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Kidambi was most recently at Demand Media, where he had been serving as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. callfire text voice service saas communications executive' According to the company, it has named Tridivesh Kidambi as Chief Financial Officer. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of customer relationship management and contact management software, said today that it has linked its app into social media management service Hootsuite. nimble hootsuite social media management contact sales software saas' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

San Diego-based SOCi , a developer of social media management and marketing software, has raised $2.25M in funding, the company said Wednesday. SOCi is taking aim at competitors such as Hootsuite, with what it says is a "next-generation" social media content discovery and marketing product. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

VentureNet, which is put on by the Technology Council of Southern California, included keynotes by Kelly Perdew of Rotohog and Zorik Gordon of ReachLocal, plus capital presentations from Cyber-Rain, FlipGloss Media, Viewdle, Social Approach, Ad.ly, Zadspace, RightSignature, Cogi, YouMail, ExpenseBay, AffordIt.com, SharesPost, and TrueCar.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Managing Directors: Jeff Stibel, Kobe Bryant Investment interests: Focus on the convergence of technology, media and data (TMD), as well as in industries such as sports and wellness. Managing Director: Bill Maris (formerly of GV/Google Ventures) Investment interests: Health care investments. Bryant Stibel. www.bryantstibel.com.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Sotsky was most recently Vice President of Sales at the Los Angeles Times Media Group, and has also served at Deloitte Consulting, and Accenture. Tags: central desktop executive saas project management software sales. Central Desktop is headed by Isaac Garcia, and backed by Openview Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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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. Moonshots Capital. greycroft.com.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Customer service is critical to customer retention in the SaaS subscription model. We were also one of the earliest to apply social media to business processes when most business owners did not yet understand the evolution of the social customer. Is there anything you wish you'd done differently when you first started Nimble?

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Anametrix is headed by Blasie Barrelet, and says it is developing software to correlate web analytics, social media, search engine marketing (SEM), video & audio, e-mail campaigns, market research and other data for businesses. Tags: anametrix venture capital angel investor business analytics software saas. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

VMIX provides online video sharing and hosting services to online media publishers. Tags: vmix video hosting publishing software saas executive europe expansion international. The company also said Keating founded Thirdspace, which he sold to Alcatel in 2003. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Department of Health & Human Services, Empowered Media, CBS, Powertek, DIRECTV PanAmericana and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tags: central desktop expansion hiring employment jobs software saas. Central Desktop is headed by Isaac Garcia, and has raised venture funding from OpenView Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

That product right now is on 2,000 publisher websites, it's sold under the SaaS model, and a lot of people on the free, ad-supported version. The company was founded in 2001, as Findology Interactive Media. We're able to do that by the traffic we tap into. What does that mean specifically? Our core competency was in the search space.

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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>>.

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JULY 29, 2020

According to the two, SailGP has deployed Greenfly's software platform for media collection and distribution. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

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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. Whether its through tie-ins with games or social media, I think that, along with the rise of big data, our mobile advertisement technologies are going to change in a big way.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Lead investor in the funding round was Moore Strategic Ventures, and the funding also included FirstMark Capital, Wndrco, Telstra Ventures, Causeway Media Partners, Mockingbird Ventures, BDMI, Pegasus Ventures, plus angel investors Bono, Kerry Washington, Tom Brady and Alexis Ohanian. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Matt Pohlson.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The company said its platform provides customized webpage, marketing materials, social media presence, customizable iOS and Android apps, QR codes, tablet and printer, and more. A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Dylish, has launched a new online ordering platform to handle delivery and take out orders, the company said this morning.

