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JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Mahalo / Jason Calacanis - Calacanis, often known better in Silicon Valley than Southern California, had his last success in Weblogs, Inc.,

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MARCH 12, 2020

The company's remote learning tools are used by schools to manage remote learning for K-12 students. The company--formerly known as GradeSlam--said the funding was led by Reach Capital, and also included Bullpen Capital, along with Birchmere Ventures, BDC Capital, Real Ventures, Google, Red House Education, Edovate Capital, and Anges Quebec.

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JULY 9, 2019

Hedges is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, who was most recently President and CEO of Velocify. Hedges served in that position until its recent acquisition by Ellie Mae. Hedges also previously has served at Bain & Company, Accenture.com, and Ogilvy & Mather.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A group of San Diego angel and venture capital investors have launched their very own television show--which is airing on local cable channels--focused on investments in Southern California--called VCs in a Van , which will air on local Cox, Time Warner, and Spectrum channels.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Southern California is often criticized for having too many startups which only revolve around brand, celebrity, ecommerce, and. We've identified ten of the more technically interesting companies working on software in Southern California, using our unscientific, unproven, and undoubtedly biased informal polling.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. The last area my team is responsible for, is what we call our site merchandising tools. These tools allow our business users to manage our virtual stores.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

My team is responsible for building tools to help improve the online customer experience, whether that's through native apps, devices, or the web. The last area my team is responsible for, is what we call our site merchandising tools. These tools allow our business users to manage our virtual stores.

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San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

According to the company, the funding will go to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, which provides the LAFD with fire-prevention tools, equipment and resources to help protect homes and save lives.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion.

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Southern California Commerce Acquisition .Net 133

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

The company’s event and blog posts all focus on the various rendering tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. It’s worth noting that Microsoft Azure already offers a region in Southern California, though AWS does not.

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Los Angeles Google Angel Entertainment 207

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JULY 28, 2017

The company specifically said it has launched a new, malware search component within the tool, CrowdStrike Falcon MalQuery, which it says gives its customers access to more than 560TB of malware for use in malware research. The company is one of Southern California's unicorn companies , worth more than $1 billion at its last funding.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 -- Google Apps: Tools for Collaboration, Time and Tasks Management, and More. Russell Fischer Business Collection, Camarillo Library.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based AutoGravity , which offers up purchasing and financing tools for auto dealers and consumers, has launched its very own, subscription-based, "flexible car usage" service it is calling Turn , the company said today. The company says that vehicles are delivered directly to a customer's door, with returns also a very simple process.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

The company provides technology-enabled real estate services, driven by workflow automation software, artificial intelligene, and other tools focused on both home buying and selling. Reali announced a $20M, Series B funding in July which it said it would specifically use for the expansion to Southern California.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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Hollywood Cloud Computing Netflix Google 254

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Over the last 10 years or so, businesses have used disconnected point tools to do different parts of the analytic process. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

TechZulu is helping the Southern California tech community out by listing all the great panels. 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. Tips and Tools for Managing Virtual Teams (Tecca). Videos: Streaming Live is LIVE for Good (Daily Motion).

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Southern California SoCal Guide Mixergy 89

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

In one of the newest "hackathons" to hit Southern California, a group of companies are looking to draw Orange County software developers to a new hackathon, geared around WebRTC, the open "Web Real Time Communications" framework aimed at helping developers create voice and video chat applications.

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Orange County Web Development Web Develop 208

SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2009

Just read this article - Twitter sees tools, not ads, for revenue That could be really bad news. Part of the appeal of twitter is that it's a fairly open platform and that there are a lot of people building tools that live on top of the platform. In fairness, I often go back and forth on Twitter. Curious any thoughts.

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Tool Social Network Platform News 150

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Home buyers in Southern California have yet another place to search for mortgages, as of yesterday: Google. Google said it has rolled out a new mortgage comparison tool , Google Compare for U.S.

