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Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Connexity, Headed By Dave Gross, Finds $3M More --Genomatica Drops IPO Plans, Raises $41.5M --MomentFeed Connects Into foursquare --Boingo Wins Wendy's Wi-Fi --Nami Ships PPC Bid Engine --Coloft Launches Seminar Series --Weplay Signs Denny's Sponsorship Deal In New York --United Online Plans Split With FTD --Spotify Heads To LA To Promote Music Service --POP Charger Passes $91K In Donations --Independa Links With Wireless Health Monitoring Firm --Hulu Sets New Season For Misfits, Booth At The End MARKETPLACE --The latest trend in tech: Ordering Food Online with Seamless --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Senior IT Operations Architect/Analyst, La Jolla, Fortis Advisors --JDE Business Analyst, Los Angeles, TenTek, Inc. --Project Manager, Los Angeles, TenTek, Inc. --BPC (MS) Architect, Glendale, TenTek --Failure Analysis Engineer, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks --System Administrator, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- LAVA Special Event LAVA's Annual Venture Capital Panel Tuesday August 14, 2012 6:00pm - 9:30pm Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, 101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. Moderator: Jon Funk, Founder, Ocean Road Partners Confirmed Panelists Jim Andelman, Managing Partner, Rincon Venture Partners David Caseras, Principal, Vicente Capital Partners See http://www.lava.org ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Connexity, Headed By Dave Gross, Finds $3M More ---- Connexity the online advertising startup headed by former Fastclick co-founder Dave Gross, announced this morning that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Rincon Venture Partners, and also included Siemer Ventures, Persistence Partners and Fastclick Cofounders Jeff Pryor and Dave Gross. Connexity, according to Gross, does to online ads what Amazon and Netflix do for products and movies. The company uses advertising to recommend products and services to users, based on individual interests and what it is calling "audience graph analysis." (More...) http://bit.ly/QioZKx http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=44410 Genomatica Drops IPO Plans, Raises $41.5M ---- San Diego-based renewable chemicals developer Genomatica has dropped its IPO plans, according to a regulatory filing by the company this morning. The firm, which had filed for a $100M IPO in August of 2011, said in a withdrawal of its registration, that it has determined not to proceed with its IPO, "in light of current market conditions." Genomatica is venture backed by TPG biotechnology Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, WM Organic Growth and others. The firm announced that instead, the company has raised $41.5M from its backers, in a Series D funding round which included Versalis, Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mohr Davidow Ventures, TPG Biotech, VantagePoint Capital Partners and Waste Management. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=44463 MomentFeed Connects Into foursquare ---- Los Angeles-based MomentFeed, the startup developing location-based analytics software for brands, said Wednesday afternoon that it has connected its service directly into foursquare, allowing its customers to use MomentFeed to publish and manage their foursquare updates. MomentFeed said the move allows brands to add text, photos, and other information for their brand pages, single venues, or groups of venues on the foursquare service. MomentFeed's software is being used by brands to better understand how users are interacting with their locations on social services such as Foursquare, Instagram, Facebook, and others, on a location-by-location basis. MomentFeed said its new Foursquare updates include ability to schedule updates, and manage those updates on a corporate, regional, or local level. Boingo Wins Wendy's Wi-Fi ---- Wi-Fi is coming to the Wendy's fast food franchise, thanks to a deal announced this morning by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless, a provider of Wi-Fi networking services. Boingo said that it has been selected by The Wendy's Company to manage and operate Wi-Fi services at participating Wendy's company restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Boingo said it will operate, install and maintain the networks at the restaurant chain, including both company and franchise locations. The company did not say how many Wendy's restaurants it expects to provide with the wireless service, which will be free to Wendy's visitors. Nami Ships PPC Bid Engine ---- Los Angeles-based Nami, which provides pay-per-click advertising software and is run by Alex Cory, said that it has released a new product today, Nami AdManager. The new software is a white label bid engine used for pay-per-click bidding. The company said the new product allows networks and their advertisers to create, price, and distribute PPC ads, giving them control over keywords, bulk uploading and downloading tools, conversion tracking tools, and more. Coloft Launches Seminar Series ---- Looking for more help to get your startup off the ground? Coloft, the co-working space in Santa Monica, said Wednesday that it has launched its own series of seminars aimed at startups, ranging from help on social media, to business development, to pitching investors. The Coloft Academy's presenters include such Los Angeles entrepreneurs as Tyler Crowley (This Week In Startups), Chance Barnett (Crowdfunder), Shannon Drake (JustFab.com), Robyn Ward (Glossi.com), and many others. Coloft joins a number of organizations, event organizers, and accelerators who have recently been providing a wealth of informational events to aspiring and new entrepreneurs and startups, particularly in Silicon Beach and Santa Monica. Weplay Signs Denny's Sponsorship Deal In New York ---- Weplay, the online social media site focused on youth sports, has inked a sponsorship deal with the owner of thirty local Denny's restaurants in New York, to sign up local sports teams for the platform, the company announced Wednesday. The Los Angeles company, which is headed by Lane Soelberg, said that 30 Denny's restaurants in the Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo, New York area will sponsor 200 local teams with free, premium sites on the service. As part of the effort, they will launch a "Game Days at Denny's" fundraiser to donate a portion of the proceeds from food purchases to those teams. Financial details of the sponsorship deal were not announced. The deal was made with Denny's franchisee Topline Restaurants, which owns the 30 Denny's restaurants. Weplay provides an online, social media site that helps kids, coaches, parents, and teams share photos, videos, schedules, and more. United Online Plans Split With FTD ---- It looks like the odd marriage between United Online's communications, online content and media businesses with FTD, the company's flower delivery service, is about to end, after the company said Wednesday afternoon that its board has approved a plan to split the two into two, independent public traded companies. