socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We''d like to thank the many sponsors who made the event and our socalTECH 50 list possible this year: Premium Sponsor D&B Credibility , and sponsors Cresa Partners , Demand Media , Deloitte , Equinix , Internap , Oracle , PwC , Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP , V3 , Doublebeam , and many, many others.

SoCalTech

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing run by Richard Rosenblatt, also is widely expected to be in the process of filing for an IPO.

ReachLocal

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2010

Those firms include Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics , Westlake Village-based Inphi , San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics , City of Industry-based NewEgg , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan.

Southern California

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2010

Pasadena-based software-as-a-service developer Central Desktop reported today that the firm had 44 percent, year-over-year growth, and boosted its staff by 50 percent in 2009, as a result of demand for the firm's online project collaboration tools. The firm said its customers now include such companies as Netflix, U.S.

SaaS

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. It's some of the kinds of things Demand Media does, except, for the newsroom. Congrats on funding. We know what people are looking for.

Marketing

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. The firm, based in Pasadena, has dozens of. (Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). The now-public.

Technical Review

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Carla Bourque: Smartify has been based in Pasadena for the past three and a half years. What is Smartify?

Marketing

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

Demand Media hosted a welcoming opening party at the Vicerory, and Media Temple organized an amazing closing party at Cross Campus with aerialists, DJ, interactive displays - and people are still talking about the delicious food. He was named in a recent Forbes article as one of "12 Entrepreneurs That Are Changing LA Forever."

Cornerstone OnDemand

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

One of the firms poised to take advantage of that growth is Pasadena-based OpenX (www.openx.org), which develops one of the most widely used ad serving solutions available. We run it through our exchange, OpenX Market, which is in simple terms a stock market for online media. We manage that competition through an aucton process.

OpenX

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?

IP

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. June 17: Silicon Beach Fest: Pasadena Day , Hosted by Idealab.

GRP Partners

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great recognizes seven main startup points in Los Angeles: “Silicon Beach”, West LA, Culver City, Pasadena, Orange County, South Bay, and Downtown LA. Google, Hulu, Riot Games, Demand Media, and many other big name players residing in Silicon Beach, it is no small wonder why many tech startups flock towards the sunny beach-side view.

Report

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena. Plus there are amazing LA tech events put on by DealMaker Media , DigitalLA , Twiistup , and many more.

Company

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

These venture capitalists think the same forces that have transformed transportation, media, retail and logistics will also work their way through prepared food businesses. If anyone is aware of the massive market potential for leveraging on-demand services, it’s Kalanick. On-demand food startup Sprig is shutting down today.

Startup