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DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

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Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Wait, didn’t you just raise a fund?

Venture Capital 396

Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 1, 2019

million in a venture round, bringing its total funding to $15 million since launching in 2012. Culver City-based social networking startup Sgrouples Inc., doing business as MeWe, announced it raised $4.5

Social Network 240

Social Network Culver City Networking Startup 240

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APRIL 16, 2013

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California''s largest angel investment group, is ranked number two in the nation this year in terms of the number of deals the group did, according to the latest 2012 Halo Report. READ MORE>>. cbinsights ranking report capital venture investment angel angels coast tech'

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Report 213

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Thus, it is no surprise that Harvard recently reported that 25% of its 2012 graduates accepted jobs as consultants, while 52% opted for careers in financial services. Per the 2012 Global Management Education Graduate Survey, the median debt of 2012 MBA graduates was $45,000, while the debt from top schools averaged $90,000 (e.g.,

Entrepreneur 279

Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

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JANUARY 17, 2014

The investments were a drop from Q4 of 2012, $711.8M billion invested across 3,995 deals for the year, which is up 7 percent in terms of dollar amount, and 4 percent more in deals than 2012. Southern California''s venture capital investments totaled a little more than $598.4M was invested in the region. For the year, a total of $2.51

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Tech Coast Angels 246

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Glendale-based LegalZoom has officially dropped its IPO bid, saying in a regulatory filing that it has withdrawn its S-1 filing for an IPO, which had originally been filed in May of 2012. LegalZoom had filed for an IPO in May of 2012, but delayed the IPO after poor market interest in July of 2012. READ MORE>>.

Legalzoom 183

Legalzoom Glendale Equity Acquisition 183

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

The site also said it estimates a 100% increase in its revenues in 2012. The site says it now has 4 million registered users. READ MORE>>.

Torrance 241

Torrance Web Sites Activity 241

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The annual ranking of the fastest growing companies by Deloitte , the 2012 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, was released today, showing a healthy list of Southern California companies in growth mode.

Marina Del Rey 264

Marina Del Rey Southern California San Diego Santa Barbara 264

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

A new project out of the University of Southern California is looking to help people visualize public sentiment towards the 2012 United States presidential candidates, by analyzing Twitter. The first 2012 Presidential Debate is scheduled for later tonight in Denver.

USC 196

USC Southern California Journal News 196

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

ReachLocal explained the offices is part of a continued international and domestic expansion for the company: it is planning on opening up another European country this quarter, and its first Asian country in the first quarter of 2012.

ReachLocal 247

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Advertising Web 247

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2013

The company raised $2M in funding back in March of 2012. Barracuda Networks said the acquisition will help it strengthen its offerings in the cloud data storage market. SignNow''s software runs on the iPhone, and iPad, and allows users to collect electronic signatures for agreements. SignNow was headed by Chris Hawkins. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 223

Tech Coast Angels Networking Acquisition Mobile 223

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 17, 2018

SpaceX has used the port for its west coast recovery operations since 2012. ” Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX president and COO, said in a statement. There were widespread reports that the company was looking to drastically expand its operations at the location. This announcement confirms those reports.

Los Angeles 274

Los Angeles SpaceX Angel Report 274

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Business Insider cited a leaked pitch deck from Interactive Media Holdings, which also showed Specific Media and MySpace estimating 2013 revenues of $328M, with MySpace generating $15M in revenues in 2012, and the site generating and estimated $58M in 2013. READ MORE>>.

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Report Media Sites Services 219

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MAY 1, 2013

in a Series A in August of 2012, from such investors as MK Capital, Greycroft Venture Partners, New World Ventures, in addition to such angels as Dean Gilbert, Allen DeBevoise, Matt Coffin, Jeremy Zimmer and Michael Kassan.

Southern California 245

Southern California Hollywood Content Acquisition 245

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JANUARY 16, 2013

May 2012, $70M. Lynda.com has been one of the best kept secrets in Southern California's startup community, well known in its industry but practically unknown otherwise. 2009, $37M. Oct 2010, $50M - 140 employees. January 2013, $100M - 400 employees. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Funding Startup Companies 226

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MARCH 26, 2014

The company had been founded in 2012. Oculus VR is led and was co-founded by Brendan Iribe, and had raised around $91M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Formation 8, Matrix Partners, and Spark Capital. READ MORE>>. facebook acquisition merger hardware headset reality virtual oculus'

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Acquisition Platform Capital Funding 225

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast said this morning that it doubled its revenues in 2012, and now has more than 225 employees.

Steamboat Ventures 240

Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Hulu Content 240

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JULY 11, 2013

A local startup, West Hollywood-based Tinder , looks to have attracted an interesting endorsement: Miss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether. Looking for a hot date? According to an interview with NYMag, Meriwether has been using Tinder since April to find dates in New York.

