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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online site which lets users rank, view, vote, and share their opinions on a wide range of topics, announced today that it has raised $2M in a follow on investment round. The company said the proceeds will go towards hiring, platform expansion, and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Ranker , which is backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Data Collective, Gil Elbaz, Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, has hit 1 million votes on its site in January, the company said last week. The company did not provide exact details on traffic growth. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based Vokle , a provider of an online platform to host interactive broadcasting and discussions, is powering an online town hall meeting hosted by former Vice President Al Gore for Time Warner Cable, according to the firm's investors, the Tech Coast Angels. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Hollywood-based Ranker , the online startup headed by Clark Benson, said today that it is now seeing over 1 million unique monthly visitors to its web site. Benson was the founder of eCrush, which he sold to Hearst in 2006; Ranker is backed by Benson, Siemer Venture Capital, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2012

The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

The site--which uses advertising to offset providing web conferencing services at no charge--said the new YouTube video feature lets users copy and paste the URL of any YouTube video into a conference, including allowing for pausing or skipping ahead in videos.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2008

San Diego-based BrightQube, an angel-backed stock photo search site, has updated its web services to make it easier for photo buyers to find images. BrightQube rolled out its new web site earlier this week, adding such features as pop-up search tips, new navigation options, filtering, and other features. READ MORE>>

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based Pagewoo , the mobile advertising startup founded by Holden Steinberg and Jason Crilly, has quietly scored a round of funding, which was disclosed by the Tech Coast Angels this morning. Financial details of the angel funding round, which closed earlier this year, have not been announced.

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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 company is backed by Mohr Davidow, Mission Ventures, The Tech Coast Angels, Ron Conway, and others. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2011

Los Angeles-based HitFix , an online entertainment news site, announced today that it has closed on a $2M investment round. The new round was led by Golden Seeds, and also included prior investors the Tech Coast Angels. The company said it will use the round to accelerate growth in its service.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , the provider of free web conferencing and webinar services, has updated its site, in a major update for the service. AnyMeeting is headed by Costin Tuculescu, and is backed by both the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based HitFix , the entertainment news site headed by Jennifer Sargent and backed by angel groups the Tech Coast Angels and Golden Seeds, said today that it is in a strategic partnership with film and awards blog In Contention.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Encino-based SodaHead , the social news and question and answer site headed by Jason Feffer, told its users today that it is launching a major redesign this week. According to the site, it is improving the look and feel of its site, adding polls with an interactive map feature, and improving the layout of pages. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

Los Angeles-based film, TV, and entertainment site HitFix said today that it has snagged the former General Manager for Digital for The Hollywood Reporter, Alex Boyce, as its new Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy. HitFix is an online entertainment site led by Gregory Ellwood and Jennifer Sargent.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

In an interesting application of a live, streaming video site, Santa Monica-based Vokle , the online, interactive live events service headed by Robert Kiraz, announced today that it is hosting a live singing competition on its site. Vokle is backed by the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the provider of in-home and on-site technical support and services headed by Eric Greenspan, said today that it has inked a deal to offer up its services for sale at Costco Wholesale Corporation locations in Southern California. Make It Work is angel backed by the Tech Coast Angels and other investors.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based HitFix , an online web site focused on entertainment news and information, has raised $1.6M in a new funding round, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels. Pikover was founder of Access360 and a co-founder at Xylan and is an active angel investor in the Southern California area.

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MAY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hitfix , the entertainment news site co-founded by Jennifer Sargent and Gregory Ellwood, announced this morning that it has launched its first iPad app. Hitfix is backed by Golden Seeds, Tech Coast Angels, Liquid Capital Group, along with other angels. The app is free. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

merchants through its app, which allows users to send both physical and digital gift cards via the popular Facebook social networking site. Friendgiftr is backed by angel investors, including individuals from the Tech Coast Angels, and is using gift card provider iCard Systems for its fulfillment. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the on site technical support and computer repair service headed by Eric Greenspan, said Monday that it has switched its services to a new fixed-price, per-service model. The shift is a significant one for the firm, which previously offered up it services for an hourly service charge to its customers.

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JULY 25, 2011

The two said that SpaFinder has been displaying MINDBODY's inventory of fitness, Yoga, Pilates, and martial art studios on the site since February, but just added online booking last week. MINDBODY is venture backed by Bessemer Venture Partners , Catalyst Investors , the Pasadena Angels , Tech Coast Angels and Frontera Capital.

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JUNE 24, 2009

Irvine-based eGuardian , a provider of service aimed at protecting children on the web, has partnered with safety education firm i-SAFE, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels. eGuardian develops technology for verifying the age, gender, and location of children on web sites.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

MINDBODY said the daily deals feature allows business owners to create their own deals, and distribute them through a network of over 500 daily deal sites, directly from its software. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Voivoda says that Babajov has ties to the Band of Angels, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Keiretsu Forum Angel networks. VoiVodaLabs says on the site that the cost of space at its incubator starts at $350 a month for a workstation, with private offices from $1000 a month.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based HitFix , the online film, TV, and entertainment news site founded by Gregory Ellwood and Jennifer Sargent, said today that it has closed a funding round. Hitfix said the round included investors Golden Seeds, Tech Coast Angels, Liquid Capital Group and a number of prominent individual angels.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Zubican , an online business-to-business marketplace, has been acquired by Inuvo, a Florida-based provider of performance-based online marketing services, Inuvo announced Monday. in seed funding from the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based MyShape , the online personalized fashion and women's clothing firm, has shut down. According to a message on the firm's site, it is "temporarily suspending its retail operations" and is no longer offering products.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Carlsbad-based Dayak , an angel-backed operator of an online recruiting and jobs site, has been acquired. in funding, from such backers as Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, NextStage Capital, and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Those avatars could be used in virtual worlds, video clips, video games, and for social networking sites. Big Stage, which was once known as Clone, was venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2010

The company said it will provide services such as site hosting, domain registration, social media strategy, blog installation, email newsletters, and other social media help to companies. The firm is backed by The Tech Coast Angels, Frontera Capital, Somera Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

According to the site, its new section--Style Me--will offer fashion tips, stories, and information on the latest fashion trends. MyShape is venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 11, 2009

According to SodaHead.com, the site is looking to create a forum to discuss breaking news and "hot topics" which are important to users on the site. The site--which originally started as a question-and-answer site along the lines of Yahoo Answers--said it now has a community of 2.5 READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

Monday, January 24, 2011 -- "Growing your Community with Alexis Ohanian" Tech Coast Angels Meet The Angels. Learn all the secrets that Alexis did to make reddit.com one of the top social media sites online! Online event. How do you grow your websites userbase to 8M/monthly?

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APRIL 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based Sodahead , the online question and answer site backed by Mission Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels, said Monday that it has tied together in a strategic partnership with Technorati. Technorati is an online site which provides a way to search and browse blog posts.

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JULY 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based SodaHead.com , an online site focused on a combination of news discussion and questions and answers, announced today that the firm has connected the site to Facebook, Twitter, and Yahoo.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

As part of the funding release, the firm disclose that so far, it has installed more than 1200 of its units at residential and commercial sites. Cyber-Rain is also backed by the Tech Coast Angels; it's unclear what the level of involvement of the TCA was with the new funding. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2011

Tech Coast Angels. Monday, May 9, 2011 -- The Art of Leveraging and Maximizing LinkedIn. Join Barbara and LinkedIn expert Neal Schaffer as he shares with us concrete steps to help optimize your LinkedIn presence and start integrating it as an effective and natural way to do business. and Neal Schaffer is here to help!

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