socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

Two Southern California firms have made Advertising Age's annual list of the largest search marketing agencies, released last week. Santa Monica-based The Search Agency , which is headed by David Hughes, was listed at number 12, and San Diego-based Covario , which is run by Russ Mann, was listed at number 25.

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Marketing Southern California Santa Monica Advertising 174

socalTECH

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

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Hundreds of red, “dockless” electronic bikes appeared on the streets of San Diego and Seattle on Monday, the latest cities in which Uber introduced its e-bike program, Jump. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing giant acquired Jump Bikes, a Brooklyn e-bike sharing service, in April.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2010

On the heels of the much heralded IPO of Silicon Valley electric car darling Tesla Motors today on the NASDAQ, investors are now looking to what other firms might benefit from the electric vehicle market--and what appears to be a growing appetite for IPOs.

Southern California 176

Southern California Rustic Canyon Marketing San Diego 176

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2013

Santa Monica-based virtual server and cloud computing provider Infinitely Virtual announced this morning that it has completes its move of its backup data center from San Diego to Boston. Infinitely Virtual provides virtual servers for the small and midsize business market. READ MORE>>.

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Cloud Computing Santa Monica San Diego Customer 147

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

The filing of an IPO by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless on Friday seems to indicate the interest in public markets by venture-backed, Southern California firms has not abated. Firms which successfully reached the markets in the past year include Green Dot , RealD , Maxlinear , Inphi Corp. , and ReachLocal.

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Southern California Santa Monica Legalzoom ReachLocal 162

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The list of Southern California companies who have filed, have been rumored to file, or have successfully completed IPOs has gotten a little longer this morning, after Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO.

Southern California 154

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Westlake Village Woodland Hills 154

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

So, if you're a marketer, how do you track and encourage those word-of-mouth recommendations? San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2015

Santa Monica-based HomeHero , a new startup providing an online marketplace for in-home, senior care services, said Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding round. The company said the funding will go towards expansion of its service beyond Los Angeles, to San Diego and San Francisco, plus key hires.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica San Diego Los Angeles Funding 100

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2017

We've combed through our database of companies to figure out which companies are involved in this industry here, ranging from key developers of military UAS/UAV platforms, to startups developing the software behind the growing consumer drone market. General Atomics - San Diego - (www.generalatomics.com). Our list below: 1.

Southern California 113

Southern California Company Companies Palmdale 113

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. Since then, TakeLessons has raised a total of $20 million in venture capital, and expanded into new markets and services.

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Venture Capital San Diego Santa Monica Coach 59

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2010

The firm's stock was up in its debut despite a down market for the day, with the NASDAQ down -4.11 Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing run by Richard Rosenblatt, also is widely expected to be in the process of filing for an IPO. percent to 2,204.01. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks NewEgg 157

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2012

One of BetterWorks existing customers--fellow Santa Monica startup Docstoc, the online doc professional doc sharing firm headed by Jason Nazar--said it has been testing the catering feature prior to official launch, as it orders office-wide meals at least twice a week for its 30 employees. READ MORE>>.

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Doc Santa Monica San Diego Los Angeles 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

San Diego-based Resource Nation , an online business-to-business marketing provider, has acquired the brand name, domain, and assets of Business.com , the firm announced today. Business.com was run out of offices in Santa Monica. The shutdown plans came despite Dex One (then R.H.

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Resource Southern California Santa Monica Equity 178

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Given SVBs market position, that is great news. The Playa Vista company is aggressively taking market share and could go public. Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit.

Southern California 133

Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

We''re making investments, and are based in Santa Monica, and although we have a small team, we''re looking forward to becoming part of the local scene here in Silicon Beach. We feel that we can really help with manufacturing and bringing products to market. What are the parameters of the investments you make? READ MORE>>.

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

We spoke with CEO and founder Matthias Kurwig on the idea behind the startup, and how he's applying his experience as COO of Neo@Ogilvy to his new Santa Monica startup. Matthias Kurwig: I've been in online marketing since it started, and have always been involved in a mixture of technology. How did you end up in Santa Monica?

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Product Santa Monica Startup Platform 227

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. Spin, which began offering this on April 1, is making this available in Baltimore, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Tampa and Washington, D.C.

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Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 11, 2020

Throughout 2019, a number of mobility companies launched in additional markets, while many pulled out of areas that no longer served them. Meanwhile, transportation startups continued to raise more money even as they laid off employees, a sign that industry consolidation has officially begun. billion valuation.

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Mobile Capital Santa Monica Funding 161

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M Commenting on the possible impact of the financial crisis on venture markets, Randy Churchill, Director of Business Development for PricewaterhouseCoopers Southern California venture capital practice, commented in a statement that "We.

Southern California 113

Southern California Orange County Funding Report 113

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

Santa Monica-based WorkToday (www.worktoday.com) has created a text-based marketplace to help connect workers with employers. As a marketplace, it's always an issue to get both buyers and sellers on the market, how have you accomplished that? Organic referrals are the major driver of growth for us in the market.

Startup 100

Startup Orange County Platform Capital 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is based on occurrences during this time period as compared to other time periods.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA’s digital innovators in tech, startups, entertainment, fashion, marketing, and more!

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Hollywood Entertainment Content Email 81

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 21, 2013

Daniel Schuler, the Android lead at ParkMe told TechZulu, ” ParkMe already has an iOS app available, so Android is a natural choice by market share alone. ParkMe’s database contains parking spots in over 500 cities around the world including the Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Austin, Houston, Washington D.C.,

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Help Santa Monica San Diego Los Angeles 88

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

We recently spoke with Tyler Koblasa , Founder and CEO of Mingly , a Santa Monica-based startup which is pulling together contacts from multiple sources, and adding such tools as contact reminders, to-do lists, and alerts based on those contacts. The market really is power networkers. What is Mingly all about?

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Startup Social Network Tool Santa Monica 145

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Who will be first to market with a new type of cancer treatment known as CAR-T? TOP STORIES : —Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: KITE ) released data from an ongoing non-hodgkin lymphoma trial that, while early, bolster the view that the Santa Monica, CA, company could be the first to market with a cell-based immunotherapy product known as CAR-T.

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Avalon Thousand Oaks Study Startup 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

And Pfizer’s is already on the market, and generated $514 million in the last quarter alone. Lilly will continue the study, but the news puts distance between abemaciclib and two similar, rival cancer drugs from Pfizer (palbociclib (Ibrance)) and Novartis (ribociclib)).

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Google Technical Review News Research 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. I did programming for the career center at UC San Diego, trying to build programs for the career center.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Xconomy

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The first news of nivolumab’s Phase 3 failure in these first-line patients came in August and eliminated billions of dollars from Bristol’s market value. Santa Monica, CA-based Kite noted that three patients whose non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was wiped out with Kite’s KTE-C19 remained in remission after 12 months.

News 40

News Study Report Santa Monica 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. I wish every city could have an 1871.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 Another client of Mr. Rappaports, Mich Mathews, formerly the head of marketing for Microsoft. The units, asking $500,000 to $2 million, hit the market in about a month.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. Los Angeles.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313