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We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Rubicon Project Reports Big Growth Numbers --Invoca Names CFO --Teledyne Buys Oceanscience --Tealium: Sales Grow 120 Percent --Fuisz Media Ties With Intellectual Ventures --LegalZoom Ties With Sam's Club --Tipalti Takes $13M To Automate Mass Payments MARKETPLACE --La Visual - A Branding, Product Strategy & Rapid Prototyping Accelerator --Stradling --UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) --Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Solutions Architect, Santa Monica, RampRate --Senior Systems Engineer, Los Angeles, DreamHost RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Ecommerce: Latest Trends and Dynamics, November 19th, Beverly Hills Join ACGLA for a complimentary evening event for corporate executives! Wednesday, November 19, 5:00PM Montage Beverly Hills This world class panel, consisting of the leaders in eCommerce, will discuss the latest trends, valuation parameters, and developments in eCommerce. Topics will include: - Middlemarket opportunities - Trends - Industry landscape - Opportunities in Los Angeles - Valuation trends and key paramters - M&A Outlook - Capital sources and uses Panel includes: David Weissman, Dermastore; John Suh, LegalZoom; Rick Smith, Crosscut Ventures; Brad Meadow, Yandy; Mark Douglas, Steelhouse. Moderated by Ivan Nikhoo, Siemre & Associates. Register today! http://www.acgla.org/events/event.aspx?F_d=11%2f19%2f2014&F_y=2014&F_m=11&EventId=8634&; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rubicon Project Reports Big Growth Numbers ---- Los Angeles-based online advertising automation software developer Rubicon Project reported record financial results Thursday afternoon, saying that its third quarter sales were up 60 percent year over year to $32.2M. The company said the revenue performance was the best in its history. Rubicon Project, which is led by Frank Addante,said the growth was fueled by its open RTB auction technologies, private exchanges, mobile, and agency marketplaces. The publicly held company is now guiding full year revenues of between $122M and $123M. Invoca Names CFO ---- Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops software used to track phone calls from affiliate marketing, said Thursday that it has named Cynthia Stephens as its new Chief Financial Officer. Stephens joins the company from Harvest Power, where she was SVP and CFO. Stevens also served as CFO for Infoseek, and has served at OpenView Venture Partners, CodeGear/Borland Software, Pharsight, Calico Commerce, and Fractal Design. Invoca said it is now up to 140 employees at the company, which is venture backed by Salesforce Ventures, Accel Partners, Upfront Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners. Teledyne Buys Oceanscience ---- Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has acquired Carlsbad-based Oceanscience Group Ltd., a developer of unmanned marine vehicles and sensor platforms. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Teledyne Technologies said the buy will help add unmanned surface vessels to its line of marine products. Oceanscience's products are used for current measurement, seafloor mapping and analysis of physical parameters such as salinity. Tealium: Sales Grow 120 Percent ---- San Diego-based Tealium, the developer of enterprise tag management software which is led by Jeff Lunsford, said it saw 120 percent year-over-year sales growth. Actual revenues were not released by the company. The company said it grew its customer base by approximately 80 percent year over year, adding such clients as Air New Zealand, Lamps Plus, thredUp, Automotive Internet Media, and others to its roster of customers. An earlier profile of Tealium in the Inc. 500 reported the company's 2013 revenues were $12.5M. Tealium's software is used by enterprises to manage the many "tags" that are embedded into web pages and online e-commerce catalogs. Fuisz Media Ties With Intellectual Ventures ---- Santa Monica-based interactive video technology developer Fuisz Media and IP licensing firm Intellectual Ventures said yesterday that the two are in a intellectual property licensing agreement. The companies said that Fuisz has acquired several strategic patents related to interactive video technology from IV, and has become a customer of IV's ptatnet defense program. Financial details of the patent licensing deal were not announced. Fuisz Media is developing technology to automatically identify objects in videos, so that viewers can get more information about characters or even buy products by clicking in a frame. LegalZoom Ties With Sam's Club ---- Glendale-based online legal documents firm LegalZoom announced Thursday that it has linked up with Sam's Club, the membership warehouse club owned by Walmart, to offer up its services to small businesses. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, however, LegalZoom said that it wil loffer up a suite of estate planning products for $299 as a promotion with Sam's Club, as well as up to 25 percent off all of its other products. The deal was announced as part of an expansion of services at Sam's Club for the small business market. Tipalti Takes $13M To Automate Mass Payments ---- Agoura Hills-based Tipalti, a developer of software to automate mass payments--for example, for affiliate advertising firms and marketplaces--has raised $13M in a funding round, according to the company. The Series B funding came from Wicklow Capital. The startup, which is led by Chen Amit, automates payments in the crowd for companies who have a large number of people they need to pay small amounts on a regular basis. The company says its customers include Chartboost, TouchofModern, PulsePoint, Disqus, Matomy, A4D, MUNDOmedia, Perion Codefuel, ClickDealer, Infolinks, and Tapjoy, and that it now is processing over $1 billion in payments annually. