socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2012

The newly launched feature allows users to instantly start a free web conference session, even without creating an account on the service. AnyMeeting is venture backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels. AnyMeeting is venture backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

While the attendee interactions might be more limited due to Zoom, we found our leadership roundtables, conferences, and showcases all showed significant increases (50 - 100%) in participation. Despite the macro challenges, we were able to significantly increase our reach and engagement across the region.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The new service also includes a 6-way video conferencing feature specifically aimed at hosting mall video conferences. AnyMeeting is headed by Costin Tuculescu, and is backed by both the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2012

AnyMeeting, which is headed by Coston Tuculescu, also said it will offer up two months of its premium ad-free conference service to Tech Coast Angels members. The firm's investors include those same Tech Coast Angels, the Pasadena Angels, and Maverick Angels. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

Punchcard , the developer of mobile loyalty and rewards applications which is backed by Idealab, has won an award at an industry conference, the firm said this week. Punchcard said it won the Future Stars award at the BIA Kelsey Leading in Local conference in Boston a couple of weeks ago, after competing in a "Shark Tank" style demo session.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

AnyMeeting is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Keiretsu Forum, Pasadena Angels, and Sand Hill Angels. anymeeting free conference call meeting service premium plan freemium' AnyMeeting, which is based in Huntington Beach, has slowly been ramping its premium offerings, ever since adding a premium account offering back in 2011.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the third party Twitter client software firm headed by Bill Gross, said today that it has linked with blog site Mashable for a SXSW promotion.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2011

A report today from Greentech Media says that Pasadena-based Idealab 's sale of portfolio firm RayTracker was worth $44.8M. RayTracker was also based in Pasadena, but was acquired in January by solar panel firm First Solar. RayTracker was also based in Pasadena, but was acquired in January by solar panel firm First Solar.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2011

AnyMeeting provides a free, ad-supported service which allows users to run web conferences and webcasts. The angel-backed company has raised funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. The firm is targeting competitors like GoToMeeting and WebEx with its free service. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

A few days before the meeting the CEO asked me to change the meeting to 11:45 because “he was going to be wrapping up a meeting in Pasadena at 11am” and it would take 45 minutes to get to Century City where my offices are. “No problem,” I replied. ” So I didn’t go to the conference. I was furious.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2011

Bolstering Freebinar's efforts is new funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Freebinar told socalTECH today that it is looking to help users of Dimdim, which was just acquired by Salesforce.com and stopped allowing new user signups this week. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The new funds will go to open a new set of stores nationwide; it''s unclear if any of those new stores will be in other pockets of Southern California''s growing technology industry, such as Venice, Pasadena, or Playa Vista. Photo: Philz Coffee at last year''s Oasis Conference in Santa Monica READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Pasadena-based Graphight launched itself today, saying that it has developed a service which tracks who you know, and how well you know them, to make it easier for professionals to manage their business network. The firm debuted its service at the Launch conference in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

While we happen to be located here, we have panels throughout today and tomorrow, talking about where in LA should I build my startup -- we have people from Hollywood, Pasadena, USC, talking about those neighborhoods. What is the biggest thing you''ve learned about the startup business from running these conferences? It goes both ways.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2014

Attending Wearable Tech LA on July 17th in Pasadena will give you an opportunity to meet and collaborate with the best of Hollywood, Music, Sports and Health including leaders from the NBA, NFL, NHL and others. According to International Data Corporation, wearables will be the fastest-emerging category and become a $12B industry in 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 16, 2010

A few days before the meeting the CEO asked me to change the meeting to 11:45 because “he was going to be wrapping up a meeting in Pasadena at 11am&# and it would take 45 minutes to get to Century City where my offices are. &# No problem,&# I replied. At 11:15am (e.g I was furious. Less than f’ing minutes before the meeting!