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Google Southern California Tool Services 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Rincon Venture Partners , the Santa Barbara-based venture capital fund run by Jim Andelman , John Greathouse , and Brian Kelly , has led the investment in a developer of social recruiting software tools for companies, The Resumator. Resumator develops social media recruiting tools, which helps startups find and recruit employees.

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Santa Barbara Southern California Social Media Venture Capital 157

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MARCH 5, 2013

One of the hottest sectors in Southern California's high tech world in the last couple of years has been video--namely, Internet video and content creation.

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Bertelsmann Downey GRP Partners Southern California 191

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. AI is not replacing humans; AI is an add-on support tool that enables workers to address issues more efficiently while freeing up their time to tackle more complex matters.

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Artificial Inteligence Southern California Customer Custom 160

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

In what looks to be the largest funding round for Southern California in a very long while, Los Angeles-based NantHealth , the life sciences and technology firm started by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said Wednesday that it has raised a total of $320M in it Series B funding. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Southern California Edison , the electric utility which serves a significant chunk of the Southern California, is ramping up its preparation for electric vehicle deployment, saying today that it has launched a new online tool to help its customers estimate the cost of charging their plug-in electric vehicle.

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APRIL 23, 2013

To do that, it has snagged the funding of Data Collective, Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, a new Southern California venture capital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. Size of the funding round was not announced.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 15, 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 -- Mobile Productivity Tools for Business. Come to listen and engage with our expert panel in a discussion about how Mobile Productivity Tools are changing the nature of work and how mobile devices are primary tools for knowledge workers, today and in the future. Techbizconnection. See [link] (more)

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

“Being the largest enterprise tech outcome ever here, we’re just one of so many great deep technology companies who are paving the way for the next generation of SoCal based start ups. Together with Signal Sciences, we will give developers modern security tools designed for the way they work.”.

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Culver City SaaS Los Angeles Social Network 249

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Based in Los Angeles, AppOnboard sees itself as one of a new breed of LA startup that’s steeping itself in the local ecosystem and trying to be one of the cornerstone’s for a new technology hub in the southern California region. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur.

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Google Los Angeles Southern California Platform 213

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

Two local venture capital funds here in Southern California have backed Janrain , a developer of user management software tools used by websites to better manage registration and site visitors.

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Anthem Southern California Venture Capital Tool 147

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 15, 2011

Friday, January 21, 2011 -- TechAmerica Presents: Better, Faster, Leaner: Strategies and Tools for Continuous Improvement in Accounting/Finance. Financial Executives today are faced with increased responsibilities and a smaller resources base with which to achieve their goals. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Paperless Tools. In this presentation we'll discuss the technology and programming behind recognizing and creating structured and unstructured forms. See [link] (more).

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Tool Technology 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

He is well known in the Southern California Technology scene for his work producing the Digital Family event series, along with the MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) series. I've recently co-founded the first political social network FreedomSpeaks and CitySourced.com a real time mobile civic engagement tool.

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Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Mike Sanders, PMP and IT Manager at Southern California Edison, will discuss multitasking in today?s He also will present proven methods and tools to improve task performance and measurements for advanced multitasking or ? s fast-paced work environment at the Nov. 13, 2012, meeting of the Project Management Institute?s

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PMI Orange County Southern California Tool 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everbridge , a developer of emergency notification tools which was founded and still has major operations in both Glendale and Pasadena, has had an IPO, raising $90M for the company and marking another major, SoCal linked technology startup exit in what has been a busy year for deals.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Friday, February 11, 2011 -- Wiki-based Tools for Software Engineering. For the past several years, USC's Center for Systems and Software Engineering (CSSE) has been using tools hosted on the MediaWiki engine, or Wiki-based tools, to support its activities. The tools are related project scoping and management activities.

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Software Engineering Tool Software USC 100

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

In the latest "hackathon" to hit Southern California, the Film Independent Forum has just announced a new Movie Hackathon , hosted by Zach James' ZEFR , which will look to spur programmers to create new, engagement experiences and tools for filmmakers and film lovers.

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Technology Southern California Startup Content 185