SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 7, 2016

Thursday, July 7, 2016 -- Global Disruptors Pasadena: Inspiring Local Entrepreneurs to Think Globally. These entrepreneurs continue to disrupt traditional industries like consumer payments, HVAC, tourism, and medical testing through innovation, collaboration, and guerrilla marketing.

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Pasadena Entrepreneur Networking Marketing 100

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Pasadena-based Perfect Market , the Idealab-backed developer of programmatic advertising technology, has been acquired by New York-based Taboola. Perfect Market was advised by Headwaters MB in the deal. perfect market taboola merger acquisition content advertising optimization software idealab' READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Advertising 147

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Nick Co-Founder and Co-CEO and talk about Thrive Market, affordable healthy living, learning how to mange 'insane' growth, giving back, providing engineers a good reason to migrate south to Los Angeles, and as an entrepreneur solving a problem you care about. More Tech Scenes at www.leadbychange.com.

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Manhattan Beach Marketing Southern California Santa Monica 113

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APRIL 2, 2014

How can marketers make better decisions and get better results from their online marketing? Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market.

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Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

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JULY 10, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which provides free web conferencing and online meeting services, is announcing this morning that it is aiming at large "network marketing" firms with a new program.

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Networking Tech Coast Angels Marketing Pasadena Angels 206

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MARCH 28, 2011

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of content acceleration software and appliances, said today that it has named Jerry Hall as Vice President of Marketing at the firm. Hall was most recently a consultant at Forge Strategic Marketing, and also has served at AirHop Communications, ProxiNet, NetBoost, and LanTronix.

Marketing 196

Marketing CalTech IP Pasadena 196

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APRIL 24, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the developer of mobile loyalty applications which is headed by Andy Steuer, said today that it has signed an agreement with KDA Group , a local marketing agency. Punchcard said the agreement authorizes the agency--one of the largest in the U.S.--to to sell, manage, and promote Punchcard's products.

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Marketing Idealab Pasadena Mobile 180

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MARCH 22, 2011

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online provider of project management and collaboration tools, announced today that it has launched a new product targeted at marketing agencies.

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Marketing Pasadena Software Review Startup 154

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online project management and social collaboration software provider headed by Isaac Garcia, said today that it has named Linda Souza as its Associate Vice President of Marketing. Tags: central desktop marketing executive everbridge. Souza has also served at Ariba/FreeMarkets. READ MORE>>.

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Marketing Pasadena Activity Software 165

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JULY 11, 2017

Pasadena-based Spokeo , which offers up an online "people search" tool, said it has launched a new product specifically aimed at the law enforcement market.

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Social Media Tool Orange County Media 113

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Pasadena-based Near, which provides marketing data about audiences to brands, has named technology veteran Gladys Kong as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Kong was previously the CEO of UberMedia, and had joined near after its acquisition of UberMedia. Near said the appointment will help it further scale its business and customers.

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Pasadena Acquisition Marketing Customer 113

Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Pasadena Angels have redesigned our site with a new focus on Entrepreneurs and LA Basin tech resources. We took a lesson from successful companies we have funded–we talked to the market first. There are links to great community resources like Innovate Pasadena and others. Let me know what you think!

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Pasadena Angels Pasadena Sites Angel 55

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everbridge , a developer of emergency notification tools which was founded and still has major operations in both Glendale and Pasadena, has had an IPO, raising $90M for the company and marking another major, SoCal linked technology startup exit in what has been a busy year for deals.

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Glendale Marketing SoCal Southern California 100

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Parchment , a company which provided records management, transcripts, grades, and other information for the K-12 and other markets--and which has its roots in the LA area--has been acquired by Brentwood Associates. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Brentwood Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Pasadena 113

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Pasadena-based Perfect Market , which provides tools for publishers to better create value from their content, is announcing today that it has raised $9M in a new funding round. The round was led by Comcast Interactive Capital, and also included Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, Tribune Company, and Trinity Ventures.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Social Media 147

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MARCH 2, 2010

Pasadena-based Perfect Market , a provider of software which enables monetization of long tail content of publishers such as newspapers, has raised $6.0M Perfect Market is a spinout of Idealab. Tags: perfect market venture capital idealab publishing content newspaper publish. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Pasadena 145

Steve Reich

DECEMBER 31, 2014

2014 Pasadena Angels Performance. • I have never seen such energy at the Pasadena Angels in my decade+ as a member. Angels have been attending many outside events, both in Greater Pasadena and further afield in Silicon Beach. Our partnership with Andy Wilson and the Innovate Pasadena team has been enormously helpful, too.

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MAY 30, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the Idealab startup working on mobile loyalty applications, reported this morning that it is in a joint partnership with KDA Group , a local marketing agency, and mobile-local ad network xAd.

