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JANUARY 18, 2019

With an inaugural investment into the Los Angeles-based entertainment startup Culture Genesis , Clifford Harris Jr., ”, has launched a new syndicated investment vehicle called Tech Cypha. And that’s by coming together to pool our resources so we can invest more.” who’s better known as “T.I.”,

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APRIL 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based Crowdfunder , the online, crowdfunding site headed by Chance Barnett, announced this morning that it is in a strategic alliance with investment banking firm WestPark Capital. crowdfunder investment banking westpark capital financial strategic alliance crowdfunding' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Visio Internet , which develops Internet sites for governments, has raised a round of growth capital, according to the company. Size of the investment was not disclosed. The funding came from Caltius Equity Partners. As part of the funding, Vision Internet said it has named David M. Nachman as its CEO. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Irvine-based automotive information and leads site Autobytel said today that it has made an investment in SaleMove , a provider of online car buying technology. According to Autobytel, it made the investment as part of a deal to become the exclusive provider to the auto industry of SaleMove''s technology.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked said this week that it has made some major updates to the site, overhauling and improving the online service for managing investment activity for companies and deal tracking for investors. Co-founder Eric M. Jackson was one of the earliest employees at PayPal. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Youtoo operates an online site which allows viewers to upload videos of themselves, and then incorporates those videos into live television. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Burnett said that he will be integrating the technology from YouToo into series produced by his company. YooToo is based in Texas.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

When people think Walmart , they don't often think of the retail giant as a technology leader. However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , the online advertising and celebrity sports endorsements startup headed by Ryan and Chad Steelberg, has raised $4.5M Brand Affinity Technologies says it has over 3,750 celebrities on its platform, which is used by online sites to identify celebrities for endorsement deals.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies announced last week that it is in a partnership with the Los Angeles Angels. According to Brand Affinity Technologies, it will provide a "fan photography service" for the angels and fans. The new deal comes thanks to the acquisition last year of the fan photography business of Printroom.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

When people think Walmart , they don't often think of the retail giant as a technology leader. However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's largest angel investment group, is hailing its latest exits today, saying that the recent IPOs for Green Dot and Trius Therapeutics , as well as the sale of Language Weaver to SDL, have left members "smiling". Financial terms of those various deals were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Newport Beach-based MBAinteract , a site developing a social and professional networking site for MBA students, said Wednesday that it has added Dr. J. Galen Buckwalter, former Chief Scientist at eHarmony, to its board, as part of an unspecified investment from Buckwalter. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs?

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Glendale-based LegalZoom , the online legal filing site which focuses on small businesses and families, has named David Yuan, a General Partner at Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) to its board of directors. According to LegalZoom, the addition comes as part of an investment by TCV in LegalZoom. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

What a sweet feeling it was last week to see the launch of the photo sharing site Pose , whose application targets shoppers of apparel. What I’d like to do is tell you the story of how the investment came to be, what my thesis is / was and share some thoughts on macro trends. He wanted to be an entrepreneur. I still do.

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APRIL 30, 2009

The Walt Disney Company is the latest firm to invest in online video aggregator Hulu , saying this morning that it has agreed to join NBC Universal, New Corporation, and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner in the site. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based footwear trading site Goat Group , founded by Eddy Lu and Daishin Sugano, has raised a big, $100M funding round from footwear retailer Foot Locker , the two announced on Thursday. New York-based Foot Locker said the strategic minority investment came through its subsidiary in 1661, Inc. GOAT has now raised $197.6M

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. Status of the solution.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When it comes to disrupting an industry, Raken founder and CEO Kyle Slager says it would be hard to find a sector that is more resistant to spending money on new technologies than the construction business. As Slager puts it, even bankers and insurers spend more on technology as a percentage of revenue than building contractors.

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JULY 3, 2019

The size of the investment by EV Connect was not announced, and it's unclear if the deal includes investment or just use of EV Connect's technology. EV Connect said Evie Networks will use its EV Cloud platform to deploy a network of over 80 fast chargers in Australia, spread across 42 sites. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. ” Collins’ company just raised $10 million in a funding round led by GV , the investment arm of Google parent company, Alphabet. The Battle Is For The Customer Interface.

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MARCH 28, 2019

San Diego-based Dvele , a new, technology startup which is using technology that allows people to order up, custom-febricated homes, and handles everything from design to on-site construction, has raised $14M in a funding round, the company announced on Thursday.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Lynda Weinman , the co-founder of online video education site Lynda.com , is one of the angel backers in a funding round for online education-technology news publisher EdSurge. edsurge education news analysis venture capital publishing content lynda weinman angel investment school' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2017

com) is using technology--mobile apps, telemedicine, and more--to overcome those and other challenges. Belinda Tan: Science37 is a technology-enabled, clinical research company. One of the areas where people are starting to look at innovation, is using technology to make trials more accessible to patients.

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JUNE 5, 2013

So, anytime a new, Southern California venture capital investor show ups, technology entrepreneurs usually flock to their doorstep. The new, Newport Beach venture investor said it has created a fund, Emerald Ocean Capital , which will invest in technology--however, only for companies in the area of legal cannabis and medical marijuana.

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MAY 19, 2021

San Diego-based National Resilience, a new manufacturing and technology company focused on making sure countries can manufacture their own vaccines and other threapeutics, says it has received $163.8M in a funding from the Government of Canada, to modernize and expand its Ontario, Canada biomanufacturing site.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based OnGreen , the online marketplace for green technology projects and investments headed by Nikhil Jain, said today that it has raised $1.4M The round came from China Southern Hong Kong Investment Ltd. OnGreen said the new funding will go towards developing new tools for the site. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 22, 2020

Embodying the tensions that cities across the world face as they wrestle with controlling a pandemic in dense, urban environments, Urban-X , the accelerator for technology startups focused on the problems cities face, has launched its eighth, fully remote, cohort. Xtelligent : a company rethinking traffic signal technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Indeed, while the rules and technologies for lead generation have changed, Forrester and other experts still see it as the most effective way for businesses with limited budgets to maximize their return on marketing investment (ROMI). Technology and consumer feedback have indeed changed the landscape. Social-media advertising.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. The challenge, as with all new technologies, is to make it work effectively, and avoid wasted effort and expensive mistakes. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Lead with your blog.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Last Monday a group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif. For Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab and brains behind the excursion, the unveiling was simply the latest in a string of demonstrations for new technologies commercialized by his nearly three-decade old startup company incubator.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Angels prefer strong teams to big ideas.

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MAY 26, 2011

Actor Acton Kutcher is further extending his influence in the technology world, and has invested in San Francisco startup Airbnb. The Los Angeles actor has made a "significant investment" in Airbnb, an online vacation rental site. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Technology investor and former Southern California tech CEO David Sacks , most recently CEO of Zenefits, is apparently considering a position on the Trump transition team, according to reports over the weekend. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Santa Monica-based Leaf Group , the publicly traded consumer Internet company best known for running such sites as Saatchi Art, Society6, EHow, and Livestrong, said it is looking to offer and sell approximately $22M in shares of its common stock. Leaf Group says it does not have any specific acquisitions in mind.

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