TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review ! Today, Apple News offers local news coverage in 11 markets, including San Francisco, the Bay Area, New York, Houston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Miami, Charlotte, San Antonio and Washington, D.C.,” ” my colleague Aisha notes.

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Marketing Newsletter Technical Review News 246

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2012

in funding, in an interesting indication of the growing ecosystem around San Diego-based ServiceNow. Fruition--based in Chicago--said the Series A funding for the firm was led by Trident Capital, and specifically comes due to "rapid expansion and market demand" for ServiceNow's product. READ MORE>>.

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Trident Capital Services San Diego Software Review 164

Xconomy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

San Francisco-based performance management startup 15Five , whose mission is to torpedo annual performance reviews for workers and replace them with supportive weekly coaching by managers, announced today it raised $8 million in a Series A funding round. The aim is to keep employees on track. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Coach 54

Coach Software Review Software Report 54

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence).

Southern California 168

Southern California Technical Review SoCal San Diego 168

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

In contrast to some alternative lenders, the San Diego firm said it is growing fast and is consistently profitable. There is more integrity to the process,” Gilbert said, because National Funding uses traditional loan analysts as well as software to analyze and process its loan applications.

San Diego 40

San Diego Help Software Review Funding 40

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2015

Tax filing software maker Intuit said late Friday that it has been contacted by regulatory authorities, including Congress, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice, over iss with fraudulent income tax filings. READ MORE>>. intuit turbotax government investigation filing fraud cybersecurity security'

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Software Review San Diego Software Develop 100

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based Mitchell International , a provider of technology and information products for the property and casualty and collision repair industries, has scored a private equity funding from Stone Point Capital. Size of the investment was not announced. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co.

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Equity Funding Technical Review San Diego 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In a tweet this morning, PG&E said it had created an "alternate website" for customers to check for potential impacts of a power shutoff; that link goes directly to ArcGIS, the geographical information systems (GIS) mapping software developed by Esri.

Southern California 100

Southern California Software Review Outsource Development San Diego 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. iSkoot Technologies includes substantially all of the assets of San Francisco-based iSkoot, a developer of social networking and Skype-compatible voice-over-IP software for mobile phones. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 157

Social Network Software Review Technical Review IP 157

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2017

Tim Grace , who co-founded San Diego-based PointPredictive with Frank McKenna and Joe Jackson, is a startup veteran, who sold BasePoint Analytics to CoreLogic in 2009, and is a former executive from HNC Software. Tim Grace: We all get our started at HNC Software in San Diego. What is PointPredictive?

Artificial Inteligence 124

Artificial Inteligence Software Review San Diego .Net 124

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Every year my family meets in San Diego for Thanksgiving. Panic ensued as we couldn’t bring the dogs to San Diego and my brother’s three kids look forward to this great trip all year. They can read reviews, see pictures and even talk to the family before confirming. The Background. “Oh s**t.”

Venture Capital 344

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review San Diego 344

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2010

San Diego-based VMIX , which provides online video management tools for web publishers, said today that it has hired on four new executives to its Business Development team. The firm said the hires were directly due to its recent, October $2M funding round and related expansion plans. READ MORE>>.

Software Review 140

Software Review San Diego Web Tool 140

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a developer of video encoding and decoding software, said today that it had 40 percent plus revenue growth in the quarter. The firm said it is looking to grow its engineering team and workforce due to the growth. READ MORE>>.

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Media Software Review San Diego Content 133

socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2015

More than half of this quarter''s investment due to a single, nearly $1 billion investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX. Other large funding deals in the quarter included $186M invested in Lynda , $76.28M invested in San Diego''s aTyr Pharma , and $50.0M billion was invested in the region at the tail end of the dot com boom.

Southern California 100

Southern California Orange County SpaceX Statistics 100

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

This concentration is partly due to natural causes – successful startups spawn other successful startups. Partners at large venture firms generally believe that Orange County is the ideal geography for medical devices, San Diego for telecom and life sciences (along with Boston) and Silicon Valley for everything else.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

Xconomy

MAY 2, 2017

This is the direction we’re headed, according to Larry Smarr, founding director of the California Institute of Telecommunications & Information Technology at UC San Diego. In 2011, Smarr diagnosed his own Crohn’s disease long before.

San Diego 63

San Diego Technical Review Software Review Networking 63

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Echo Labs’ hybrid microscope. million in nine months. Echo Labs image).

