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APRIL 8, 2014

However, we''ve developed a formula of what, and how we look at deals, and have built out our own advisory network, where we use domain experts to vet deals out. We''re making investments, and are based in Santa Monica, and although we have a small team, we''re looking forward to becoming part of the local scene here in Silicon Beach.

Seed Funding 220

Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Indi operates an app which lets people get paid for sharing their social content, making product recommendations, and more. The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. We have four different ways people can make money.

Help 113

Help Commerce Platform Orange County 113

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Adconion (www.adconion.com) announced that it had spun out Joost (www.joost.com), its online video service, into a separate company, which is going to be based out of Santa Monica. Nick Higgins: Adconion was founded six years ago as an advertising network. There are lots of video ad networks.

Santa Monica 149

Santa Monica Content Platform Networking 149

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Inspired by the vast amounts of data from videos, photos, music, websites and blogs shared by the many friends and people they follow online and seeing how much time it takes to check all the content across many platforms, friends set out to come up with a solution and CHNL was born. Silicon Beach (Santa Monica). What is CHNL?

Social Network 104

Social Network Networking Content Web 104

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

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MARCH 14, 2017

Aaron Robin: Essentially, iExhale is an online, on-demand, wellness and mental health platform. We've combined online therapy with phone calls with licensed professionals, and also added an online social networking aspect and mood checkup. I was working at a job in Santa Monica, helping to run somebody's company.

Social Network 113

Social Network Startup Platform Networking 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. He knows the ad management and ad network businesses. Both of his co-founders worked with him previously and both worked on ad management platforms.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

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APRIL 22, 2016

We've done that, by bringing some really, cool, awesome curated gifts to our platform, and made it really easy to send those to people in essentially two clicks. How that works, is when you download Giftagram, you can peruse through gifts in different categories that we have set up, and see what products we have.

Mobile 100

Mobile Platform Commerce Class 100

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MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. We caught on with the right product, at the right time. company.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

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APRIL 4, 2011

For today's interview, we caught up with Clark Landry , the chairman of GraphEffect (www.grapheffect.com), a Santa Monica company which is helping other companies to hone their advertising on Facebook. I was a co-founder of a company called TagWorld, which was a social networking website we ended up selling to Viacom.

Advertising 198

Advertising Startup Santa Monica Social Network 198

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

Several startups have been selected to demo their products for other founders and entrepreneurs. We will have cocktails, snacks, and great networking. studio and platform for badass female entertainment, its creators and fans. Where : Philosophie (1615 16th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404). And for those L.A.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

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MAY 10, 2017

Santa Monica-based WorkToday (www.worktoday.com) has created a text-based marketplace to help connect workers with employers. I talked to many workers, and many businesses, and listened to them to build a product that they really wanted built. What kind of jobs are coming through your platform?

Startup 100

Startup Orange County Platform Capital 100

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MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: Miso Robotics is bringing the power of automation to commercial kitchens, and addressing one of the biggest challenges of the food industry, which is increasing production with the expansion of the delivery market, while also safely decreasing human contact. On top of that, god forbid, if someone gets E.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

For the first half of our show, we actually set up a store front on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, and put their product in a retail setting, and let consumers and investors run through the gamut, allowing them to interact in real time, and get feedback on their packaging and products, and even recommend it to their friends.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. It’s a recruiting platform where people can connect, but only for a very short period and that’s about it.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2013

Santa Monica-based SHIFT, a collaboration platform for marketers and agencies April 9 announced the launch of their Open Marketing Cloud in a move to help marketers work together more efficiently. Social Network For Marketers. All Your Marketing Apps In One Place. ” Collaboration For Organic Growth.

Marketing 67

Marketing Help Social Network Class 67

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). Competitors: Playdom , Social Gaming Network.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Tonight starting at 7:00pm PST we will be streaming and bringing you all the action live from Cross Campus in Santa Monica. Event Details: Where : Cross Campus 820 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Before G4, Scot founded All Games Network (AGN). Make sure to tune in! TechZulu & Gadget Review present REACH.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

This month, Siemer and Associates hosted its 4th Annual invitation-only Silicon Beach Summit at Casa Del Mar and Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica, California. Presenting companies included: Add This, Cognitive Networks, TrueCar, Trunk Club, Invidi, ID.me, Datacratic, BeyondCORE, ParkMe and many more.

