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JANUARY 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the mobile video marketing firm run by James Citron, said earlier this week that it has powered a mobile marketing campaign for Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica. Tags: mogreet video marketing mobile advertising. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? How will you be taking this to market? Often this ties to marketing support. Are you targeting desktop, tablet, or mobile? Tell me about the business.

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JUNE 12, 2014

Santa Monica-based Mobile Majority , which offers up premium, mobile brand advertising, said this week that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. Mobile Majority is led by Rob Emrich. The company says that it is looking to address the "inherent fraud" present in the current mobile ad market.

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APRIL 11, 2017

Irvine-based MFour Mobile Research , a developer of mobile survey and research software, announced today that it has raised $5M in a new funding round. The funding came from Kayne NewRoad Ventures Fund. According to the company, the funding will go towards scaling technology and research staff.

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JULY 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based PayDragon has raised $1.35M in its seed funding, the firm disclosed Friday. The firm--which had earlier disclosed the seed roudn , but without dollar amounts--said the funding included Rustic Canyon Ventures, SV Angel, and Y Combinator, as well as Yuri Milner and Mark Schwartz. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used by brands to manage partnership and affiliate programs, has launched a new product to help those companies with managing mobile linking. The company said the move will help marketers drive more revenue and higher mobile conversion rates. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based Geenee , a company developing mobile software that allows physical objects to trigger mobile, augmented reality (AR) experiences, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company said on Tuesday morning. The company said the funding was led by IDI Partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Email marketing. Direct mail marketing.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Santa Monica- and Helsinki-based Seriously , a developer of mobile games, has raised $5M in additional funding, according to the company. The funding came from Upfront Ventures, Sunstone Capital, and Daher Capital. Seriously has its business development and marketing arm in Santa Monica, with game development in Helsinki.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Santa Monica-based Tala , the fintech startup led by CEO Shivani Siroya, has raised $110M more in a Series D funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by RPS Ventures, and also included GGV Capital, IVP, Revolution Growth, Lowercase Capital, Data Collective VC, ThomVest Ventures, and PayPal.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 12, 2012

Friday, May 18, 2012 -- SDVG Presents: Mobile Venturing- funding without wires. Join host Jeff Belk as we explore what's hot (or not) in mobile start-ups. Jeff was formerly SVP Marketing with Qualcomm and he will be joined by a panel of pros such as Qualcomm Ventures and Verizon Ventures in the mobile investing space.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Mostly it’s because your marketing campaigns suck. Or more directly – they are likely narcissistic resuscitations of your newest features or bragging points that nobody but your marketing team and your mom care about. Plus they run conferences with the top people (which is another form of POV marketing by the way).

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APRIL 9, 2012

Santa Monica-based Kuapay , a new startup aiming at the mobile payments and loyalty markets, has scored $2M in funding, the firm has disclosed. Source of the funding was not disclosed. The company said it is in the midst of a $10M funding round for its efforts. The firm also has operations in Chile and Spain.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

The company said that its "vibrant yellow color" is what helps it compete with other scooter options available on the market. SUN faces some formidable competition in the scooter and mobility market, with very well funded competitors like Bird, Lime, Wheels, Razor, Uber, and Lyft very active across the local market.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based mobileStorm , the provider of mobile messaging and email marketing services headed by Jared Reitzin, has scored a venture debt funding, according to provider Agility Capital. Financial details of the funding and terms were not announced.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Venice, California- and Helsinki, Finland-based mobile game developer Seriously , the developer behind the title Best Fiends , has raised $18M in a venture funding round, the company said this morning. Seriously said it has now raised $28M in funding. Seriously said it has now raised $28M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based InstaBrand , a startup focused on mobile influencer marketing, has raised $2.5M in a Series A funding. As part of the funding, the company said it has added Randall Cox (Relativity Digital) and Brian Norgard (Tinder, Adly) to its advisory board. instabrand venture capital mobile influencer marketing'

