Los Angeles tech firms Nativo and Preact were recognized as two of the region's hottest startups at last week's LA Tech Summit, event organizer Cornerstone OnDemand announced today.

Nativo, which was selected as the "hottest LA startup" by a panel of prominent Los Angeles early stage and angel investors, is a leading native advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. The Nativo platform fully automates the scalable insertion of brand content into editorial streams across mobile, tablet and desktop. Brand content is delivered seamlessly cross-site and cross-device, matched in real-time to the look and feel of each publication and consumed as site–served content on each publisher domain. Preact, which the audience voted as their choice for LA's hottest startup, is an enterprise SaaS company that helps businesses provide a better customer experience with tools that assist with churn reduction, engagement, onboarding- and support.

Other Los Angeles startups competing in the session included Lettuce, a mobile order management system for SMBs, and Prosperio, a media planning tool for agencies, marketers and publishers.

The four young companies shared their stories and plans for the future during a main stage pitch session held live in front of conference attendees. The panel, led by Upfront Ventures investor Greg Bettinelli, shared commentary and feedback on each presenting company. Other panelists included angel investor Dave Berkus; David Carter, co-founder and strategic advisor, Amplify.LA; Brian Garrett, co-founder and operating partner, Crosscut Ventures; Kelly Perdew, co-founder and CEO, TargetClose; and TX Zhuo, managing partner of Karlin Ventures.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Elizabeth Flax , +1 (310) 752-1860 eflax@csod.com