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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Launchpad LA , the Los Angeles startup accelerator program which is run by Sam Teller, and was founded by venture capitalist Mark Suster, is gearing up for another class, to start next month. Interested in getting some help in getting your startup off the ground and funded?

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online ad optimization firm, said today that its analysis finds that online spending in Q4 of 2009 was up, resulting in an increase in CPMs by 34%. Rubicon said it expects 2010 to be a "strong year" for digital advertising. Tags: rubicon project advertising publishing online.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net is not immune to the stormy economy, and told socalTECH Thursday that is cutting 18 percent of the firm's workforce, or a total of 38 people, including some managers. The firm said it made the moves, because it expects a "very difficult economic environment" in 2009. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Advertisers. on April 24, 2009. socalTECH readers. Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , which helps small and medium sized businesses place and manage their Internet advertising, announced today that it has opened up a new facility in Mumbai, India. Tags: webvisible india jobs employment expansion oversease international advertising. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Hydra LLC , an Internet advertising company which has been seeing major growth in the last couple of years, has apparently hit a major snag, as the company has become embroiled in lawsuits associated with the departure of three of the four founding partners at the firm. Tags: online advertising media hydra.

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APRIL 15, 2010

for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M received in the region in Q1 of 2009. across 31 days.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online ad optimization firm headed by Frank Addante , announced this morning that it has hired investment banker Allen & Company. Rubicon also said in its announcement that it had year-over-year growth of 270%, and that during 2009 it made its first acquisition, of technology firm Others Online.

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JULY 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported its results Thursday, saying that the firm saw record revenues in Q2. in Q2 of 2009. Revenues were up by 21 percent from the prior year, driven by increases in internet advertising revenues. According to Internet Brands, it had net income of $4.6M in revenues, up from $2.5M

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. 2) Advertising in the Facebook ecosystem. I've seen numerous startups revamp their entire business based on the performance of Facebook advertising vs. more traditional online marketing approaches. (3)

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands disclosed Tuesday as part of its earnings report that the firm has purchased two web sites, BensBargains.net, and GrooveJob.com. Separately, Internet Brands said it has secured a $35M revolving line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank, which it plans to use for acquisitions starting in mid-2009.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Burstly (www.burstly.com) announced that it had raised $1.8M You have advertising networks and mediation players, but you don't really have an ad management platform like ours. In early 2009, no one was paying attention to that, so we spent some money and devoted resources to build this.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). PhotoPoll is our first app to push live, and now we're working on our second app, AdTile, which is a mobile advertising solution for applications and mobile software. What happened there?

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MAY 18, 2010

We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009. We've had close to 2 million tasks people have put into there in the last four months, and all this without any PR or advertising, completely organic. All of 2009 was figuring out what people want. Al Eisaian: It's been angel funded so far.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Total Immersion recently moved its headquarters here to the Los Angeles area, and we caught up with Bruno to learn more about the firm, its technology, and why it moved here to LA. We have some clients like Six Flags in the US, Infiniti for brand advertising, plus Air France, Boeing, and Airbus. Are you hiring here in Los Angeles?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency.

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JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience. Why the new funding round now? more) READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2011

We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. We were in closed beta for a while, and launched in August of 2009. Although I've been in Los Angeles, my last company was actually based in Chicago. How long has the site been up and running?

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JUNE 27, 2011

The firm is backed by a notable list of angel investors, and based in Los Angeles. In 2009, I teamed up with my partner, co-founder Eden Warner. Part of our advertising, is we are sending people checks in the mail for $25, or $50. Tell me the story behind Payoff.com? That's part of the premise.

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MARCH 22, 2011

announced he had formally launched Los Angeles-based Covert & Co. When the market crash hit in 2009, the financing and M&A business dropped dramatically throughout the entire investment banking industry. Yesterday, Kevin Covert , formerly one of the co-founders of Montgomery & Co., www.covertandco.com). Montgomery & Co.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman , CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based Bccthis (www.Bccthis.com), a startup looking to add additional functionality and private messaging into both corporate emails and Twitter messages. We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors.

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JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. Matt Coffin, who is one of the prominent angel investors here, and who founded LowerMyBills, has told this story publicly.

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