TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

The funding, a Series C, will be used to continue expanding Boulevard’s product and engineering teams and to build out more tools targeting an ever-wider set of users in the bigger wellness and beauty sector (those product additions are typically big — it most recently added a whole new payments feature). Focusing on the U.S.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The company said the new funding came from existing and new investors. InstaMed says it has more than 11,000 healthcare provider organizations using its payment network. The company''s CTo and co-founder, Chris Seib, is located in Newport Beach; the company''s other co founder is CEO Bill Marvin.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

GreenWave Reality , a startup developing a platform to help manage the "Internet of Things"--and which is headed by former Cisco executive Greg Memo--said this morning that it has raised $19M in a Series B funding round. GreenWave Reality said the funding will go to accelerate the rollout of its platform, which it calls Home2Cloud.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The new startup--which is split between San Diego and Seattle--said it is looking to help organize the information about home improvement projects, plus also help homeowners to find home improvement professionals. READ MORE>>. porch neighborhood home improvement project costs gallery'

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The company said the new funding came from existing and new investors. InstaMed says it has more than 11,000 healthcare provider organizations using its payment network. The company''s CTo and co-founder, Chris Seib, is located in Newport Beach; the company''s other co founder is CEO Bill Marvin.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Small Business Administration as a Growth Accelerator Fund Competition winner. I realized that other organizations could benefit from what I’ve learned in this process. The mystartupXX accelerator is focused on providing mentorship, education, and funding to female-led technology-based startups at UC San Diego.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Somehow in a world of rapid change Mark had been able to right his ship much faster than the highly bureaucratic organizations that places like Google, Yahoo! So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. and Microsoft had become.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have neither, and choose to approach an investor, you will get no attention, and probably never again get a shot at funding with that investor. Now investors will pay attention, since scale-up funding is less risky and has a time frame.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

David Beisel puts it another way: Being an early hire at a startup gives an individual the ability to make tremendous impact on an organization as it grows – and both the founders and those hires should know it. the better the startup will be. Of course, all of that assumes that the early employee does make an impact.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Chief Diversity Officer. c-level entrepreneur funding startup titles' Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. But I have to catch a flight to New York for a two-day computer vision conference and 2 board meetings, 2 board dinners and a catch up with my LPs to tell them how our fund is going.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Michael Wong: I was previously CTO of an agency called Breakthrough Ads. My cofounder, Steven Elliott, was CTO of a company doing artificial intelligence and automated chat technology. Since we started our free site last week, we've organically grown faster than we ever thought we would.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2016

Other investors include TEEC Angel Fund and wCapital. Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited (Cyberport) is the official partner of this initiative where it will house WIoTW’s executive office and WIoTW Labs. WIoTW’s executive office and WIoTW Labs will be opened at Cyberport in Hong Kong. Closing a round of USD 4.5

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Scherzay was previously the CTO at CrowdGather, and also had founded social media software firm FavRav. For organizations that have subscription or recurring revenue, Thaeres is a billing system that fully automates the operations and administration of payment services. How are you funded? What is Thaeres about?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The way we dealt with this issue is that we took each senior exec in the company (including the CFO and the CTO) and assigned them to important accounts. It is not uncommon for a board to learn about the CEOs fund-raising activities by having a friend forward a press article announcing a raise or the “leak” of a fund raising.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

This is generally how I try to organize my own views and how I try to give advice. On teams I have a framework for tech teams “ CTO vs. VP Eng ” or on sales I have “ Journeymen, Mavericks & Superstars ” 5. Fund raising ? Draw from Frameworks. For example: 1. How to network better ?

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

In bringing up the issue I wasn’t “hating on COOs&# – I’m just challenging you to think about whether your CEO + COO structure really provides the right amount of clarity in your organization. But you’re not a great candidate to be funded by VCs then. I find them strange. and my favorite].

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. When we first started in 2012, panel programming focused on how to fund your startup, find a CTO, etc. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

I organically built the company, and didn't have any outside venture money. Subsequently, I built another, similar company, which I sold to Sun Microsystems, and then started a B2B, online exchange with my current CTO, and sold that to IFILM, which was subsequently acquired by Viacom.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer – what it means for the CIO. The emerging “cloud focused” IT organizations, and the benefits they are able to obtain. He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Too much emphasis on organic growth can become a straightjacket that leads only to incremental innovation and limited horizons.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

We went out on the Android and Blackberry, and as we were going out to market, we realized that we could use that consumer launch as a proving ground for our technology, and leverage that to the B2B market. When I joined the company, I found an amazing technology platform and analytics capability. How is the company funded?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. So naturally we’re pushing for him to drop critical information when their paths cross organically. What Rob wrote in his post is right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Too much emphasis on organic growth can become a straightjacket that leads only to incremental innovation and limited horizons.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

I was sitting on the board at LiveOffice, which was funded by Summit Partnres, and was just sold to Symantec two weeks ago. He called me and said--this is a company you might be interested in, maybe taking a board seat, or co-investing in, or helping them get funded. I was introduced to the founders. It's been fantastic.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The 3-6 month program had several hundred applications from all over the country and abroad vying for the chance of $21,000 in initial funding, office space, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities with other startups. Last year’s class has raised $15 million and is going strong. Founded by L.A.’s

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We spoke with Greg Memo , the company''s CEO, and Nate Williams , the company''s CMO, about the company and its new funding. Greg Memo: I was most recently the general manager of the consumer business organization at Cisco, which developed the Linksys Router. Photo: (Left) Nate Williams, CMO (Right) Greg Memo, CEO.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2012

According to the founders, Contur is a virtual assistant that sorts and organizes your emails automatically. Bruno Denuit, our CTO, has worked for over ten years on database technologies and cloud services at Microsoft in Redmond. Any funding yet? Yes, we’re powered by a seed round, and funding from Start Engine LA.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Using amSTATZ athletes can track workouts and search for trainers and local events and event organizers can use the network for their events publicity and partner with trainers to develop training programs for their registrants. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. Have you raised any funding yet?

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Intel Capital has invested $38 million in 12 technology startups since July, highlighting its venture investment focus on innovations in self-driving cars and machine vision, the Internet of Things, sports and health, drones, and virtual reality.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

The company recently raised $70M in funding to further expand its app and team, from such impressive investors as Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. Fortunately, Bryan, our CTO at the time, said his wife worked with two guys who had started this thing called Flipagram in 2012.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

The company recently raised $70M in funding to further expand its app and team, from such impressive investors as Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. Fortunately, Bryan, our CTO at the time, said his wife worked with two guys who had started this thing called Flipagram in 2012.

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Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. The problem with the company that I described above was that there was somebody willing to fund ongoing losses and the board continued to believe that good times were just around the corner.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

We now have seven companies, and have our own venture fund as well, and we'll be doing four or five for the next few years. If they have a requirement in their organization, they'll share that with us, because they can't find a solution from either major vendors or startups which solves the problem. It's been great.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

We had the chance to talk with co-founder John Tomich about the funding and the firm, which operates e-commerce sites for fashion brands and others. The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers. Why did your firm decide to find funding now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have neither, and choose to approach an investor, you will get no attention, and probably never again get a shot at funding with that investor. Now investors will pay attention, since scale-up funding is less risky and has a time frame.

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