Top News

  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    mobileStorm Gets Debt Funding

    Los Angeles-based mobileStorm, the provider of mobile messaging and email marketing services headed by Jared Reitzin, has scored a venture debt funding, according to provider Agility Capital. Financial details of the funding and terms were not announced. mobile Storm provides email and SMS marketing tools, mobile apps, and other products to customers such as Humana, NASCAR, American Idol and Kaiser Permanente.Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    Flowtab Wins Startup Competition

    Los Angeles-based FlowTab, the developer of a smartphone application which allows users to order food and drink from their smartphone, has scored the top position in a competition hosted by Glendale-based startup incubator/office space Voivoda Labs. Voivoda Labs said that Flowtab was judged the top startup out of 15 companies which pitched their firms to investors and judges on Tuesday evening....Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    Cool Planet BioFuels Claims Breakthrough

    Camarillo-based Cool Planet BioFuels, the developer of technology to convert biomass to gasoline, is claiming a "major breakthrough" in its technology. The company said it has been able to produce 4,000 gallons of acre biomass-to-gasoline conversion in its pilot testing, which it says is about twelve times the yield than current, corn ethanol production levels....Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    SG Biofuels Appoints COO

    San Diego-based SG Biofuels, which is developing hybrid seeds for bioenergy crops, said Wednesday that it has named Miguel Motta as Chief Operating Officer. Motta was most previously Vice President of Marketing and Strategy and SG Biofuels, which he joined in 2010. Motta has previously served at Monsanto, and also had been at Seminis. SG Biofuels is enture backed by Thomas, McNerney & Partners, Finistere Ventures, Flint Hills Resources, and Life Technologies Corporation....Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    WHI Solutions Acquired by eBay

    WHI Solutions, a developer of software and digital catalog products for the auto parts distribution market, which had an office in Los Angeles, in addition to New York and New Jersey, has been acquired by eBay. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. eBay said it will make WHI Solutions part of its eBay Motors operations. eBay said it will continue to maintain offices in New York, New Jersey and Los Angeles after the acquisition....Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    BakeSpace.com Launches iPad Cookbook Publishing Service

    Ever wish you had a better way of sharing your favorite recipes with family and friends? Wish that cookbook for your church, school, or club could enter the modern age? Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com, the online social networking and recipe site, has a new product for you....Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    Xirrus Adds Calix CEO Russo To Board

    Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus, the developer of wireless networking equipment headed by Dirk Gates, has snagged the CEO of networking equipment maker Calix for its board. Xirrus said it has added Carl Russo, President and CEO of Calix, to the position....Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    Ceres Prices IPO

    Thousand Oaks-based Ceres, the developer of specialized seeds for the biofuels market, has priced its IPO, saying that it will offer up 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at $13.00 per share. The firm will start trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market as CERE....Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    SocialVibe Names Tappin As New CEO

    Los Angeles-based SocialVibe, which provides online, social advertising to brands, said today that it has named Todd Tapping as its Chief Executive Officer. Tappin was previously COO and CFO at the company. Tappin has previously served as CFO at Overture, had served at private equity firm The Gores Group, was a VP at News Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Fox Interactive, in addition to serving at Deloitte, Haskins and Sells....Continue →

     
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012

    UberMedia Names VP

    Pasadena-based UberMedia, the Idealab-backed developer of mobile and desktop messaging and social media apps, is announcing this morning that it has hired Ken Rudman as its Vice President of Developer Relations. Rudman joins the company from AT&T Interactive, where he was Director of the Developer Program and Platform. Rudman has also served at Technicolor, Overture/Yahoo! Search Marketing, and Citysearch.com. UberMedia develops a suite of Twitter messaging apps such as UberSocial and Echofon....Continue →

     
  • Tuesday, February 21, 2012

    RealPractice Launches Marketing Automation Product

    In a move which significantly broadens its market focus, Santa Ana-based RealPractice said Tuesday that it has launched a new, automated marketing software called ReplyWise. The company said the new software is aimed at all types of small businesses, and helps local businesses to respond faster to customer inquiries, track online and offline advertising, and reply more effectively to calls, emails, and social media inquiries....Continue →

     
  • Tuesday, February 21, 2012

    TeleSign Gets Patent

    Los Angeles-based TeleSign, the provider of Internet fraud prevention and authentication services led by Steve Jillings, said Monday that it has been awarded a patent. The firm said it was awarded patent #8,117,106 for its TeleBureau clearinghouse for submission of fraud activity from online businesses and merchants. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, inventor of the patent was Schlomo Gonen. The patent was granted February 14th, and had been filed in October of 2008....Continue →

     
More Headlines »

Recent Interviews

Insights & Opinions

Upcoming Events

Latest Funding

Emerging Company Zone

SPONSORED BY
  • SoCal MoneyTreeTM Report
  • Shaking the MoneyTreeTM Events

Executive Moves

Venture Capital

Mergers and Acquisitions

Content, Media, and Hollywood

Life Sciences

Sponsored By

 

Member Login

Don't have an account? Take a two week free trial of our service.

 

Join socaltech.com!

Try our two week free trial to find new high tech customers, find venture backed startups and jobs, research venture firms, and more. .

Browse Issues

Recent Job Postings

Marketplace



Internet Advertising

Clean Technology