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Pray.com Finds $14M For Social Networking For Religious Communities

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Westlake Village-based Pray.com , which develops social networking applications for religious communities, has raised $14M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. Pray.com offers up both iOS and Android applications that let users join their preferred "faith community". and Greylock Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Video Interview: Evan Brandt, VideOMS

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For our Friday video interview, we have Evan Brandt , the CEO of VideOMS (www.videoms.com), an early, seed stage startup offering up a videos, drone shots, photography, and more of real estate property listings nationwide, through a network of drone operators. VideOMS is based in Westlake Village, California.

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PurePhoto Buys PhotographyMentor.com, Launches Photo Site

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Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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Row 44 Powers Southwest Airlines Live TV

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The new service is powered by Westlake Village-based startup Row 44 , headed by John LaValle, which has added live television to its in-flight, wireless services. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with John Ellis, PurePhoto

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For this morning's interview, we talked with Westlake Village-based PurePhoto (www.purephoto.com), which is looking to help photographers market and sell their photographs. John Ellis: PurePhoto is a social commerce network, for buying, sharing, and selling original photographic art. Why did you decide to start your own company?

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms. His latest startup, Row 44, is providing hardware to Southwest Airlines and other airlines for wireless access, and has a number of announced wins.

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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. At this time, we have ten startups, and are starting to click and do some exciting things. It's a place where companies can network with each other, collaborate the business, in a brainstorming atmosphere.

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