socaltech.com TechNews - Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by:
TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments and acquisitions of growing software companies. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. Safire Partners (http://www.safirepartners.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies Fetch Recruiting, Inc. (http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --ZipRecruiter Gets $63M Series A --Swagbucks Taps Shopzilla's Weinrot As COO --Transphorm In Deal With India's Tata Power Solar --Evolve Media Partners With Viewability Audit Firm --SOA Software Gets Win In Australia --NewEgg Launches Same Day Delivery In LA --Lastline Gets $10M For Malware Protection --MRV Names New CFO MARKETPLACE --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. --TechCXO Los Angeles - Professional Services for Technology Companies -- Key Information Systems Announces Key Cloud --Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency RECENT JOB POSTINGS --CDN Expert Consultant, Santa Monica, RampRate --QA Automation Manager, Los Angeles, Fetch Recruiting, Inc. --VP of Business Development, Santa Monica, RampRate --Executive Assistant to the CEO, Santa Monica, RampRate --Chief of Staff & Controller, Santa Monica, RampRate --Business Development Director, Los Angeles, Colony Logic RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- PortTechEXPO | Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles | San Pedro, CA The only maritime-oriented clean tech conference and exhibition on the West Coast! 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(More...) http://www.socaltech.com/ziprecruiter_gets_63m_series_a/s-0056628.html http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=59278 Swagbucks Taps Shopzilla's Weinrot As COO ---- El Segundo-based Prodege, the parent company of Swagbucks, has named a new COO, naming former ShopZilla executive David Weinrot to the new position. Weinrot was previously Chief Marketing Officer and Divisional President for Shopzilla/Bizrate, where he had been for over 14 years. Weinrot also previously has served at such companies as CarsDirect, DIsney Online, and BonusMail (MyPoints). Weinrot had been heading up operations and business management for Shopzilla, heading up its marketing, product management, sales and operations functions. Transphorm In Deal With India's Tata Power Solar ---- Goleta-based Transphorm, which develops highly efficient, power conversion technology, said today that it is in a partnership with Tata Power Solar, a solar power products manufacturer in India. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/transphorm_in_deal_tata_power_solar/s-0056629.html Evolve Media Partners With Viewability Audit Firm ---- Los Angeles-based Evolve Media, the parent company of CraveOnline and TotallyHer, said late last night that it is in a partnership with Moat, where Moat will help to audit the viewability of all of its properties. Moat will provide Evolve Media with information on brand metrics for display and video ads, as well as information on viewability, to Evolve. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Evolve says its family of sites now reach 95 million people each month. SOA Software Gets Win In Australia ---- Los Angeles-based SOA Software, which develops software used for managing internal corporate APIs and software interfaces, reported a win today in Australia. SOA Software said Healthdirect Australia is using its API management products to bridge REST APIs and existing SOAP services. Financial details of the deal were not announced. SOA Software's software allows developers to access a range of information from Healthdirect Australia, using the common REST API, rather than the more difficult to use SOAP standard. SOA said that replacing those SOAP services with a REST API would have been "cost prohibitive" to replace. NewEgg Launches Same Day Delivery In LA ---- City of Industry-based online retailer Newegg said Monday that it has begun testing same-day delivery in Los Angeles, allowing consumers to order electronics and other items from the company by 11 a.m., for delivery before 6 p.m. NewEgg said that it will start delivery in "select communities" in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. According to NewEgg, if the same day delivery goes well, it plans to expand the service into new delivery areas. The company said it added the new service because same day delivery is becoming the "gold standard of online retail." The new service puts NewEgg into competition with Amazon.com, which has been rolling out same day delivery in markets nationwide. Lastline Gets $10M For Malware Protection ---- Lastline, a developer of cybersecurity software for malware defense, which has its research and development headquarters in Goleta, has raised $10M more in funding. According to Lastline, the funding came from Dell Ventures and Presidio Ventures, as well as existing investors Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures. Lastline was founded by Engin Kirda, Christopher Kruegel, and Giovanni Vigna, three U.C. Santa Barbara computer science researchers. The company says it has now raised $24M in funding. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=59277 MRV Names New CFO ---- Chatsworth-based MRV Communications, the developer of optical networking hardware, said today that it has named Mark J. Bonney as the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bonney has been a director of the company since April of 2013, and replaces current CFO Stephen Garcia. Bonney has previously been at ON Board Advisors, Direct Brands Inc., American Bank Note Holographics Inc., Axsys Technologies, and Zygo Corporation, among other companies. Bonney will continue to hold a seat on the company's board. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies For more than ten years, dozens of Southern California's industry-leading tech firms have turned to Binary Pulse for their demand-generating strategies and programs. 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Want to network with LA’s top female entrepreneurs? Looking to learn about the latest trends and innovations in sustainability? Attend the 2014 Women In Green Forum, the premier conference highlighting the efforts and successes of women in the environmental arena. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24208 August 26, San Diego -- CONNECT’s FrameWorks Workshop: Introduction to Startup Funding. In the current economic environment, founders and executives need to take steps to prepare their company for receiving outside investment long before approaching potential investors. In this workshop, a representative at Tech Coast Angels, will explain their Seed Track program. Peter Townshend of Perkins Coie will discuss entity formation and how to structure and prepare your company to be an enticing funding candidate for outside investors.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24257 August 26, Santa Monica -- CoFoundersLab Matchup Santa Monica. