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AUGUST 31, 2011

Los Angeles-based Invested.in , the developer of crowdfunding software, has inked a deal to power an Israeli crowdfunding site, JCrowd. The new site allows anyone to create a project and solicit donations from friends and others. Invested.in READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2013

Los Angeles-based Prevoty , a developer of security tools for preventing cross-site scripting (XSS), a security issue for websites, has raised $700,000 in seed funding, the firm disclosed today. prevoty cross site scripting venture capital security software launchpadla launchpad' The firm is part of Launchpad LA. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based SodaHead , the developer of online polling services and software, has just launched a major upgrade to the company''s polling software for WordPress. The new software is available through WordPress , and competes directly against such tools as Wp-Poll and Polldaddy. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Instead, he''s one of the key angel investors in a new, crowdfunding site called Ramen , which launched this week at Calacanis'' Launch Conference, saying that it has raised a seed funding from Calacanis, Naval Ravikant (AngelList), and Matt Cutler, to bring its online crowdfunding service for software projects to market. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2011

Los Angeles-based Invested.in , the crowd funding software firm headed by Alon Goren, has partnered with a site focused on Jewish and Israeli causes. and JCrowd.com said they would launch a site for JCrowd in April, which will help provide Jewishh-themed projects with a way to manage online fundraising. Invested.in

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MAY 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based Crowdfunder , an online crowd funding site headed by Chance Barnett, has raised $400,000 in seed funding, according to reports today. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

A new, online coupon software "bookmarklet" called Koupon Kitty --backed by Juvo Capital, the investment firm of Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao--said it launched Wednesday, to help consumers find the best coupon codes for various e-commerce sites.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

Newport Beach- and Tel Aviv-based Memeni , which develops a social software plaform to help brands create their own, online communities, has raised $2.5M Memeni's software lets brands create their own online community of users. in an angel investment round, the company disclosed Tuesday. Names of those investors were not announced.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

San Diego-basd Miva Merchant , the provider of e-commerce software, said this morning that it has acquired MerchantTutorials.com , a website featuring videos about Miva's own e-commerce software. Miva Merchant said it acquired the site from founder and owner Chuck Lasker. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

in a funding round, for the company''s software for automatically improving site layout and advertising revenue. Ezoic''s software automatically changes the layout of a site, based on how users are interacting with that site, plus what kind of device they''re using to browse a site, using multivariate testing.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Covario , a developer of search engine marketing and search engine optimization software, said today that it has launched a new product focused on creating mobile web sites. According to the firm, its new product--Mobile COntent Optimizer--helps advertisers create mobile-friendly web sites. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2014

the startup studio and incubator run by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones, has acquired longtime social bookmarking site Delicious , the company disclosed this morning. systems avos youtube software jones michael acquisition merger bookmarking social delicious' Santa Monica-based Science, Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Two, Hollywood heavyweights--the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and William Morris Endeavor (WME) --are backing an online site which provides live workshops from experts. Lynda.com recently raised a humongous, $103M funding round in January, and just acquired another video education site in Europe in February. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Laguna Beach-based Edgemesh says it has upgraded its product Edgemesh Server product line to specifically help e-commerce customers before the holiday rush. The company said its product now offers up a new image optimization feature, which helps decrease image download sizes by 39%.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

ReachLocal said its new ReachEdge product includes a website, lead management software, and mobile application specifically aimed at converting web site visitors into leads and customers for companies. reachlocal marketing software leads management launch advertising saas' Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2014

San Diego-based TaxJar , a developer of online software which helps manage sales tax payments for online retailers, said this morning that it has raised $600,000 from angel investors. software saas compliance government state online ecommerce sales funding angel capital venture taxjar' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Santa Monica-based auto information site Edmunds.com is extending its outreach to third party software developers, and is offering up affiliate payments of five dollars per new car lead generated by its API partners, the company said this week. edmunds automotive information software developers' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2013

Tipalti develops software-as-a-service to streamline mass payments for affiliate networks, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding sites, and others, helping companies pay vendors using a variety of payment methods (direct deposit, ACH, PayPal, checks, prepaid card, etc.) tipalti affiliate tracking saas software financial cake partnership'

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JUNE 15, 2018

Redlands-based Esri , the developer of geographical information systems (GIS) software, has applied its tools to the World Cup, with a new "Story Map" of high resolution satellite imagery of the 12 World Cup venues.

