Friday, June 14, 2013Cute Puppy Alert: DogVacay Uses Cute Dog Photos To Find Customers
It's almost always difficult to get people to share information about your startup to the world. However, DogVacay, the Santa Monica-based startup which offers up an online service to help connect dog owners with people to watch their pets, has a secret weapon -- cute dog and puppy photos.
Followers of the company's Facebook page, blog, and Twitter feed are familiar with the steady drumbeat of cute dog and puppy photos that the company is always sharing--and, might now be familiar with DogV (More info...)
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Greenwings Biomedical Launches IncubatorA new, Los Angeles startup incubator, Greenwings Biomedical, announced its launch Friday, saying that it will be the first incubator of biomedical ventures in Los Angeles. The new startup, headed by startup veteran Richard Koffler, said it will focus on biomedical devices and software. The incubator explained it will license intellectual property from universities and corporations, and partner with individual inventors for its companies, and is particularly interested in companies based on algor (More info...)
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Bixel Exchange Launches New Startup CenterAdding one more startup incubator/accelerator to the long list in Los Angeles, Bixel Exchange launched Thursday, to offer up mentoring and classes to local startups. The new center was created by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. According to the Bixel Exchange, the new technology center will provide mentors and advisors, informatoin and educaiton, and connections to the local community. The center will focus on adtech, mobile, digital and social media, gaming and clean tech.
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ZEFR Targets Brands With New Service, BrandIDVenice-based ZEFR has rolled out a new product today, BrandID, which it says will help brands identify their fans on YouTube, provide visibility into how those fans are responding and engaging, and provide data on a brand's competitors. The startup, which is led by Zach James, also said it has signed both P&G's COVERGIRL and Pantene as customers of its new, software-as-a-service product. Pricing on the new software offering was not announced.
BrandID is the latest evolution of ZEFR, which got (More info...)
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ClearLight Partners Sells Portfolio FirmNewport Beach-based private equity firm ClearLight Partners said earlier this week that it has agreed to sell The Outsource Group, one of its portfolio companies, to Parallon Business Solutions, a subsidiary of HCA Holdings. Financial terms of the deal wre not disclosed. The OutSource Group was based in St. Louis, Missouri, and provides revenue cycle management services to hospitals and physicials. ClearLight said The Outsource Group had annual revenues in excess of $100M. ClearLight has been an (More info...)
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Conatus Pharmaceuticals Files For IPOSan Diego-based Conatus Pharmaceuticals, which is developing treatments for liver disease, has filed for an IPO, saying this morning that it is looking to raised $69.0M on the public markets. The firm said plans to trade on the NASDAQ Global Market as CNAT. The IPO is being underwritten by Stifel, Piper Jaffray, JMP Securities, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. The firm is venture backed by Aberdare Ventures, Advent Private Equity, Cooperative Gilde Healthcare, MPM Capital, AgeChem Venture Fund, R (More info...)
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SYSPRO Wins ManufacturerCosta Mesa-based SYSPRO, which develops enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, reported a win yesterday with a manufacturer of precision machined plastic components. SYSPRO said that Precision Fluorocarbon, based in Tomball, Texas, has selected the firm's software to manage its ERP processes. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed, however, SYSPRO said it won the account over Epicor, Sage, Global Shop and Microsoft.
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Broadcom Debuts New Communications ProcessorsIrvine-based Broadcom debuted a new set of communications processors this week, aimed at use in hardware acceleration, virtualization, and deep packet inspection. BRoadcom said its new, multi-core communications processors, the XLP900 Series, is aimed at equipment manufacturers supporting high speed 4G LTE and LTE-Advanced services. Broadcom claimed the new communications processors are the world's highest performance, multi-core products available. Broadcom said it is now sampling the processor (More info...)
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Teledyne Promotes ExecsThousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies, the diversified electronics, digital imaging, aerospace and defense electronics, and engineering systems provider, said this week that it has made a number of executive promotions. The firm said that it has named Al Pichelli and Rex Geveden both as Executive Vice Presidents at the company. Pichelli is currently President and Chief Operating Officer at Teledyne's instrumentation and aerospace and defense electronics segments; Geveden is currently preside (More info...)
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