socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2013

The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California.

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Acquisition Southern California High Tech Venice 159

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A new lawsuit, targeting Venice, California-based Snapchat --the hottest company to emerge out of the area''s high tech startup cluster in recent years--says that the company''s founders stole the idea for the company from him after forcing him out of the company early on in its history.

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Snapchat Social Network High Tech Venice 170

socalTECH

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.

Bertelsmann 191

Bertelsmann Downey GRP Partners Southern California 191

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Google has offices in Santa Monica, and recently leased 100,000 square feet in Venice. A examination of Google's posted jobs in Santa Monica and Irvine on Friday show that there are only about 32 positions listed for those locations. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Google Santa Monica SoCal 170

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

The biggest deal for the quarter was for Venice-based photo messaging app developer Snapchat , which raised a huge, $60M funding round in the quarter. Southern California dropped to fourth in terms of investments in the region versus other high tech centers, behind Silicon Valley ($2.6 invested across 45 companies. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Venture Capital Tech Coast Angels Capital 187

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 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. See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week! What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Jason Calacanis coined the SoCal scene the “Digital Coast,” and Brad Nye brought everyone together at his notorious VIC events (Venice Interactive Community). Entrepreneurs like Matt Coffin , Kamran Pourzanjani and Brock Pierce were making their mark. Two worlds, two times, but one community.

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Southern California Santa Monica SoCal High Tech 89

Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

It was the 10 th consecutive quarter that venture firms put at least $10 billion into startups and other high-tech companies, including a $3.5 billion invested in Venice, CA-based Snapchat. Venice, CA. Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3

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Marina Del Rey Invest Venture Capital San Diego 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. We spoke with Neville about the company: What is theBlu?

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Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208