socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Pasadena-based X1 , the desktop and enterprise search tools provider backed by Idealab, said Tuesday that it has launched new iPhone and iPad apps. X1's new apps allow users of its software to search for information and files directly from those mobile devices, and is now free. on the App store. on the App store. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2013

Rexter , a brand new, Pasadena startup looking to put business contact management on steroids, said today that it has raised $1.5M The startup, led by Andy Wilson, said it has created a big-data driven system to analyze a user's professional relationship, and helps organize and syncrhonize contact data, emails, meetings, and phone calls.

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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?

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital: we can look at every company we’ve ever funded, and learned that the time from first email/contact to term sheet has shrunk from 90 days in 2004 to just 9 today. — Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 29, 2020.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , a developer of software-as-a-service, project management tools, announced today that it has released a new plug-in for Microsoft Outlook. Tags: central desktop saas software project management microsoft outlook. The new plug in is available for free for the firm's users. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies, which develops enterprise search software, said Monday that it has received a patent for technology in its products. X1 Technologies develops enterprise search software for finding documents, emails, and other related information. According to the firm, it received U.S READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

The Pasadena firm''s co-founders, Sean Lynch and Steve Curry , sat down with us to talk about the service. With our software, our clients just inherited the ability to use Ceph, and there was nothing they had to do to get that. What does MetaCloud do? Sean Lynch: What we do, in a nutshell, is provide private cloud as a service.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. People are used to the idea to check their email when their attention dozes off, or do other things. Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. First, for folks who haven't used your service, what is Freebinar?

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. Al Eisaian: We spent all of 2009 doing research with moms, having moms come into our Pasadena office and researching what things they wanted in the app.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. There''s a fair amount of software and computer science involved in this area.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. Originally funded by the Pasadena Angels , the Company is now backed by “A” list VCs, and growing phenomenally, with tens of thousands of customers.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 15, 2015

MindBody (MB on Nasdaq), just went public with a $500mm market cap, and they had a significant number of Pasadena Angel as investors. Take the time to shoot them a “what’s up” email monthly, and serious financial reports quarterly. Send that email. It hasn’t seemed to hurt them.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty. Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. I built a piece of software to help find solutions and examples, categorized by textbook, and after I graduated in 2001, I figured it could help other students. We asked Shai -- how did he hear about us?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. to 10:00 p.m.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Not too many people are aware of the success and story of Lynda.com (www.lynda.com), started by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin , and how the firm's now grown to a double-digit, multimillion dollar business which is known as THE source for online training on such things as web design, graphics software, animation, video editing, and much more.

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