Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

Yekra also allows creators to establish an exclusivity rights period and set up distribution to other platforms including Netflix and Hulu Plus. The company has been funded for $3.1M The post Yekra’s Digital Rights Distribution and AffiliateConnect Platform Raises $3M appeared first on TechZulu.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Paul Allen founded Stratolaunch in 2011. Stratolaunch says its goal is to develop a platform to make access to low Earth orbit (LEO) more convenient, more reliable, and routine.

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MAY 28, 2015

round this morning, from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, along with NEA, Upfrot Ventures, First Round Capital, and the company's other exiting ivnestors. GumGum offers up an in-image, advertising platform which allows advertisers to place ads within photos, in a contextually relevant way. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011. Hulu is jointly owned by NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox, and The Walt Disney Company.

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JULY 16, 2015

The company said the funding actually came over the last few years, with backing from such investors as Parana Management Corp. The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode. Readz is led by Bart De Pelsmaeker. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2013

MarketShare, which is co-led by Wes Nichols and Jon Vein, said the financing will go towards its technology platform and accelerate growth in markets worldwide. Elevation Partners invested in MarketShare in 2011. The firm said it was advised by LUMA Partners in the deal. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

Irvine-based Local Corporation , the online local business guide operator headed by Health Clarke, said this morning that it had "record" fourth quarter 2011 search traffic. The firm said it is now seeing 93.7 million monthly unique visitors to its network of sites, up from 91.9M monthly unique visitors in Q3.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. And all the platform stuff. So What Does All This Mean?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. Leveraging mobile application and online platform.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Enterprise software startup Classy, which developed a platform through which it says nonprofit organizations have raised nearly $1 billion for their causes, has hired its first-ever chief revenue and chief product officers. The company, based in downtown San Diego, is headed by CEO Scot Chisholm.

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APRIL 20, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 -- LA Games Conference. What will be the hot games and gaming platforms in 2011 and beyond? What trends will be shaping the games industry? How can you stay ahead in an increasingly competitive marketplace?

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JULY 6, 2015

The big companies in the industry (think FTD, Teleflora, 1800Flowers) that dole out work to local florists are not only stifling their creativity, but killing their businesses. Shoraka started the company with two friends back in 2011. No one goes into to the florist industry for the money. Last fall they raised $5.5M

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Peter Coffee's Annual Technology Forecast. Peter Coffee is Director of Platform Research at salesforce.com. He joined the company in January of 2007 after spending 18 years as a technology analyst and columnist at the industry magazines eWEEK and PC Week. Don't miss the pre-meeting roundtable.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 -- The Industry Leaders Series Presents: Barry Sandrew, Founder, Legend3D. In 2001, he developed the Companys technology for the original patented digital systems and processes for colorization which he then later utilized as the platform from which he created Legend3Ds proprietary 3D conversion software.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based CitySourced , the developer of a mobile tool for helping involve citizens in local government headed by Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, has linked up with Microsoft and its Windows Azure platform, the firms said Tuesday. The firm is using Microsoft Windows Azure for its application infrastructure.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan. Every company in our portfolio grew revenues this year, and several crossed into profitability. Instead, they're going serial by returning to the market with revolutionary new companies.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory? TCOSC Digital Media Society. Speakers: Richard Berger, Sr.

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JUNE 11, 2009

According to the firm--which is traded OTC--the restricted common stock investment by Guthy-Renker also came with an extension of an agreement the two companies have until June 2011. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011 -- Renewable Energy and the Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur. As utilities roll out new meters and smarter equipment on the grid, there are hundreds of companies looking to integrate exciting new technologies and platforms that promise monetary and environmental savings for both consumers and utilities.

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MAY 21, 2011

Are we seeing a time in which pre-revenue companies are more valuable than our offline institutional brands? So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. It might be in online game platforms solving the problem of entertaining people. I play with features.

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APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. Invest more heavily in platform services. Move our offices to Santa Monica so we could be closer to the early-stage companies being created in LA. Rebrand with a name that would authentically lay out our values.

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JUNE 27, 2015

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2011

Company Name Total Immersion Information Release Date 3/24/2011 Transaction Type Venture Equity Amount $5,500,000 Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purpose The new funding will be used towards further development of the D’Fusion platform and to drive new usage of augmented reality (AR) for end-users. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Huddlewoo a live video platform set to launch early 2013 to give people the ability to access extraordinary people for one-on-one conversations and mentoring. We are a platform that facilitates the most important conversations of people’s lives! The calendar, payment and live-video are all facilitated through our platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. The benefits “digital interactions” have and continue to offer coupon companies are vast.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. You mention the big companies, like FTD, 1-800 Flowers, etc. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011.

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MARCH 25, 2015

crackdown on illegal online gambling and online poker back in 2011. We sat down with David Marshall to learn more about the company and what it''s doing. Tell me a little bit about the company and what you''re doing? We sat down with David Marshall to learn more about the company and what it''s doing. Why a new startup?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Data Elite launches at a time when most needed as most big data companies lack the much required funding and incubation. ” Daniel McCaffrey, GM Platform and Analytics at Zynga said Data Elite was a novel move to help grow startups in the ever-growing data sciences industry. Wanted: Companies that use data to drive big disruption.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

MarketShare recently launched a rebranding effort for the company, and is in the midst of a major hiring and expansion phase. Wes Nichols: MarketShare is an analytics company. You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We've been expanding the company aggressively.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company). When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Pharmaceutical companies spent $20 billion a year marketing their products to medical offices. However, the whole business of those companies working with medical offices is one sorely in need of technology. How did you start the company? The company was born out of the inefficiency in the system. What is RxVantage?

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MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last Monday, Jan 6th, marked the culmination of AT&T’s Developer Summit at CES 2014 along with the release of open APIs for its U-Verse platform on Android. The company launched the original program back in 2011.

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MARCH 31, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. The Internet has been a powerful and disruptive technology.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. We're trying to save companies money, and increase the productivity of employees. How did the company start?

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