INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The city of Glendale, Calif
seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem.Located at the
southeastern tip of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles suburb counts its biggest employers as the adhesive manufacturer Avery
Dennison; the Los Angeles industrial team for the real estate developer CBRE; the International House of Pancakes; Disney Consumer Products;
DreamWorks Studios; Walt Disney Animation and Univision
heating, ventilation and cooling systems at commercial and residential properties across the U.S.Founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan
ski trip organized by the Armenian student associations at Stanford and the University of Southern California back when both men were in
college.Both programmers, the two reconnected after doing stints as custom developers during and after college, and then when they were
of services to help contractors like their fathers manage their businesses
Now following a $62 million round of funding led by Battery Ventures last month, the company is worth roughly $800 million, according to