socalTECH

JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles investor Baroda Ventures , the venture capital arm of David Bohnett, has re-upped on online fashion and e-commerce site Fab.com , in a big, $105M third round of funding for that site. Baroda has been an investor in Fab since its seed funding back in June of 2010. Bohnett is the founder of Geocities.com.

Funding 178

Funding Seed Funding Commerce Social Network 178

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The site had started in 2010 as a digital magazine focused on beauty, fashion, fitness, wellness, and other areas. Los Angeles-based subscription box startup FabFitFun said on Thursday that it has just exceeded $200M in revenues, and now has more than one million subscribers to its service.

Startup 113

Startup Los Angeles Sites Services 113

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2015

Carlsbad-based Business.com , which operates an online site offering up resources for businesses, said it has named a new VP of Sales--and completed an overhaul of its website. The company, which is now owned by JMI Equity, said it named Rick Szatkowski as its new VP of Sales. Business.com is led by Tony Uphoff. READ MORE>>.

Sales 100

Sales San Diego Equity Resource 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Glendale-based LegalZoom , the online legal documents site which was co-founded by Brian Lee and lawyer Robert Shapiro, is reportedly about to file for its IPO, according to a report today. Brian Lee now heads up fashion site ShoeDazzle. Reuters, citing sources close to the firm, said the filing is expected in coming weeks.

Legalzoom 154

Legalzoom Report Glendale Southern California 154

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu is set to earn half a billion dollars in revenue this year, according to an update from CEO Jason Kilar posted last night on its company blog. READ MORE>>.

Hulu 170

Hulu Advertising Blogging Sites 170

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based local search site YP said today that it has named a new CEO, Jared Rowe. Rowe had been at Cox since 2010. Rowe was most recently at Cox Enterprises, serving as President of Cox Automotive Media Solutions Group--which runs Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Dealer.com.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Sites Media Services 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the online marketing firm which helps small and medium sized business place Internet advertising, is shutting down its Bizzy local business recommendations site, according to a blog post from the site. Bizzy said the site and mobile apps will be shut down by mid-November.

ReachLocal 170

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Sites Blogging 170

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based RotoHog is in a partnership with social networking site Hi5 , Hi5 announced last night, and is using RotoHog to power a new fantasy sports game called 2010 World Futbol Challenge. The online, bracket-style game will award "confidence points" for virtual goods on hi5's virtual goods store.

Social Network 150

Social Network Mission Ventures Sites Networking 150

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2012

In another shift of focus, Los Angeles-based Chill , the startup headed by Brian Norgard and Dan Gould, has recast the site as a social video discovery site, and away from its live chat and video hangout focus. The site now highlights videos shared by members, aggregating those videos and allowing users to comment on them.

Redpoint 160

Redpoint Sites Los Angeles Services 160

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2012

JewelMint did not say how much it will be spending on the national campaign, which will push people to view the films on its site, YouTube, and its Facebook page. BeachMint launched JewelMint in October of 2010 with Bosworth and celebrity stylist Cher Coulter.

Santa Monica 180

Santa Monica Commerce Sites Services 180

socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2013

The Buy.com brand name, which had helped to define Southern California's place in the e-commerce world, is officially gone, as Japanese shopping firm Rakuten said that it will be renaming the site to Rakuten.com Shopping. Buy.com was acquired in May of 2010 by Rakuten.

Orange County 145

Orange County Southern California Commerce Sites 145

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online small business documents sharing and download site headed by Jason Nazar, said Tuesday that it has now hit more than 80,000 paying subscribers to the service, and over 20 million members. per month.

Legalzoom 182

Legalzoom Santa Monica Startup Sites 182

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2012

Lee of Legalzoom.com and ShoeDazzle, Jody Mulkey of Shopzilla, and Lawrence Ng of Oversee.net have all invested in the site. Social Annex was founded in 2010. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. As part of the funding, the firm said that Pourzanjani has joined the company's advisory board. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 170

Southern California Oversee.net Angel SoCal 170

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme , the online, real-time, restaurant deals site funded by Idealab, apparently has shut down, according to a statement on the firm's web site. According to the statement, the site decided to "close down Foodme and move on to other ventures." The firm did not detail the reasons behind the shutdown on its site.

Idealab 124

Idealab Pasadena Sites Web 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2012

Santa Monica-based EdgeCast Networks , the content delivery network (CDN) provider headed by Alex Kazerani, said today that it doubled its annual revenues and headcount in 2011, over its 2010 numbers. EdgeCast said it added more than a thousand customers in 2011, including such sites as DailyMotion, Imgur, and posterous.

Santa Monica 159

Santa Monica Content Networking Sales 159

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2011

Orange, California-based LogicBuy.com , an online technology deals and coupon site, has been acquired by Ziff Davis , Ziff said this morning. Ziff Davis said that LogicBuy.com had over 10 million visitors in 2010, and provides deals and coupons on technology products and services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Sites 171

Sites Technology Services Product 171

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has made an investment in Indianapolis question and answer site ChaCha , ChaCha said Wednesday afternoon. ChaCha offers up an online question and answer site, which allows users to ask any question via the web or mobile SMS. ChaCha said it has over 32 million unique users using its site a month.

San Diego 157

San Diego Venture Capital Sites Web 157

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2011

Irvine-based Local.com , the online publisher of local business guides and advertising sites, has acquired San Juan Capistrano-based Screamin' Daily Deals , the local daily deals site. The daily deals site apparently also had grown to approximately 60 employees and 14 different markets. The deal was worth $12.5M READ MORE>>.

