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DECEMBER 28, 2015

Arteen Arabshahi: While Karlin Ventures has had an excellent first few years as a firm seeing over 6 exits and making 40+ investments within 3 years, what was most exciting in 2015 was the addition of our third team member, Erin Shipley. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015?

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JUNE 20, 2012

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 -- Mobile Marketing. The mobile phone is the perfect platform for marketers to engage consumers wherever they may be. Marketers understand this and it's now a big area for future advertising budget dollars and overall industry growth. in 2011 to more than $20B by 2015. See [link] (more)

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

My friends launched a marketing campaign in which they were reaching out to owners of a certain type of lease, in order to offer them more attractive terms. All marketing tactics a company deploys should be consistent with its values and be in accordance with its local laws, as well as those of all the recipients of its marketing materials.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

For Key Information Systems, it was building, productizing, and going-to-market with a complete set of data center services. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? It was a great experience and brought back some great lessons to the business. When we returned to the U.S.

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JUNE 16, 2017

The company says it has been developing its systems since 2015. The company's co-founder is Xiaodi Hou. TuSimple says it is the only San Diego company to have a permit for testing autonomous vehicles in California. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Gunnar Lovelace and Nick Green , Thrive Market. Donovan Janus , 17hats. Tucker Kain , LA Dodgers Accelerator. Sean Kane , Honest Co. Agnes Koxera , Famebit. Scott Kriz , Bitium. Julie Lee , edtwist. Joanna McFarland , HopSkipDrive. Staci Miller , Momstamp. Brian Nolan , Sellbrite. Steven Oh , The Young Turks. Meredith Perry , uBeam.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Santa Monica-based matchmaking site eHarmony is looking to the overseas market to grow its service, saying today that it is launching a "globalization initiative" this year to add one new country per quarter to its service. The first new market for eHarmony is Singapore. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Amid hand wringing about an IPO slowdown in 2015, there's one shining region which had a banner IPO and acquisition year last year: Santa Barbara. billion acquisition of lynda.com by LinkedIn last April, and three companies-- MindBody , Appfolio , and CytomX Therapeutics (founded out of UCSB)--all had their IPO on the NASDAQ in 2015.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Biotech IPO valuation trends have been strong year-over-year since 2015, and significantly more so among. There were approximately 58 biotech IPOs in 2018 (excluding offerings with under $25 million of proceeds) for total gross proceeds of $6.3 Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Zirx began offering up valet parking for employees of businesses in September of 2015. The company said it the consumer business was a "very difficult business to scale" and even harder to "scale to great profitability", and that it will officially shut its consumer business on February 29th. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Checkout out latest coverage from the LA Tech Summit 2015 conference. The post LA Tech Rising at LA Tech Summit 2015 appeared first on TechZulu. LA Tech may be the second largest tech hub in the world, however its only a matter of time before its number 1!

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk and backed by the Founders Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said today that it has inked a deal with Astrium to provide dedicated launch serviecs to the European institutional small satellite market. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

If you didn’t notice that the stock markets in the US dropped nearly 4% today (after falling last Thursday and Friday) then you were probably completely off-the-grid and on vacation. You thought media twitter was bad… You thought tech twitter was bad… — Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) August 24, 2015. I’m not so sure.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Yves Sisteron , Stuart Lander & I (depicted in the photo below) have worked together for more than 22 years now and that has taken us through many cycles of market enthusiasm & panic. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures A question I often hear is “how is Upfront changing given the current market?” The answer is: not much.

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JUNE 29, 2015

Laurent Grill of Zeel | Geographic Markets. Silicon Beach Fest 2015 appeared first on TechZulu. Oh and did we mention they are all dancing to the Spice Girls?!? Appearances By: Hank Leber of Vytmn | Tech community in L.A. Savannah Peterson of Speck Design | Virtual reality. Marc Cohen of ConSol Partners | Securing the job.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

And while the grocery delivery market has become increasingly competitive, Hall argued that Good Eggs stands out thanks to the quality and breadth of its products — 70% of its products are locally sourced, and it often delivers them within 48 hours of harvesting. And it sounds like he isn’t in a rush to launch in a bunch of new markets.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The company got its start in 2015 to allow for trading of high end, collectible sneakers; the company has since expanded into apparel and other accessories. Lu, i a statement, said that there are "significant market opportunities in sneakers, apparel and additional categories through technological innovation".

