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JANUARY 7, 2013

Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). How to find a startup mentor.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

A conference being held this week by the OpenStack cloud software group has surfaced what looks to be a surge in cloud-based companies in Southern California, including a number of startups. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

each; Jack Dangermond , founder of map software maker ESRI, was at 158, with $2B. The last SoCal technology mogul appearing on the list was medical device mogul Alfred Mann , who was at position 277, with $1.4 According to the list, Patrick Soon-Shiong of Abraxis Bioscience was number 65, with $4.0B billion.

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APRIL 3, 2018

Monday, April 9, 2018 -- Software Test Professionals Conferenceand Expo. STPCon, Where Testers Come to Learn - The Software Test Professionals Conference is the leading event where test leadership, management, and strategy converge.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history. But its even better news for the regional SoCal innovation ecosystem. These data points provide yet more evidence that SoCal has become one of the most profound technology ecosystems in the United States.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. But where do the software development companies in Southern California congregate?

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

in healthcare software developer Welltok , which announced a big funding round this morning. The investment is the first out of IBM''s $100M "Watson Fund", which aims to invest in companies using its Watson artificial intelligence software. Miramar and Okapi are in Orange County, and Qualcomm is in San Diego.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Managing Directors: Tx Zhuo and Eva Ho Investment interests: Data, artificial intelligence-enabled technologies, and automation being applied to enterprise software, financial services, marketplace, and digital health. Fund size: $40M. HashTagOne. hashtagone.com. Fund size: $20M. www.amplify.la.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Unknown to most, however, are the details of the technical back-end operations at Breitbart.com, which powers the aggregation software and includes the expertise of a number of So-Cal technology veterans.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

In what might be one of the more unusual perks for a Southern California high tech company, LRN , a developer of enterprise compliance and ethics software, has an unlimited, paid vacation policy. The firm's policy recently came to light in a WSJ article.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Urban Airship , a startup which develops mobile analytics and engagement software, said today that it has named two executives--both of whom have had prominent roles at Santa Barbara area technology companies. The company--based in Portland--said it named Scott Allen as its CFO, and Eric Holmen as its SVP of Worldwide Sales.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Of the other four IPOs, two were from Silicon Valley firms (Imperva, Jive Software); and one from Utah (Fusion-io), and the other from Indiana (ExactTarget). Of the list of 50 startups, both San Diego's ServiceNow and fellow San Diego firm Active Network has IPOs last year, out of only a total of six IPO exits from the WSJ's list.

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MAY 10, 2012

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -- Custom Software. For many companies, custom software provides the edge they need. Custom developed software can provide all that and more. Our pros have years of time and battle tested tricks and tips that lead to success in software development. Techbiz Connection. Unique to your company.

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JULY 7, 2010

OpenCandy / Darrius Thompson - Thompson and a team with roots at DivX is taking on the open source software recommendation market with OpenCandy, which helps software developers monetize their open source, and also connects advertisers with users of relevant products. Let us know in the comments below!).

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Are there any technology innovations, gadgets/devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2019? Valuations have continued to soar from early stage through later stage at an unsustainable rate, driven by large amounts of available capital, notably the increased presence of seed funds and PE firms in software. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Impact Radius , which develops digital marketing and affiliate marketing software, has raised $30M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Silversmith Capital partners.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Were pleased to be a part of one of SoCals greatest VC-backed successes. With over a decade in leadership roles at high-performing SaaS companies like Salesforce and Smartrecruiters, I think it would be a challenge to find anyone in SoCal with stronger operating chops for B2B software companies. Scooters, scooters everywhere!

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

There’s quite a bit of truth to what Mark is saying about startup software developers, but my guess is that there’s another reason that it seems harder to find developers in this context. Second, there’s this funny perception that the cost of software development have been dramatically changed in the past few years. They haven’t.

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APRIL 23, 2010

I’ve come to realize that I have lots of posts around startup software development scattered around in different posts. Thought it would be good to capture them in one spot and also include links to related posts from other sources.

