socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

This morning, Los Angeles-based Lottay (www.lottay.com) launched its online gifting site, announced its funding by DFJ Frontier, and also the appointment of former Evite GM Harry Lin as CEO. I had been talking to DFJ Frontier, about funding my startup prior to this. It was because of my Evite experience.

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. You can think of us as a super, high-end Evite, for the B2B, corporate space. For us, the funding was because we have so much opportunity.

Sales 100

Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

Scott Chisolm: The software came about, when we realized we had totally outgrown the system we were using to take registration for the events and to allow attendees to make donation, which was a combination of Evite, Paypal, and Myspace. The other part, is you have to have a really great user experience when it comes to technology.

Help 100

Help San Diego Organization Startup 100

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2009

The second we started talking, I said -- wow, they've really got something here, have a great base, a very good team, and good technology, and the pieces were all in place. Eden Jarrin: We're privately funded, at this time not by venture capital. We're well funded, however, by an angel/private investor.

Startup 113

Startup Evite Organization Case Study 113

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Current event planning tools (Facebook Events, Evite, Socializr) aren't useful for casual events, and don't let friends plan collaboratively.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Current event planning tools (Facebook Events, Evite, Socializr) aren't useful for casual events, and don't let friends plan collaboratively.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. It combines a lot of the best features from evite, groupme, path, and color but is ultimately a unique solution in the market. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78