SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Thursday, December 1, 2016 -- TechFire: Kleiner Perkins' Eric Feng (former CTO of Hulu and Flipboard).TechFire A partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Eric also has deep ties with the Los Angeles tech community, having served as the founding CTO of Hulu.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mojix , a developer of RFID technology, said today that it has promoted Dr. Christopher R. Jones as its new Chief Technology Officer. Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital. Jones also served at Broadcom. READ MORE>>.

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Innocal Chief Technology Officer Venture Capital Los Angeles 140

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JULY 16, 2013

CyberFlow, which is headed by Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi--former Chief Technology Officer of AT&T--said the new round brings its total raised to $2.6M. The company said it will use the investment to commercialize its security technology. cyberflow analytics security software venture capital protection cybersecurity'

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Chief Technology Officer Seed Funding IP San Diego 170

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The new seed funding was led by Bouyant Ventures, and also included Better Ventures,XYZ Venture Capital, Chingona Ventures, and Starting Line Ventures. Beni is led by CEO Sarah Pinner, and was co-founded by CTO Celine Mol.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. They both would have lots of thoughts and ideas. What type of shares?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which provides online marketing products for small- and medium-sized businesses, reported today that it has named Jeff Hagins as Chief Technology Officer, and promoted Steven Power, former Australia CEO, to Executive Vice President of Global Sales Operations. Edwards, and Lockheed Martin.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Sales Chief Technology Officer 154

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JULY 15, 2010

We started this week’s show with a Q&A session where I answered viewer questions about fund raising and the VC industry. Heck, stick around and watch me discuss the seed funding debate that is going on right now and what is happening in the VC industry overall. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Don’t.

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Venture Capital Seed Funding Pricing Southern California 210

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APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal).

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JANUARY 18, 2011

I received an inquiry from a reader of my blog and thought I would provide some thoughts, but would definitely welcome input: I am an unpaid CTO of a small startup. Find a lawyer and someone who does CTO searches for VC backed companies in your area. They both would have lots of thoughts and ideas. What type of shares?

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MARCH 20, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Venture Capital Guide CTO Coach Southern California 150

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MAY 18, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups, Startup Development and being a Startup CTO. Here are a couple of the other collections: 16 Great Startup Posts from March , Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April. Thanks Steve!

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

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MAY 24, 2021

Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all. My first ever investment as a VC was Invoca. Entrada Ventures? —?that Maker Studios?—?sold

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

The company's co-founder and Chief technology Officer is Jason Meltzer, who previously was at iRobot. Papaya is led by co-founder and CEO Patrick Kann, who the company said has previously served at such companies as World Bank and IdeaLab.

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Mobile Chief Technology Officer Idealab Los Angeles 113

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

as Chief Technology Officer. The company's co-founders are Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Alexey Terskikh, and CEO Geoff Hamilton. Stemson said that the initial seed funding will go to expanding its management team and R&D resources, adding Meghan Samberg, Ph.D. READ MORE>>.

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Chief Technology Officer Seed Funding San Diego Resource 124

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Speaker List.

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MARCH 3, 2021

Slingshot is venture backed by ATX Venture Partners, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Techstars Ventures, and Okapi Venture Capital, along with others.

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El Segundo CTO Coach Artificial Inteligence Seed Funding 113

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

This is part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital. I recently wrote a post on how to Deal with your Elephants in the Room during your VC meetings. Elephants being big issues that the VC will be thinking whether you bring it to his/her attention or not. Skeletons in the Closet are these types of issues.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Examples 311

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The financiers funding the company’s plans are a mix of Silicon Valley venture capital firms and members of Hollywood’s elite, which is only fitting for a company whose headquarters are in Los Angeles, but whose business takes it to the far flung research centers and launch facilities which support the U.S. space industry.

