socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The funding was led by Okapi Venture Capital and also included Saas Ventures. Chargezoom develops a software platform that helps businesses automate accounts receivable, billing, and payments. The startup is led by CEO Matt Dubois.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jackson: CapLinked is actually a collaborative platform, a social platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors. Tags: management investment investor saas software venture capital entrepreneur interview paypal caplinked jackson eric. How do you do that? I'm a big believer in eating your own dog food.

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Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. By definition, you read blogs.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The Indianapolis -based company is one of the latest spinouts from High Alpha Studio, an accelerator and venture capital studio formed by Scott Dorsey, the former chief executive officer of ExactTarget.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

The new features are an outgrowth of the evolution of CapLinked from providing its services to startups and venture capital firm, to large clients like Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital Partners, AI Verified, NextView Ventures, and Equity partners CRB.

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Services Venture Capital Equity Los Angeles 218

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

When Roger Ehrenberg & I agreed to fund Nick’s first institutional VC round we agreed it knowing that he was staying in the UK, that he was building out product & engineering in the UK and that he was the CEO of the company. And of course we have dozens of other data sources making us a much broader platform than Twitter data.

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CTO Hire Organization Google Course 309

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x We knew better than to start funding raising in August, when larger VC firms have a harder time assembling full decision teams – so in August we would plan and September we would commence.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The seed funding was led by Okapi Capital, and also included Stage Venture Partners, SaaS Capital, and angels. According to the company, the new funds go towards further development of its artificial intelligence technology, and to extend its platform and for market efforts.

Commerce 124

Commerce Artificial Inteligence Seed Funding Santa Barbara 124

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AUGUST 10, 2020

San Diego-based GoSite , which develops an online platform to help small businesses put up online and mobile websites, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Longley Capital, and also included Stage 2 Capital, Ankona Capital, Serra Ventures and SaaS Ventures, and angels.

San Diego 113

San Diego SaaS Mobile Platform 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Laurence Sotsky: I've been working in the software-as-a-service space for some time, in medium-sized, venture capital backed companies. Combining that with my previous experience, which was in the platform and SaaS market, and sports, was really a home run. Laurence Sotsky: That's a great question.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based LogicBoost Labs, a startup accelerator which focuses on pre-revenue and early-stage B2B SaaS startups, says it has made a $300K investment in Clarevent, which supplies video infrastructure for virtual events. The company said the investment was $200K in cash, plus another $100K in advisory services.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gobbler , the online, cloud-based backup and collaboration startup headed by Chris Kantrowitz, said this week that it has tied together its platform with online storage provider Box. Gobbler is venture backed by ff Venture Capital, Black Ocean Group, Mike Jones, Matt Coffin, along with a number of other angels.

Media 145

Media Venture Capital Los Angeles Tool 145

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 11, 2013

While the founder was extremely competent across a number of disciplines he had confided in me that he would like to identify a capable CEO who could take care of the day to day operations so that he could focus on building out his SaaS platform and manage his team of engineers. The VC did not see the necessity of such a move.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

I built my first software company in the early days of SaaS and there were few models to go by. It is the opposite of what SaaS is supposed to be. We said to customers, “We only sell SaaS and we think that’s the right solution for you. So we took a stand. How responsive are they to your needs now?

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Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

According to Guesty, the round was led by Buran Venture Capital, and also included Magma Venture Partners and AltaIR Capital. Guesty's CEO and co-founder is Amiad Soto, and the company's other co-founder is Koby Soto.

Walnut 113

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There have been a lot of entrepreneurs here in software and other industries, and interestingly enough there seem to be more self-funded, bootstrapped firms here, rather than those looking for venture capital to get off the group. What makes us unique, is we've got an automation platform which allows you to deploy in any of those ways.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

ServiceNow , the developer of service management software led by Frank Slootman--and which started in San Diego--has launched its own venture capital arm, ServiceNow Ventures. ServiceNow Ventures said its portfolio so far includes two, prior investments by ServiceNow: Novulo and MuleSoft.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 11, 2013

While the founder was extremely competent across a number of disciplines he had confided in me that he would like to identify a capable CEO who could take care of the day to day operations so that he could focus on building out his SaaS platform and manage his team of engineers. The VC did not see the necessity of such a move.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Invest 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Our Panelist Include.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Health Data Vision , a new startup based in Burbank, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding round, to go towards its software-as-a-service platform for medical records analysis. The round was led by GRP Partners and Redhills Ventures. The firm is led by Michael Klotz.

