socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

The analysis was based on tracking of venture capital, angel, and private equity deals by socalTECH.com, which maintains its own proprietary database of local and national venture capital deals and dealmakers. billion in the area in Q2, up slightly from around $1.4 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0 billion in Q2 of last year.

Southern California 195

Southern California Westlake Village Invest Tech Coast Angels 195

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix is looking to apply analytics to the television advertising market, saying this morning that it has launched a service which helps advertisers measure persuasion and watchability of their advertising. Hummer Winblad's Ann Winblad and Palomar's Jim Gauer sit on the firm's board. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 100

Advertising Palomar SaaS Research 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest. Here’s how to do it.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. Let's start with an overview of the fund. We closed our fund in August of 2008. What do you invest in?

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

in 32 deals, followed by Los Angeles with $172.3M round; San Diego-based Zogenix with a nearly $36M funding round; and Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX) , which raised $30.4M. In the region, San Diego led in Q3 deals, with $236.3M in 25 deals. Orange County had $66.8M in 8 deals. Dow Jones VentureSource tallied $5.1

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Orange County Palomar 100

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix (www.acemetrix.com) launched its software-as-a-service, TV advertising rating service last month, and we spoke with the firm's CEO and co-founder, Steve Goldman, recently to learn more about the firm. Ace Metrix is venture backed by Hummer Winblad, and Palomar Ventures. Tell us a bit about your company?

Advertising 100

Advertising Palomar Startup Customer 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

Companies 111

Companies Company Startup Twiistup 111

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

Crosscut Ventures has just announced their 3rd fund and clocking in at $75 million , which will be focused heavily on Los Angeles – FTW. This week Michael Dubin’s startup Dollar Shave Club announced a $75 million funding round at a rumored $650 million valuation. LA has grown up a lot over the past 5 years.

News 150

News Funding Venture Capital Dollar Shave Club 150