Monica San Diego Los Angeles 88

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. The University of California has ten campuses, of which half of them are in Southern California, including UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 223

Venture Capital UCLA Capital UCSD 223

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APRIL 21, 2017

The California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of San Diego (UCSD) have all ranked very highly on a new ranking of universities for their technology transfer efforts, issued by The Milken Insitute , the Santa Monica-based thinktank.

UCSD 133

UCSD CalTech UCLA Santa Monica 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2016

In what looks to be an unprecedented surge in high profile, high value exits for high tech companies in Southern California, there have now been six big exits in the region over the last month worth over $100M. Those exits--worth more than a collected $3.8 Those exits--worth more than a collected $3.8 READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Southern California Agoura Hills West Hollywood 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links. In fact, a recent study released by Ernst & Young found that there were eight companies in Southern California, out of 22 total in California, who were lined up for an IPO in Q4.

Southern California 200

Southern California Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 200

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based GoMeta , a new, augmented reality startup being led by serial entrepreneur Dmitry Shapiro, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, and launched its app out of beta. The funding came from Mike Jones (Science Inc., MySpace) as well as Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney).

Veoh 100

Veoh Tool San Diego Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

invested across 71 deals in Q2 of 2017 in LA and Orange County, and $202.37M invested in San Diego for the quarter across 32 deals. invested in Q4, with San Diego also up from $175.73M in Q4. The report tallied up $926.4M Investments in LA/OC were up slightly from the $898.3M Nationally, investors invested $13.9

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Southern California Orange County Invest 113

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2013

Santa Monica-based virtual server and cloud computing provider Infinitely Virtual announced this morning that it has completes its move of its backup data center from San Diego to Boston. The firm had announced the move in January.

Cloud Computing 147

Cloud Computing Santa Monica San Diego Custom 147

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Internet portal Yahoo is continuing its makeover back into a Silicon Valley style workplace, and apparently has extended its free food offer to employees at two of the company's New York locations, according to reports today. Yahoo has operations in Santa Monica, San Diego, and Burbank, which among them show a few dozen job openings.

Yahoo 150

Yahoo Southern California Santa Monica SoCal 150

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

The list has been short on local investors for the last few years , even as many Southern California companies have helped place other, Silicon Valley venture capitalists high up on the investor ranking. Despite the cold shoulder to local investors, a number of investors on the list did have companies here to thank for their position.

Southern California 159

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand SoCal San Diego 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

There are enough companies in the Blockchain space in Los Angeles that some have mulled giving the area a new moniker, "Blockchain Beach. Another local, early LA Bitcoin proponent, BitAngels' Michael Terpin also has a residence in Puerto Rico.

Clearstone 165

Clearstone Southern California Santa Monica Los Angeles 165

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JUNE 30, 2015

Santa Monica-based HomeHero , a new startup providing an online marketplace for in-home, senior care services, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Graham Holding Company, along with Social+Capital Partnership, Tencent Holdings Limited and The Launch Fund.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica San Diego Los Angeles Funding 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures , the venture investing arm of investment banking firm Siemer & Associates , reported yesterday that it saw the first exit in its portfolio recently, with the sale of company CloudTrigger. Siemer said it added five new companies in the last quarter, and had 24 new investments in 2012.

Santa Monica 164

Santa Monica San Diego Report Invest 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The list of Southern California companies who have filed, have been rumored to file, or have successfully completed IPOs has gotten a little longer this morning, after Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO.

Southern California 154

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Westlake Village Woodland Hills 154

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Santa Monica-based OpenHouse has launched a new site which helps home buyers get personalized, real estate recommendations and information on neighborhoods, the company said today.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Social Media San Diego Sites 100

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. There are dozens of legal firms servicing the high tech industry here, based on our tracking of those companies and their clients.

Media 168

Media High Tech Santa Monica Southern California 168

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2013

Wilcon said the move wil lmake the combined company one of the largest fiber optic networks in SOuthern California, adding nearly 3,000 route miles and 1,000 enterprise buildings to its portfolio. Wilcon said it was supported in the deal by Pamlico Capital; financial details of that backing was also not announced.

Santa Clarita 147

Santa Clarita Woodland Hills Networking Thousand Oaks 147

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AUGUST 23, 2011

The latest ranking the fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc. magazine, has 42 companies in the Los Angeles area on the list. 500 companies) and New York City (42 companies) in the Inc. 500 listing, well above San Francisco (19 companies). Interestingly enough, among the top Inc.

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Search Engine Optimization Angel Thousand Oaks 198

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Santa Monica-based membership-based airline Surf Air is telling potential customers that it recently reached 1200 members for its service, which allows members to take all-you-can-fly trips between the Los Angeles, Bay Area, Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, San Diego, and other areas via its own fleet of turboprops.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Southern California Santa Monica San Diego 100

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

El Segundo-based Fuhu , the manufacturer of the popular children''s Nabi tablet PC, ranked number 2 nationally in the annual Deloitte Fast 500 list, one of fifty four companies--or over 10 percent--from Southern California. The list ranks companies by five year revenue growth. READ MORE>>.

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Marina Del Rey Sherman Oaks El Segundo Southern California 127

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The angel group--which in the past, has been criticized for taking a long time to make an investment decision in a company--said this week that it has launched a program called Screening2Deal to shortcut investment decisions in startups in Los Angeles, to 30 days or less.

Tech Coast Angels 168

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Funding 168

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

Santa Monica-based The Search Agency , which is headed by David Hughes, was listed at number 12, and San Diego-based Covario , which is run by Russ Mann, was listed at number 25. Two Southern California firms have made Advertising Age's annual list of the largest search marketing agencies, released last week.

Marketing 174

Marketing Southern California Santa Monica Advertising 174

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million.

Venture Capital 59

Venture Capital Santa Monica San Diego Coach 59

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2010

The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. So far, two companies-- Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which completed its IPO in May, and Carlsbad-based Maxlinear , which hit the markets in March, have had successful IPOs.

Southern California 178

Southern California Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks Marketing 178

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. Spin, which began offering this on April 1, is making this available in Baltimore, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Tampa and Washington, D.C. Via isn’t the only company shifting its attention to emergency services. A novel rewards program.

Layoffs 136

Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs (..)

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2011

was invested in Q 3in Southern California companies, up from the same quarter last year, when only $443.8M in San Diego, and $141.4M In San Diego, the top deals were for oneRoof Energy , with $50M raise, MeLLmo , which recently raised $30M, and AwarePoint , with $27.42M raised in venture capital in Q3.

Southern California 212

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Capital 212

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AUGUST 12, 2009

500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. San Diego-based MedVantx ranked at number 13 on the list; Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal was 39; San Diego-based BridgePoint Education was 50; Santa Monica-based International Checkout ranked at 61; Torrance-based Flipswap at 81; and Irvine-based ClinAssure was at 85.

Southern California 140

Southern California Agoura Hills Woodland Hills Torrance 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Who is providing the funding and backing for the company? How was it you ended up in San Diego?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We''re making investments, and are based in Santa Monica, and although we have a small team, we''re looking forward to becoming part of the local scene here in Silicon Beach.

Seed Funding 220

Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220