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APRIL 8, 2014

It seems like that background matches well to the popularity of crowdsourced hardware on Kickstarter and other sites, do you play there? With Los Angeles growing, with San Diego as the hub of telecom and software, with lots of talent that Gerard mentions coming out of the school here; there''s lots of potential. Why not Los Angeles?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Threatcare says it provides breach and attack simulation, antivirus assessment, credit card exfiltration, and many other simulations to help organizations evaluate cybersecurity software--to see how effective those tools are, before an actual breach. seed funding in that firm. Moonshots led the $1.4M

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Placevine operates an online site where both marketers and concent producers can find opportunities for product placement and sponsorships. The firm was co-founded by Adam Erlebacher and Greg Neichin, who were both involved in Colloquois and GetActive Software, which both saw successful acquisitions. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25

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APRIL 24, 2019

However, in the technical arena--as a programmer, developer, or software engineer--it's hard to tell from a resume how good you really are. Shane Bernstein: We're looking at things from a lot of different sites, and using big data to process them. That includes hundreds of thousands of sites on the web today.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based GoMeta , a new, augmented reality startup being led by serial entrepreneur Dmitry Shapiro, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, and launched its app out of beta. The funding came from Mike Jones (Science Inc., MySpace) as well as Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney). READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

You can’t start and run a business these days with a working knowledge and access to online and standalone tools, including a word processor, spreadsheet editing, and presentation software. Raising money is difficult, even with the best idea, so don’t assume any entitlement to loans, grants, or seed funding.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

QR codes are three dimensional barcodes which can be recognized by mobile phones to connect users with web sites and other information. Los Angeles-based ShareSquare , a new startup focused on the QR Code creation area, has launched its services this week, focusing on helping musicians and entertainers create QR codes.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Ride Report creates software that enables cities to work with micromobility operators. Via has two sides of its business: a consumer-facing shuttle and a “partnerships” division that sells its software platform to cities and transit authorities that allows them to deploy their own shuttles. Other deals: Qcraft.ai

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JULY 16, 2012

The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. Does this look like a Facebook page, or is this a separate site? Jeremy Gocke: Fliptu is a separate site and community. Gocke told us more about the company and what it's doing.

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MAY 18, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MySocialNightLife.com (www.mysocialnightlife.com) announced a seed funding round, and its technology platform for the nightclub and bar industry. Where is the site now? What are you doing with your seed funding? What is MySocialNightLife all about?

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. Everyone else is Chinese.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Prior to launching the Accelerator, Jeff conceived and built Leads 360 in his spare time while running his software consultancy, ThinkLogic. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 16, 2012

According Knowmia, more than 7,000 free video lessons have been uploaded on the Knowmia site for use by college students and or concerned parents. Knowmia is a Y Combinator startup and is self and seed funded. The post Knowmia | Win Win for College Students, Parents & Teachers appeared first on TechZulu.

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OCTOBER 12, 2015

It's not all that often that you hear of a local startup being acquired after only raising less than $1M in funding, because the company was growing so fast, rather than because an idea didn't pan out. Kixer develops mobile advertising software which helps publishers and connects mobile web users with apps. Keith Bonnici: No!

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Prior to launching the Accelerator, Jeff conceived and built Leads 360 in his spare time while running his software consultancy, ThinkLogic. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program. For those not familiar with accelerators and MuckerLab, explain what it's all about?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 20, 2015

Attendees are treated to unique behind-the-curtain one-hour presentations that for the LA festival included everything from meditating with Headspace, to watching eCommerce site Nordstromrack.com demo how a garment goes from the factory, to a photo shoot and into the online merchandising section. “We are new to L.A. NewCo just secured $1.7

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MAY 21, 2009

Brian Nilles, the firm's CEO, is no stranger to the 3D animation and computer graphics market, having served for ten years as CEO of Vicon Motion Capture, and he sat down with us to chat Darwin Dimensions and what's special about the firm's avatar software. Tell us about the company and how started? Brian Nilles: It is a difficult problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The only other ways to get discovered was to have good organic search results or to get covered by a major blog site. So far at the company I have raised seed funds of $500,000 of which $470,000 is still in the bank so I’m in pretty good shape. Consumer approach to software for business users. And covered we did.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Off to the Races StrongMail is a digital messaging infrastructure software company.

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