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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the internet publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 results today, the first as a public company. in revenues from Q4 of 2009. The firm also reported net income of $1.0M, versus $3.9M in a loss in Q4 of 2009. on revenues of $252.9M

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Demand Media Report Santa Monica 145

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JANUARY 4, 2010

A newly released report by Dow Jones VentureSource today finds that 2009, venture-liquidity was down 34 percent in 2009, to $17.1 However, Dow Jones found that forty-four percent of 2009's liquidity came in the fourth quarter, when there were 86 acquisition worth a total of $7.3 billion, from $26.1

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Acquisition Report Capital 113

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Pasadena-based software-as-a-service developer Central Desktop reported today that the firm had 44 percent, year-over-year growth, and boosted its staff by 50 percent in 2009, as a result of demand for the firm's online project collaboration tools.

SaaS 140

SaaS Netflix Pasadena Demand 140

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MARCH 23, 2011

A new report released today by Internet measurement firm comScore says that the use of mobile banking applications has surged in the past year. comScore reported that in Q4 of 2010, 29.8 million Americans accessed their financial services accounts via a mobile device, a 54 percent increase from Q4 of 2009.

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Mobile Report Services Study 154

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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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JULY 6, 2010

A new report released this morning from PricewaterhouseCoopers says that U.S. billion in Q2 of 2009. billion in 2009. billion in 2009. IPO activity nearly tripled in the second quarter. According to PwC, IPO deals nearly tripled in the second quarter, compared to last year, with 39 IPOs raising $5.1 billion dollars.

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Activity Report Acquisition Marketing 190

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A new report released today tallies up $7.7 The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. Compared with 2010, the report found an increase of 296 percent over exits in 2010, when $2.6 billion in liquidity was generated in the sector.

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Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Report Riot Games 187

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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. Tags: ecommerce spending report retail comscore.

Commerce 187

Commerce Report Sales Marketing 187

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Venture capital investor optimism rose slight in Q4, according to a report released this morning from the University of San Francisco. 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.

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Report Southern California Venture Capital Acquisition 170

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APRIL 8, 2019

CitySourced was founded in 2009, and is led by CEO Jason Kiesel. The company's app lets residents of citizens report issues, including things like potholes, graffiti, broken street lights, and more. Financial terms of the merger were not announced. Rock Solid is owned by private equity investor Strattam Capital.

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Technology Equity Mobile Los Angeles 160

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JULY 17, 2012

You may not see it here in Southern California's high tech sector--which has been booming, due to a surge of startup and accelerator activity--but apparently, the technology sector has seen its highest level of layoffs in three years, according to a report today. The number of cuts is apparently the largest, midyear total since 2009.

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Layoffs Technical Review Southern California Report 133

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

A new report released today by Next 10 , a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy group, says that Southern California--and California, as a whole--leads the green innovation, cleantech venture capital, and energy market. The report was compiled by research firm Colaborative Economics.

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Southern California Report Orange County Patents 165

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M According to PwC/NVCA, investments in 2009 were at the lowest level since 1997, with only $17.7

Southern California 154

Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

The latest Internet traffic numbers from comScore are out, with the research firm reporting that Cyber Monday sales online reached $887M, up five percent versus a year ago. The firm also found that so far for the November-December 2009 holiday season, $12.26 billion has been spent online, up 3 percent versus the same days last year.

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Report Sales Research 150

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic reports that it is seeing a spike in U.S. The company said the rate is the highest in more than 21 years, and double the December 2009 Great Recession peak. serious delinquiencies on mortgages--the highest level since April of 2014--despite strong housing demand.

Demand 113

Demand Report Company Companies 113

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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 reported in Q3. the firm reported in Q3. The loss came due to a $27.6M deferred tax assets.

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Report Software Review Calabasas Writing 100

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JUNE 7, 2010

A report from the WSJ Monday morning says that Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The firm--which saw a successful launch of its Falcon 9 spacecraft into orbit Friday--apparently has nearly run out of cash a number of times between mid-2007 and mid-2009, the WSJ said, citing interviews with Musk in March. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Report Hawthorne Funding 171

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APRIL 26, 2011

According to a report today by Fortune, the fund's closure came due to loss of interest at William Morris after its merger with Endeavor. The fund had actually stopped looking for new investments in October of 2009, when Richard Wolpert, the fund's Managing Director, suffered a devastating loss of a family member.

