socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2019

in a seed funding round, and emerged from stealth mode, the company said today. The startup said it is developing AI agents which will learn users' travel preferences via their calendars, emails, and photos, as well as their social media and in-app interactions. Nervana Systems was acquired in 2016 by Intel.

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Artificial Inteligence San Diego Seed Funding Social Media 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in the seed round of a startup, New Knowledge , which developed the artificial intelligence software which uncovered a large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S. As part of the investment, Kelly Perdew, the founder of Moonshots Capital, has joined the board of New Knowledge.

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Capital Invest Artificial Inteligence Startup 149

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2013

The Hunt says it is developing a community-driven, online shopping site, focused on making social media photos "shoppable". The site--reminiscent of Pinterst--helps users find products features from other social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr. READ MORE>>.

Hollywood 164

Hollywood Sites Social Media Seed Funding 164

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

As discussed in Why I Passed On Twilio , VC's love to talk about their successes, but seldom publicly acknowledge their mistakes. It is far more detrimental to one’s returns to make investments in companies which fail to return capital. However, passing on a killer investment is not the worst error an investor can make.

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Venture Capital Email Invest Services 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based Social Rewards , which operates an online, loyalty program which rewards users for social media activity for brands, has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round. Social Rewards was founded by Joseph Morin and Mike Uesugi.

Tech Coast Angels 164

Tech Coast Angels Seed Funding Social Media Los Angeles 164

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. Jeff Solomon and Chris Olson are often the last guys to turn out the lights and the first ones in the door on any given morning.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The best case I’ve seen is our portfolio company Osmo who had already built the product but used crowd-funding to handle inventory management, supply-chain logistics and perfecting the final version of the product. Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital.

Press 319

Press Startup Writing Training 319

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults.

Incubator 197

Incubator Content Education Seed Funding 197

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. Another company, Tribe , has similarly raised VC to grow its American footprint. In fact, new funds have launched there with expertise in the category. million Series A in March.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

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. Jeff Solomon and Chris Olson are often the last guys to turn out the lights and the first ones in the door on any given morning.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

Clearly, globally, data is coming out of the explosion of cloud, mobile, social media, and healthcare areas. We have our own small seed fund, which we trigger to fund that company and hire a team, a CEO and a CTO. Why is Big Data taking off, and why the interest in this area? It's just exploding.

Incubator 208

Incubator Startup CTO Hire Ideas 208

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

As an employer in the Social Media age I find it ground breaking.” Bootstrapping or seed funded? We received some incubation from 42 Engine, but beyond this will start looking for VC in 2013. .” Gary Willmott. Co Founder of Urbian. ” Gareth McGuire. CEO/founder, Breed. What are your 2013 plans?

Startup 71

Startup Incubator Marketing Seed Funding 71

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens. The Dry Run.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

My 1,000th Post on This Blog - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , July 21, 2010 HTML5 video markup, compatibility and playback - Niall Kennedy's Weblog , February 8, 2010 Your Product Needs a Soul - ArcticStartup , February 12, 2010 Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Part 1: Inside the mind of an angel investor and how it differs from professional seed investors and VC. At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. Entrepreneurs should also use social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Angel vs VC? - Here’s why.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217