socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. They're looking for deeper social networking, and more of a gaming element on sites.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S., MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S.,

Startup 164

Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We review the credentials of Advisors via LinkedIn and other social media sources to ensure they’re worth their weight in advice. Once Entrepreneurs join the site, they may request advice from approved Advisors. Review quality is paramount since Advisors are doing this to build relationships. Any funding yet?

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Startup Paramount Social Media 89

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

This morning, Los Angeles-based Mogreet (www.mogreet.com) announced it had raised a Series B funding round for the firm's mobile greeting services. We caught up with James to hear more about the company, how he managed to get funding even in this economy, and his view on the mobile market. Why and how do people use your site?

Mogreet 133

Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

A quick glance at Crowdfunder provides a peek into an impressively large portfolio of funded startups and small businesses; to the tune of ~8,800 companies, 45,000 investors, and over $66M in deal flow across Startups, Social Enterprise, and Small Business. Clearing the Air. There’s also a diferent fluency in people who invest.

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

This article wasn’t actually from a single interview, but the result of a couple of conversations with a co-founder of Rap Genius , the wildly profiled lyrics annotation site. Current stats: Their site has over 30 million users with mobile app that has pushed well past a million downloads since its January release.

Startup 93

Startup Mobile Entertainment Sites 93

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

Last week, Irvine-based Inspired Instruments (www.yourockguitar.com) announced a round of funding, saying that it has developed an electronic guitar which combines the game controller functionality for popular videogames like Rock Band and Guitar Hero with actual musical functionality. So how do you get over that challenge?

Orange County 244

Orange County Startup Slides Paramount 244