socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Managing Director: Derek Norton Investment interests: Connected consumer, Internet infrastructure, next generation e-commerce, digital media, gaming, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, consumer Internet, and some ad tech. (www.watertowerventures.com) Fund size: $5M. Fika Ventures. Fund size: $40M. Fund size: Not disclosed, but $7.2M

Southern California 138

Southern California Artificial Inteligence Funding SoCal 138

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). Not so fast.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

According to FatTail, the new software allows advertisers to book ads, including banners, rich media, video, and mobile ads, on publisher web sites. Tags: fattail software advertising self service saas pagegage direct. FatTail is venture backed by Fuse Capital, Ted Meisel, and others. READ MORE>>.

Woodland Hills 140

Woodland Hills SaaS Advertising Web 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I think we're going to see a real shakeup in how people view social media. Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS). SAAS is here to stay. Following that, I think mobile advertisement technologies. Following that, I think Facebook is next and their staggeringly high IPO followed by their equally staggering drop.

Southern California 168

Southern California High Tech SaaS Social Media 168

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets.

Tech Coast Angels 105

Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Social Media.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo!

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2015

Classy allows nonprofits to create fundraising campaigns for specific projects or year-round initiatives, with features such as leaderboards, user-generated media, team fundraising pages, mobile support, and more. The company is led by Scott Chisolm. READ MORE>>.

Software 100

Software San Diego Mobile Capital 100

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2012

The following guest post is from Laurie Barkman, Marketing Lead at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. The conference ends with the Champion Awards Dinner.

Entrepreneur 191

Entrepreneur RSS Conference Training 191

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Social Media.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Social Media.

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Our investments focus heavily on the financial services industry, digital media, mobile applications & infrastructure, SaaS / Cloud and retail innovation. At GRP Partners our focus has always been on having a small number of investments in the industries we know well. And we’re not restricted to territories.

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GRP Partners Technical Review Truecar Invest 285

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to Google Glass , people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Social Media.

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Are you launching a mobile application? My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). I didn’t have first-hand experience in document management systems other than as a user and nobody had SaaS experience – the market was too new.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

The ten companies in this year’s program represent a diverse cross-section of technologies, and are inspired by their visions for the applicability of these technologies in the media space. Pundit lets creators host audio Ask Me Anything (AMAs) with their Twitter network, transforming the talk radio experience for the social media age.

Class 40

Class Artificial Inteligence AMA Platform 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I’m going through this situation now with the first investment that I ever made as a VC in Invoca – (Inbound voice call), a SaaS marketing automation company. As we’ve ramped up direct sales over the last few years our need to have relationships with the major media & advertising companies has become critical.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video. We're building very advanced analytical models which look at both direct and indirect effects, so that we are able to quantify how different media interacts with each other.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

We have a number of curation and publishing tolls that let our users write metacontent and annotations on the content, and to create fresh content feeds they can place on their website, in a newsletter, on mobile, or on social. What does this look like to brands and publishers? Trying to get that into nontraditional publishers is a challenge.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Storygami is a SaaS tool that allows content creators and brands add overlays such as relevant context, social streams and call to action buttons to videos. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat. DigiSynd manages Disney’s brand presence in the social media space. Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs. Sold it in 2014.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Email marketing and cross-channel interactive marketing saas solutions provider ExactTarget has acquired Pardot, a marketing automation provider and iGoDigital, web personalization provider in a move that will revolutionize its marketing platform. Over 100million in Cash. million for Pardot, $85.5 million of it in cash and $10.0

Platform 56

Platform Marketing Social Media Web 56

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. OTHER DEALS: 1.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media. Scan & Target - a SaaS solution for real-time text mining and analysis of User Generated Content. CityZeum is available via Web and mobile browser. Zoomorama was a finalist at the Microsoft BizSpark event at South by Southwest Interactive 2009.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

The mobile phone dating market is worth $550 million. Beansprout’s services cover a large range of companies from different industries including IT solutions, e-commerce services, biotech, SaaS, and international telecom companies. The industry is projected to be worth $1.3 billion by 2013.

Statistics 61

Statistics Startup eHarmony SaaS 61

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

In recent years, the company has expanded beyond its core technology to help its customers track their customers through affiliate marketing, display advertising, and online search and social media, and to target market segments with specific product offers. “We It’s about defining your data across the Web and now mobile.”.

Custom 40

Custom Customer San Diego JavaScript 40

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

It's more of the entertainment and media side of town, however, it's a very vibrant place. We're really fortune to have a nice relationship here at Museum Square, near Miracle Mile and Wilshire and La Brea. Looking at this growth, if we have to move, we are hoping to continue to find space in this same area.

Software 100

Software Report Startup IBM 100

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

used in a very wide range of both web and mobile services, from Foursquare, to Yelp, to LivingSocial. is CTO at Break Media, said "It's not as well known here, but I would look at all the big data stuff," pointing out that there are. get to all that data, in real time--which it describes as "mind-blowingly hard data problems".

Southern California 66

Southern California Software Artificial Inteligence Company 66

Xconomy

AUGUST 6, 2018

As wildfires continued to burn across the length of California this month, Gov. Jerry Brown urged residents to stay on the alert and warned that the cost of fighting the climate-driven blazes will continue to strain future state budgets.

Technology 69

Technology Help Company Companies 69

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. Beast Mobile (Kirkland, WA). How will Beast Mobile cut down the cost of your ever-increasing cell phone bill? Targeted mobile advertising. Quirktastic Media (Durham, NC). What if you could earn money to watch ads instead of avoiding them?

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

When I published This Remote Working Experiment Failed And Succeeded on the Wall Street Journal last year, I had no idea it would generate so much social media attention. In contrast, TaxJar, a SaaS solution which makes automates online sales tax calculations, reporting and filings, is an entirely virtual company. FastSpring.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Outsource Development 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

On many occasions I’ve offered to give 30 minute industry overviews on a tech topic to journalists when they’re not working on a deadline and want to better understand a topic like SaaS, Cloud, LBS, etc. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice Social Media Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

Tips 307

Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Check out the latest edition of the SCribe Newsletter. Catch up on the latest news, see our upcoming event schedule, or visit the Websites of the sponsors that make this all possible. VentureNet tickets will sell out soon - so don’t wait to secure your seats!

VentureNet 100

VentureNet Newsletter News Satisfaction 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. They are an open-source & SaaS provider of eCommerce solutions. Do you have an application that helps mobile developers build HTML5 apps? Social media is ephemeral. Think Magento.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

The state-of-the-art today when it comes to the social computing environments that surround us now — in our browsers, mobile devices, and elsewhere — underscore how much more we have left to do to make these new modes of digital conversation and discourse become mature, efficient, safe, and truly useful.

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization cosmetics, social media, women in tech. . jim spencer, media convergence group.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I would try a line like, “I know that some of you might be social media experts and others may be less deep on this particular area. Vice versa is it’s a SaaS platform company where I spent nearly 10 years running companies. I know that mobile is slightly different but how do you see this space playing out?&#.

Venture Capital 318

Venture Capital Startup Sales Writing 318