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MARCH 21, 2019

San Diego-based Bitmo , a startup developing a mobile gifting and payment app, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday afternoon. According to the company, its mobile gifting software allows users to gift from a mobile wallet, split and exchange card values from store gifts cards, and more.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the provider of video-based, mobile marketing services, is in the midst of and expansion, including the hiring of two executives to its sales and marketing team. Ward joins from Hipcricket, where he managed client relatoins and sold mobile marketing programs to consumer brands. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2014

Pasadena-based DoubleBeam , the payment startup led by Ted Tekippe said today that it is powering the developer of a mobile, beacon-enabled shopping app called Slyde. DoubleBeam''s GoPago system provides point-of-sale functionality through an Android tablet. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

San Diego-based artificial intelligence software developer Brain Corp says it is saw "record sales and revenue growth" in 2019, on strong retailer demand for autonomous, mobile robots. The privately held company did not disclose any financial details of its actual sales and revenues. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2012

The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” The power of large screen real estate.

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JUNE 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Platinum Equity says it is selling one of its portfolio companies, Verra Mobility , to The Gores Group , in a deal worth approximately $2.4 According to Platinum, the sale will create a new, publicly listed company, via a plan of merger with Gores Holdings II, Inc., READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used by brands to manage partnership and affiliate programs, has launched a new product to help those companies with managing mobile linking. The company said the move will help marketers drive more revenue and higher mobile conversion rates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and a while back added social-local-mobile ( SoLoMo ) to the mix. Mobile and global are driving all of these in innovative new ways to grow your business.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

GumGum , the developer of in-image advertising technology headed by Ophir Tanz, is bolstering its sales efforts, and has hired an Amazon veteran to head up western sales. According to GumGum, Matt Weisbecker has been appointed Vice President, Western Sales for GumGum, a new position for the company. Weisbecker was previously.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

San Diego-based Airgain , which provides wireless communications platforms for the automotive, public safety, and M2M markets, says it has named Reed Pangborn as its new Vice President of Channel Sales for North America. Airgain said that Pangborn has more than 25 years of experience working for AT&T. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2016

Pipeliner said that it now provides all of the features of its application on those mobile platforms. Pipeliner's software is used by sales people and sales teams to track their sales process and manage opportunities. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based Twistory Entertainment Studios , which had been a mobile game development and graphic novel design company, is being sold in an asset sale, according to auction company CMA Auctions. Twistory Entertainment was founded in 2009, and had developed Ouch! READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2018

Mobile Industrial Robots (MIR), a developer of autonomous, industrial robots used in manufacturing, hospitals, and nurseries, has opened up an office in San Diego, the second U.S. According to MIR, it will hire at least six new sales and technical support staff at the office, which will more than double its current number of US employees.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

Mobile consumers drove what Los Angeles-based movie ticketing and information site Fandango says is its best summer in its history today, as mobile purchases drove a 26 percent year-to-year increase in ticket sales on the service. The company reports that it saw more than 26 million downloads of its various mobile apps.

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AUGUST 7, 2013

San Diego-based security software developer Websense said today that it has named a new Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales. Pearson was formerly Senior Director of Americas Inside Sales and Channels at RSA/EMC. Websense is a developer of web security, email security, mobile security and data loss prevention software.

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JULY 18, 2011

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , a provider of online chat and sales conversion services for e-commerce retailers, reports today that Virgin Mobile France has implemented the firm's live assistance solution. Virgin Mobile France is the fourth-largest mobile operator in the region, according to the two firms.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

Playa Vista-based developer of mobile ordering point-of-sale software Appetize Technologies Inc. announced Aug. 9 it has raised more than $50 million in funding, including approximated $10 million from the National Football League.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

--most recently, Novatel Wireless--said late Tuesday that its stockholders have approved the sale of its MiFi mobile broadband business to T.C.L. Novatel had announced the sale of the business in September, and said it would rename the rest of the company Inseego Corp. Industries Holdings (H.K.)

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the video-based, mobile marketing firm headed by James Citron, reported today that it has named Jesse Silver as Senior Sales Director. Mogreet said it is expanding the sales team to drive new business for the company. SIlver was previously at OpenMarket, and also served at MX Telecom.