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JUNE 8, 2021

Grant previously was Senior Director of Product at Activision Blizzard Media, and also served at Study.com and Dynamic Signal. Woo previously served at such companies at Next Generation Esports, where he served as President and CEO, as wlel as Nomad Financial, and Marsh McLennan.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fliptu , the social media promotion startup headed by Jeremy Gocke, says it has started to line up a significant number of artists, bands, celebrities, and lifestyle brands for its service today. Fliptu's angel backers include Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and others. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Studio City-based FilmTrack , which develops software used for rights management in the media and entertainment industry, has raised $5.5M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Insight Venture Partners. FilmTrack says it has now raised over $40M in total funding.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

The company's enterprise drone software is aimed at used by professional pilots and fleet managers in media, insurance, energy, transportation, law enforcement and emergency management. The startup, based in San Francisco, says it has now raised $9.5M READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The acquisition significantly bolsters j2's media properties. j2 Global said the acquisition will more than double its digital media business. The acquisition significantly bolsters j2's media properties. j2 Global said the acquisition will more than double its digital media business.

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MARCH 11, 2019

Chris Loughlin is CEO of the company, which develops web, text, mobihle, and voice applications to automate refill requests and reminders, and also helps with marketing, including social media, online advertising, electronic newsletters, and more that pharmacies can send to their customers. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2018

The company--which says it has been in private beta until now--said its product is HIPAA compliant, and consolidates phone, text, email, fax, and social media into a single, collaborative workspace. Reachify's CEO is Greg Spillane; the company's founders are Richard Balikian, MD and Erik Stark, MD, two practicing physicians. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2012

The company said that they will link Box's content sharing tools with Gobbler's infrastructure, to specifically address the needs of media creators. Gobbler's software is aimed at media creators, letting them store, collaborate, and share their projects via cloud-based storage.

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MAY 12, 2011

Los Angeles-based GotCast , the online talent casting site, said Thursday that it has launched its private label, social media contest product. The firm said the new MediaBlastr platform has powered digital campaigns from such brands as Sony Playstation, Mercedes-Benz, Dove, NBC, E! and Hautelook. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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JULY 25, 2011

The firm said the new social media capabilities allows trainers to share classes and promote training on those social networking and media services. Citrix Systems said the new feature makes it easy to click and share their training classes and catalogs on those various sites, to help get the word out about their training classes.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Eric is also author of the book The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth , where he documented that experience. Tags: management investment investor saas software venture capital entrepreneur interview paypal caplinked jackson eric. I'm a big believer in eating your own dog food.

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JUNE 2, 2017

We also looked at people who had great mobile portfolios, media and content, and Saas, which included Karlin Ventures and Rincon in Los Angeles. We talked to those who knew mobile, or already had tools or apps in the portfolio, which is how we have Techstars, Box Group, and Chernin Group. How do you charge for your tools?

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Levels Beyond provides software for streamlining media management, distribution, and monetization, and is based in Denver. Levels Beyond said it raised $4.5M in a Series A from TVC, to invest in expanding sales, marketing, and business development. TVC Capital's Jeb Spencer joins the company's board with the funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

The funding was led by Wavemaer Partners, and also included Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao of Mezi Media and Tamim Mourad of PriceGrabber. Pasadena-based 17hats , a startup that develops business management software aimed specifically at solo entrepreneurs (solopreneurs), has raised $4M in a Series A funding. 17hats is led by Donovan Janus.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Scherzay was previously the CTO at CrowdGather, and also had founded social media software firm FavRav. Thaeres is a SaaS-based, dashboard solution for mid-market enterprises. What is Thaeres about? Taher Scherzay: We launched Thaeres last July.

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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. Classy was founded in 2006 as StayClassy, and also counts Bullpen Capital and Venture51 as backers. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

MomentFeed's software is being used by retailers to better analyze, understand, and manage the social media activity around a retailer's physical locations, on such sites as Foursquare, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Also, because of the internal dynamics of the talent pool, it effectively lead to more companies in the preponderant areas, which at the time were e-commerce, ad-tech, and disruptive media or media-related companies�such as game companies, companies that were in music, or companies related to the distribution of content.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The company said the new software is aimed at all types of small businesses, and helps local businesses to respond faster to customer inquiries, track online and offline advertising, and reply more effectively to calls, emails, and social media inquiries.

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