socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

San Diego-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix announced this morning that it has hired Tina Gravel as its new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Gravel will head up sales strategy and global expansion in emerging markets and verticals such as healthcare, media & entertainment and financial services. READ MORE>>.

Sales 124

Sales Cloud Computing San Diego Entertainment 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2011

Join us for CONNECT's Connect with CONNECT networking reception, which attracts more than 400+ leaders from San Diego's most innovative industries. Come out and see cool technology displays from San Diego's digital clusters including electronics, mobile communications devices, digital imaging, Web 3.0, See [link] (more)

San Diego 113

San Diego Entertainment Web Mobile 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm confirmed Tuesday evening that it is considering shutting down its FLO TV, mobile television service, after reports that the firm is planning to shut off the service. Tags: qualcomm television content streaming media layoffs entertainment jobs employment. READ MORE>>.

Layoffs 164

Layoffs San Diego Demand Entertainment 164

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2011

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the provider of cloud storage services, has inked a deal with IBM , where IBM will use Nirvanix cloud storage technology as part of IBM's SmartCloud Enterprise storage services. Financial details of the licensing deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

IBM 124

IBM IBM San Diego Entertainment 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M The biggest investments in Southern California for the quarter were for San Diego's SkinIt , a maker of customized "skins" for electronic devices, with $60.0M funding, fellow San Diego cloud computing firm RightScale , with $25.0M

Southern California 195

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2012

In Southern California, San Diego County took the lead in investment totals, raising $262.1M The biggest deals during Q4 in Southern California were Fisker Automotive , which raised $108.25M, San Diego's Razer USA , with $50M raised, and Orange County's AcuFocus , with a $41.869M round. in venture funding.

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. How did you get into this - looks like you came from the entertainment world? I found the process incredibly great.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. What is uCast?

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 5, 2010

This Wednesday April 7, 2010 the #InfluenceSD awards will be taking place at the Anthology Fine Dining and Music Hall located in San Diego. InfluenceSD will recognize and celebrate the most influential members of the San Diego social media community. And you guessed it! What is the #InfluenceSD Awards?

Media 40

Media San Diego Social Media Southern California 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

seamlessly connect to your smartphone, PC, and streaming media services. entertainment through a touchpad remote. is based in San Diego. Access your media collection, connect to the Internet, stream video from Hulu, NetFlix, YouTUbe, and more. WD's TV Live Hub also features built in storage for all of your media.

El Segundo 153

El Segundo Southern California Encino Santa Barbara 153

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com), an entrepreneurial training program that originally launched by Adeo Ressi in Silicon Valley, recently announced that it is setting up shop in Southern California, with branches both in San Diego and Los Angeles. Ken Rutkowski is the man making happen here. As President of the L.A.

Mentor 185

Mentor Class Entertainment Technical Review 185

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 29, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original and largest startup tech entertainment festival, celebrating the burgeoning tech scene in Los Angeles. Silicon Beach uniquely features startup and Hollywood entertainment speakers at panels, parties, hackathon, demo day, startup showcase, and more events, June 19-22, 2013 in Los Angeles.

Santa Monica 89

Santa Monica Startup Entertainment Los Angeles 89

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA’s digital innovators in tech, startups, entertainment, fashion, marketing, and more!

Hollywood 81

Hollywood Entertainment Content Email 81

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. You can go to your particular interests, pick your favorite brands and entertainers, and favorite them. How did the company start? We all have likes and interests.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M Surprisingly, Media and Entertainment only saw $18.1M According to the MoneyTree Report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, Los Angeles companies led the region with $385.6M Nationally, there was $7.1B in investments.

Southern California 113

Southern California Orange County Funding Report 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

My last company got acquired by Qualcomm, and Qualcomm wanted me to move to San Diego to run their emerging business portfolio. I then became and EIR at UC San Diego, and joined EvoNexus, the not-for-profit incubator run by the Irvine Company. I did that for a couple of years, which got me and my wife down to SoCal.

Southern California 170

Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

San Diego-based DivX, a provider of coding and decoding technology for consumer electronics devices, has added Warner Bros. Entertainment as a licensee of its DivX format, the firm announced this morning. According to DivX and Warner Bros., titles in the DivX standard.

San Diego 100

San Diego Entertainment Technology Hollywood 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 8, 2010

Last night was an amazing one for San Diego. They announced that in 2011 they are taking the Influence awards nationally and celebrate the champions of new media around the country. Sam The Cooking Guy – ENTERTAINMENT. Port of San Diego – GOV / POLITICS / EDU. Diego on a Dime – BLOG OF THE YEAR.

San Diego 40

San Diego Blogging Entertainment Media 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2018

Together, the two companies plan to offer a standardized platform where all participants in the transportation ecosystem—including Ford’s rival automakers—can build services, from their own ride-hailing apps to entertainment channels for passengers marking time in self-driving.

Mobile 75

Mobile Cloud Computing Commerce Entertainment 75

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2012

After the very successful 3-day Silicon Beach Fest this past June 2012 which attracted over 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London, Digital LA is bringing it back for a 1-day packed event on November 9 th.

Santa Barbara 83

Santa Barbara Social Media San Diego Venture Capital 83

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

San Diego was not far behind, with $222.4M Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M For Southern California, Orange County actually had the most dollars invested, with $239.6M invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M across 31 days. in 29 venture capital deals for Q1. of the total invested in Q1.

Southern California 208

Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

Most sectors saw drops in investment during the year, with the exception of few--including a couple of sectors where Southern California has a significant presence, in Clean Technology and Media & Entertainment. Media & Entertainment also saw an increase, up 3 percent to $2.0 billion in 277 deals. in 10 deals.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Tomorrow starting at 8pm PST We will be live streaming ( click here to view live stream ) the "Action Sports + Social Media Marketing Mash Up" event put on by SoCal Action Sports Network. Efren divides his time between San Diego, Los Angeles and tech events around the US.

Social Media 40

Social Media Southern California Media Orange County 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Xconomy

JULY 20, 2018

Time to curl up in your cubicle, pop open one of these in-depth, entertaining reads, and catch up on some of what you missed during a busy week. You’ve made it to Friday. This week we’re taking a look at all the political stories that are coming out of the tech world.

Entertainment 49

Entertainment Buzzfeed Venture Capital Journal 49

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. My own view on these services is nuanced. I get why people from 22-35 would find this service fun and attractive. Read more: PEHub. OpenCandy.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

We believe there are awesome entrepreneurs everywhere, not just in the places constantly covered by the media. Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media. We want to help them, and will.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Xconomy

DECEMBER 14, 2016

If you’re not much of a podcast listener and you have a sense that you’re missing out on a lot of great content, you’re absolutely right. But now is a good time to fix that, thanks to a new profusion of listening options. And to get you started, I have a few shows to suggest. Fifty of them, in fact.

Content 40

Content San Diego Journal Google 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. than in other parts of the city.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

The problem that I’ve seen historically in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego or Seattle is that their historic high-net-worth individuals didn’t come from the tech startup world. Fred Wilson has done this for the NY startup scene but of course you also have mass media located there. You also need marketing muscle.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390