socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2015

Walnut, California-based WizRocket , a developer of mobile ad technology which helps companies better profile and target customers, has raised $8M in a funding round. Walnut is in eastern Los Angeles County. The funding came from Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. The funding comes on top of an earlier, unannounced $1.6M

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2013

The region's large stable of high tech hardware companies are out in force this week at CES, with San Diego-based Qualcomm leading the charge and the keynote; Irvine-based Broadcom announced a new chip aimed at UltraHD TV Home gateways, MoCA 2.0 Who says that Southern California's high tech industry is all about Hollywood and e-commerce?

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2015

YapStone , which develops web and mobile payment technology, and also maintains an office at ROC in Santa Monica, has closed on $60M in debt financing, the company said this week. YapStone provides its electronic payment technology for such companies as HomeAway and VRBO. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

It looks like the venture capital business is doing a lot better than the home building industry for Walnut-based J.F. Quickoffice was just acquired by technology giant Google , undoubtedly to bolster Google's mobile application chops. Shea's headquarters are in Walnut, California, just East of Los Angles. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Most are later-stage seed companies, doing anywhere between $10K-$100K per month in revenue. Fun Fact: The company is named after clouds that are light and easy, just like their identity solutions! Then they started a company in the sports industry–each one with different positions in the team. From: Walnut, CA.

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