Platform Sites Yammer 
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2009
West Hollywood-based Yammer , the corporate microblogging site inspired by Twitter, is moving from the Los Angeles area to Silicon Valley, according to founder David Sacks. Sacks said that Geni, which spun out Yammer, remains in West Hollywood. Sacks said that Geni, which spun out Yammer, remains in West Hollywood.
socalTECH
AUGUST 1, 2012
Los Angeles-based CapLinked , which operates an online platform for managing fundraising by startups, has linked with the Startup America Partnership. CapLinked's site allows companies to manage due diligence documents, shareholder communications, finding investors, and more; the firm said it now has over 135,000 users using its site.
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SoCal CTO
MAY 15, 2009
Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
Jackson: CapLinked is actually a collaborative platform, a social platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors. It connects companies with investors, allows investors to forward on referrals to other investors, and once an investment has been made, allows a company to post updates to the site. How do you do that?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. Ethan had pointed out to me that merchants were being barraged by “deal site” wanting to drive customers in the door but they didn’t have great tools to manage their customers. The company was called Red Beacon. Nice sweep!
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. We also talked a lot about Stickybits (who uses the SimpleGeo platform) and Occipital who has the red-hot RedLaser scanning product. Time will tell.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 21, 2010
Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. And I know that great startups like Yammer are doing well. Tumblr – “Microblogging platform&#. Other deals. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email.
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