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based Pagewoo , the mobile advertising startup founded by Holden Steinberg and Jason Crilly, has quietly scored a round of funding, which was disclosed by the Tech Coast Angels this morning. Financial details of the angel funding round, which closed earlier this year, have not been announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 4, 2018

market with the help of several Los Angeles-based investors. As you might expect from the name, Freeletics operates its mobile fitness coaching app on a freemium model, with tiered pricing beginning at $11.99 One of Europe’s most popular fitness applications is poised to flourish in the U.S. for one month or $74.99

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MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe.com , which operates an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics and other items, has raised a round of angel funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

To help those taxi companies, a Los Angeles investor-- Craton Equity Partners --has backed a mobile app developer called Flywheel , which is helping taxi companies arm themselves for the fight against those startups. Flywheel''s mobile app allows mobile users to hail a tax, and pay for a ride, all from their smartphone.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

ParkMe , the startup provider of parking information and data founded by Sam Friedman and Alex Israel, announced this morning that it has raised a new round of funding, from Angeleno Group, Fontinalis Partners and IDG Ventures. As part of the funding, Daniel Weiss of Angelo Group has joined the company's board of directors.

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JULY 3, 2012

San Diego-based Qualcomm is backing a developer of mobile apps marketing products, Fisku , via its Qualcomm Ventures investment arm, Fisku said this morning. Fisku's flagship product is used by brands to help promote iOS and Android mobile apps to users. in funding. in funding. Fisku said it has now raised $17.8M

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

SmartDrive said it will use the new funding for expansion of its strategy for fleet telematics and mobility services. The company said it will invest in R&D, sales and marketing, and expansion in North America and international markets. SmartDrive is led by CEO Steve Mitgang.

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MARCH 10, 2014

San Diego-based TE2 , a developer of technology aimed at marketing to consumers by tapping into data from Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, NFC and RFID technology, said last week that it has raised $3.5M in a funding round. Source of the funding was not announced. TE2 is led by Scott Sahadi. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2016

Los Angeles- and Toronto-based Giftagram , which develops mobile gifting apps, said today that it has raised $3.2M in a venture funding round, from a long list of angel investors. Scott Paterson (Lions Gate Entertainment), Brian Shaw (CIBC World Markets), Kevin Wall, and Jeremy Zimmer (UTA). READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. Software is a different beast in the mobile environment. Eric Futoran: Embrace.io You've changed the environment.

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JULY 18, 2013

in a seed funding round, for its interactive mobile magazine. According to the firm, the funding was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and also included the Desert Angels, Pasadena Angels, and other independent angel investors. The company said it will use the funding for continued platform expansion and sales and marketing.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

” Kindbody operates a fleet of vans — mobile clinics, rather — where women receive a free blood test for the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which helps assess their ovarian egg reserve but cannot conclusively determine a woman’s fertility.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

But whether Uber, Toyota, GM, Honda, or Google end up at the very top of this mobility industry, it’ll be good news for the companies that are developing services to support future high-tech car fleets, says Anthony Rodio. Rodio is the CEO of YourMechanic , a six-year-old company that dispatches auto mechanics to carry out repairs where.

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JULY 3, 2012

San Diego-based Qualcomm is backing a developer of mobile apps marketing products, Fiksu , via its Qualcomm Ventures investment arm, Fiksu said this morning. Fiksu 's flagship product is used by brands to help promote iOS and Android mobile apps to users. in funding. in funding. Fiksu said it has now raised $17.8M

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Appetize will go to market as SpotOn and will work to grow its client base, which already includes an impressive list of companies and organizations including Live Nation, LSU, Dodger Stadium and Urban Air. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you’re funding the same stuff as everybody else and if you started your activities when the clues were obvious you’re much less likely to drive enormous returns. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Venture Capital is a tricky industry. Far from it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link. Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck I know you have your document sending tool to send your fund-raising deck to VCs and track who read your deck, which pages they read and how much time they spend on each page. What should be in your deck? A deck is a deck.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2019

This funding allows us to build out new features around banking and investing that will enhance the relationship with our customers.”. Later this fall the company said it would launch a new investment feature that will encourage Stackin users to participate in the stock market.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. To learn about the new fund, we sat down with Jamie Montgomery , one of the fund's co-founders, to hear about March Capital's strategy and the new fund.

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