socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2013

The startup--which currently offers services in Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, and a number of other locations, also said it plans to expand services shortly to Brentwood, Westwood, Beverly Hills and West LA. The startup is based in Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

Beverly Hills 223

Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Brentwood West Los Angeles 223

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2013

A new, Santa Monica-based startup has created a new iTunes application, Draftpedia , aimed at providing a comprehensive source for NBA and NFL Draft history, player stats, and team rosters. The app--which is free--is the brainchild of David Rabie and Joe Sarafian, two Santa Monica entrepreneurs who were born and raised in Los Angeles.

Santa Monica 227

Santa Monica Santa Barbara Statistics Seed Funding 227

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Disclaimer: Deloitte is a sponsor of socalTECH, and socalTECH sponsored Deloitte''s LA Fast 500 awards last night in Santa Monica, although that does not affect our coverage.

Southern California 199

Southern California Marina Del Rey El Segundo Santa Monica 199

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The University of California has ten campuses, of which half of them are in Southern California, including UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. Among the successes driving the creation of the fund was the IPO of Santa Monica-based Kite Pharma, which is a spinout of UCLA. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 223

Venture Capital UCLA Capital UCSD 223

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2016

The exit activity has been far and wide across the region, ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and providing stunning returns for a large list of venture and angel investors in those companies. READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Southern California Agoura Hills West Hollywood 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Sam Friedman , ParkMe (Santa Monica, mobile apps). Aaron Hirschhorn , DogVacay (Santa Monica, marketplace).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2015

Santa Monica-based Surf Air says it might put a new waitlist into effect on April 1st--due to overpopularity of some of its routes--according to emails being sent to possible customers of the firm. READ MORE>>. surfair surf membership flight travel silicon valley airline airplane'

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Santa Monica San Diego Email 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles 263

Los Angeles Marina Del Rey Woodland Hills Angel 263

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based crowdfunding site InvestedIn is announcing this morning that it has acquired Santa Barbara-based MyNewFinancialAdvisor , and is launching a new, invite-only site for premium investment opportunities. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Services 133

Services Santa Barbara Santa Monica Sites 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The full list follows: 13 EdgeCast Networks 21406% Santa Monica Alex Kazerani 15 Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 18798% San Diego Pedro Lichtinger 22 Phone Power 7642% Winnetka Ari Ramezani 23 TeleSign Corporation Software 7534% Marina del Rey Steve Jillings 26 FastSpring 6742% Santa Barbara Dan Engel 30 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

Southern California 242

Southern California Marina Del Rey El Segundo San Diego 242

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

Santa Monica-based SurfAir , the startup airline headed by Wade Eyerly which is part of the Muckerlab accelerator, is closing in on $14M in its first funding round, according to reports today.

Report 140

Report Santa Monica Funding Santa Barbara 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Santa Monica-based membership-based airline Surf Air is telling potential customers that it recently reached 1200 members for its service, which allows members to take all-you-can-fly trips between the Los Angeles, Bay Area, Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, San Diego, and other areas via its own fleet of turboprops.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Southern California Santa Monica San Diego 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online publisher of new and used vehicle pricing that is headed by Scott Painter, said Tuesday that it has acquired ALG, Inc. , ALG is based in Santa Barbara, where it will continue to be headquartered. a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings.

Truecar 150

Truecar Santa Barbara Santa Monica Pricing 150

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

for Santa Monica electric vehicle firm Coda Automotive. Father north, in Santa Barbara, Sonos scored $25.0M Tags: southern california angeles venture capital diego santa barbara startup investment finance. Other big funding deals included a big, $115.3M in a March deal.

Southern California 160

Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2011

Los Angeles based Savings.com was 135, with 2,077% growth; San Diego's ServiceNow was 260 at 1,240% growth; and Santa Monica's TrueCar was 480, with 721% growth in the last three years.

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Search Engine Optimization Angel Thousand Oaks 198

SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

Founder Dating Los Angeles LA Demo Day Startups Uncensored Tech Cofounder Dating Los Angeles TechCoastAngels Online Events Venice Tech Entrepreneurs Downtown Startups LA Startup Nights Santa Barbara Startup Weekend Silicon Beach Fest Silicon Beach Startups Los Angeles Startup Weekend Hollywood Hackday Startup Weekend Los Angeles LA Tech Happy Hour (..)

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Pasadena Startup 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The Los Angeles technology crowd turned out in full for last week's Twiistup 5 event--a showcase for startups looking for exposure and funding--with over 1,000 attendees at a private aircraft hangar at the Santa Monica airport.

Twiistup 113

Twiistup Santa Barbara Santa Monica Social Network 113

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Here's the rest. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? -The

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is based on occurrences during this time period as compared to other time periods. It also includes some other social signals such as traffic, clicks, etc.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach. I'm hoping that Baron and Kurt come up with one that's in Santa Monica / West LA. I've heard great things about their events. What's keeping you up at night?

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

Michael Pfau (Santa Barbara … Reicker Pfau). Cooley is taking on major costs not only of these professionals and the inevitable support staff that they will hire but they will also be establishing a major presence in Santa Monica where I’m told they’ve secured significant office space.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

Steve Reich

MARCH 29, 2012

Very Santa Monica…you enter off the alley, follow a series of miniature signs to find the space and Sam. inLife is a place to book fun things to do in your city… in Santa Barbara, they have kayak trips, wine tasting, yoga, happy hours, etc. First, the space. And yes, they really can book paddle yoga.

Santa Barbara 51

Santa Barbara Santa Monica Competition Entrepreneur 51

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

I look forward to meeting his wife soon and entertaining them on their next trip to Santa Barbara. A couple years ago, I got an email from the Huntley hotel in Santa Monica. I had his infamous grilled cheese. It was truly epic. We talked for an hour and became friends instantly. Maybe we’ll cook together!

Beverly Hills 100

Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Email Networking 100

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

I look forward to meeting his wife soon and entertaining them on their next trip to Santa Barbara. A couple years ago, I got an email from the Huntley hotel in Santa Monica. I had his infamous grilled cheese. It was truly epic. We talked for an hour and became friends instantly. Maybe we’ll cook together!

Beverly Hills 100

Beverly Hills Santa Barbara Email Networking 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica startup airline Surf Air has been spreading its wings in recent months and spreading the word about its initiatives at Silicon Beach events such as Social Media Week LA and Techweek LA. Surf Air’s Facebook page is currently managed by Surf Air Marketing Coordinator Mark Noble.

Social Media 89

Social Media Startup Santa Monica Santa Barbara 89

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Jordan Glazier: We did a seed round in July of 2017, led by Mucker Capital, out of Santa Monica. We were most excited about Santa Barbara and San Diego. They all recognize that word of mouth is the most potent influencer for consumers. Who is providing the funding and backing for the company?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

Surf Air (www.surfair.com), launching out of the Muckerlab startup accelerator in Santa Monica, is looking to create a new way of flying, taking aviation and combining it with the subscription model. Wade Eyerly: We will also have a couple of recreational runs, to Santa Barbara and Monterey.

Startup 240

Startup Mentor Technical Review Santa Barbara 240

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. Babak received a BA degree in Business Economics and Communications from the University of California, Santa Barbara. TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. More panelist to be announced soon. Want To Sponsor?

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of July 4th, 2011.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84