socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. We''re also partnering with companies like Donuts to provide a platform to host their registry.

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Demand HTML Web Media 231

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Santa Monica-based Social Project--which was once known as Tagworld--has been acquired by MTV Networks, MTV said Monday. According to MTV Networks, which is a division of Viacom, the acquisition will allow the firm to accelerate its introduction of its Flux social media platform across its portfolio.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Draper Social Media Social Network 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. Our whole goal is to create content for real life. For Legalzoom, it's a very different model.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Inspired by the vast amounts of data from videos, photos, music, websites and blogs shared by the many friends and people they follow online and seeing how much time it takes to check all the content across many platforms, friends set out to come up with a solution and CHNL was born. Silicon Beach (Santa Monica).

Social Network 104

Social Network Networking Content Web 104

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman is CEO of Santa Monica-based Gotcast (www.gotcast.com), an online site focused on casting of actors for television shows, movies, and other productions. Alec Shankman: Gotcast is the largest online interactive casting platform. Some are on our site, some exist on the brand's web site.

Hollywood 252

Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. Photos that are prime real estate and have never been monetized before, until one very ambitious Silicon Beach startup, GumGum , recognized the opportunity and created the first and largest in-image advertising platform, and an entirely new market. Matching ads to content is what they do.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Total Raised: $21.4mm.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. It allows users to code, develop, brainstorm, communicate and then publish projects and files to your web server. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. Where: Wokcano, 1413 5th Street, Santa Monica, CA. to 11:00 p.m.

Company 106

Company Companies Web Evite 106

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Image courtesy of Bernhardt Haussner.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. Both of his co-founders worked with him previously and both worked on ad management platforms. I’ll explain in detail below. Enter Burstly.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This runs on a number of platforms? Actually, from that, I just got lots of analogies with publishing geographic specific content. Rahul Sonnad: We did a seed round with Clearstone Ventures, that incubated us in their Santa Monica office. You're funded, correct? How did the incubation part come about?

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Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Everybody knows about the leaked memo of AOL’s Tim Armstrong saying he wants to up his content from 4% video to 70% video. That sets LA & NY up nicely for a number of emerging content creation industries.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Sit back and enjoy all the great content below and once again thank you all for making this possible :). Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. VC/Angel Panel. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. We utilize the content of your existing website and create a mobile version on-the-fly. Logos, themes, branding, content, videos, maps and more are automatically transposed to the mobile version with no programming knowledge required. We write and create our own content for the game.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Valarm is an Android mobile app and integrated suite of web-based tools that will track almost anything via GPS, and remotely monitor almost any environment via built-in and external sensors. Cookbook Cafe is the new DIY publishing platform from L.A.-based Spotlight Companies. digmybrand. Cookbook Cafe. based BakeSpace.com.

UCLA 97

UCLA Santa Monica Mobile Web 97

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. The firm has a strategy-based approach with a strong focus on technology and high-quality content. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Solaborate is bringing professionals and companies from the tech industry together and connect them through a new social media platform. There are multiple platforms used to get the job done.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

He explains with online marketing in general, there’s the huge shift into native advertising (inputting marketing messaging in line with content users are actively engaging with) – Largely due to a shift away from traditional in banner advertising. So where does Ophir see GumGum as web browsing moves towards mobile?

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2011

A little while ago, we and our friends at ImTech were able to sit down with CEO of Robodynamics , a Santa-Monica based telepresence robotics company and get an in-depth look at their new project, LUNA. Really what that means is it’s a platform for people to create (inaudible) robots that can live and work with humans.

Pricing 85

Pricing Platform Santa Monica Software 85

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. It filed for an IPO on August 6th. LowerMyBills, Inc.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. What are you working on now?

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Ian Rogers is the CEO of Topspin Media (www.topspinmedia.com), a venture backed, Santa Monica-based startup developing web applications for the music industry. They're trying to figure out what their business is going forward, and how to license their content. Topspin is backed by Redpoint Ventures and The Foundry Group.

Media 100

Media Yahoo Startup Tool 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. The firm has a strategy-based approach with a strong focus on technology and high-quality content.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84