socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

Southern California

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

The filing comes on the heels of Demand Media 's kickoff of its roadshow to Wall Street on Wednesday, after it set an initial pricing range on its own IPO offering. The filing of an IPO by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless on Friday seems to indicate the interest in public markets by venture-backed, Southern California firms has not abated.

Southern California

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Pasadena-based LeisureLink said this morning that it is starting to publish its own report on the travel market, measuring vacation lodging demand fro mainstream online travel channels. The firm is usings its LeisureLink Demand Index to show the demand for the firm's own category of travel listings. READ MORE>>.

Report

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm of Richard Rosenblatt, has long been rumored to be in the process of filing for an IPO, but has not done so yet, and service providers in the community suggest there may be a few more in the works. which said it is looking to list on the NYSE in a $115M IPO.

Southern California

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp. Among firms who have not filed, but have been rumored to, are Los Angeles-based Hulu , Los Angeles-based LegalZoom , Irvine's Fisker Automotive , and Pasadena-based eSolar.

Southern California

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

547% Pasadena Tom Lamb 186 Kyriba Corporation 482% La Jolla Jean-Luc Robert 189 MINDBODY 471% San Luis Obispo Rick Stollmeyer 195 ReachLocal, Inc. 547% Pasadena Tom Lamb 186 Kyriba Corporation 482% La Jolla Jean-Luc Robert 189 MINDBODY 471% San Luis Obispo Rick Stollmeyer 195 ReachLocal, Inc. Frost, Ph.D. 92 GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.

Southern California

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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , a developer of distribution software for vacation rental, timeshare, and other specialty lodging providers, said today that it has launched a new product targeted at online rate pricing. The firm said its tools bring the same technology as airlines and large hotel chains use to maximize their yields. READ MORE>>.

Pricing

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2020

Pasadena-based Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health , a healthcare innovation fund led by Jay Goss and Dr. John Nackel, says it has launched a new venture capital fund, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Fund II. According to Wavemaker 360, the launch of Fund II is ahead of schedule as a result of a "surge in demand for all-things-healthcare-innovation".

Funding

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.

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. The first piece is identifying and packaging content around demand.

Marketing

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

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

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Pasadena-based robot developer Miso Robotics, which develops kitchen assistance robots, says it is looking to raise another $40M more via crowdfunding, after just completing $50M in an equity crowdfunding push. Miso said it plans to use the new funding to grow its workforce and to "satisfy the product demand" it is seeing in the marketplace.

Artificial Inteligence

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2021

Pasadena-based food services robot developer Miso Robotics says it is expanding its crowdfunding efforts, with a goal of reaching $30M in funding in its Series C crowdfunding effort this year.

Pasadena

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

Pasadena-based robotics developer Miso Robotics announced on Tuesday tht it has linked with global beverage dispenser manufacturer Lancer Worldwide, to build an automated beverage dispenser for commercial kitchens. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

Pasadena

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.

Cornerstone OnDemand

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Fast food hamburger chain White Castle is expanding its deployment of robotic kitchen assistants from Pasadena-based Miso Robotics , the two said on Tuesday. According to the two, White Castle and Miso Robotics will target up to ten new locations following completion of the current pilot deployment of Miso's "Flippy" ktichen robot.

Pasadena

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based Guidance Software, a developer of digital forensics software, said Friday that it has hired on Grant Johnson as the firm's new Vice President of Marketing. Johnson joins the firm from FileNet, where he also served as VP of marketing. Johnson has also served at Frontbridge and Symantec.

Software

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2019

Energy Vault , a startup of Pasadena-based Idealab developing radically different energy storage technology--based on the movement of large, concrete blocks via robotic arms--has raised $110M in a Series B funding, the company announced this morning. READ MORE>>.

Idealab

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. As you know, we started in Europe, and re-based it here in Pasadena about two and a half years ago. Tim Cadogan: It's been a hell of a couple of years.

OpenX

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

Pasadena-based Green Dot and on-demand ride service Uber have teamed up to provide Uber drivers with their own, business checking account, the two companies said this morning. According to the two, the new Uber Checking by GoBank will allow Uber's driver-partners to get their pay deposited into their own business checking account.

Pasadena

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Pasadena-based Central Desktop, a provider of on-demand project management and collaboration software, has rolled out new social networking features on its site.

Social Network

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

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

And while they historically had come up with 100% of their ideas and created the companies themselves, they are increasingly open to funding people with great ideas who want to build businesses with IdeaLab provided the companies will stay be in LA (and preferably Pasadena). They are very hands on.

Competition

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

It's pretty typical in the life of a startup, where we've proven we have a product people like, and use and demand, and can scale, and we did a pretty effective job of learning about advertising and making revenues off high yielding, CPC advertising. There is a huge demand from people, who have gone there to buy products.

Technical Review

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

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. We have a massive music catalog, because we've enabled users to access their own, on-demand streaming services.

Tech Coast Angels

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

We were at Overture Services here in Pasadena, and ultimately worked at Yahoo. We want to scale out our platforms to meet marketer demand, and build our platform to scale. What's your background and that of your co-founder? Jason Lehmbeck: The core crew here has been innovating in search for the last five years.

Yahoo

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

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia. However, every so often, you hear about a firm at that point, which is able to turn around, build a sustainable business, and is eventually sold for a positive return. The firm's CEO, Dan Tamkin , tells us the story.

Outsource Development

LATechDigest

MAY 16, 2016

TechSparks Pasadena. Innovate Pasadena. CORNERSTONE ON DEMAND Launches New Products ( link ). Wednesday May 18. AWS Revisiting Security. Build a Brand w/ Cult Following. Paige Craig. Thursday May 19. ISSA LA (-5/20). Smart & Sustainable Cities. SB Young Pros. Startups in the Sky. YoungStars. Essentials of AngularJS.

Santa Monica

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. It’s a chicken and egg problem. Opportunity #3 – There is Plenty of Capital for Great Team/Products.

Company

Steve Reich

MAY 17, 2012

Yesterday, I joined a group of Pasadena and Tech Coast Angels for a discussion of crowdsourcing equity investments for startups. The Act specifically includes a provision allowing small investors to demand their investment back if any material facts were omitted or mistated in the offer. The discussion was lively, to say the least.

Capital

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). They're pretty demanding on the player. Games are something that adults thing are not serious, and something you do when you're relaxing or resting.

Software