TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. The first phase was the rise of the media platforms: YouTube, Instagram, etcetera, that allowed creatives to build audiences.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Previous Boundless investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Esther Dyson will join Thrive Global’s cap table. The Boundless technology works by monitoring what activity is happening on the phone’s tap screen (similar to Apple’s screen time monitoring).

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Artificial Inteligence Seed Funding Startup Screening 226

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. This is the fund raising perspective from both sides of the table. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. Fund raising is bloody hard.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 20, 2013

Pixicle, a photo sharing device that makes it easy for users to view photos with their friends and family on the big screen instead of the frustrating smartphone screen passed around the room has raised $10K of its $38K Indiegogo goal to make photo viewing less strenuous. How many platforms so far-iOS, Android etc?

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Screening Startup Platform Software Development 86

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Amount of funding provided is usually not enough. Many fail spectacularly after exceeding their funding objectives.

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Funding Equity Entrepreneur Invest 101

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

Content is king, and local startup Yekra has just secured $3 million in funding for their digital rights distribution service for the every man. Yekra has introduced the first DRM-protected player that can run on any connected device or screen. The company has been funded for $3.1M

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Platform Netflix Hulu Content 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Amount of funding provided is usually not enough. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market.

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Funding Equity Entrepreneur Sample 106

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

How do you take a new, genetic test to market, and how do you bridge the gap between research and the market? Our first product is called Seed, which is a screening test for male infertility. We've translated that into a screening test, which started offering out in October of last year. What is Episona?

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USC Technical Review Startup Southern California 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Datapop (www.datapop.com) announced a Series A funding for the startup, which is developing search advertising products which better tune ads to improve click throughs. Search Marketing. What our technology platform does, is determines what about a marketer's offers that will matter to the consumer.

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Yahoo Platform Advertising Startup 171

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

We went out on the Android and Blackberry, and as we were going out to market, we realized that we could use that consumer launch as a proving ground for our technology, and leverage that to the B2B market. When I joined the company, I found an amazing technology platform and analytics capability. How is the company funded?

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar gives them a solution that includes screen sharing, voice over IP audio, broadcast, conference calling, and allow you to meet with as many as 150 people at the same time. What we've been able to do, is non-intrusively serve ads on the right side of the screen, which rotate every 60 seconds. Thanks, and good luck!

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Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Platform Senior Software Engineer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. You can also use socalTECH.com's database of high tech companies in Southern California to locate employers near you, companies which have recently received funding and are likely to hire, or screen for companies in certain industries. per month monthly membership.

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Malibu Oversee.net Southern California High Tech 145

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

No cookies for guessing which reason they use to market to us. First, no matter what anybody tells you (people don’t want to believe that we’re influenced by the crowd), social proof is hugely important in fund raising. But even so, I find it immensely useful to see what companies are getting traction in the angel market.

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

We are building a robust social gaming platform with a specific focus on sports games. If you look at the marketplace, and the people who are just doing sports and social, the sports games market is very fragmented. We've started with a robust platform in Facebook, and now we're pushing hard in mobile.

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Mobile Platform Startup Examples 248

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

The early stage, self funded startup recently launched its beta in Los Angeles. Avantika Shahi: We are a home search platform. Avantika Shahi: The way the site works, is we walk buyers through a series of screening equestions. There are a lot of established, big companies�who you mentioned�in this market.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

The world today is going increasingly digital, to such a degree that even quick serve and fast casual restaurant chains are eager to connect with consumers online, via smartphone, and even in their stores--so that they can better get to know you, market to you, and encourage you to visit. Our platform encompasses several things.

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Mobile Customer Custom Platform 127

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We provide an event and experiential marketing platform. What that means, is we have a software tool, used primarily by companies who are putting on events for marketing reasons. We work with them on an annual basis, around the world, and help to power their events and experiential marketing. It's a marketing experience.

