socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Andrew Connell is the CEO of DinnerDate.com , a startup which has been in beta in San Diego for the last few months, and is just now expanding out to new markets. What I also like, is I'm a massive foodie, and love to cook and entertain, and this was the perfect combination. We've now identified about ten cities in the U.S.

San Diego 264

San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

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 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

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. Even then, users are very demanding.

Mobile 216

Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. Plus, exposure through USC led me to the Tech Coast Angels.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Today, San Diego-based Metaplace (www.metaplace.com), which develops virtual world software, is announcing a funding round from Charles River Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, and high profile investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Basically, it's an open platform, really aimed at end users. They're not like the Internet.

Web 100

Web Blogging Web 2.0 Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform. We find that there’s all this really specialized software, software as a service, certain platforms, and different places you can do marketing; all of those have their own sets of data. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version? That’s the first thing.

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2019

Imagine the transportation future 20 years from now. Here’s one way things could roll on a weekday: Many of us get picked up at home by a sturdy, standardized, driverless car that will also scoop up a few of our neighbors who work at other businesses near ours.

San Diego 84

San Diego Platform Web Sales 84

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong is obviously doing something right since they are now the preferred mobile payment platform for Facebook’s mobile credit offering but will compete against some serious guns – Boku has raised nearly $40 million from Benchmark, Index, DAG and Khosla Ventures – the A list of who’s who VCs. 15mm in Series A.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The group has expanded beyond Action Sports to include brands from Consumer Electronics, Music & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Automotive & Motorsports, as well as our growing college student consumer community. 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

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Michael Schneider is the CEO of Mobile Roadie , the leading self-service mobile app engagement platform.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78