socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). Dev Bhatia , SRCH2 (Irvine, search engine software). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Greg Cohn , Burner (Los Angeles, mobile app).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The other companies in the class included ChoreMonster , which develops a system for managing kids in their family chores; Codarica , which develops games which also teach kids to code; Jogg , focused on mobile video; Naritiv , a developer of marketing and analytics software for Snapchat; Sidelines , a sports focused content marketing platform; Sphero (..)

Class 185

Class Startup Seed Funding Entertainment 185

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

NFT sales volumes are falling and crypto prices remain depressed, but Nigam expressed confidence about the long-term demand for digital avatars, likening them to mobile apps in their significance to the internet. ” He views Facebook and Snapchat primarily as messaging apps and said Instagram is having an “identity crisis.”

Geni 219

Geni Silver Lake Startup Platform 219

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Blackline Systems - This maker of accounting software apparently has just filed, or is about to file confidential paperwork for an IPO, being managed by Goldman Sachs. Snapchat - Snapchat--or as it calls itself now, Snap Inc.--is The company has been rumored to be seeking an IPO since last year.

Southern California 100

Southern California Dollar Shave Club Acquisition Snapchat 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Truecar 376

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We sold Velocloud to Vmware, in the software defined network (SDN) area. Something like a CrowdStrike might be worth more than a Snapchat, in the end. If your company was mobile, or cloud based before, now it has to be AI-enabled. Those investments have really broken out. Fund II will also be similarly concentrated.

Funding 160

Funding Capital Artificial Inteligence Startup 160

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

In our city we have leaders in finance (ZestFinance), art communities (DeviantART), commerce (NastyGal, JustFab, ShoeDazzle, LittleBlackBag, Beachmint), Internet infrastructure (Gravity, Factual), AdTech (Burstly, Rubicon, Shift, GumGum, Steelhouse, GradientX), Software (Cornerstone OnDemand), Mobile (Scopely, TextPlus, SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder), (..)

Los Angeles 325

Los Angeles Legalzoom Angel Cornerstone OnDemand 325

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

What that means, is for companies that have a physical presence in the real world, stores and the like, interaction with consumers today on mobile is now primarily through things that represent their stores, rather than directly with their brands. So, as you are heavily into the mobile area, what have you learned over the last few years?

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Between the mid nineties until 2007 wireless carriers around the world religiously protected the software that went on to phones and they guarded the end consumer relationship by controlling this software. So the value on the Internet went “up the stack” to portals such as Yahoo!, Excite, MSN and eventually Google.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Startup Custom Customer 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. SEO marketing vs. social marketing. FourSquare. Everywhere.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence. If you want to know more about them and why they grew so rapidly I’ve written about them here ( online / offline mobile ad integration ) & here ( the most obvious mobile phone ad unit ). In the Growth Years.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. Part II, Market) The Enterprise Software market feels ripe for a massive shift and Tact has made big innovations at the forefront of the most important changes.

Software 105

Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2016

For example, not only can publishers create and distribute mobile-friendly content, but it also allows the ability for publishers to monetize the ad space within each article. This is a key opportunity for small blogs and publications to get ahead of the game and really understand how best to use the new product.

Buzzfeed 40

Buzzfeed Blogging RSS Netflix 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210