Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

In recent weeks, online ticketing has seen a surge in interest and funding. Los Angeles-based SaveFans (www.savefans.com) recently raised some funding for its take on secondary ticketing, so we thought we'd speak with founder Wes Brodsky about the company and where it's going. Describe SaveFans and what it does?

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Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Activity 253

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2016

Enter Santa Monica's Digitzs (www.digitzs.com), , which has an all star set of advisors and investors, including Kevin Harrington (the original "Shark" on Shark Tank), and which is developing technology to help those platforms take payments. Those are the single merchants, who use Stripe to build a website, and also for mobile apps.

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Platform Startup Ticketmaster Writing 113

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

San Diego''s Events.com (www.events.com) thinks so, saying it is prepared to create a new platformbuilt in the social and mobile agedesigned to help manage all kinds of events, in a way which has been completely overlooked by the incumbent event registration and management providers. How are you funding all of this?

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Software Activity Startup San Diego 100

LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

Mentor 75

Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75