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review San Diego Software Review 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Q3 has traditionally been a slower, venture funding quarter in Southern California, due to summer vacations and a slower work schedule for both high tech companies and venture firms during the summer months. in investments, followed by Retail Products, at $140M, and Software, at $77.8M. billion invested in Q2.

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Southern California Invest Westlake Village SoCal 196

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2009

San Diego-based KidZui , which develops kid-friendly browser software, has launched into the online video market today with a new web site, ZuiTube.com. Like KidZui's other offerings, the new site's videos are reviewed and curated by an editorial team of parents and teachers. READ MORE>>.

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Sites Software Review San Diego Screening 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. Deploying software in the cloud? RightScale.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

Biopharmaceuticals continues to drive the investment totals in Southern California, with $222M in investments; followed by Medical Devices, with $120M in investments, and Software, with $119M. funding round from Irvine's Fisker Automotive , $30M for Irvine's NeoMend , $30M for San Diego's Tandem Diabetes , and $25.0M

Southern California 160

Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles- based video sharing site Veoh Networks is looking to have users continually view and find videos on the site in their web browser, saying today that it has rolled out a new web browser add-on.

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Veoh Software Review San Diego Examples 100

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

However, San Diego-based Deal Current (www.dealcurrent.com) appears to have found a sustainable niche in the industry--not providing daily deals, but powering those multiplying deal sites, including a number of major newspaper groups. One of our clients, a San Diego newspaper, asked us to build a daily deal platform for them.

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

His message was that he realized he needed to move his girlfriend’s stuff into a storage facility due to apartment flooding. It was in San Diego and I had space in my apartment but I had a lot of extra stuff that was easier stored in a facility. They built the software. I felt bad. In stead of saying, “Poor me.

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UCSD Startup Ideas Course 340

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Even though we are both startup guys, and I've got an inner geek, and started developing and coding myself, at this point in the relationship, both from a functional and personality point of view we actually complement each other very well. My brother is in charge of the development team, and is very focused on development and coding.

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Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Xconomy

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In July 2018, my venture capital firm, Alumni Ventures Group (AVG), encountered an investment opportunity in RealSelf, a marketplace that features reviews of providers of medical aesthetics and cosmetic treatments. The opportunities beyond these markets may be richer than many realize.

Technical Review 97

Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review Platform 97

Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Palo Alto, CA-based Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR ) and Santa Clara, CA-based Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP ) said they expect the merger to close during the first quarter of 2019 if it passes an antitrust review. The goal of the combined entity is to provide a leading data platform. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Platform 93

Platform Software Review Web Pricing 93

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

One of the areas that startups and healthcare investors have turned their attention to in recent years, is leveraging the many advances in technology--wireless, smart phones, software, and more--and applying those to the health area. We spoke with CEO Kian Saneii to learn more about the firm. What's the story behind the company?

Software Review 140

Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

Xconomy

JANUARY 25, 2018

Roughly every three years, someone steps up and boldly claims the security software industry is going away, and they are probably right—much like there is a strong chance of the cold energy death of the universe. However, neither is likely tomorrow.

Software Review 43

Software Review Software Marketing Venture Capital 43

Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2019

As federal agency employees miss their first paychecks today due to the partial government shutdown that began Dec. 22, federal contractors and their workers—including technology professionals—face a loss of income that they may never recover.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Oracle Company Companies 76

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

One of the companies that has recently is On Ramp Wireless (www.onrampwireless.com), a San Diego company in the M2M market headed by Kevin Hell. We also operate the network software than runs and manages the entire network layer, from access point to end point. We have Renaissance making our chips.

Technical Review 213

Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

The San Diego firm is headed by Ethan Senturia , who sat down with us to tell us how Dealstruck is trying to help build small businesses and jobs--and also tells us a bit about what it''s like to come from a family full of very successful, and high profile entrepreneurs, and how that has influenced his experience as an entrepreneur himself.

Startup 247

Startup Software Review Entrepreneur Equity 247

Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Any year-end review of technology news must also include reports on Russian hacking of the 2016 election campaign, and the manipulation of social media channels to spread false and divisive political messages.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Social Media News Software Review 71

Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Graphcore’s big haul is a notable milestone in the recent revival of investor interest in computer hardware, due to the demand for ever-greater processing capacity that can maximize the potential of. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Technical Review 65

Technical Review Product Venture Capital Software Review 65

Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic, based in both Redwood City, CA, and Austin, TX, is one of the upstart companies benefiting from a surge of investing in the chip-making field, where the growing computational demands due to the use of AI are creating an opening for young entrepreneurs with out-of-the-box ideas.

Artificial Inteligence 77

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 77