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/united_online_plans_split_with_ftd/s-0044199.html Spotify Heads To LA To Promote Music Service ---- Online music service Spotify has chosen to kick off a live music tour to promote its service, next week in Los Angeles, according to a report Wednesday from Mashable. The tour is apparently set to start on Wednesday, August 8th in Silver Lake, with a concert from YACHT and The Henry Clay People. Los Angeles is the first stop of a tour which will eventually end up in San Francisco, Portland, St. Louis, New Orleans and Miami. Spotify operates an online, streaming music service. Spotify's tour is being sponsored by Bacardi, which announced the music tour last month; the tour's centerpiece is a great big, green bus. POP Charger Passes $91K In Donations ---- Is crowdsourcing donations a reasonable alternative to seed funding? Based on the experience so far of POP Charger, the Kickstarter project being run by local entrepreneur Jamie Siminoff, it seems to be. According to the project's page Wednesday morning, it has now racked up over $91,000 in pledges (and growing), nearly double the project's initial $50,000 goal--an amount that brings it clearly into seed territory, without any need to give away equity. The POP project is an effort to develop a high capacity, portable charger which can charge multiple iPhones, iPads, Android phones, or other electronics devices. The project passed its goal of $50K last week, only three days after it was posted. Independa Links With Wireless Health Monitoring Firm ---- San Diego-based Independa, the remote healthcare monitoring service aimed at helping the elderly live independently longer, is continuing to expand out its partnerships with equipment makers, saying today that it has linked with IDEAL LIFE, a developer of wireless health monitoring products. (More...) http://bit.ly/M40KiL Hulu Sets New Season For Misfits, Booth At The End ---- Los Angeles-based Hulu, the online video streaming service, said Tuesday that it will air new seasons of two series, "Misfits", and "The Booth at the End". Misfits is a UK series, which is seeing its fourth season running on Hulu and Hulu Plus. The series had been launched by Hulu in partnership with BBC Worldwide Americas last year, and according to the firm is one of its most popular shows on Hulu. The series is one of a number of international titles, which have bypassed television and got direct to Hulu. 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Learn more at http://www.v2tc.com ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Senior IT Operations Architect/Analyst, La Jolla, Fortis Advisors http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5391 JDE Business Analyst, Los Angeles, TenTek, Inc. http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5390 Project Manager, Los Angeles, TenTek, Inc. http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5389 BPC (MS) Architect, Glendale, TenTek http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5388 Failure Analysis Engineer, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5387 System Administrator, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5386 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 08/02/12 Genomatica $41.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44463 07/31/12 InstaCanvas $1.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44391 07/26/12 Just Fabulous $76.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44308 07/26/12 Apptopia.com $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44305 07/26/12 Pop-up Pantry $1.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44307 07/25/12 NantPharma $125.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44240 07/25/12 CoDa Therapeutics $20.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44241 07/19/12 MOVIECLIPS, INC. $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44139 07/18/12 Retention Science $1.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44060 07/16/12 Tealium Inc. $10.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44042 07/12/12 POPTENT INC $5.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43964 07/11/12 MiCardia $4.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43098 07/11/12 ValCare $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43669 07/11/12 SteelHouse $8.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43670 07/11/12 StackSocial $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43674 07/10/12 Zumbox $10.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43641 07/09/12 BIOSURPLUS, INC. $2.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=43614 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events This Month http://www.socaltech.com/Calendar socaltech.com Calendar of Southern California High Tech Events Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html August 2, San Diego -- Agilent Series on Mobile Comms Design Flow Challenges & Opportunities from R&D to Validation . The Semiconductor SIG presents... Agilent Series on Mobile Comms Design Flow Challenges & Opportunities from R&D to ValidationNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22650 August 2, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs presents: Scrum for CEOs - How to Manage Teams in a 2.0 World. Does your development team need “just two more weeks” to deliver their work? Was that the same answer they gave two months ago? How does the Scrum process change team collaboration and accelerate development? Learn from one of our very own LA CEOs, Bill Sewell, about his team’s experience with Scrum, which began with training from with Master Scrum Trainer Scott Downey. This event is restricted to CEOs only of product companies with a minimum of $2million in funding or revenue.