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=60823 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- La Visual - A Branding, Product Strategy & Rapid Prototyping Accelerator Local branding agency launches a new design-centric accelerator program. We help you streamline the launch of your startup by offering world-class branding, product strategy, user-experience design, rapid-prototyping technology, mentorship, and access to early stage investment all under one roof! Contact us to setup a meet and greet today. 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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Solutions Architect, Santa Monica, RampRate http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5594 Senior Systems Engineer, Los Angeles, DreamHost http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5593 CDN Expert Consultant, Santa Monica, RampRate http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5592 QA Automation Manager, Los Angeles, Fetch Recruiting, Inc. http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5591 VP of Business Development, Santa Monica, RampRate http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5590 Executive Assistant to the CEO, Santa Monica, RampRate http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5589 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 10/23/14 Tipalti $13.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60823 10/16/14 Wilshire Axon Sports $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60686 10/15/14 H3 Financial Services $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60681 10/14/14 Speakr $2.9M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60618 10/13/14 Cosmederm Bioscience $50.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60590 10/13/14 Vyu $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60589 10/08/14 Avidity NanoMedicines LLC $6.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60579 10/08/14 Crowdfunder $3.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60580 10/07/14 BloomNation $5.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60518 10/06/14 ShipHawk $5.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60356 10/06/14 Alteryx $60.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60352 10/02/14 Nant Health $320.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60348 10/01/14 Rowl $4.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60219 09/30/14 Remind $40.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60128 09/29/14 Squawkin $2.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60125 09/29/14 Dollar Shave Club $50.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60068 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 October 24, Pasadena -- Creative Spaces & Places for Creative People. With the broad-based embracing of the creative class and growing eagerness to foster innovative thinking in the work place and throughout entire communities, leading architects, planners, developers and designers have turned their attention to creating spaces that enhance this way of thinking and living. We’ll hear from a panel of thought leaders who will provide their unique perspectives on this movement and how they are applying their respective skills to meet its unique needs. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24351 October 24, Pasadena -- Connect Week. Connect Week is a series of independently organized seminars, workshops, and social events unfolding in venues across the city. Discover more about design trends, open data efforts, crowdfunding, emerging biotech, 3D printing, successful entrepreneurship, and innovation in Pasadena. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24361 October 24, Camarillo -- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Symposium @CSUCI. The Channel Islands Chapter of AUVSI will be holding a half day "Micro" Symposium.The event will include panel sessions on unmanned vehicle applications in environmental, agricultural and tri- county business opportunities. This will be followed by a key note speech from Assemblyman Jeff Gorell on his Gold Team California initiative. Students will present robotic displays and the event will close with a social hour. Email [email protected]. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24271 October 24, Los Angeles -- LA STARTUP WEEK. A a celebration of the LA startup community: free events all week, organized by the community. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24320 October 25, Santa Monica -- At the Helm: Women In Biz. At The Helm is a unique event for women entrepreneurs. Join us for a powerful and inspiring day of learning and business growth with. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24336 October 25, Pasadena -- Connect Week. Connect Week is a series of independently organized seminars, workshops, and social events unfolding in venues across the city. Discover more about design trends, open data efforts, crowdfunding, emerging biotech, 3D printing, successful entrepreneurship, and innovation in Pasadena. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24362 October 25, Irvine -- Wize Crowd Crowdfuning magazine pre-launch party. Join us at FastStart.studio for Wize Crowd magazine pre-launch party. Every month we'll be featuring 24 local startups and distribute our magazine to 30K local residential addresses. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24338 October 25, Pasadena -- TechSparks - Innovation Mixer - Connect Week Edition. Techsparks aims to spark innovative new ideas by providing a social forum for entrepreneurial minds. Our events include networking, games, raffles and pitch opportunities to encourage interaction and collaboration. As part of the Innovate Pasadena's CONNECT! Week (October 21-26). we are proud to provide a unique opportunity to connect some of Pasadena's key institutions, companies and people in the vibrant tech and design ecosystem in the Northeast side of Los Angeles. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24354 October 25, Los Angeles -- STEAM Carnival – Los Angeles. A modern take on the traveling circus, STEAM Carnival is an entertainment showcase using high-tech amusement and project-based kits to inspire kids of all ages about science, technology, engineering, art and math. Attractions include a midway loaded with challenging games, interactive experiences, hands-on workshops, contests, prizes and artisanal carnival food. STEAM Carnival leverages kids’ passions for music, fashion, and games to expose them to STEAM disciplines. Select student participants will have the opportunity to display projects through a variety of exhibitions including a wearable electronics fashion show and a junior arcade. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24289 October 26, Los Angeles -- STEAM Carnival – Los Angeles. A modern take on the traveling circus, STEAM Carnival is an entertainment showcase using high-tech amusement and project-based kits to inspire kids of all ages about science, technology, engineering, art and math. Attractions include a midway loaded with challenging games, interactive experiences, hands-on workshops, contests, prizes and artisanal carnival food. STEAM Carnival leverages kids’ passions for music, fashion, and games to expose them to STEAM disciplines. Select student participants will have the opportunity to display projects through a variety of exhibitions including a wearable electronics fashion show and a junior arcade. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24290 October 28, Santa Monica -- FWD.us Monthly Meetup: The Startup Government and Critical Partnerships Between Tech and Policy. Join the FWD.us Los Angeles Chapter to hear from LA leaders on how the region is partnering with the tech industry to solve critical policy issues. We'll then break into project teams who will put their heads together to tackle tough political challenges, namely the passage of immigration reform this year. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24346 October 29, San Diego -- Connect with CONNECT: Cross-Border Innovation. Discover how innovations connect our region at our very special fall edition of Connect with CONNECT; Cross-Border Innovations! Travel through our showcase zones where more than 30 startup companies from the Baja and San Diego region introduce you to their latest products and discoveries. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24334 October 29, Los Angeles -- Silicon Beach @ USC 2014. YOUR FUTURE IS HERE Tech Startups. Mobile Apps. Digital Devices. Streaming Entertainment. Innovation in the technology and entertainment sectors has created unprecedented opportunity in Southern California – are you prepared? Silicon Beach @ USC will feature game-changers and thought leaders from Hollywood studios, technology startups, and academia. We will also recognize the next generation of innovators as we award over $50,000 to participants in the USC Silicon Beach Awards venture competition.This event is your chance to learn from, and connect with, the people who will shape your future. Please join us. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24327 October 30, Los Angeles -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital & counsel. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24262 October 30, Los Angeles -- The Israel Conference is a business conference that brings together leading technology innovators and investors in High Tech / Media and Entertainment / Advertising / Mobile / Content / Gaming / Clean Tech / Medical Tech / Consumer Products coming out of Israel that are market-making and in demand. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24253 November 3, Los Angeles -- Game Developers Conference Next (GDC Next). GDC Next answers the question: "So you've made a game, what's next?" GDC Next brings the video game community together – from makers to marketers, from companies both big and small – to learn how to increase discoverability, gain exposure, broaden their audience, differentiate their work, and position their games for industry success. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24349 November 5, San Diego -- CONNECT’s FrameWork’s Workshop: Mergers & Acquisitions. Despite continuing high unemployment, debt overhang and seemingly endless regulatory and fiscal changes, opportunities for acquiring or selling a company still exist. In order to successfully navigate an M&A transaction in this challenging economic environment, it is critical that buyers and sellers understand what will be required to be successful in their strategic transaction efforts, particularly in today’s challenging environment. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24335 November 6, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs presents Mike Jones, CEO Science. Please join Mark Landay, Dynamic Synergy Executive Recruitment for a fireside chat with Mike. This event is restricted to qualified CEOs & CFOs only. A confirmed RSVP required, no service providers admitted. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24342 November 6, Santa Monica -- Women 2.0 City Meetup. City Meetup is a Women 2.0 networking event to promote new networks amongst the entire technology ecosystem in innovative cities around the world. This event is open to those who work, start, and fund tech companies. Both women and men are invited to attend.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24322 November 7, Los Angeles -- USC Electrical Engineering Research Festival. The Ming Hsieh Institute annually hosts the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering Research Festival. Over 100 undergraduate and graduate students present their research through poster sessions, demonstrations and oral presentations at the event. The Research Festival is a day-long festival that welcomes the entire USC Viterbi community, alumni and engineering industry representatives. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24293 November 9, Glendale -- Martin Short in conversation with Steve Martin. Live Talks LA. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24236 November 12, Thousand Oaks -- Tech Business Mixer. • Meet CTC and 101 Incubator Founders, CEO’s and Joint Venture Partners • Fast pitch introductions • Request for team collaborators • What’s new in Sustainable Business Bring your friends and join CTC for loads of fun, games, great food and drinks (5-6pm early bird specials!) Meet Tech Executives, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Angel/VC Investors, Joint Venture Partners, Deal Makers and Start Up Mentors. Clean Technology Council has sponsored monthly entrepreneur roundtables since 2010. CTC members and friends see amazing opportunities driven by the convergence of technology, globalization and resources. Our mission is to bring together outstanding business leaders and creative individuals that want to learn, build relationships and operate sustainable businesses. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24350 November 12, Santa Monica -- Security Panel. Tech in Motion LA's Security Panel will be assessing and addressing security, privacy threats and risks that are now prevalent due to the overwhelming use and reliance on technology devices.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24340 November 13, Irvine -- Startups to Success Demos & Drinks Mixer. Tech In Motion. Come see demos from the hottest startups to companies that have experienced success with innovative products and applications! This is a FREE event hosted by Tech in Motion OC - the largest tech meetup in Orange County! This is a great opportunity to not only check out the latest tech but network with the local tech community. RSVP today and join us at the Eureka Building's high-tech outdoor pavilion. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24352 November 18, Los Angeles -- John Cleese in conversation with Eric Idle. Live Talks LA. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24233 November 18, Santa Monica -- CoFoundersLab Matchup Santa Monica. CoFoundersLab Matchup Santa Monica is aimed at helping entrepreneurs find co-founders, advisers & interns and to build strong, core founding teams. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24309 November 19, Beverly Hills -- Join ACGLA for a complimentary evening event for corporate executives! Wednesday, November 19, 5:00PM Montage Beverly Hills. This world class panel, consisting of the leaders in eCommerce, will discuss the latest trends, valuation parameters, and developments in eCommerce. Topics will include: - Middlemarket opportunities - Trends - Industry landscape - Opportunities in Los Angeles - Valuation trends and key paramters - M&A Outlook - Capital sources and uses. Panel includes: David Weissman, Dermastore; John Suh, LegalZoom; Rick Smith, Crosscut Ventures; Brad Meadow, Yandy; Mark Douglas, Steelhouse. Moderated by Ivan Nikhoo, Siemre & AssociatesNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24365 November 20, San Diego -- The IT Summit San Diego. The IT Summit is the executive technology conference series returning to San Diego for our third annual event on November 20th, 2014. The purpose of the summit is to provide educational and networking resources for the IT leaders in the Southern California area. The conference is driven by an Executive Board of regional IT professionals that directs the content of the educational sessions and sponsor participation. The IT Summit is designed to address the real-world opportunities and challenges faced by today's executives, by facilitating face-to-face interaction and networking among information technology peers. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24126 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). 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