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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --How An Acquisition Is Helping Wittlebee Break Into The Clothing Industry --Wallaby Raises $1.1M For Smart Credit Card --WD Targets Mac With New External Hard Drive System --DataDirect Networks Names European Head --SOA Software Trumpets Business Transactions Volume --Two San Diego Sites Rank Tops In Rising Social Networking Interest --Avril Lavigne Taps Invested.in For Crowdfunding Effort --Callfire Ties With Democratic Campaign Provider --WhatRunsWhere Buys Mobile Ad Spy For Mobile Ad Tracking MARKETPLACE --PortTech EXPO 2012: CLEAN TECH SOLUTIONS FOR TOMORROW’S PORTS --Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services --Safire Partners Executive Search --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. --Get the latest PwC SoCal MoneyTree Report RECENT JOB POSTINGS --President, West Los Angeles, 33Give --Failure Analysis Engineer, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks --Front End Developer - JS, CoffeeScript, Backbone, Santa Monica, Handmade Mobile Entertainemnt --Musician Services Manager // Music Education Startup , Santa Monica, Chromatik --Growth Manager // Music Education Startup, Santa Monica, Chromatik RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator The Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) is a high-tech business incubator located in downtown Ventura, CA. V2TC offers a creative environment where high-tech start-ups and entrepreneurs can network, brainstorm, and grow their business. Work-spaces are affordable, flexible and scalable in order to allow companies the ability to manage their growth effectively and efficiently. Learn more at http://www.v2tc.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How An Acquisition Is Helping Wittlebee Break Into The Clothing Industry ---- Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Wittlebee (www.wittlebee.com) announced the acquisition of its own, clothing company--Cottonseed Clothing Company--as it continues to build out its subscription, children's clothing service. Wittleebee is backed by Science Inc., and co-founder Sean Percival is a MySpace vet and a familiar face in Southern California's social media circles. We caught up with Sean to learn more about the acquisition, and how the buy of Cottonseed is one of the things helping the firm break into the closed and protective clothing industry. As a quick refresher for those who haven't used Wittlebee yet, can you briefly talk about what you offer? Sean Pervical: Wittlebee is a kid's clothing club. Every month, you get a box of kids clothes, personalized to you as a member. It's aligned to the personality of your child. For example, if (More...) http://bit.ly/NYK9yQ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallaby Raises $1.1M For Smart Credit Card ---- Pasadena-based Wallaby, the digital wallet startup out of MuckerLab, has scored $1.1M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The firm--which is led by Matthew Goldman--said the funding came from the Founders Fund Angel and and WI Harper Group, along with SLP Ventures, Lion Wells Capital, and other angels. Those angels, while un-named, including former Green Dot executives. Wallaby is developing a credit card, which automatically routes transactions to a consumers' other credit cards, based on their rewards and goals. The company said the funding round allows its to expand and refine its program. The firm's card lets users direct purchases to specific credit cards they carry, in order to maximize and optimize the rewards on those cards. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=44977 WD Targets Mac With New External Hard Drive System ---- Irvine-based disk drive maker WD is targeting Mac OS X users with a new external hard drive system, the My Book VelociRaptor Duo, which it says is one of the fastest external HDD systems available on the market. WD said its new system is aimed at Mac computer users and creative professionals, and includes two, 1 TB, 10,000 RPM hard drives. The 2 TB dual-drive system is aimed at editing high resolution video and other high throughput applications like graphic design, digital media, and photo editing. The new system starts at $899.99 and also includes RAID 0 and RAID 1 options. DataDirect Networks Names European Head ---- Chatsworth-based storage provider DataDirect Networks has named a new head of its European operations, the firm said Wednesday. DataDirect, which develops data storage products aimed at high performance computing and other sectors, said that it has named Pascal Barbolosi as Vice President, EMEA. Barbolosi was previously at Bull, heading up its High Performance Computing (HPC) business unit. SOA Software Trumpets Business Transactions Volume ---- Los Angeles-based SOA Software, the developer of service oriented architecture (SOA), cloud, and other enterprise API management software, said Tuesday that its products are now handling more than 50 billion business transactions per year. The firm pointed to the volume as proof that it's a "core part" of critical enterprise systems. SOA's software is used by companies to manage messages and transactions between business applications. It's unclear how that volume of usage translates into finances, product adoption, or other measures. However, the firm said it now counts such clients as American Express, Astra Zeneca, Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Credit Suisse, Disney, eBay, Intel, and many other household names as customers. Two San Diego Sites Rank Tops In Rising Social Networking Interest ---- A report issued this week by Experian Marketing Services has identified two, San Diego niche social networking sites as being among the fastest growing sites between July of 2011 and July of 2012. Experian said that--in an analysis to find the next Instagram or Pinterest--it conducated an international