socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2019

According to IMpact, it has added "deep linking" to specific product pages in apps, and tracking of in-app clicks and conversions for "partner attribution", in and enhancement to its platform. The company recently raised a huge $75M funding round, led by private equity investor rovidence Strategic Growth (PSG). READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Ticketmaster Santa Barbara Equity 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the huge surge of content specifically being developed for the web--and for sites like YouTube--making that content profitable and sustainable continues to be an issue for content creators. Josef Holm: Tubestart is a crowdfunding platform for YouTube creators, web series creators, and for digital video in general.

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Content Platform Sites Web 231

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ? dot-com bonanza. of the fund. Seksom Suriyapa ?—?he

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Subscribe to Chain Reaction on Apple , Spotify or your alternative podcast platform of choice to keep up with us every week. Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. debt, equity, derivatives) or sectors (e.g., follow the money.

Newsletter 278

Newsletter Platform Capital Marketing 278

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. ServiceTitan, based in Glendale, created a software platform for home services businesses like HVAC installers, and vaulted to unicorn status this year with a $165M growth round.

Southern California 133

Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage. Wil Schroter: We're a crowd-funding platform for startups. What's Fundable? Why did you decide to launch Fundable?

Startup 223

Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

Last week, Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced one of the biggest investments in the region in the last few years--a $103M, growth equity investment in the company, which came from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity. We already had a presence there, and are moving into a standalone building in Calabasas focused on web development.

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Funding Calabasas Course Platform 164

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

Last week, Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced one of the biggest investments in the region in the last few years--a $103M, growth equity investment in the company, which came from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity. We already had a presence there, and are moving into a standalone building in Calabasas focused on web development.

Funding 164

Funding Calabasas Course Platform 164

Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2017

Cloudbeds, a cloud-based provider of hospitality management software, said today it has raised slightly more than $9 million in Series B financing to expand its software-as-a-service platform and broaden awareness of its brand. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

San Diego 52

San Diego Equity Technology Capital 52

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Demand offers up a network of online, content driven web sites--plus a healthy domain name registration business--and has garnered lots of attention for specifically creating content for search engines. Platform G / Mindjolt.

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Warren also wanted regulation in place that would block companies making over $25 billion that operate as social media or search platforms or marketplaces from owning companies that also sell services on those marketplaces. One issue is do we need regulation on the full platform companies.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Startup Chief Technology Officer Social Media 144

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. It's a simple web service, where a customer can log in and can simply create and deploy any level of mobile donation or messaging campaign. It was founded three years ago, and hadn't been succeeding.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium , founded in 2008, has raised close to $113 million since its inception, according to Crunchbase , although that number includes both debt and equity deals. Tags are a creature of Web analytics, generating data that enable marketing teams to determine if users viewed a Web page or e-mail. It’s been about data.

Customer 40

Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Nikhil Jain: Clean Green Guy is an online platform, which allows entrepreneurs and inventors with green business concepts, ideas, and companies connect with investors, financing, and service providers. The web site caters only to people in the green space. Let's start with an overview of Clean Green Guy. What is the site all about?

Southern California 193

Southern California Startup eHarmony Sites 193

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Sheik, who was previously the chief marketing officer and COO at San Diego’s WebSideStory, said the sector has exploded in recent years as Certona and its rivals have combined the capabilities of traditional Web analytics with predictive analytics software, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

WordPress, by way of $15M via North Bridge Growth Equity in WPEngine. 0, eCommerce platforms: Volusion and BigCommerce (which raised $40M last year with Steve Case). Offline engagement platform EyeQ. Web based shipping service Ordoro. eCommerce, as Volusion wraps up $35M with Silicon Valley Bank.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

It made me so mad that I would dedicate 2 hours of my Sunday to publicizing it and use this platform to talk about it. I had to put in a bit of web research to uncover an intricate web of ownership that leads to the Avis Budget ownership and worse still up to a well-known private equity group called Apollo.

Marketing 263

Marketing Startup Education Class 263

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Brew Johnson: At the high level, it's a marketplace, a lending platform for real estate. We said, let's create a technology marketplace and platform that creates benefits for those existing lenders, as well as investors. One, is how to create a more scalable and efficient platform. There's lot of great stuff happening here.

Southern California 100

Southern California Google Technical Review Manhattan Beach 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. We also talked a lot about Stickybits (who uses the SimpleGeo platform) and Occipital who has the red-hot RedLaser scanning product. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

Bauckhage talks about the firm's recent funding from DFJ Espirit, T-Venture, Grazia Equity, and others, and how the company has been helping studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Disney and Paramount market their upcoming releases. Tobi Bauckhage: We are a movie recommendation and discovery platform.

Startup 164

Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys, which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water.

Startup 105

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 105

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys , which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water.

Startup 119

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2016

If you want to gain and keep the respect of your audience, work with a professional graphic designer or marketing team to create a logo and any other necessary graphics specifically for each platform you wish to use. Their internationally known typographic logo is classic and benefits from years of brand equity.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Content Guide 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Where do those videos get distribute?

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. In the beginning, when there is nothing, it’s easy to make promises or throw around equity. Social is not a hype movement; it is part of the web’s DNA. It drives revenue & engages guests."

Startup 233

Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Participating companies get between $4,000 and $8,000 in addition to mentorship and office space while participating in the 12 week program, and have to give up zero equity in exchange. Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

We give users something they don't get anywhere else, for something they do every day--searching the web. ABCSearch, is not a search portal that a user would visit, it's really a platform designed to allow advertisers to reach users that are on search enabled sites. Those points add up to a Visa gift card.

PPC 113

PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

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

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. Third party products are used appropriately.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bambi Francisco is founder and CEO of Vator.tv, a leading platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to broadcast and communicate with industry professionals, and VatorNews, a video business network. As an undergradudate, Leila authored background papers for the World Bank's Development Research Group and Ashoka on equity and social rights.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. The constrai.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. For consulting work, I have done several projects with Lou Sokolovskiy of Genero Capital , a boutique private equity firm.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform. Keynote: Jordan Rohan, Managing Director of Equity Research, Internet and Digital Media, Thomas Weisel Partners 9:30am: Keynote Panel: The State of Mobile: The Economics Of Critical Mass? Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder, Mobclix. The advertiser?

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40