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NOVEMBER 28, 2008

Thursday, December 4, 2008 -- VC Outlook 2009. Dealmaker LA. See [link] (more).

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Venture Capital 100

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NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 -- What's on the Horizon for Employers in 2009. Employers Group's Workplace and Employment Law Update primes companies with 'What's on the Horizon for Employers in 2009'. See [link] (more).

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Company Companies 100

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AUGUST 16, 2010

The firm said it it studeied marriages between January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, and concluded 542 people were married every day in the United States due to the site's efforts. due to the web site. The study was conducted by Harris Interactive for eHarmony. percent of all new marriages in the country. READ MORE>>.

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eHarmony Sites Study Pasadena 275

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.

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Venture Capital Startup LAMP Marketing 466

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

E-commerce spending has been rising since Q4 of 2009, after stalling out over issues with the economy in 2008 and early 2009. The latest numbers out of comScore , which measures e-commerce spending and Internet traffic, find that U.S. retail e-commerce spending rose 13 percent, year-over-year, to $36.3 billion in Q3 of 2011.

Commerce 182

Commerce Software Review Report Content 182

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MARCH 4, 2010

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand reported strong 2009 performance, saying Thursday afternoon that the firm had a 64 percent growth in its client base in 2009, and an 83 percent increase in users from December 2008. The firm also said it had a strong Q4, with client booking up 66 percent from Q4 of 2008.

Cornerstone OnDemand 140

Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Report Services 140

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Woodland Hills-based United Online reported its fourth quarter and full year 2009 results Wednesday afternoon, saying that its communications segment--which includes its dial-up ISP business--had a revenue drop of 19 percent in Q4 compared with Q4 of 2008, dropping to $48.4M in Q4 of 2009, down from the $256.2M for the quarter.

Woodland Hills 140

Woodland Hills Report Media Services 140

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JANUARY 19, 2011

The report, based on data from January 2008 to 2009, found the Los Angeles Area had 23 percent of green employment in the state, and 22 percent of green businesses. According to data released by the group, job employment in the green sector grew three times faster than total employment in California, accounting for 174,000 jobs.

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Report San Diego Study Research 212

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Kammerer had been at Ford for 34 years before retiring in 2008 as Director of Product Development for Jaguar Land Rover. Kammerer has been on Fallbrook's board since February of 2009. Fallbrook, which makes transmission technology used in electric vehicles, said it ha appointed Al Kammerer as its President. READ MORE>>.

Technology 150

Technology San Diego Product Develop 150

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Despite the gain, the growth rate is well below the double digit gains e-commerce was seeing up until Q3 of 2008, when e-commerce sales dropped to single digits and eventually turned negative in 2009. Spending reached $32.9M for the quarter, the third consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Commerce 187

Commerce Report Sales Marketing 187

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Carlsbad-based Breach Security , a developer of Internet security software, has released the results of a security report, saying that nineteen percent of all online attacks in 2009 so far have been based on social networking sites. web sites to launch their hacking attempts.

Social Network 150

Social Network Web Sites Web 2.0 150

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JANUARY 28, 2011

The rise in confidence continues an overall trend for venture capitalists, who have steadily become more confident since around Q4 of 2008 and Q1 of 2009. The analysis came from the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index, compiled by Professor Mark V.

Report 170

Report Southern California Venture Capital Acquisition 170

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition to the new commercials, Hulu said it is currently featuring all of the Super Bowl ads from 2008 and 2009 on the site, as well as through an embeddable widget for Hulu fans. READ MORE>>.

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Hulu Sites Los Angeles Angel 164

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

on reveues of $871,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. For 2008, the firm had a loss of $11.9M Fallbrook is venture backed by Robeco Group, NGEN Partners, and others. Fallbrook reported a net loss of $11.7M on revenues of $2.28M. READ MORE>>.

Technology 140

Technology San Diego .Net Research 140

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AUGUST 31, 2009

According to Leads360, it had more than 50% year-over-year growth between July 2008 and July 2009, and had "record profitability", although the firm did not reveal any details on its finances. No details on the financial impact of the new client were released. Leads360 is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>.

Rustic Canyon 133

Rustic Canyon Web Los Angeles Software 133

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JANUARY 21, 2010

The University of Southern California is reporting today that spinouts out of the school have raised $148m in the last two calendar years (2008-2009), and that there are now at least 24 USC spinouts currently in business.

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USC Southern California Activity Venture Capital 178

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

in fiscal year 2009, and revenues of $168.2M in its fiscal 2008 year. According to Vitesse, 2009 was "a challenging year" for the firm. Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor , a developer of communications ICs for the networking industry, reported its yearly results today, saying that it had a net loss of $194.0M for the year.

Report 124

Report .Net Networking Develop 124

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

In an assessment of the "green economy" jobs in California, the Next 10 report said that the Bay Area had 9,607 green jobs in 2008, compared with 9,370 green jobs in Los Angeles. The Next 10 report found that California accounted for 24 percent of total global investment in clean technology, with a total of $11.6

Southern California 165

Southern California Report Orange County Patents 165

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Hydra--which according to Cooperman had 2008 revenues of over $100M--saw a retrenchment in revenues in 2009 as it shifted its customer base--but Cooperman says it hopes the firm will be in the same revenue ballpark as it was in 2008 and 2009, and up from there in 2011.

