Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

Angel investors from San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels discuss how entrepreneurs in the San Diego-Tijuana region can position themselves to win seed-stage and Series A funding. As a partner at Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures, Mark Suster has acquired a reputation for smart, early-stage investments in software and Web-based startups.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Read on to find a financing option that suits you, whatever your business's specialism, needs, and financial profile, or jump to a specific funding type below. Want to browse the web privately? ? Funds can be used for a variety of purposes including acquiring real estate, purchasing furniture or equipment, and refinancing current debt.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the online video guide service funded by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said that it has linked with the University of California, Los Angeles, with a branded version of the service specifically for UCLA students. Tags: clicker television internet content guide ucla school video.

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UCLA Guide Redpoint Hulu 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2010

San Diego-based ShowUhow , a developer of an online web site focused on video instruction guides for manufacturers and retailers, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The firm said the Series A funding came from Syncom Venture Partners.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the firm developing online video programming guides for the Internet, said today that it has raised $11M more in a Series B investment round. The new funding was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. Series A funding round, in September.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In this guide, you'll learn exactly what Claude is, how it works, and all about its parent company, Anthropic. Who Owns Anthropic, and Who Funds It? Want to browse the web privately? ? Who Owns Anthropic, and Who Funds it? You'll also see how Claude differs from ChatGPT in key areas. What is Anthropic AI?

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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. Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Jon Loyens, Bazaarvoice.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

We've dug through our database of high tech companies, web sites, and startups and found four Southern California companies and web sites looking to cater to that adventure traveler in you. . AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett. Trails.com.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Agoura Hills-based inQ, a provider of outsourced web sales services, has renamed itself TouchCommerce, the firm said today. inQ offers web chat services for e-commerce web sites, which helps to close online sales and guide users to select and find products. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change.

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Xconomy

MAY 18, 2017

Aira takes advantage of the gig economy by connecting online independent contractors (via dedicated wireless bandwidth provided by AT&T) to guide low-vision users equipped with a modified version of Google Glass, the Internet-connected eyewear.

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Services San Diego Guide Google 92

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

For today's interview, we talked with San Diego-based ShowUHow (www.showuhow.com), a firm which is providing both content and a software platform which allows e-commerce retailers to provide video instruction guides on the products they carry. Our application is designed to leverage their investment in video, and deliver these guides.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. He runs the Southern California Venture Capital Alliance (VCA) and is on the board of advisors for the venture capital fund of the UCSD Rady School of Business. LowerMyBills, Inc.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here are five exciting examples (in alphabetical order): Appetize, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for large venues, recently raised funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the NFL and the Dodgers. Investors will look to fund companies with strong gross margins, in case basic survival becomes necessary.

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Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

TripTrotting recruited thousands of local travel guides for their site. Then get VC funding, rent a cool space, hire a big team, rebuild and relaunch. They are nearing 1mm registered users. Oh, and did I mention that their users have mapped 35,000 courses in 127 countries? They did it entirely through social networking.

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Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

Xconomy

JANUARY 28, 2019

All this is done while they guide startups through other external challenges such as fundraising droughts and overall market downturns. Venture capital firms invest in potentially disruptive technologies with the hope of profit, then keep watch for further advances that could overtake their existing portfolio companies.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

I moved down here to work as a large, $10 billion private equity fund with Ron Burkle, at Yucaipa Companies. The last piece, was we figured that we could disintermediate a broken, retail channel, by creating a customized, sophisticated, Web 2.0 It's quite unusual to see an apparel company with venture funding, how did that happen?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! As you traveled the web and found stuff you liked you could “bookmark&# it (sound familiar) so that you could find it again. It’s at the core of what Delicious was.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2018

You can find dozens more on the Conscious Capitalism web site. Of course a profitable model isn’t required if you intend to rely totally on donations, or have deep pockets to fund your socially conscious efforts yourself. The idea has four principles guiding and underlying every business: Higher purpose.

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Capital Entrepreneur Guide Course 57

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Last week, Los Angeles-based Chill (www.chill.com) made a stab at that, debuting a new front page meant to guide user to the most interesting videos on the web, through an easy-to-use interface. We first talked to you guys when you were a few guys in a garage--how has the big funding changed that for you?

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Startup Guide Redpoint Content 254

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

While increasing funding for network-related upgrades and maintenance may not be an option for smaller businesses, they can leverage a more cost-effective network to reduce operating costs and free up revenue for other business-critical aspects of their business. Read More: Top Strategies to Reduce Network Cost. Slow Internet Speeds.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

There are CEOs that always seem to guide their companies to the right place at the right time and drive their stock valuations up. From the article: Mithril had its best moment yet last week when a portfolio company, Auris Health, sold to Johnson & Johnson for more than $3 billion — returning at least $500 million to the fund.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2016

You can find a dozen more on the Conscious Capitalism web site. Of course a profitable model isn’t required if you intend to rely totally on donations, or have deep pockets to fund your socially conscious efforts yourself. The idea has four pillars guiding and underlying every business: Higher purpose.

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Capital Entrepreneur Guide Course 55

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

. · Milk & Honey has had shoes designed by Rachael Ray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Malin Akerman, and Kate Mara amongst others and has appeared in People, Redbook, Inked, Lucky, Bridal Guide, InStyle, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2012

You can find a dozen more on the Conscious Capitalism web site. Of course a profitable model isn’t required if you intend to rely totally on donations, or have deep pockets to fund your socially conscious efforts yourself. The idea has four pillars guiding and underlying every business: Higher purpose.

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Capital Entrepreneur Guide Startup 99

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Includes content mobile guides, ie. Used by hedge funds, the intelligence community and multiple government agencies. a fbFund winner.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Andy Wen was the CTO of Christianity.com, and the CTO of early online education firm VCampus, and he also ran the product and web security for eTrade, as well as started a company called Lighthound deals, like a Groupon. We're excited about launching and getting funding, and trying to get traction in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We have spoken with the firm in the past, and the company recently raised some new funding and went through some reorganization, including moving the firm to Irvine. Tell me how you ended up at RealPractice, and a bit about the recent funding? It's all delivered over the web. Thanks for the time today.

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Legalzoom Startup Template Sample 164

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

In my view, the very fact that they feel that the technical development of a web startup is only worth a couple percent speaks volumes. and if you can’t then you better start thinking of ways to raise enough funds to be able to pay them something. That’s a pretty common experience. Don’t expect someone to work for nothing endlessly.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Develop 241

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Carriers are certainly a big class of customer, and we also have content aggregators, who are aggregating games, news and information, mobile applications, and web sites. We are even looking forward at cable and satellite TV, and providing programming guides to people. How is the company funded?

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Still though, when founders are seeking funding, “ 75 percent of the venture capital goes to three states: Massachusetts, New York, and California,” said Steve Case in an interview with Recode. They also align with companies such as Amazon web services, IBM, and many others.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” and are guiding LA 2.0.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers. The most compelling part of our site is it's possible to find travel buddies online through our web site. Eric Bjorndahl: Since we haven't taken outside funding, we've done things for low cost. That's one of our most popular features.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Unfortunately we can’t give too much information about how we’re going to monetize DinnDinn, but what we can say is that the dynamics of web 3.0 will be our guide! Any Funding Yet and How Much? At the moment we have not raised any funds yet but we started with Founders Capital. What Is Your Business Model?

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