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now. Digital LA Producer, Kevin Winston, always pulls together a great bunch of panelists and this conference was no exception.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2012

The company, which is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels, said its new "Quick Start" program will provide those network marketers with a free, company-branded web conferencing tool, which can be made available to all of those firms' distributors at no cost.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We have a number of locations, including one in Santa Monica, one in Pasadena, one in Downtown, and one in El Segundo and the South Bay Area. I met david through a mutual friend of ours, before we started this conference three years ago. Cross Campus is really a community oriented around coworking.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2011

The company is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels. AnyMeeting's web conferencing software is offered for free, and is ad-supported, although the firm also offers a premium, ad-free version. AnyMeeting is headed by Costin Tuculescu. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Huntington Beach-based Anymeeting , the free web conferencing and webinar service headed by Costin Tuculescu, and backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels, reports today that it has added a new, ad-free version of the software aimed at small business users. The firm said the new, paid feature will cost $17.99

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our interview today is with Alan Horsager , the CEO of Pasadena-based Episona (www.episona.com), an angel backed startup which has already developed and has been offering up an epigenetic test for male fertility. Alan Horsager: The funding originally started with a convertible note, through the Pasadena Angels.

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LATechDigest

MAY 30, 2016

Innovate Pasadena. VNTANA Spoke at Innovate Pasadena. FAST COMPANY Hosted Its Creative Conference. Future of Transportation. Wednesday June 1. IBM Watson. Thursday June 2. QuePasa DTLA. LA Datatech Monthly MixR. Accelerating IoT. Friday June 3. Mobile App Hackathon (-6/4). Saturday June 4. JPL Open House SignUp.

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LATechDigest

JUNE 13, 2016

Innovate Pasadena. STREAM Conference Came to Santa Monica. Wednesday, June 15. BAWSE ( -6/16). IDEAS LA ( -6/16). Techsparks Pitchfest. Thursday, June 16. Reaching Hispanic Markets. Wonder Women Tech Mixer. Friday, June 17. Etsy Party. **. THE VIRTUAL REALITY CO Raises $23M Series A ( link ). CEDARS TECHSTARS Featured on KTLA ( link ).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

We also added panels reflecting LA''s growing tech communities from the West Side to Pasadena, and topics including health tech and space tech, as these industries grow. And we added a Gadget Sandbox to showcase 3D printing, virtual reality, wearables, and other gadget tech that is increasing.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Freebinar gives them a solution that includes screen sharing, voice over IP audio, broadcast, conference calling, and allow you to meet with as many as 150 people at the same time. First, for folks who haven't used your service, what is Freebinar?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The reason is that conferences usually pack them up with speakers to maximize the number of high profile guests in attendance to sell more general admission tickets. I have often complained how much I hate sitting on panels. So with a panel of 5-6 people and 30-45 minutes it’s hard to have a real conversation.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Can you talk about how you connected with the Pasadena Angels and Frontera?

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 29, 2009

After the concert, we walked two miles to our car in Old Town Pasadena. Then, we hopped in the car and drove to the Ritz-Carlton in Marina Del Rey to get some sleep before the Perfect Pitch Conference the next morning with Sir Richard Branson as the keynoter and Christian Audigier (Von Dutch/Ed Hardy) as the closing speaker.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2013

However, events have been going on for several days starting with the Hackathon which went from Friday through Sunday, Pasadena Day was on Monday and Hollywood Day was on Tuesday. The 2nd annual Silicon Beach Fest officially kicked-off yesterday. The judges included Ilya Pozin (Ciplex), Nathan Chandra (WeLink) and Reed Shaffner (Scopely).

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The Pasadena, CA-based urban office real estate investment trust (REIT), founded in 1994, has grown into one of the country’s largest developers of world-class collaborative science and technology campuses. Our campuses also provide great world-class conference facilities, and we also do a lot of hands-on mentoring.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

Originally funded by the Pasadena Angels , the Company is now backed by “A” list VCs, and growing phenomenally, with tens of thousands of customers. They have periodic conference calls with groups of users. They read product reviews obsessively. More importantly, they act on the input.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

June 17: Silicon Beach Fest: Pasadena Day , Hosted by Idealab. For conference updates, follow @SBFestLA on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. Key Events include: June 14-16: Hackathon presented by AT&T will gather a few hundred developers, coaches, and business professionals who will create startup pitches at ROC Santa Monica.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Jason Nazar: Legal contracts, business forms and templates, conference presentations, financial models, research reports, any kind of professional content that you have which you use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. First, we're geographically spread out, with silos far away--in Pasadena, the Valley, Hollywood, etc.

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Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two cities, as I wrote about in my previous post A Tale of Two Tech Cities.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. Summary notes, as always, provide below. It was a pleasure to write them myself. Overture (Goto.com). He invented the category of sponsored search. They are very hands on.

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