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APRIL 9, 2012

Santa Monica-based Kuapay , a new startup aiming at the mobile payments and loyalty markets, has scored $2M in funding, the firm has disclosed. The startup is headed by Joaquin Ayuso de Paul, one of the angel investors in Border Stylo and co-founder of Spanish social network Tuenti.com (acquired by Telefonica). READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based movie site Fandango is expanding its rollout of mobile ticketing, saying this morning that it has added more than 1,400 additional screens across the country to its paperless mobile ticket program. Fandango said it now accepts mobile tickets at 2,600 screens. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2011

Proving that iPhone mobile applications are now fully mainstream, the Girls Scouts of the USA, the organization which oversees Girls Scouts in the US, said today that it has released the Official Girl Scouts of the USA Cookie Finder for the iPhone or iPod touch. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , which develops products for optimizing mobile video, said this morning that it has named william Archer as Senior Vice Presient of WOrldwide Sales. Archer has previously served at Flash Networks, and also been at TTI Telecom, Cash-U Mobile Technologies, and Viziqor. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , coming off a new round of venture funding, is in expansion mode, saying that it has opened up a new Midwest sales office for the company. Mogreet said it has opened up a new office headed by Joshua Pyne, who the firm snagged from ChaCha, the mobile questions and answers service. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

It’s the lifeblood of any organization and yet most startups don’t have any sales DNA on their teams. It’s important enough that I dedicate a tab on my blog to startup sales & marketing. But the ground we covered was awesome for anybody wanting to know more about sales. What is your sales process?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Laguna Hills-based startup Cirrus Path , which develops tools to help connect Salesforce.com with Gmail, said this week that it has launched a new mobile app called Cirrus Insight. sales enterprise software iphone salesforce mobile cirruspath' Cirrus Path is led by Ryan Huff. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Appetize said that Live nation will be rolling out the Appetize point-of-sale (POS) payment platform across 32 of the company's U.S. Appetize said the deal included over 4,400 fixed and handheld point of sale units. Appetize provides a way for people to pay for concessions using their mobile phone.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Purch , the online publishing company which owns Tom's Guide, Space.com, TopTenReviews, LAPTOP, and a number of other online properties, has acquired mobile shopping app developer ShopSavvy. ShopSavvy develops a barcode scanning and mobile shopping app which highlights local sales for retailers.

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JULY 8, 2013

If there were such a thing as a "Dream Team" for mobile advertising, you would be hard pressed not to pick the founding team of Los Angeles-based Gradient X (www.gradientx.com), whose founders include Michael Lum (formerly of OpenX), Brian Baumgart (formerly at Adconion), and Julie Mattern (formerly of Rubicon Project). Why tackle mobile?

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JUNE 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and information service, said today that it has had the best ever number in May for traffic and ticket sales, for the company's entire 12-year history. Fandango is owned by Comcast, which acquired the movie site back in 2007.

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JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization firm headed by Frank Addante, has launched an offering for the mobile advertising market, the company said this morning. Rubicon said its new REVV for Mobile product helps publishers to sell mobile ad inventory, through both direct and indirect sales channels.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

San Diego-based ProfitLine , which provides outsourced telecom expense management services, said today that it has bolstered its sales execs, hiring Kip Quackenbush as Executive Vice President of Global Sales. Profitline's services are used by enterprises to manage their telecom spend, mobile devices, and carrier relationships.

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MARCH 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango said today that this weekend's release of The Hunger Games, the movie based on the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins, broke its sales records, with 22 percent of domestic opening weekend ticket sales being made through its system. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Online Black Friday sales hit a record $3.34 percent increase year over year, the first time, sales on Friday were over $3 billion. billion of that spending was made via mobile devices. billion, according to numbers tallied by Adobe over the weekend--a 17.7 According to Adobe, about $1.2

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps. What is Hopscotch? What do your apps do?

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AUGUST 30, 2011

The firm said its new Mobile Sales Force Automation SuiteApp, built on top of NetSuite, provides access to opportunity/customer data, sales forecasts, and real-time calendar and task management.

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AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Two big themes have emerged in my head in the past 3 years: offline / online integration and mobile computing. They know what you bought the last time you were shopping. Or can they?

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