study of web sites to find the fastest growing niche social networking. In addition to Instagram (17,319 percent growth year to year) and Pinterest (5124 percent growth), Experian said the two other largest growing sites in North America it identified were Skillwho, a San Diego social networking site to help users find people with skills from friends or a local area (7,435 percent increase), and StockTwits (943 percent increase), the stock social networking and discussion site led by Howard Lindzon, which is also in San Diego. Avril Lavigne Taps Invested.in For Crowdfunding Effort ---- Singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne has tapped online software from Los Angeles-based startup Invested.in for a new crowdfunding campaign for her Avril Lavigne Foundation, according to Lavigne. According to Lavigne, she has launched the Rockstar Room, which will use crowdfunding to tap her fans to raise money to support children and youth with serious illnesses and disabilities. Lavigne said that her fans and others can join the Rockstar Room to help raise money for children with serious illnesses and disabilities, including funding efforts by those kids to write, perform, and record their own unique song, and to help provide them with guitar picks and toys. Invested.in, which is headed by Alon Goren, helps power web-based crowdfunding sites for individuals, businesses, and charitable organizations. Callfire Ties With Democratic Campaign Provider ---- Callfire, the developer of telephony services and APIs, reported Wednesday that it has tied with a provider technology services for Democratic candidates. CallFire said it was designated the preferred provider of cloud broadcast voice and hosted IVR telephony services by NGP VAN, which the company says is used by "virtually every" Democratic candidate and progressive organization conducting a field campaign. Financial details of the link were not disclosed. Callfire said that NGP VAN is powering campaigns for President Obama's reelection. Callfire is led by Dinesh Ravishanker, and provides enterprise, telephony APIs and services to help developers create interactive voice response, text messaging, voice broadcast, and other telephony applications. WhatRunsWhere Buys Mobile Ad Spy For Mobile Ad Tracking ---- San Diego-based WhatRunsWhere, a startup which develops advertising tracking technology, said Wednesday morning that it has acquired Mobile Ad Spy, a UK-based mobile ad tracking startup. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. WhatRunsWhere said it would use the acquisition to launch a new offering in the mobile ad tracking market. WhatRunsWhere operates a service to help advertisers and their agencies to track their competitors online advertising campaigns; the firm's COO is Max Teitelbaum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- PortTech EXPO 2012: CLEAN TECH SOLUTIONS FOR TOMORROW’S PORTS September 5 (5:00 - 8:00 PM) - Entrepreneur Showcase and Pitch Competition September 6 (8:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Panel Sessions, Exhibitors, Demonstrations, Breakout Sessions and Keynotes DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, Cabrillo Marina, San Pedro Keynote Speaker: Carla Peterman, California Energy Commission On September 5th and 6th, PortTech Los Angeles welcomes community and industry leaders, technology entrepreneurs, university researchers, and investors to PortTech EXPO 2012. The 3rd Annual EXPO will focus on products and services, issues and opportunities for enterprises and entrepreneurs with emphasis on trade, transportation and logistics. EXPO program topics include: Financing Technologies for Ports and Beyond; Labor Opportunities Enabled by New Technologies; and Environmental Technologies for a Sustainable Future. PortTech EXPO 2012 also includes sponsored breakout sessions, exhibitors, demonstrations, workshops and the Entrepreneur's Showcase and Pitch Competition featuring clean technology companies. 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Download it today for free! http://www.socaltech.com/pwc http://www.socaltech.com/pwc/PwC%20Shaking%20the%20MoneyTree%20Q2%202012.pdf ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free President, West Los Angeles, 33Give http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5411 Failure Analysis Engineer, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5410 Front End Developer - JS, CoffeeScript, Backbone, Santa Monica, Handmade Mobile Entertainemnt http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5409 Musician Services Manager // Music Education Startup , Santa Monica, Chromatik http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5408 Growth Manager // Music Education Startup, Santa Monica, Chromatik http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5407 Manager, Sales Operations, Sunnyvale, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5406 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 08/30/12 Wallaby $1.1M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44977 08/27/12 NastyGal.com $40.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44916 08/23/12 MYMUSAIC $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44907 08/21/12 Bioniz $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44866 08/21/12 MelRok $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44864 08/21/12 BioPhotas $0.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44863 08/21/12 Stroma Medical Corp. $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44862 08/21/12 Swagsy $0.1M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44869 08/21/12 Ultrawave Labs, Inc. $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44871 08/17/12 Modern Meadow $0.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44741 08/16/12 Little Black Bag $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44739 08/15/12 EcoMom $4.