L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2018

Female-focused venture fund raises $10.4 million; Los Angeles tech workers data released; SpaceX gets approval to build satellite-powered broadband network.

Funding 187

Funding SpaceX Los Angeles Report 187

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

A new report, published this week by the nonprofit CompTIA group, says that Los Angeles is the number two metropolitan area in the nation for technology employment. According to the CompTIA 2018 CyberStates report, LA had 501,900 technology workers, number two in the nation behind New York City, which has 664,800. San Francisco, at number four, has 375,000 workers, with San Jose at fifth with 365,600.

Report 154

Report Study Software Development Los Angeles 154

Xconomy

MARCH 30, 2018

If the recent IPO activity seems to be on overdrive, it’s not your imagination. The number of companies filing to go public in the U.S. in the first quarter was up 44 percent compared to the same period a year ago, according to data compiled by consulting and accounting firm EY. Life science companies accounted for nearly one third of the quarter’s IPOs.

Activity 52

Activity Report Marketing Company 52

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

Santa Monica-based Halogen Ventures , a brand new, female-focused venture capital fund which is focused on consumer technology, has raised $10.4M as part of its first fund, Halogen Ventures LP. The fund was founded by Jesse Draper--the daughter of venture capitalist Tim Draper--who has invested in such firms as Laurel & Wolf, Carbo38, Naya Health, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Comapny, and Sugarfina.

Draper 133

Draper Santa Monica Funding Venture Capital 133

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

Culver City-based Signal Sciences , the web defense software developer led by Andrew Peterson, said on Thurday that it has signed up a new customer, One Medical. According to Signal Sciences, One Medical will use its Web Protection Platform (WPP) for threat protection and security for its cloud applications. Financial details of the customer win were not announced.

Culver City 100

Culver City Customer Custom Web 100

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

Irvine-based antivirus and endpoint protection software developer Cylance has named a trio of new executives, saying that it has named Grant Johnson as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Kumud Kalia as Chief Information Officer (CIO), and promoted Eric Cornelius to Chief Product Officer (CPO). Johnson was most recently CMO at Kofax, and also has served at Pegasystems, Guidance Software, FileNet Corporation, FrontBridge and Symantec.

Symantec 100

Symantec CIO Software Development Software 100

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Wondery , a startup which operates its own premium podcasting network, said on Thursday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Greycroft Ventures, and also included Lerer Hippeau, Advancit Capital, BAM Ventures, Water Tower Ventures, Fox Networks Group, BDMI, plus such angels as Stanley Shuman and Michael Kassan.

Networking 100

Networking Los Angeles Funding Capital 100

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

This year, we're sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. As part of our sponsor relationship with the conference, we're running a series of interviews with speakers from the conference about their experience in the area of recurring revenue, customer service, and similar topics.

SaaS 100

SaaS Conference Customer Custom 100