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MARCH 20, 2014

margolis jeff trizetto software enterprise healthy android iphone health acquisition merger mindbloom welltok' Welltok''s CEO, Jeff Margolis, founded health management firm TriZetto in Orange County, and later sold TriZetto to Apax Partners in a huge, $1.4 billion deal in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 28, 2011

Friday, June 3, 2011 -- CommNexus Presents:M2M Device Software A Technical Discussion on Connected Devices and Software Challenges. Porting software clients onto connected devices can be a challenge considering lack of standards and widely accepted platforms. See [link] (more)

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Glendale-based Reveleer (www.reveleer.com) is a developer of cloud-based software used for managing medical data, and recently announced a Series C funding round from investors Boston Millenia Partners and Upfront Ventures. We're backed by Upfront Ventures, which is a well known venture capital firm here in SoCal. What is Reveleer?

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APRIL 11, 2012

Local startup AnyMeeting is looking to help fellow Southern California startups out, saying this morning that it will provide free, one-year accounts to its premium, ad-free service to any employee of companies within select Los Angeles area incubators and accelerators.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Association, and has received numerous awards, including the Free Software Foundation’s Freedom Award, Fastcase 50 Award and being named one of Scientific American’s Top 50 Visionaries. See you at SCaLE12x this weekend!

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Among the technology focused firms on the list were San Clemente-based Kerosene and a Match , ranked at number 2, which is developing technology for searching for graphics, photos, and videos on the Internet; Irvine-based Private Access , a developer of software used for recruiting subjects for medical research, ranked at number 12; Yobra Linda-based (..)

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JUNE 25, 2010

Shea's Southern California headquarters in Walnut--apparently invests in early stage investments in the computer software, semiconductors, biotechnology and medical devices area, according to the J.F. Fabrinet lists Shea Ventures as one of the bigger investors in the firm, with 6.5 percent of the company. Shea web site.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Thursday, April 8, 2010 -- Software MandA: 2010 Update and Forecast plus Provocative Insights About Exit Timing. No question, the economic downturn took its toll on software industry mergers and acquisitions in 2009. The market got eerily quiet.until the fourth quarter when there was a flurry of software MandA activity.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

If you do not see your panel listed and are from SoCal let us know in the comments below and I’ll get it listed. Consumerism of business freemium software (BetterWorks). Give them a quick look over and the ones you believe would be the best to see give them a vote. Scaling thru Outsourcing.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Aydogan Ozcan developed a device which can create digital holograms of samples, using hacked cellphone software, instead of expensive microscope lenses. The last university team recognized by Popular Mechanics comes out of UCLA. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2011

Friday, April 8, 2011 -- The SEMAT Initiative and EPF : SoCal SPIN. Late in 2009, a large number of big names in the software engineering community formed a body called SEMAT, Software Engineering Method and Theory.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 -- Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00.

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MARCH 17, 2016

GoToMyPC.com : As John Greathouse, a local investor and advisor--who helped start GoToMyPC describes, during the high-tech recession of 2001 - 2003, GoToMyPC sold a substantial number of licenses of its software, specifically due to customers looking for ways to save money during the recession.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

We use a lot of open source software, and finding tech guys who can read English to keep up with all of the forums is actually more of a challenge than us speaking Chinese. Our CTO is mainland Chinese, but was educated here. Everyone else is Chinese. Language was not a problem. The bigger issue was on the other side.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. I used this when I taught software engineering. The remaining 10%, takes the other 90% of the time.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Saturday, February 26, 2011 -- Open Source Software in Education. A full day conference focused on the use of open-source software in the classroom. See [link] (more)

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JULY 12, 2011

Sherman Oaks-based GoTV Networks , the provider of mobile applications and content, has been acquired by a Texas mobile software developer, Phunware. Phunware is venture backed by Frontera Group, Siemer Ventures and Stonnington Group -- all SoCal investors. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

At SoftBank Capital, a venture capital fund, he helped with investments in mobile, digital media and enterprise software startups totaling $50 million; Ash Kumra is a business coach, speaker and entrepreneur. Wednesday, January 18, 2012 -- Building and Growing Great Businesses. Speakers: Tarang Shah is a venture capital professional.

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