Networking 154

Networking Marketing Idealab Pasadena 154

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the provider of online collaboration and project management software headed by Isaac Garcia, reported today that it has signed three marketing agency customers. Central Desktop said that SK+G, Rhea + Kaiser and Upshot all have begun using the firm's SocialBridge product to communicate and collaborate.

Marketing 133

Marketing Pasadena Report Web 133

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JUNE 17, 2010

The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. So far, two companies-- Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which completed its IPO in May, and Carlsbad-based Maxlinear , which hit the markets in March, have had successful IPOs.

Southern California 178

Southern California Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks Marketing 178

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MARCH 15, 2010

Pasadena-based Guidance Software , a developer of forensics software for digital investigations of computers, said today that it has hired Leo J. Cole as the firm's Vice President of Marketing. Cole was most recently VP of Marketing for Websense, and also served for over 25 years at IBM.

Software 157

Software Marketing SaaS IBM 157

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MAY 14, 2019

Pasadena-based startup Soulmates.AI said today that it has launched a new tool, Social ROI Reporter, which it says helps brands and agencies with measuring the dollar value of their social media and influencer marketing campaigns.

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Social Media Media Pasadena Tool 113

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Pasadena-based Like Pizza , founded by veterans of Disney Mobile and THQ Wireless, says it has launched a new digital media studio, which it says will combine games and serialized animation into mobile apps. The startup, led by Jeff Nuzzi and Bob Spang, said it hopes to ship its first mobile app, Bunny Rappid, in 2017.

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Mobile THQ Marketing Pasadena 100

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Pasadena-based 3D printer manufacturer New Matter has released its 3D printer, the MOD-t 3D Printer, into general availability, the company said Monday. New Matter said the printer is available now for $399.

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Idealab Marketing Pasadena Design 100

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , a developer of software-as-a-service tools for project management, said Thursday that it has linked with John Jantsch's Duct Tape Marketing, to provide a custom version of its software to Duct Tape Marketing. Tags: marketing tape duct management project software saas desktop central.

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Sites Marketing SaaS Pasadena 133

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JULY 16, 2010

Still on tap for an IPO are Pasadena-based Green Dot , Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics , Westlake Village-based Inphi , San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics , City of Industry-based NewEgg , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan.

Westlake Village 145

Westlake Village Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks ReachLocal 145

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Pasadena-based software developer Bluebeam Software has been acquired by German software company Nemetschek AG , the two said late Friday. Nemetschek said the deal will help it reinforce its market presence in North America, and will expand Bluebeam''s access to European and Asian markets.

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Software Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Pasadena 228

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MARCH 30, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , which develops Internet acceleration appliances, said today that it is targeting the desktop virtualization market with a new product. Pricing on the new product was not disclosed.

Marketing 133

Marketing CalTech IP Pasadena 133

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MARCH 5, 2018

Pasadena-based robot developer Miso Robotics says it has officially launched its burger flipping robot, "Flippy", at CaliBurger's Pasadena location--and, separately, has inked a partnership to bring its robotics technology to the sports and entertainment venue market.

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Artificial Inteligence Pasadena Entertainment Research 157

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Pasadena-based advertising technology provider and ad exchange operator OpenX said last night that it has made an expansion to Japan and the Asia Pacific market, launching a new, programmatic video exchange to the region.

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OpenX Pasadena Advertising Marketing 133

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Renewable energy storage firm Energy Vault, a portfolio company of Pasadena's Idea Lab, received a $110 million investment from SoftBank Vision Fund to scale its operations and expand into international markets.

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Ideas Invest Funding Pasadena 100

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JANUARY 14, 2009

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab-backed startup which is looking to help publishers monetize their underutilized and archive content, said Wednesday that it has created a new advisory board. Tags: perfect advisor market idealab executive. READ MORE>>.

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Search Engine Optimization Marketing Idealab Yahoo 124

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JUNE 14, 2017

Pasadena-based Episona has raised $4M in seed funding, to go towards expansion of its male fertility testing product, Seed, the company said last week. According to Episona, the funding came from the Pasadena Angeles, as well as other high-net worth individuals from Pasadena and San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Pasadena Angels Seed Funding .Net 133

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology startup backed by Idealab, said today that it has linked up with a number of retail partners on its Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner--the firm's entree into the household robot market. The robot puts the firm in direct competition with Roomba.

Marketing 185

Marketing Idealab Startup Pasadena 185

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

SeekOps , a developer of drone-based sensor systems to locate natural gas emissions that was spun out of NASA's JPL Laboratories in Pasadena, has raised funding in a Series A-1 round, the company said on Friday. and international markets. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Pasadena Invest Marketing 145

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JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. One thing that Perfect Market has done, is we've made it so they can implement this without forcing them to put lots of resources into it.

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Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their archive content, said Monday that it has acquired technology from Mediariver, which can be used to match content and advertising to any web page. Jay Budzik will become CTO at Perfect Market.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Pasadena 100