Software 159

Software GRP Partners Burbank Platform 159

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms.

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Startup Platform Commerce San Diego 113

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

We invest in life sciences, medical devices, but we're also a generalist investing in SaaS technologies and real estate, as well. What we are looking for is platformable, scalable technologies. How did you get into venture capital, and how did you make that leap from scientist to venture capital?

Venture Capital 113

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Our platform helps health plans represent how they are performing in those two areas, which is a critical dimension of the value care movement. Our platform is changing how they think about solving that, disrupting a market which has been served by throwing lots of people at it. There's a long game as they migrate over time.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence SoCal Southern California Software 113

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked , which operates an online platform for helping companies to manage investors and is headed by Eric M. Jackson, said this week that it has rolled out several new features for the site.

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Manhattan Beach Sites Platform Help 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which operates an online platform for managing fundraising by startups, has linked with the Startup America Partnership. According to CapLinked, it will make its premium capital raising and investor reporting tools available to the more than 8,500 startups enrolled with Startup America.

Technical Review 153

Technical Review Software Review Startup Yammer 153

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2019

According to Restaurant365, it now has over 10,000 restaurants using its platform. As part of the funding, ICONIQ Partner Will Griffith has joined the company's board of directors. Restaurant365 is led by co-founder and CEO Tony Smith. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Platform Software Capital 138

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Irvine-based Kajabi , which develops a platform that helps both individuals, as well as small- and mid-sized businesses monetize online courses, training materials, and other content, has receive an investment from private equity investor Spectrum Equity. Financial details of the minority growth investment were not announced.

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Equity Funding Training Course 138

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

That led us to venture capital as opposed to trying to bootstrap ourselves. Most big companies initially rejected use of the cloud, just as they rejected SaaS solutions when we launched GoToMyPC in 2001. The ‘Santa Barbara effect’ has been interesting–we all have cute VC stories around that.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

It's a pretty diverse set of customers, who are all driven of our SaaS-based, contact engine we have created. We took the best pieces of that marketing platform, and really built upon it the elements for healthcare communications. I was surprised at how quickly we were able to get to market, from a VC perspective.

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Mobile Southern California Startup Marketing 100

Xconomy

MAY 16, 2018

After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io The three-year-old company already provides its content management system on a software-as-a-service basis (SaaS) for such customers as Sony, Acorns.com, and Rocket League, said Widmer, who took over as CEO from Zesty.io

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

San Diego-based Hone, a provider of a corporate learning platform, has raised $16M in a Series A funding round. The funding was F-Prime Capital and also included Cowboy Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Slack Fund, Gaingels, Swift Ventures, and SemperVirens. Hone is led by CEO Tom Griffiths.

Training 100

Training San Diego Class Platform 100

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2021

According to Emerged, Jay Love, the co-founder of Round One Capital, will join its board of directors. Emerged said the new funding will go to scale its software platform and for sales and marketing. Size of the investment was not announced. Emerged is led by co-founder and CEO Alison French.

Seed Funding 113

Seed Funding Funding San Diego Sales 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The funding was co-led by Index Ventures and Toba Capital, and also include VMG Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, and BoxGroup. According to Boulevard, it will use the funding to expand its team and platform. Boulevard is five years old, and was founded by Matt Danna and Sean Stavropoulos.

Software 113

Software Los Angeles Platform Funding 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2021

GoDocs is a provider of web-based legal document generation solutions for commercial lending, which provides automated loan closing document generation platform for commercial real estate, multifamily, and multiunit investment loans.

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Funding Equity Web Invest 113

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2021

Tapcart says its platform allows cusomers to create apps using drag-and-drop, codeless tools which merchants can customize for their customers. The company said it power the mobile apps for such brands as Fashion Nova, Pier One Imports, The Hundreds, Patta, Culture Kings and thousands of other companies.

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Commerce Mobile Santa Monica Tool 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2018

According to Procore, the funding will go towards product development, partner platform expansion, plus hiring. Carpinteria-based software developer Procore has raised $75M more in a funding round, bringing its valuation to a heady $3 billion, in a round led by Tiger Global Management, the firm said Thursday.

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