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Chief Technology Officer SpaceX Los Angeles Venture Capital 168

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JANUARY 16, 2017

The funding was led by Chinese theme park operator Songcheng Performance Development, and also included Comcast Ventures, along with Boost VC, Colopl VR fund, GREE Inc., Kai Huang, The Venture Reality Fund, Youku Global Media Fund, and CRCM VC.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it again with his latest venture MetaCX.

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MAY 18, 2016

Santa Monica-based SPACES , a new virtual reality startup, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round from Comcast Ventures, Boost VC, Canyon Creek Capital, Colopl VR Fund, GREE Inc., Kai Huang, The Venture Reality Fund, the Sinovation Fund, Youku Global Media Fund and CRCM VC.

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Santa Monica Startup Venture Capital Funding 113

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. “Why do founders want to take the VCs’ money? .” After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital!

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Wall was previously co-founder and CTO of on-demand laundry startup Washio. is venture backed by Wildcat Venture Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures and MassMutual Ventures LLC, the corporate venture capital arm of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Tuition.io The placement at tuition.io

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JUNE 17, 2016

ElNaggar was most recently serving as Chief Strategy Officer at CBS Interactive; he co-founded Sapho with fellow CBS Interactive alum Peter Yared, who was CBSi's CTO and CIO. ElNaggar was in Redpoint's LA offices from 2005 until 2011, and had stints on the boards of Machinima and Hark, among other companies.

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APRIL 21, 2015

The funding included $2M in a strategic investment and $1M in a venture commitment, according to the company. The company''s Chief Technology Officer is Dave Meyer (Free Credit Report, eNeighborhoods), and its Chief Product Officer is Jeanne Anderson (DogVacay). Names of those investors were not announced.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

The funding was led by Chinese theme park operator Songcheng Performance Development, and also included Comcast Ventures, along with Boost VC, Colopl VR fund, GREE Inc., Kai Huang, The Venture Reality Fund, Youku Global Media Fund, and CRCM VC.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

According to Carrick Capital Partners, it co-founder and managing director, Jim Madden, as well as its CTO, Steve Unterberger, will both join Mavenlink''s board as part of the funding. mavenlink venture capital saas software project management cloud collaboration' Mavenlink is led by Ray Grainger. READ MORE>>.

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Tool SaaS Venture Capital Software 190

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

As part of the acquisition, HAAWK said it has named TuneRegistry and RoyaltyClaim founder Dae Bogan as CEO, and named TuneRegistry co-founders Jesse Morris, Kara McGehee, and Shane Zilinskas will serve as HAAWK's CLO, CPO, and CTO. Born becomes Chairman, President, and CFO of the combined companies. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Acquisition Content Los Angeles 113

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Venture capital investor Shervin Pishevar , the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One , has just filed a lawsuit alleging a political research group has been running a smear campaign against him. Pishevar filed the lawsuit in San Francisco against company Definers Public Affairs this week. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. I just want to figure out what a fair valuation is.&# I figured all the VC’s talked so we should. But this example above is all entrepreneur math, not the VC’s.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Funding 405

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Cylance''s McClure was a founder at Foundstone, and later became EVP, Global CTO and General Manager of the Security Management Business Unit for McAfee/Intel, after Foundstone was acquired by McAfee in 2004. Crowdstrike is led by George Kurtz, also a founder of Foundstone, and who was CTO and GM at McAfee/Intel. READ MORE>>.

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Artificial Inteligence Tool Venture Capital News 170

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

. “We slow down our country, our economy and our ability to innovate when the government becomes excessively aggressive in efforts to break up technology companies, because they see them through a prior-decades lens, when they are operating in a future decade reality. This too shall pass.”

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Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). I'm a bit of an anti-VC, as you know. As a result, I really saw Visalus as a technology company.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

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MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Digiaro was former Head of Monetization and a co-founder at SlingShot Labs, and Whitcomb was formerly co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at MySpace. Tags: myspace chris dewolfe colin digiaro aber whitcomb executive venture capital.

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