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44736 08/15/12 PageWoo $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44732 08/14/12 Educreations $2.2M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44730 08/13/12 Elcelyx Therapeutics, Inc. $4.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44691 08/08/12 Pivotshare $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44587 08/07/12 AwesomenessTV $3.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44506 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30, San Diego -- The Military SIG Presents: Unmanned Vehicles. CommNexus. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22681 August 30, Venice -- TechCrawl. It’s like a bar crawl, but with startup/Accelerator/Incubator offices instead of bars. Each venue will host a group of developers, designers, entrepreneurs and other startups in their office for 45 minutes or so then feel free to move on to the next stop. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22696 August 30, Newport Beach -- 17th Annual Southern California Investor Conference. Merriman Capital. 40 of Southern California's leading companies will present an update on their respective company and provide business insights to the investment community. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22709 August 31, San Diego -- Bootstrappers Breakfast - San Diego. Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. * Compare Notes * Exchange Ideas * Learn from Others Mistakes * Brainstorm with Peers. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22682 September 4, Westlake Village -- Interactive Website Workshop for Startups. The Sites for Friends team creates powerful, easy to maintain websites for clients like Revenue Watch Institute, Solarbuzz, Red Hat Society and Fretted Americana. They will show you how to improve your website. WORKSHOP TOPICS: How to improve dull, brochure style websites * Portals vs. Destinations * Engaging your audience with interactivity and social communications * Websites as a meeting space * eCommerce and collaboration * More than Facebook and Twitter accessible * Specific, focused & fun * Content Management Systems (CMS) that improve website design, let you edit content and increase Google ranking.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22736 September 5, San Pedro -- Port Tech LA 2012 Expo. On September 5th and 6th, PortTech Los Angeles welcomes community and industry leaders, technology entrepreneurs, university researchers, and investors to PortTechEXPO 2012. The 3rd Annual EXPO will focus on products and services, issues and opportunities for enterprises and entrepreneurs with emphasis on trade, transportation and logistics. EXPO program topics include: Financing Technologies for Ports and Beyond; Labor Opportunities Enabled by New Technologies; and Environmental Technologies for a Sustainable Future. PortTech EXPO 2012 also includes sponsored breakout sessions, exhibitors, demonstrations and the Entrepreneur's Showcase and Pitch Competition featuring clean technology companies.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22735 September 5, Los Angeles -- Is Your Pitch in the Strike Zone? Entrepreneurs, does your pitch measure up? New this year, the pitch competition for entrepreneurs with innovative clean tech applications will be held on the evening of September 5th at the 3rd Annual PortTechEXPO. Angel and venture investors, business advisors and coaches, attorneys, accountants, and port representatives will be in attendance. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22649 September 6, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Monica Dodi, Managing Director of The Women’s Venture Capital Fund with Perspectives of a Venture Capitalist and How They Evaluate Potential Investments and The Benefits of Gender Diversity. This free event is for CEOs only, with at least a million dollars in sales or funding. Service providers will be asked to leave. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22713 September 6, San Pedro -- Port Tech LA 2012 Expo. On September 5th and 6th, PortTech Los Angeles welcomes community and industry leaders, technology entrepreneurs, university researchers, and investors to PortTechEXPO 2012. The 3rd Annual EXPO will focus on products and services, issues and opportunities for enterprises and entrepreneurs with emphasis on trade, transportation and logistics. EXPO program topics include: Financing Technologies for Ports and Beyond; Labor Opportunities Enabled by New Technologies; and Environmental Technologies for a Sustainable Future. PortTech EXPO 2012 also includes sponsored breakout sessions, exhibitors, demonstrations and the Entrepreneur's Showcase and Pitch Competition featuring clean technology companies.NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22734 September 6, Santa Monica -- Intro to Search Engine Optimization. Coloft Academy. What is Search Engine Optimization? This class is designed to teach you how to drive more traffic to your web site and increase sales, by using tools suited for anyone!. We’ll cover getting on the first page of search engines (results not guaranteed), getting more web traffic without spending money on advertising, and strategies for onsite and offsite website optimization techniques.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22673 September 11, Costa Mesa -- 2012 PMI-OC Project Management Conference. The Orange County Chapter of the Project Management Institute will hold a Project Management Conference Sept. 11, 2012. The event will feature education and leadership sessions, as well as speaker Troy Hazard, recent global president, Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Also included will be the proclamation of Project Management Day by Orange County mayors, state assemblymen, and other dignitaries, and a 9/11 remembrance ceremony.