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Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Your customers are all on this product so not trying to grok this platform gives you a few big handicaps: Some VCs on on Snapchat and interacting with them daily on Snapchat and you’re not. The starting screen every time is the camera. Look at the top of your screen in the middle and you’ll see the Snapchat ghost.

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Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). think Apple. Participation.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

And it’s the latest in a series of investments we’ve made in building out our practice as the LA technology market continues to grow robustly and attract entrepreneurs and investors. He found creative ways to politely stay on my radar screen. I told him that he needed to ship product before we could fund it.

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Startup Course Ideas Invest 372

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

HipSwap is venture funded by Founders Fund; Greycroft Partners; Barodo Ventures; Broadbeach Ventures and other angel investors. The notion is that you really want a geat experience shopping in a peer to peer market, something that's never been done before. What is HipSwap? What's the story behind the company?

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Mobile Los Angeles Web Southern California 157

Tech.Co

JANUARY 19, 2016

CapLinked , a secure enterprise sharing and storage provider, today has announced a new round of funding totaling $3.5 The California-based team plans to use the new round to grow their team, marketing efforts, and further grow the company. It complements other tech you are using. Not trying to be box, dropbox, or sharepoint.

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Doc Invest Screening Capital 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. Los Angeles.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Deal screening. VC firm policy or fund analysis. He jumped into some portfolio company exercises to help with pricing strategies, budget templates, M&A support, marketing function reviews, etc and started to show us how valuable he was to entrepreneurs. And we had to then build out new marketing materials and a website.

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Help Invest Venture Capital Technical Review 365

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2012

What does the world have in store for the mobile games market, and how do mobile games developers look at the world? When iTunes started selling games in 2008, it coincided with one of the biggest market corrections, one of the biggest global economic corrections in our history and in my lifetime. It hones our focus a little more.

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Mobile Java Google Startup 168

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

” And even the venerable Fred Wilson weighed in with how people “ leading vs. following ” in funding rounds play different roles and have different skills. AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. So there you have it. If I commit to a $2.5

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Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. You see – running a SaaS platform for customers like you is the ONLY thing our team does. We have a great screening process.

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Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

To this end, he and his brother Hank recently launched Subbable , a platform by which content creators can directly marshal their fan''s financial support. As I write this article, Crash Course stands at 83% of its pledge goal, with nearly 10,800 fans funding the show''s production costs for its upcoming season. Filling The Screen.

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Course Advertising Social Media Content 190

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But like lemmings, every company in the market rushed to proclaim they were launching WAP versions of their products. In the same year Salesforce.com launched a SaaS CRM platform to compete with Siebel. They pronounced “The End of Software.&# It was typical Marc Benioff marketing hyperbole but it was very effective.

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Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

And more recently he has turned that into a fund called CrossCulture VC such that many in Silicon Valley and beyond now know Troy as well. In many ways this was the precursor to the MVP philosophy our era espoused by Steve Blank and the ideas we discuss around product/market fit. It’s the same story.

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Mentor Venture Capital Marketing Product 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ZunguZ is a global social payment platform that integrates deeply into the social graph of Facebook and financial service providers. We may keep the platform with the name ZunguZ and look for a client facing name for the application. As a result, various rounds of global meetings were held with: Facebook – Head of growth markets.

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The 3-6 month program had several hundred applications from all over the country and abroad vying for the chance of $21,000 in initial funding, office space, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities with other startups. The YouTube platform helps influencers build a massive audience but makes monetization challenging.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

It is a communication platform. If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few. Jody self-funded the company and worked from his spare bedroom in February 2009.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). Much of this was highlighted at Twiistup.

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

Gabe Grifoni: At Rufus Labs, we are focused heavily on building wearables and technology in a wearable platform for the enterprise. So, I switched to a degree in business and marketing. After college, I didn't go into engineer, I went into the marketing and entertainment side. What's your product, and what is it used for?

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Technical Review Startup Software Review CTO Hire 100