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West Hollywood Hollywood Mobile Advertising 200

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JULY 15, 2013

in deals in 2012 and 3.3 The report, from The Atlantic , found that Santa Barbara-Santa-Maria-Goleta was number five in the nation in terms of venture capital activity per 100,000 people, with $59.1M venture capital deals per 100,000 people. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos was number 7, with $36.6M in deals and 3.3 in deals and 1.8

Santa Barbara 263

Santa Barbara San Diego Venture Capital Capital 263

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APRIL 19, 2012

According to the MoneyTree Report, $924.13M was invested in Southern California in Q1 of 2012, up from $602.742M invested in the region in Q1 of 2011. Southern California's investment totals bucked a downward national trend in venture capital investing. The amount was also more than in Q4 of 2011, when $780.0M was invested in the region.

Southern California 221

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Avalon 221

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

times, year-over-year growth in revenues between Q3 2012 and Q3 2012, a 5x increase in users, and signups from over 150 countries. Santa Monica-based Nimble is claiming it has seen record growth this quarter, for the company''s customer relationship management tools. According to Nimble, it saw a 2.5-times,

Santa Monica 164

Santa Monica SaaS Tool Custom 164

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APRIL 16, 2012

Zillow said it plans to hire up to 100 people in the new location in 2012. Seattle-based Zillow said that it will also be moving the staff of Diverse Solutions, a company it acquired last year, to the new office. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 200

Orange County Tool Sales Software 200

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? numbers should be released in the next week for 2012. As 2012 turned. As part of our. end-of-the-year coverage, we've run through our web statistics and figured out which were the. an article was accessed on our publication. venture capital exits in.

Southern California 211

Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

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JULY 1, 2013

The new cuts follow an earlier layoff in October of 2012, which also resulted in the loss of a number of positions in Los Angeles. The layoffs--reported by TechCrunch-- reportedly affected 130 people. It''s unclear how many of those staff are based in Los Angeles, but CityGrid has a significant presence in the LA area. READ MORE>>.

CitySearch 190

CitySearch West Hollywood Layoffs Report 190

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Burr, who has been Chief Revenue Officer of the company since 2012, was the co-founder of NetZero, and has also served at such companies as WebVisible, LRN, Westlake Venture Partners, Layer2 Networks, and Vault Corporation. CallFire said that the move comes to help CallFire further scale its business and move into its next phase of growth.

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Santa Monica Networking Services Help 201

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The startup--which initially launched its service on the web back in 2012 --released. a new iOS application in November , allowing users to easily see who is nearby, what they''re doing, and helps you explore others who might be interested in similar activities in real life.

Social Network 200

Social Network Mobile Activity Networking 200

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Hulu , the online video streaming site headed by Jason Kilar, detailed its 2012 numbers today, saying that it will close the year with approximately $695M in revenues, a growth of over 65% since 2011.

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Hulu Blogging Advertising Sites 193

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

for the year ended December 31, 2012, and revenues of $55.7M The company''s IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs, & Co., RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Luma Securities. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., Mayfield, as well as others. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising News Los Angeles 198

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MARCH 17, 2014

Everbridge said that Vocal has over 1,000 customers over 83 countries, and provided the emergency messaigng system for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Both companies provide emergency notification and incident rsponse, including automated calls and texts, for businesses and government. READ MORE>>.

Glendale 182

Glendale Acquisition Services Custom 182

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APRIL 30, 2014

Inktank had been founded in 2012, and is an offspring of local web hosting provider Dreamhost. Red Hat said it will use the acquisition to bolster its existing storage offerings. Ceph is heavily used in deploying public and private clouds, along with the OpenStack cloud standard.

Acquisition 182

Acquisition Software Development Web Los Angeles 182

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JULY 9, 2012

The group, along with Silicon valley Bank and CB Insights, released the 1Q 2012 Halo Report , which summarized Q1 angel investments. The Tech Coast Angels was listed both among the top angel groups in terms of total deals, and the top angel groups in terms of healthcare investments.

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Invest Southern California 200

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The August 2012 ranking by comScore ranks Machinima at number three on YouTube, with 21.8M The latest ranking of the top, YouTube Partner Channels from internet measurement firm comScore shows that the entire segment continues to be dominated by Los Angeles companies, with the region holding six of the top slots in the list.

Los Angeles 190

Los Angeles Angel Companies Company 190

TechEmpower

MAY 17, 2013

Note that the Windows configuration presently retains the Linux-hosted database server—only the web/application server is running Windows Server 2012. We suspect there is room for improvement and we would be particularly interested in community recommendations for tuning the performance of the Windows environment.

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Framework EC2 Web Writing 524

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MAY 30, 2013

According to Airpush, those numbers are 100 percent growth since August of 2012. Los Angeles-based mobile ad network operator Airpush said this morning that it has reached $4M in monthly developer payouts, and over 90,000 live apps using its mobile ad network.

Mobile 180

Mobile Advertising Los Angeles Tool 180

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JANUARY 24, 2013

Webfest (formerly known as DomainFest) has managed some fairly high level speakers at its events over the years, including Tony Hsieh of Zappos in 2010; Apple Founder Steve Wozniak in 2009; Bob Parsons of GoDaddy in 2011; and Biz Stone of Twitter in 2012.

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Oversee.net Southern California Conference Activity 180