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22715 September 11, Santa Monica -- State of the Market. LAVA Distinguished Speaker Series An Evening with Paul Kwan - "State of the Market". Paul Kwan, Managing Director, Head of Internet & Software Banking, Morgan Stanley. Paul is responsible for Morgan Stanley's Internet and Software Banking practice and has been focused on the software and Internet industry for over sixteen years. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22724 September 12, Santa Monica -- Startup Accounting - Essentials every founder should know. Coloft Academy. In this class we will cover the necessary tools and measures startups must take to manage their finances. Taught by startup finance veteran David Ehrenberg, we will be covering the following: Accounting prior and post funding; Taxes; Accounting systems and software; and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22674 September 12, Los Angeles -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum . At Silicon Beach @ USC, the Marshall School of Business Institute for Communication Technology Management, the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Entertainment Technology Center will host a series of panels to educate startups on trends in entertainment distribution, discuss the convergence of entertainment and technology and will seek to advance technology startups, as well as foster connections with venture capital and angel investment communities. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22716 September 13, Los Angeles -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum . At Silicon Beach @ USC, the Marshall School of Business Institute for Communication Technology Management, the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Entertainment Technology Center will host a series of panels to educate startups on trends in entertainment distribution, discuss the convergence of entertainment and technology and will seek to advance technology startups, as well as foster connections with venture capital and angel investment communities. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22717 September 15, Santa Monica -- User Experience (UX) for Lean Startups. LuxR and Cross Campus. Please join LUXr and Cross Campus for a 1-day workshop on User Experience for Lean Startups. User Experience is one of the most challenging and least understood aspects of creating a product...and yet it will make or break your product. Join Lane Halley to learn Lean Startup methods that help you make the right product, and make your product right. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22725 September 18, Irvine -- CleanTech OC 2012 Conference & Expo. CleanTech OC 2012 is the third annual conference and expo promoting economic growth in the Orange County clean technology industry, likely to be one of the most significant engines for job growth over the next decade. Attended by cleantech entrepreneurs & industry leaders, investors, policy makers, and many others, this is the only annual conference in Orange County dedicated to covering the clean technology space and connecting industry stakeholders from throughout the region & state. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22732 September 19, Santa Monica -- StartEngine - Summer 2012 Demo Day. StartEngine Summer 2012 Demo Day event on Wednesday, September 19 at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. This latest batch is comprised of 14 startups who have been immersed in the StartEngine program since the session began on July 2nd. This innovative group includes an interactive health and fitness assessment app, a task oriented email secretary, a cross-platform multiplayer games, and an enterprise dashboard made social.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22722 September 19, Pasadena -- Innovation Soiree: Caltech MIT Enterprise Forum’s 2012 Fall Social. September at Caltech, signals innovation in high gear as summer blends into a new academic year: creative minds abuzz, innovating and discovering throughout a strikingly beautiful campus. To celebrate entrepreneurship across all of Southern California, the Executive Committee of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum invites you to an evening networking reception. The focus is exclusively networking and making connections (yes, no program!). Bring your business cards and your entrepreneurial spirit. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22730 September 19, Santa Monica -- Search Engine Land Editor-in-Chief Danny Sullivan - Startups Uncensored #30. Professional search engine marketers rely on the editors of searchengineland.com to keep them up to speed. Widely considered a leading "search engine guru," Danny Sullivan has been helping webmasters, marketers and everyday web users understand how search engines work for over a decade. Danny’s expertise about search engines is often sought by the media, and he has been quoted in places like The Wall St. Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The New Yorker and Newsweek and ABC’s Nightline. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22727 September 20, Santa Monica -- Co-Founders Wanted of Santa Monica - presented by CoFoundersLab. Looking for a co-founder? CoFoundersLab focuses on more effectively facilitating co-founder matchmaking and they're coming to Santa Monica! The CoFoundersLab matchmaking process works by combining two services: a free, online matching platform at CoFoundersLab.com and in-person Meetups.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22726 September 20, Santa Monica -- Co-Founders Wanted of Santa Monica. The purpose of this in-person Meetup is to help you find a co-founder for your business or help you find a business to join as a co-founderNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22741 September 21, Los Angeles -- Lean Startup Machine. Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. 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