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Venture Conference Highlights SoCal Startups

socalTECH

socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference). The conference, held at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, featured pitches by eight different companies vying for the attention--and pocketbooks--of venture capitalists.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Investors: Emergence Capital Partners (Kevin Spain), OpenAir Ventures (Ron LeMay) , with existing investors Steamboat Ventures, Voyager Capital. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. 7mm in Series B.