socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Our first is with Andy Wilson of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2010

According to DEMO, Thousand Oaks-based Invested.In , Santa Barbara-based Phone Halo , San Diego-based Tastr , and Los Angeles-based Immitter will all be presenting at the technology launch conference. DEMO has traditionally been a major launch event for startups and new technology products.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012 -- Startup Weekend Santa Babara. Startup Weekend Santa Barbara is a 54 hour event where entrepreneurs, designers, developers come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Santa Barbara's second Startup Weekend will be held at Citrix Online.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Impact Radius , which develops digital marketing and affiliate marketing software, has raised $30M in a funding round, according to the company. Petterson is a serial entrepreneur, having previously also co-founded Leadpoint, founded Savings.com, and served at ValueClick, and co-founding Commission Junction.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. Frank Addante, who founded Rubicon, is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded L90, which was acquired. range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. Our approach is often additive to all parties, resulting in ongoing, productive relationships.

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