Media 84

Media Technology Truecar Southern California 84

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JUNE 21, 2011

He's again set his sights on contact management with a new company, based in Santa Monica, called Nimble (www.nimble.com). What it did uniquely, is it also integrated contacts and communications--all in single platform. Google Apps does not need to be a CRM system today, or even a social business platform.

Google 216

Google Tool Email Sales 216

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JUNE 19, 2013

Burstly is located in Santa Monica. Ben Satterfield: Burstly is the blanket company for three products. It''s not just about banner ads, it''s a tool that allows you to integrate with an ad network, giving you the flexibility to pick what ads and offers you want, where in your app. What is Burstly? It just made sense.

Startup 262

Startup Mobile Outsource Development Tool 262

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. For highlighting what is uniquely LA, for adhering to a strict quality standard for speakers and for building this great platform for the future Francisco Dao (aka “ The Man ”) should feel proud of what he has accomplished.

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Why is it that consumers overwhelming prefer to return unwanted products in person, rather than by mail--and how do you make that complex and cumbersome process easier for both consumers and online retailers? David Sobie: We are tackling the very unhappy challenge of returning products purchased online.

Training 100

Training Customer Custom Software Review 100

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I thought it would be interesting to raise a tranche of money, to have a platform where we could incubate our own concepts, work with the best entrepreneurs around, and build new businesses. We're really focused on those three things, and doing it here in Los Angeles, here in Santa Monica on Second Street. Thanks, and good luck!

Incubator 196

Incubator Startup Commerce Los Angeles 196

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

Video chat by Stickam.com Last Friday, about 80 business leaders assembled at the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, CA, for CallFire’s first ever “un-conference&# called Biz2Beach. CallFire also used Biz2Beach as a platform to showcase its newest iteration, CallFire Version 3.0. ROBYN WARD. KRISHNA SUBRAMANIAN.

Social Media 71

Social Media Mobile SEO Media 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

StartupDemo is an opportunity for early stage startups to showcase their new products and/or services. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. TCA is a not-for-profit organization.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

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MARCH 17, 2009

The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. There are so many social networking sites, how do you define what's relevant? In late 2007, Chi.mp

Social Network 147

Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

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MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman is CEO of Santa Monica-based Gotcast (www.gotcast.com), an online site focused on casting of actors for television shows, movies, and other productions. Alec Shankman: Gotcast is the largest online interactive casting platform. At a high level, what does Gotcast do?

Hollywood 252

Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

We saw that we could get product and games out faster, that it was a new industry, that there was tons of potential, and we could also develop relationships with carriers to get products on deck. I think we were able to effectively transition, because our technology platform. That was tough for a lot of our competitors.

Mobile 168

Mobile Java Google Startup 168

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This runs on a number of platforms? Rahul Sonnad: We did a seed round with Clearstone Ventures, that incubated us in their Santa Monica office. Rahul Sonnad: I had just moved to Southern California, so I didn't have the largest local network here. How did the incubation part come about? What's the next big thing for you?

Clearstone 124

Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. Joanne Bradford: Our owned and operated network is still the largest customer of our studio system.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. 7:00 – 7:45pm – check-in. Diamond Sponsor.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Gil Elbaz: What we have been working on, and what we offer now, is a platform where anyone can share and mash open data. That data can be on any subject--we're a horizontal platform--and a few of the examples you see on our site are a list of restaurants, things in the health space, and other partnerships. How does that work?

Startup 190

Startup Google S3 Platform 190

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. We facilitate the most productive business-to-consumer relationship with a pioneering solution that finally makes proactive information updates useful. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. to 11:00 p.m. Price: FREE.

Company 106

Company Companies Web Evite 106

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which – Jetpack – is located right here in Santa Monica. Even so, ads only work if people can see them, and today’s ad formats need to be visible on any device.

Advertising 40

Advertising Media Mobile Buzznet 40