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Funding Report Southern California Venture Capital 133

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MARCH 15, 2018

The ad refers to a 2009 domestic violence incident. Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , the company behind Snapchat , has run into more controversy, after celebrity Rihanna weighed in on an poll advertisement Snapchat had approved and run on its service asked viewers to vote on whether they'd like to "slap Rihanna" or "punch Chris Brown".

Snapchat 113

Snapchat Venice Advertising Report 113

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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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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M According to PwC/NVCA, investments in 2009 were at the lowest level since 1997, with only $17.7

Southern California 113

Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

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 in fiscal year 2009, and revenues of $168.2M According to Vitesse, 2009 was "a challenging year" for the firm. for the year. in its fiscal 2008 year.

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Report .Net Networking Develop 124

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MAY 11, 2009

According to the firm, clean technology firms received "markedly less" investment in Q1 2009 compared with previous quarters. The report, based on data from Dow Jones Venture Source, found that $277M was raised across 24 deals in Q1. Tags: venturesource jones capital venture recession report cleantech.

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Report Invest Capital Technology 100

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Sonos said Lazarus will head up all legal, corporate governance, SEC reporting, government affairs, regulatory and compliance activities across Sonos' global operations. Lazarus also previously was Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from June 2009 to Feb.

Santa Barbara 113

Santa Barbara Los Angeles Activity Report 113

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MARCH 3, 2010

Calabasas-based BlackLine Systems , a developer of account reconciliation and financial close software, is claiming that it saw a strong Q4 and a 50 percent increase in its annual revenues over the prior year, despite a difficult economy in 2009. No actual financials were given by the firm.

Calabasas 140

Calabasas Report Software Develop 140

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JULY 21, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association are reporting today that venture capitalists invested $3.7B According to the report, financing nationally was essentially flat from Q1 of 2009, when $3.2B was invested in 105 firms, and flat from Q1 of 2009, when $301.26M was invested in 55 firms.

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MAY 21, 2009

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 -- BIOCOM Breakfast Meeting: Ernst and Young State of the Life Science Industry Report. Dan Kleeburg and Doug Regnier, partners from Ernst and Young's Life Sciences practice, will present the Ernst and Young annual report: Beyond Borders. Email vsanderson@biocom.org.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 -- Update on Significant Changes in Revenue Reporting. Financial Executives Society. Recently, standards setters have made significant changes to the way software and other technology companies record revenue.

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Report Software Technology Company 100

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Carlsbad-based MaintenanceNet, a privately held provider of contract management services and extended warranty services, joined the parade of Southern California firms reporting strong fourth quarter revenues. The firm did not report actual financial results. MaintenanceNet is backed by Express Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Report Southern California SaaS Software 100

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The privately held firm did not disclose its revenues, however, the firm has previously been reported to have had revenues of between $50-100M in revenues in 2011, and $15-20M in revenues in 2009. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users.

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Steamboat Ventures Santa Monica Hulu Content 240

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JULY 20, 2009

The second quarter venture capital numbers from Dow Jones VentureSource were released over the weekend, with the firm reporting $5.27 billion in 726 deals for Q2 of last year, but up 32% over the first quarter of 2009. billion across 595 deals invested in Q2, down from $8.33

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Invest Report Southern California Venture Capital 100

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JUNE 20, 2016

San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems , which develops video-based, fleet- driver-safety systems, reported today that it has been selected by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro's bus fleet since 2009. Metro) for rollout on both its bus and rail fleets. SmartDrive has been piloting its offering on L.A.

San Diego 113

San Diego Los Angeles Report Angel 113

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MARCH 31, 2010

The big hiring push comes as the firm comes off a $20M, Series C venture funding round; the company also said it more than doubled its revenues in 2009 and is on a "robust" growth streak.

Redpoint 157

Redpoint Report Sales Email 157

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Burbank-based Walt Disney reported Sunday that it has just surpassed one hundred million fans across its network of Facebook pages. According to Disney, those fans are spread across more than 200 official Disney brands, property, and character pages, which the firm has been creating on Facebook since August of 2009. Think again.

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Burbank Report Networking Company 257

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AUGUST 20, 2012

According to CityGrid, Felix will operate as another independent business under CityGrid, reporting to CityGrid CEO Jason Finger. Felix provides pay-per-action phone advertising to local businesses, and has been working with CityGrid since 2009. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Advertising West Hollywood CitySearch Technology 168

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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 7, 2010

The firm said its fourth quarter billing were approximately $118M, above its guidance of $106M to $116M, and its full year 2009 billing were $352M, up from its estimates of $340 to $350M for the year. Favorable currency exchange boosted its billings by $4M. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Report San Diego Web 140