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APRIL 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures has lead another round in San Francisco-based online appointment booking site MyTime , as parto f a $9.25M Series B. mytime venture capital online marketplace appointment small business tool software cloud market' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. MindTouch's software provides customer support search tools, product information, and more to end users.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Aggregage , the online content aggregation and publishing startup headed by Robert Flynn, has announced a deal with professional society The Sales Association , to run a targeted vertical site called SalesProCentral aimed at sales and business development professionals.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based Sometrics , a developer of analytics tools for online game developers, reported recently that it has signed on gaming site Ijji.com as a customer. Tags: advertising software gaming analytics social online ijji games sometrics. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , the online avatar software site developed by Darwin Dimensions, said Thursday that it has launched a new web site that allows end users to create avatars for social media sites like Facebook and MySpace.

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MAY 4, 2012

Ojai, California-based Lynda.com , the online education site providing online training on a variety of software, ranging from PhotoShop to AutoCAD and much more which was founded by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, is now topping $70M in annual revenues, according to reports. The new revenue numbers came via TechCrunch. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA is targeting e-commerce site owners this morning with a new product, the company said. The firm said its new CloudCache.com content delivery network service is aimed at e-commerce site owners, and offers up to 200 gigabytes of bandwidth for prices starting at $12.00

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MARCH 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage , the content aggregation and publishing startup headed by Robert Flynn, has launched two new sites, the firm said this week. Aggregage said that it has launched Leadership Digital , a new site focused on leadership and management, and Working Smarter Daily.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Carlsbad-based Breach Security , a developer of Internet security software, has released the results of a security report, saying that nineteen percent of all online attacks in 2009 so far have been based on social networking sites. web sites to launch their hacking attempts. web sites to launch their hacking attempts.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Predixion Software , a new startup headed by Simon Arkell, has raised $800,000 as part of an ongoing $3.0M Predixion--which is still in stealth mode--is developing software around predictive, behavioral analytics and data mining. Tags: microsoft mining data seed capital venture software predixion. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Green Sherpa said Wednesday that the firm has officially launched its online personal finance software. The company said that its software offers expense tracking, budgeting, and planning, as well as ways to collaborate with spouses, CPAs, and financial planners. personal finance sites like Mint.com and Wesabe.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , the developer of software-as-a-service, web content management tools headed by Jim Howard, said today that it has rolled out a major upgrade to its platform. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Los Angeles-based Workpop (www.workpop.com) thinks so.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , a developer of software-as-a-service tools for project management, said Thursday that it has linked with John Jantsch's Duct Tape Marketing, to provide a custom version of its software to Duct Tape Marketing. Tags: marketing tape duct management project software saas desktop central. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based MeFeedia , the online video discovery site headed by Frank Sinton, is shifting its focus to a new, software and platform play, with the launch of Beachfront Builder today. The shift comes four years after the initial launch of Mefeedia's video search site. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 28, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Darwin Dimensions , developer of the Evolver web-based tool for building 3D avatars, said this week that it has linked with Dassault Systemes and its 3DVIA software. The site is aimed at creative professionals, casual game developers and 3D enthusiasts. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2010

San Diego-based DivX announced today that it has released a new, updated version of its video player software for the Windows platform. The software is free and available on the DivX web site. Tags: codec encoding video software divx. READ MORE>>.

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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. The firm said its new site offers kid-friendly video content through a YouTube-like user interface; and, in fact, the site is powered by YouTube through a developer's license.

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