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24163 August 26, Los Angeles -- Women In Green Forum. The 5th Annual Women in Green Forum will bring together an international audience focused on the latest green innovations. Join us in Southern California to meet face-to-face with those framing the environmental industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24137 August 26, Los Angeles -- Crowdfunding Your Project. nnovation SoCal. Since 2009, Kickstarter alone has found over $1T for over 67 thousand projects from over 2M backers. The JOBS Act of 2012 brings similar promise for equity funding new ventures. This year, hundreds of equity crowdfunding platforms are expected to raise a total of over $700 million for early-stage companies. But until the final regulations are approved, some recommend caution due to the restrictions and reporting burden they may place on funded ventures. Our featured guest is Rania Nasis, MD, MBA, Managing Director at Polliwogg, a financial services firm with an online crowdfunding platform for funding early-stage healthcare companies.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24269 August 28, Los Angeles -- Leading Innovation and Technology In Los Angeles. The City of Los Angeles has an Innovation and Technology Agency. Find out what it is and what it does, how it promotes innovation and development of technology for the private and public sectors in LA, how policy is shaped to bring technology investment and jobs to our city. Join LA City Councilman Blumenfield and his team who are responsible for the citywide Wi-Fi initiative for the residents of LA. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24251 September 3, Westlake Village -- California's Auto Industry — Still Accelerating, or Headed for a Slowdown? ACG 101. Despite Toyota’s decision to move its U.S. headquarters from Southern California to Texas, automobile-related jobs and economic activity in California remains healthy. Tesla employs more than 6,000 in the state, several global car companies maintain design studios here, a network of small and large companies produce everything from high-performance engine parts to customized vehicles, and with 1,300 new-car dealerships we have more than any other state. But given the cost of doing business in California, and its reputation as less-than-business-friendly state, is the future of the auto industry here going the way of Toyota or of Tesla. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24266 September 4, Santa Monica -- Increase Revenue by Building a Championship Sales Culture. Cross Campus. You are smart and have the best technology out there, but how do you match up and surpass your competition? Join the startup and tech community to hear from Jay Tyler, CEO and Founder of Jay Tyler Consulting and Jim Blackie, VP of Sales TriNet for an interactive fireside chat on how to build a visible, predictable and repeatable sales process. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24249 September 9, Santa Monica -- This month's Startups Uncensored will be a fireside chat with TigerText CEO/Whisper Co-Founder, Brad Brooks and Whisper Co-Founder, Michael Heyward hosted by Docstoc Founder, Jason Nazar. Brad Brooks is the Co-Founder and CEO of TigerText. He is also the Co-Founder of the secret-sharing app, Whisper. Serial entrepreneur Michael Heyward co-founded Whisper with Brad Brooks in 2012 with the mission of giving people a place to freely and authentically express themselves. Whisper is one of the fastest growing mobile-social apps, generating over 3.5 billion page views per month. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24265 September 9, Thousand Oaks -- "Water Desalination - Inventing a Low Cost Technology" Clean Technology Conference. Keynote Speaker: Yoram Cohen, Ph.D. and Professor at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Learn how Dr. Cohen delivered a mobile water treatment technology that cut the costs of getting the salt out of brackish groundwater and agricultural runoff. Meet sustainability CEOs, energy experts and entrepreneurs. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24267 September 14, Santa Monica -- An Afternoon with Randall Munroe. Live Talks LA. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24235 September 16, San Pedro -- PortTech Pitch. The 5th Annual PortTechEXPO Entrepreneur Pitch Competition will feature leading cleantech start-ups and emerging growth companies from all over North America. We encourage and welcome start-up teams with clean technology based devices, products, services, systems and platforms to participate. Past competitors have brought innovative emission control technology; remediation products; oil/water separators; energy storage solutions; high efficiency engines; zero emission vehicles; wind, solar, wave energy generation; shape change materials; and alternative fuels. #PortTechPitch finalists receive admission to and exhibitor space at the PortTechEXPO (Sept 17, 2014).. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24193 September 18, Los Angeles -- Peter Coffee's Annual Forecast on Technology. AITP. The more we know about how things work, the more we are likely to look for ways to do those things better, faster, and cheaper – rather than doing something fundamentally different. When we look back from the 2020’s at this century’s early years, it is possible that we will pick some year right around…2013…as the turning point when we decided to do a number of things in an essentially different way. In this year’s edition of Peter Coffee’s annual dinner with AITP and ACM, he will be looking at a number of disciplines— computing, communications, data management, and information security among others— and illuminating the massive disruptions already taking shape around us. Please join us for both interactive pre-dinner conversation and after-dinner formal remarks. . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24268 September 24, Santa Monica -- LA Tech Mix & Mingle. Mix and mingle, join us for cocktails and nibbles on Wednesday, September 24th at the WOKCANO in Santa Monica. Eat, drink, and connect with other startups, VCs, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts - check out what they’re doing now, what the future holds and how they’re setting the trends. Whether you are looking for investors, a mentor, advice or just simply connecting for opportunities - this event is for you. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-tech-mix-mingle-tickets-124744564. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24238 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments in and Acquisitions of Growing Software Companies Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. Safire Partners (http://www.safirepartners.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (http://www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Deloitte LLP (http://www.deloitte.com/us/technology). Fetch Recruiting, Inc. 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