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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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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

After launching a study to identify how tech hubs work, the leader of a nonprofit consortium created to boost Southern California’s startup ecosystem says he is focusing on three initiatives to supercharge the seven-county SoCal region as a hotbed for innovation.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health).

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Southern California Technical Review SoCal San Diego 168

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Southern California is once again the target expansion market for a Bay Area startup offering cleaning services via the web this morning, as EXEC said it is expanding beyond the San Francisco Bay Area, and launching its cleaning service in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Services SoCal Startup 153

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MAY 3, 2018

On-demand, car wash startup Washe , which lets users connect with professional mobile car washers, said this week that it has raised $3.5M The Boca Raton, Florida-based startup said the lead investor in the round was Ron Zuckerman, a technology entrepreneur and investor. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 5, 2019

—Mobile app startup Bitmo announced it had raised more than $3 million in seed funding from investors including Everplus Capital, Longboard Capital Advisors, and several Southern California-based family fund offices.

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socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom is not new to the startup world -- in fact, his last startup, Fruugo, raised an astounding $48M in funding, and became one of the most heralded-- and controversial --startups in Finland. Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We are in Los Angeles and San Diego, and I go between the two cities.

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Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

Xconomy

JUNE 25, 2017

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has set out to boost the startup ecosystem in San Diego and the rest of Southern California—and he already has scored a coup by partnering with Bill Maris, the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures, now known as GV.

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Southern California San Diego Startup Google 96

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Our interview this morning is with Joel Milne , the CEO of Los Angeles-based RepairSmith (www.repairsmith.com), a startup offering up mobile automobile repair. We are rebuilding car repair from the ground up, in a modern an convenient way. Whats your background, and how did you get started on this?

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Aiming to head off Apple, Microsoft shows off Xbox SmartGlass mobile app and Xbox dashboard update. Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, 11 hrs ago. 20 hrs ago.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Irvine-based K5Launch , a new venture accelerator started by angel investors Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, is looking to spawn the growth of startups in Southern California, saying today that it has launched its efforts in the area. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Southern California Seed Funding Mentor 208

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Verizon Wireless said that Apple's iPad device--bundled with the Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot--is hitting its stores today, at more than 2,000 of its Verizon Wireless Communications Stores nationwide. The MiFi turns Verizon's cell phone connection into a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to five devices. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California San Diego Startup Mobile 174

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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San Diego Southern California Orange County SoCal 56

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2013

There are now a large number of legitimate startups who are looking to help you make money in your spare time (or with your spare stuff), opening up a whole new world of ways to finding some spare change. Airbnb lets users offer up their spare room to travelers and others via its peer to peer marketplace. Neighborgoods.

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Help Startup Southern California Orange County 207

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JULY 25, 2013

There are now a large number of legitimate startups who are looking to help you make money in your spare time (or with your spare stuff), opening up a whole new world of ways to finding some spare change. Airbnb lets users offer up their spare room to travelers and others via its peer to peer marketplace. Neighborgoods.

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Help Startup Southern California Orange County 178

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. the "startup culture" at the company as among reasons to work for the company.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

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JULY 19, 2016

Roni Eschel , the founder of goFlow, is a former Israeli pro surfer, who is now in Los Angeles; she told us a bit more about the startup and her journey from pro surfing to the startup world. How did you go from pro surfing in Israel, to starting a company here in L.A.? What is goFlow all about? After I arrived here in L.A.,

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

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MARCH 11, 2016

In the case of San Diego's Classy (www.classy.org), you get an extremely popular piece of software-as-a-service to help you manage a nonprofit and its fundraising efforts. Scott Chisolm: Classy started as a fundraising application for nonprofit organization. How did you start the company? What is Classy?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2016

San Diego-based KnuEdge , a startup which was founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin, said this morning that it has unveiled its voice recognition and authentication technology--which it has developed with $100M in funding.

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Software San Diego Web Mobile 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. Let's start with an overview of the fund. Brian Garrett: We started Crosscut Ventures about a year ago. How tough was it to start up a new fund?

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

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MAY 5, 2010

Yossi is much sought out by entrepreneurs both here, in Silicon Valley, and the rest of the world for his insights into startups, having backed Mirabilis (ICQ, sold to AOL), Answers.com (IPO), Tucows (IPO), and dozens of other successful startups. What is it about Israel that has made it such a center of high tech and startups?

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High Tech Southern California Writing Conference 150

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. Can you talk about how Redpoint splits up investment -- do certain partners handle certain industries, or is it more geographic? We really believe in the market.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. I talked to one startup CEO who told me, “you have young engineers who want to make $200,000 or more to work for me. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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JANUARY 22, 2014

The world today is going increasingly digital, to such a degree that even quick serve and fast casual restaurant chains are eager to connect with consumers online, via smartphone, and even in their stores--so that they can better get to know you, market to you, and encourage you to visit. What is Tillster?

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Mobile Custom Customer Platform 127

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AUGUST 24, 2010

All systems were go for the product, and we were really focused on getting the product out of the door, marketing it to customers, and setting up meetings in the academic space, with researchers who wanted to use the technology. When you started, we were in a completely different kind of world, in terms of the economy.

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Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version? So mobile is a huge part of it. You aren’t going to make a mobile-centric app right now? Tablet and mobile are a huge part of that. Tablet and mobile are a huge part of that. Tell us how you got the name? I say that’s a big part of it.

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Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2015

In a world awash with on-demand startups, Los Angeles-based Serviz (www.serviz.com) stands out--not because of the market segment it is tackling, but because it was founded by two, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline. All of its is 100 percent on-demand, and all of our technicians have mobile devices.

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Services ReachLocal Demand Startup 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

One of the largest areas of Southern California's technology base is in the wireless and communications market. To get an idea of what one startup in the industry is doing, we spoke to San Diego-based AirHop (www.airhopcomm-web.com), a developer of software being used for small-, pico-, and femto-cell networks.

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Networking Startup Software Tips 153

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie. Thank you @eminutes. . Matthew Clough – Founder of Benson Backpacks.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. He uses his former home, a just-under 900-square-foot beach bungalow two blocks away, to house Facebook employees visiting from up north. The southern migration is taking place as companies like Google.

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