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JULY 20, 2020

Carbonated focuses on developing "highly competitive" games for mobile devices, which are more in line with the hard core games found on consoles and PCs, rather than the more usual casual gaming market. The company says its founders are from Zynga, Electronic Arts and Blizzard, and that it was founded in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 22, 2019

The Chief Marketing Officer of high flying, Los Angeles-based job recruiting technology developer ZipRecruiter has resigned from the company, after a story was published last week by BuzzFeed, detailing alleged sexual misconduct at his prior employer, Uber. Eyal Gutentag reportedly resigned on Friday. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. I suspect those days will end soon, and 61% of LPs polled said they felt VCs were coming back to market too quickly.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Snapchat had reportedly been on track to hit a $100M run rate--a longtime milestone--in 2015, however, has not announced yet if it hit that goal. However, three local startups-- OpenX , Steelhouse , and Thrive Market all have pushed past the $100M mark in the last few months with public announcements. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2015

With the 2015 holiday shopping season now upon us, it’s “go time” for retailers across the country — an opportunity to put their carefully crafted holiday plans into action and deliver on their bottom-line expectations. Plus, holiday e-commerce sales are widely expected to continue rising in 2015. Focus On The Consumer.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2016

wind energy projects, with 12 percent of the market share in installed capacity in 2015. megawatts of installed wind energy capacity in 2015, which gives it the largest share of the market. San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy says it is the leader in U.S.,

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

This is a potentially lucrative under-tapped market. The post Grandparents Day 2015 Gets a Boost from Entrepreneurs appeared first on TechZulu. Everyone has a beloved grandparents.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. In this post I set out to explain why the seed market emerged as its own category in the first place and why it’s declined as of late. ( The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2015

Here are some of the fun and the weird highlights found at CES 2015. Then again, it is a great marketing tactic for them as well…. The post CES 2015 | The Fun (and Strange) Side of the Show appeared first on TechZulu. CES Events 2015 America Express bitcoin BMW Samsung' Creative Audio.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Anchore , which is developing security software aimed at the "container" market, has raised $5M in a funding round, the company disclosed this morning. The funding came from local angel Andreas von Blottnitz, along with Doug Carlisle of Menlo Ventures. Anchore is led by Said Ziouani, a veteran of Eucalyptus and Ansible.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Santa Monica-based cloud-based learning and human capital management provider Cornerstone OnDemand is looking to attract more small business customers, as it extends from its core enterprise market, by offering up a free trial to those businesses. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Past investors also included Y Combinator, where GrubMarket was part of the Winter 2015 cohort), and for some more context, GrubMarket last raised money in April 2019 , $28 million at a $228 million valuation, a source says. Its opportunity comes in the form of disruption and a gap in the market.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But the no-longer nascent sneaker and streetwear market is a big market, with the potential to reach $30 billion in sales globally by 2030, according to a recent report by the research firm, Cowen ( cited by The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the financing).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2018

Garfinkle was most recently SVP and Head of Capital Markets for Renovate America, and has been at the company since 2015. San Diego-based Renovate America , which provides home improvement financing for energy efficiency projects, said this week that it has named Adam Garfinkle as its Chief Financial Officer.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2018

VIEVU's cameras are used by law enforcement and others in the public safety market. Safariland acquired VIEVU in 2015. Financial details of the sale were not announced. As part of the sale, the two said they are in a 10-year agreement where Safariland will become the preferred holster provider for Axon's TASER weapons. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Two, Southern California investors-- Qualcomm Ventures and Greylock Partners --have backed San Jose-based Innovium , on its efforts to develop semiconductors for the next generation, data center market, Innovium revealed this morning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software , which develops software for wireless servie providers and others, said it has regained compliance with listing requirements for the NASDAQ Stock Market. Those moves included a shift to the NASDAQ Stock Market in March. Smith Micro trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market as SMSI. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based MarketShare Partners , the marketing analytics technology developer led by Wes Nichols and Jon Vein, has been acquired by Neustar , in a deal worth $450M. According to Neustar, Marketshare generated $57M in revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2015. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2016

San Diego-based Airgain , a developer of embedded antenna technology for the wireless networking market, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise $17.5M in a public offering on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The company's IPO is being underwritten by a single underwriter, Northland Capital Markets.

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