Beverly Hills 165

Beverly Hills Funding Advertising SoCalTech 165

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools, reported its fourth quarter and 2009 year end results Thursday, saying that it lost $31.3M in Q4 of 2009, on record revenues of $56.1M The firm said the revenues were an increase of 37% over 2008's Q4, and were up 21% over the $46.4M The loss came due to a $27.6M

Report 100

Report Software Review Calabasas Writing 100

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 -- LA Year-End Digital Media Review and Mixer. The event will feature two sessions—a QandA and panel—discussing the state of the industry and what's expected in 2009. Paidcontent. One of our trademark mixers will follow. See [link] (more).

Media 100

Media 100

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 10, 2014

It was 2008. I paid my mortgage until that day in 2008 when I started getting nervous about my business, my property value and the economy in general. On Sept 2nd, 2009, 13 months after it began, I received a FedEx on my front door step. My home had peaked at value and my business was slowing. The escrow closed and it was mine.

Westlake Village 188

Westlake Village Report Course Entrepreneur 188

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JULY 14, 2009

Riot Games, which is venture backed by Benchmark and Firstmark, said the game will be released in September of 2009, running on Windows PCs. According to the firm, the new game will be supported by virtual currency and ability to customize and modify content within the game.

Riot Games 145

Riot Games Content Los Angeles Custom 145

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego scientist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for research that led to the development of fluorescent proteins used to illuminate tissue and track biological processes, has died, according to a statement from the university. He compared himself to John C.

San Diego 72

San Diego UCSD Avalon Study 72

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 -- The Return of the Public Equity Markets. The credit crisis of 2008 and the default of major investment banks caused the IPO window to all but close. Are the public equity markets back? market has experienced one of the most difficult economic periods since the Great Depression.

Equity 100

Equity Marketing Invest Company 100

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JULY 9, 2009

Surprisingly, the numbers--based on information gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are approximately the same as numbers in Q2 of 2008, which total around $955M, according to our own data. PwC/NVCA officialy reported $950M invested in Q2 of 2008.

Southern California 100

Southern California Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital Technical Review 100

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. I stayed close.

Invest 340

Invest Venture Capital Startup News 340

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JUNE 18, 2009

The study also said that the nation might be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom, because both of an aging population, decline of lifetime employment, and the effects of the 2008-2009 recession on established sectors of the economy.

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Study Entrepreneur Activity Report 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Thursday, December 11, 2008 -- Digital Family Reunion. The DFR will reignite old relationships, spark new ones, and set the stage to kick off 2009 with a bright new start. Connecting 1.0 + 2.0. See [link] (more).

Southern California 100

Southern California Social Network Networking Technology 100

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

VC Outlook 2009: If You Need Funding You’re Fuc%ed ( or are you ) - Candid Talks with VCs in Los Angeles. DECEMBER 2, 2008. My dear friend Debbie Landa, supreme queen of DealMaker Media is hosting another kick ass event in Los Angeles, and… I’M GIVING AWAY A TICKET TO THE EVENT (keep reading below).

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Rustic Canyon Los Angeles Venture Capital Tsavo 41

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MARCH 17, 2016

Perry Wallack, the CFO of Cornerstone OnDemand, recently talked at the Recurring Revenue Conference, describing how the company was looking for funding in the worst possible market--after the downturn in 2008--and struggled trying to find an investor, finally raising a round in March of 2009.

Southern California 100

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Technical Review SoCal 100

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MARCH 4, 2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 -- LAVA hosts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Shaking the MoneyTree. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

LAVA 100

LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

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JULY 23, 2009

The revelation came as part of the firm's Q2 2009 results, when the firm said it had net sales of $91.2M, a 39% decrease from the $149.3M in sales it had in Q2 of 2008. The firm said the cuts bring the company's reduction in headcount to 1300, or 29 percent of its staff. READ MORE>>.

Layoffs 100

Layoffs .Net Sales Product 100

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a provider of local search advertising services, has topped Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500 list, an annual listing of companies ranked by their five year growth rates. The firm said it had 2008 revenues of $146.69M. revenues); Carlsbad-based Genoptix , at number 15 (15,814 percent growth and $116.1M

ReachLocal 124

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Beverly Hills Cerritos 124

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JUNE 3, 2010

Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Total raised: $120.3mm; $43.5mm raised prior to 2006 recap; post-recap, raised $7.7mm; Series B in 2009 for $15mm; – Read more: VentureWire (requires subscription). Total raised: $1.0mm – Read more: TechCrunch.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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JANUARY 16, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009 -- What You Need To Know About Upcoming Legislation. We will be honoring Assemblymember Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) with the 2008 LA Technology Leader Award, for his support in information technology issues during this past legislative session. See [link] (more).

AeA 100

AeA Woodland Hills Torrance Technology 100

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. That’s why the best firms tend to raise every three years. We feel like we’ve gotten ourselves into a really good rhythm.

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Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396