socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in a new startup, Backtracks , a developer of podcast analytics software. backtracks develops a podcast analytics product for audio, which helps collect behavioral information and details on the performance of podcast advertising.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm has put its weight behind a developer of software used for Big Data analysis of physical retailers, in a strategic funding. Tyco and American Express also made strategic investments in RetailNext. RetailNext''s venture backers, including Nokia Growth Partners.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

West Hills-based Peloton Document Solutions , a company developing software which helps investment bankers, private equity investors, and companies to communicate financial information via interactive documents, has scored a strategic investment from R.R. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Now that he’s become a VC he’s promising me he’ll provide way more public information and discourse so please welcome him by following him on Twitter and better yet welcoming him with a Tweet of your own linking to his Twitter handle or this post. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. The idea immediately resonated.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The Los Angeles Clippers are turning to software analytics to help improve their shooting percentages, according to software developer Noah Software. All of that information is fed into a system to help players know exactly why they missed a shot, and provides suggestions on how a player can improve their shooting.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Enclarity , a developer of healthcare information solutions, recently received an investment from Nashville, Tennessee-based Emdeon. Encalrity's software is used for claims processing, regulatory compliance and market analysis in the healthare information area. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed, which develops location-based services and location marketing software for bricks and mortar retailers to better manage information on their locations, hours, and other information, has been acquired by Uberall, a Berlin-based provider of marketing software.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2014

Aliso Viejo-based Cirro , a developer of enterprise,d ata integration and analysis software, announced this morning that it has received a strategic investment from GE Ventures. Cirro did not detail the amount of the investment from GE Ventures. Cirro raised $8M in its Series A back in October.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 -- Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00. See [link].

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

After operating in stealth mode for about two years, First Resonance , a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, is finally showing the world their software toolkit designed to let manufacturers make things using the processes employed by their former boss.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Thursday, November 1, 2012 -- Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00. See [link].

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 billion invested in Q2.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

By far, the biggest area of investment for Southern California was for software investments, where there were 29 funding deals; other areas of activity included biopharmaceuticals (13 deals), business support services (12 deals), and consumer information services (10). Nationwide, there was a total of $43.01

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Orange County-based PortfolioDashboards.com , a developer of software for providing updates and information to angel and other investors, launched today, saying that it is looking to provide angel investors and venture capitalists with regular, standardized, and aggregated performance data and reports on their portfolio companies.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

It’s another indicator that the Los Angeles technology ecosystem is coming of age, but also a sign that March’s core investment strategies — to invest in companies applying artificial intelligence to business use cases and investing in the next wave transforming computing infrastructure — are paying off.

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Artificial Inteligence Capital Los Angeles Incubator 225

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The company said the round closed with a $250M investment from the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA). software systems information hospital healthcare international fund wealth sovereign investment capital venture kuwait nanthealth' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The first three skills I espoused were: access to the highest-quality deal-flow, domain knowledge of the topic area in which you’re investing and access to VCs to help fund the next stages of development. Markets like these are very kind to angel investors because you get taken out early and see a nice pop on your investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. What does a business leader do in this situation? Are you ready?

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2021

Email marketing software developer Constant Contact, which is backed by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital, has named a new CEO and CFO this morning. Vella was most recently CEO of Information Builders, and also has served at Microsoft, GE Capital, HP Enterprise and Xerox.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2014

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of cloud-based, contact and relationship tracking software, said this morning that it has launched a new feature to provide a "smart summary" feature providing a detailed background summary on any contact. nimble contact management software enterprise sales dossier' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. of the fund.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Irvine-based property management information and software provider CoreLogic said late Tuesday that it has added two new members to its board of directors, including a venture capitalist and a private equity investor. Munce has also served at IBM READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

San Diego-based Tourmaline Labs , a startup developing location-aware smartphone software for mobile apps hsa raised a round of funding, and appointed a new CEO. According to Torumaline Labs, it has received an investment from ClearVision Equity Partners, and appointed Marc Brungger as its new CEO. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

In what might be the geographically furthest investment so far by Los Angeles startup accelerator Launchpad LA , the accelerator is one of the investors in a Boston-based startup tackling law enforcement information sharing software. County to reduce administration and increase the effectiveness of criminal information.

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Seed Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Software 166

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The round also included investments from Okapi Venture Capital and Sway Ventures, along with Stage and NoName Ventures. The company, which was part of the recent Techstars Los Angeles class, uses artificial intelligence software to process imagery data. A number of Slingshot's founders have a military background from the U.S.

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El Segundo Artificial Inteligence Class Los Angeles 124

Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2018

Tom rose through the programming ranks to become the chief architect of my software. Each week, Tom and I would have an informal lunch and discuss issues that ranged far and wide. Keep me informed.” 33 million return from $100 thousand investment, or 330 to1. Here is one such departure story I tell often.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

They want Netflix to address a list of demands in the categories of content investment, employee relations and safety, and harm reduction. Netflix Senior Software Engineer Terra Field, who is transgender, tweeted a viral thread about the Chappelle special. categorically denies leaking sensitive information to the press.”

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Bitvore has created an intelligence gathering and analysis system--originally developed for secretive intelligence agencies--but is now being used by finance and Wall Street customers to mine data for tracking investments. The company's President, Jeff Curie, was also an executive at Access360, IBM, and SupplyFrame.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

million from investors led by the Los Angeles investment firm March Capital Partners. The company’s software integrates with ServiceNow, BMC, Jira, Cherwell and Workday, among others. Astound , a company selling automated employee help desk services, has raised a new round of $15.5

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2009

El Segundo-based Geosemble Technologies , a developer of geospatial data integration and mapping software, said today that it has received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA. Size of the investment was not disclosed. The firm said it serves both the government as well as commercial markets.

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El Segundo Invest Technology Southern California 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Irvine-based security software developer SecureAuth has launched a new, cloud-based two-factor authentication service, according to the company. According to SecureAuth, its new service allows companies to implement two-factor access control to their applications, without having to invest in on-premise hardware. READ MORE>>.

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Services Software Development Invest Software 153

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , an online startup developing software to help link entrepreneurs with their investors, has raised $350,000 in an equity investment round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Tags: caplinked paypal mafia venture capital investment startup entrepreneur. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Equity Invest 243

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 15, 2018

Daniel Kim and Jay Lee, the two founders of AuditBoard , a Los Angeles-based provider of a risk and compliance software service for large businesses, grew up middle school friends in Cerritos, Calif. I couldn’t believe there wasn’t a software for compliance and risk,” Lee said.

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Startup Cerritos Los Angeles IBM 155

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

Los Angeles-based ZestFinance , a developer of "big data" based software tools for credit scoring and underwriting, has raised $20M in a financing round, led by Peter Thiel. As part of the funding, Thiel Capital, Peter Thiel''s investment firm, will gain a board observer seat. READ MORE>>.

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