socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. Among other major 2011 exits listed were Riot Games ($400 million) and HauteLook ($270 million).

Southern California 187

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Report Riot Games 187

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I think that the market was, however, hotter two years ago, when companies were buying more aggressively, and there was lots of pent-up demand. If you go back to 2005 and 2006 and look at a company which would have a $5M pre- then, it''s now $8 to $10M, all else equal. We were involved in the Gradient X deal, and that was a nice one.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. socaltech socal socalcto

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. It also was acquired by Experian in 2005. became a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL in November of 2005.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005).

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example Twitter , where gazillions of bots [type A] follow other equally superfluous but nevertheless very busy bots [type B] that automatically generate 27% valuable content (links to penis enlargement tools) and 73% not exactly exciting girly chatter (breeding demand for cheap viagra).

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41