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22631 August 2, Calabasas -- 9th Annual Summer Social for the electronics industry at the World Famous Sagebrush Cantina. This event typically draws 150+ and is always a lot of fun reuniting old friends and making new ones~! All distributors, mfrs. reps, OEM's and anyone related to the electronics industry here in So. California. Email [email protected]. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22620 August 2, Santa Monica -- CHNL presents SILICON BEACH #BetaSessions. CHNL's mission is to bring together our Silicon Beach Community for a fun and alternative networking event where startups and entrepreneurs can meet their peers, as well as angel investors, VC's and service providersNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22656 August 2, Los Angeles -- Future of Film in the Digital Age. In the world of filmmaking, Financing, Promotion and Distribution are the three most common challenges that prevent filmmakers from achieving their creative and professional goals. With the rise of crowdfunding and online marketplaces, new doors are opening that allow a new generation of creatives - those who are both talented filmmakers and savvy marketers - to exploit their talents and realize their full potential. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22647 August 2, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs presents: Scrum for CEOs. LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Scrum for CEOs - How to Manage Teams in a 2.0 World. Does your development team need “just two more weeks” to deliver their work? Was that the same answer they gave two months ago? How does the Scrum process change team collaboration and accelerate development? Learn from one of our very own LA CEOs, Bill Sewell, about his team’s experience with Scrum, which began with training from with Master Scrum Trainer Scott Downey. Scrum is not just for developers, it’s common sense project management framework for teams that manage increasing amounts of tasks and priorities.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22644 August 4, Costa Mesa -- PMI OC August 2012 Advanced Topics Seminar. Dave Cornelius, a veteran information technology solutions consultant and doctoral candidate, will lead a half-day workshop August 4, 2012, on how to lead global teams successfully as part of the Project Management Institute Orange County Chapter’s Advanced Topics Seminars. Presentation topics will include understanding culture, effective communication, and adapting methods and best practices, as well as break out sessions to discuss participants’ own experiences.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22651 August 7, Redondo Beach -- Advanced Social Media School. It's time to take your social media knowledge to the next level. Attend class and learn about ifttt, paper.li, Quora, Rebel Mouse, Glossi, Dropbox, the Google Office Suite and other platforms and apps. This will make you more productive in your personal and professional lives. Email [email protected] . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22654 August 7, Westlake Village -- Los Angeles Clean Technology Council Conference. Our keynote speaker is Tom McGrath, Founder of LABS Renewable Energy. Tom will present "A Disruptive Technology-Converting Waste Into Energy With Fuel Cells.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22629 August 9, Santa Monica -- Startups Uncensored #29 - Eventbrite Co-Founders Kevin and Julia Hartz. Eventbrite is an online service that people everywhere use to create, share, and join any event imaginable. Eventbrite enable's event creation, promotion and ticket sales. They help people discover events that match their passions. And they let everyone share the events they're creating or joining, bringing more people together around the world. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22639 August 10, Santa Barbara -- Clean Business Investment Summit. The Clean Business Investment Summit aligns the power of capital to bring together cutting-edge entrepreneurs and investors looking for dynamic opportunities in green, sustainable business with powerful entrepreneur presentations and an outstanding lineup of speakers exploring critical facets in sustainability, business growth strategies, investment opportunities, and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22640 August 14, Irvine, CA -- PMI-OC August 2012 Networking Event. The Orange County Chapter of the Project Management Institute will host a dinner and miniature golf tournamentNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22652 August 14, Santa Monica -- LAVA's Annual Venture Capital Panel. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. Moderator: Jon Funk, Founder, Ocean Road Partners. Confirmed Panelists: Jim Andelman, Managing Partner, Rincon Venture Partners; David Casares, Principal, Vicente Capital Partners; Dana Settle, Partner, Greycroft Partners. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22627 August 16, Santa Monica -- An Evening with LA Mobile Entrepreneurs and a VC. Moderator Lori Kozlowski (Forbes) will be joined by mobile company founders Matthias Galica (ShareSquare), Nick Smoot (Here on Biz), Dave Matthews (NeuAer) and VC David Travers (Rustic Canyon). An evening chat with Los Angeles based mobile startup founders/executives and an experienced VC about what’s hot in the community right now: what is trending, what is challenging and what is going away.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22655 August 18, Los Angeles -- TECHBREW Multi-Dimensional MEGA MIXER. The TECHBREW Multi-Dimensional MEGA MIXER will include a workshop, presentations by international speakers, Lielle Arad and Alan Tratner, and a celebratory and fun mini-concert entertainment by the unique pop innovators, B4Neptune. Alan and Lielle will be speaking about responsibility in a special presentation entitled, ‘The Sustainable Planet & the Total Vantage Point’. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22637 August 22, Santa Monica -- SM New Tech Meetup. 10 min presentation by Winston J. Perez on Concept Modeling for technology entrepreneurs. 5 amazing new tech companies will present. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22648 August 23, Santa Monica -- TEDxSantaMonica Salon Event. Join TEDxSantaMonica for a salon-style event as we explore how local Santa Monica people are transforming the community and inspiring others. 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