socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , which develops business phone systems based on open source software, is claiming today that it has seen "rapid growth" in the first half of the year, and has doubled its customer sales compared to the prior year. Tags: communications source open software voip fonality. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. Brickfish is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P.,

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , which develops business phone systems based on open source software, is claiming today that it has seen "rapid growth" in the first half of the year, and has doubled its customer sales compared to the prior year. Tags: fonality voip software open source communications. READ MORE>>.

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Culver City Sales Draper Software 150

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Culver City-based Fonality , a developer of Voice-over-IP, business PBX phone software, said late last week that it served its one-billionth cloud-based call recently, and had "record sales" during Q4. The company offers both an on-premise version of its software, PBXtra, as well as a newer, cloud-based, hosted offering called UNBOUND.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision , via its subsidiary Activision Publishing, said today that it is in a strategic relationship with Flurry , a provider of mobile application, advertising, and analytics software. According to Activision, Flurry will help the firm to establish a new mobile publishing initiative. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2013

The funding came from Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, PROfounders Capital, Lowercase Capital, Michael Birch, Tekton Ventures and Knight & Bishop, along with Kamran Pourzanjani, Brian Lee, Brad Jones, and other local angels. Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Cognition -- which is backed by Tim Draper, Draper Associates, Fingerhut Ventures, and the firm's CEO, Scott Jarus -- develops software which looks to understand English language search queries and web pages. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

According to Phunware , a developer of mobile application lifecycle management software, it has been acquired by Stellar Acquisition II , which is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Stellar is a so-called "blank check acquisition company" specifically designed to for reverse mergers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps multi-location, retailers and brands better understand and interact with customers, has raised $16.3M The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier. in new funding, the company said this morning.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning. Hedges served in that position until its recent acquisition by Ellie Mae. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed, which develops location-based services and location marketing software for bricks and mortar retailers to better manage information on their locations, hours, and other information, has been acquired by Uberall, a Berlin-based provider of marketing software.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital is the lead investor in a strategic funding round this week for Cleveland, Ohio-based OnShift , a developer of human capital management software for the long-term, post-acute care market. Financial details of that strategic investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2009

Culver City-based Fonality , a developer of commercial PBX phone systems based on open source software, is trumpeting "strong financial results" today, claiming that it was cash flow positive in March and has seen a 102 percent annual growth rate. Tags: fonality software phone voip.

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Culver City Draper Software Sales 100

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2012

The firm, headed by Josh Payne, develops a way for web publishers to integrate e-commerce into their websites. Hints of the funding came out earlier this month when the firm showed up on Siemer Ventures' list of portfolio companies. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software tools that helps multi-location brands manage the customer experience of mobile consumers, says it is making it easier for its customers to build landing pages for their locations. MomentFeed's CEO and Chairman is Robert Blatt. READ MORE>>.

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Template Draper SEO Santa Monica 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The company--which develops orbital space tracking systems--said the funding was led by Sway Ventures and included participation from others, including C16 Ventures, ATX Venture Partners, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and Draper Associates.

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El Segundo Draper Equity Funding 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Social Project is behind the development of Flux, software which allows web publishers to create their own social networking web sites. Social Project was venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and MTV, and originally started as a competitor to MySpace.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

The funding came from Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, PROfounders Capital, Lowercase Capital, Michael Birch, Tekton Ventures and Knight & Bishop, along with Kamran Pourzanjani, Brian Lee, Brad Jones, and other local angels. Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. READ MORE>>.

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Media Draper Santa Monica Seed Funding 100

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Last week, El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , a developer of webcasting and presentation services and software, was acquired by Polycom, in a $50M deal. If we're up against a Kleiner Perkins term sheet, or a Draper Fisher Jurvetson term sheet, the company is going to go with the big name, even if our valuation is higher.

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Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo Invest 168

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. He then dove into a keynote Q&A with Dan Held , developer of recently acquired Zeroblock LLC.

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MAY 9, 2013

The firm said it has brought its Series A up to $2.1M, and added new investors Conversion Capital, Inflection Ventures, The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA). cloud software management deal room data capital venture caplinked' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2013

Jackson added that the firm was proud of its product, and even uses its own software to manage their capital raised from investors. CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA).

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