Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

So we stayed close to our investment themes of: healthcare, fintech, computer vision, marketing technologies, video game infrastructure, sustainability and applied biology and we have partners that lead each practice area. I think most people know we’re HQ’d in LA (Santa Monica to be exact) but we invest nationally and internationally.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 13, 2016

Santa Monica-based salary comparison startup Comparably , which is led by startup veteran Jasaon Nazar, has run a survey of over 10,000 technology employers, to help break down some information about the pay gap between men and women.

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Santa Monica Report Education Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. We moved from our loft in Venice to a new tech campus in Santa Monica. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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Riot Games Southern California Startup Santa Monica 133

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. Jamie Montgomery: If you study cycles and study economic history, and I've had that privilege, there are short cycles and long cycles. Tell us a little bit about the new fund?

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Funding Capital Artificial Inteligence Startup 160

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We have a number of locations, including one in Santa Monica, one in Pasadena, one in Downtown, and one in El Segundo and the South Bay Area. In Silicon Beach, and in Santa Monica, we've adapted to that community as far as staffing and circumstance. Cross Campus is really a community oriented around coworking.

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El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

Santa Monica-based Gigmor (www.gigmor.com) is an online marketplace for musicians, and recently expanded beyond connecting musicians with each other, to connecting musicians with venues, club organizers, and others. I've also been in technology since I was AOL in the 90's. What is Gigmor? I've been in bands for a long time.

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Startup Metrics Offshore Sites 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. They teamed up with Dr. Julie Edge, who received a grant from The Kauffman Foundation to conduct the first study on cofounder relationships. I wanted to give back to my community in the D.C.

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Entrepreneur Santa Monica Startup CTO Hire 87

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Since that time the speed at which companies have developed both technologically and from a business perspective has been nearly as staggering as the 760 mph system itself. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies collaborates with over 800 field experts from around the world.

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SpaceX Design Technology Competition 102

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Santa Monica-based Fundable (www.fundable.com) is a newly launched, crowdfunding site which is headed by local entrepreneur Wil Shroter. Gene Dolgoff: After years of research and development, we have developed technology which converts two dimensional video to 3D. Then, there is our system.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. join us in proving there’s more than one place in California to create great technology. The EA works closely with the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UCLA.

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UCLA Southern California Santa Monica Pricing 104

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

We invite you to the Second Annual Digital Family Reunion on Wednesday, December 2nd at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica from 6-11pm.

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Fandango CarsDirect Case Study Santa Monica 124

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25 There is real technology underneath the hood for a personalized experience at Tapiture. We are able to correlate the connection between commerce and content through our technology. We can connect the dots,” said Ellis.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

TOP STORIES : —Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: KITE ) released data from an ongoing non-hodgkin lymphoma trial that, while early, bolster the view that the Santa Monica, CA, company could be the first to market with a cell-based immunotherapy product known as CAR-T. TheStreet.com has more here. Phase 3 trials should start next year.

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Avalon Thousand Oaks Study Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Join us for an evening of demonstrations from vetted technology startups, followed by an inspiring keynote from Two Bit Circus Co-Founder, Brent Bushnell. Two Bit Circus combines engineering, education, and amusement to create physical marvels fueled by technology. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

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UCLA Santa Monica Mobile Web 97

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. That network effect is a subtle but has a powerful effect with all this new technology.

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Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

To solve that issue, Santa Monica-based TigerText (www.tigertext.com) has been developing smartphone applications which replace SMS, and provide companies with the ability to control, delete, encrypt, and otherwise gain control of the messaging between their employees. What''s the biggest lesson you''ve learned, as an entrepreneur?

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Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Lilly will continue the study, but the news puts distance between abemaciclib and two similar, rival cancer drugs from Pfizer (palbociclib (Ibrance)) and Novartis (ribociclib)). Both Pfizer and Novartis stopped Phase 3 trials of their drugs early because they were clearly benefitting breast cancer patients. .

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Google Technical Review News Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

It’s a promotional video for a technology company. Instead, we’ve matured and grown our technologies and sales infrastructure to a point where the intersection between where we are and where we want to be is perfect to facilitate growth. . Ophir considers GumGum as part technology and part media company.

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Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

Fifty percent of college graduates wish they studied something else after they graduate, and 42 percent of employers don't think those students are workforce ready. Our CTO is from the USC Insitute of Creative Technologies. Companies spend $133 billion a year in the U.S. on recruiting, just to have them come in and then leave.

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Help Education CTO Coach Startup 100

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Rob Farrow: Lots of what goes on in technology happens on the West Coast. in creation and development of new technologies, trends, fashion, style, and communications. Rob Farrow: The average user is a great case study for us. California is the biggest part of the U.S. They're the middle of the bell curve.

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Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now.

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Conference Entertainment Startup Digital Hollywood 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. 33:15 Have you noticed a change from 2003 to now in the “serendipity factor” of Santa Monica? I saw a study out of the Kauffman foundation that said the rate of startups in LA is higher than anywhere else in the country.

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279