Guide 100

Guide Advertising Sites Marketing 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Westlake Village-based BizDeals.com , an online site offering up weekly deals for small businesses, has been acquired by Concord, Mass.-based BizDeals.com was founded in 2010 by Mark Reese. based RapidBuyr , RapidBuyr said Tuesday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Westlake Village 133

Westlake Village Sites Product Acquisition 133

Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Our official date is May 10th, 2010. When: May 10, 2010, 5:00pm – 7:30pm with afterparty to follow. REGISTRATION SITE: [link]. Thanks to Alf Lamont, a speaker at the first #140conf LA Meetup, for the diggs. Where: The Comedy Store, 8433 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90069. Speakers for the event are under development.

Yahoo 246

Yahoo Hollywood Sites Develop 246

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the publisher of entertainment related blogs and websites, said Friday that it has acquired The Frisky , an entertainment news, celebrity, and fashion site, from Turner Broadcasting Systems. BUZZMEDIA said The Frisky had more than 2 million average monthly readers in 2010, based on comScore numbers.

Buzznet 133

Buzznet Entertainment Blogging News 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2012

The highest domain name sale on record looks to be around $13.0M, for the site Sex.com, sold in 2010. Bargain.com is not the only high opening bid domain name; names such as Host.com, Security.com, and Work.com are listed at starting at between $1M and $5M. READ MORE>>.

Oversee.net 180

Oversee.net Conference Los Angeles Sales 180

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2011

Los Angeles-based MyLife , the online people search and networking site run by Jeff Tinsley, bragged Thursday that it has seen a recent bump in its traffic and unique users. The firm said its saw its first half revenues increase 67 percent year over year from 2010, although it did not disclose actual revenue numbers. READ MORE>>.

MyLife 147

MyLife Sites Los Angeles Networking 147

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

The site appears to have been created by an unhappy, freelance contributor to Demand Media in May of 2010. According to a report from Forbes, the firm has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Demand Studio Sucks , alleging copyright infringement. READ MORE>>.

Blogging 145

Blogging Demand Media Report 145

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based HauteLook , the flash sales site run by Adam Bernhard, has been acquired by Nordstrom for up to $270M. HauteLook was venture backed by Insight Venture Partners, which just invested $31M in the company in June of 2010. Nordstrom said the buy will enable it to participate in the fast-growing private sale marketplace.

Sales 187

Sales Los Angeles Sites Invest 187

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

CinemaNow was acquired by Rovi in late 2010 for $720M from Sonic Solutions, which acquired CinemaNow in 2008. That model was turned on its head by the emergence of sites like Hulu, YouTube, and many other free (or mostly free) video. Rovi said the move comes as part of an effort to focus on growth opportunities in its core business.

Marina Del Rey 159

Marina Del Rey Hulu Hollywood Entertainment 159

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online auto buying site led by Scott Painter, said Monday that it is addressing compliance issues and concerns with its service with a change to its billing model. TrueCar was charging dealerships a "success fee" for sales made due to leads from the site. READ MORE>>.

Truecar 185

Truecar Santa Monica Advertising Sales 185

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hulu CEO Jason Kilar said Thursday afternoon that the company brought in approximately $420M in revenues in 2011, up 60 percent from 2010, and now has more than 1.5 According to Kilar, the firm now expects that Hulu Plus will account for more than half of the site's overall business by later this year.

Hulu 171

Hulu Advertising Content Blogging 171

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Recargo , a startup which is developing mobile apps for helping electric vehicle owners find the nearest electric charging stations, said this week that it has acquired PlugInCars.com , an online news and community site focused on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Acquisition 154

Acquisition News Los Angeles Mobile 154

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The group--which last ran a program in early 2010--has recently opened up an application page for its 2011 Winter Term, and has been sending out invites for a launch event in early November. According to the group's web site, it will kick off the next class in November 2011, and continue until early spring 2012.

Class 208

Class Mentor Web Los Angeles 208

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

San Diego-based Active Network , the operator of sports registration and online community sites, said in a filing today that it had a net loss of $10.9M Revenues were up 15% from the quarter ending March 30, 2010, when the firm reported a net loss of $12.4M on revenues of $72.71M for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Activity 145

Activity Networking .Net San Diego 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2011

Online spending on e-commerce sites hit $37.5 Q4 of 2010 saw a year-to-year growth of 11 percent and Q1 saw 12 percent growth. billion in Q2, according to the latest numbers from comScore. According to the Internet measurement firm, online retail spending was up 14 percent in Q2 versus a year ago.

Commerce 157

Commerce Sales Sites 157

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2010

Chatsworth-based MRV Communications , a developer of optical networking hardware, said today that it was selected by the BBC, for transporting high definition video between temporary studio locations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Chatsworth 164

Chatsworth Networking Sites Product 164

socalTECH

MAY 12, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that online virtual world site Playdom, Inc. The FTC said in statement that "whether you are a virtual world, a social network, or any other interactive site that appeals to kids, you owe it to parents and their children to provide proper notice and get proper consent." READ MORE>>.

Social Network 124

Social Network Sites Networking Company 124

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

in revenues the firm reported in Q1 of 2010. Demand Media said the revenues numbers were driven by continued momentum from its owned and operated sites. Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported its results Thursday, saying that it had a net loss of $5.6 million on revenues of $79.5M. Revenues were up 48 percent compared to the $53.6M

Demand 133

Demand Media Santa Monica .Net 133

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Active Network operates a network of online sports registration, community activity and group sites, and other related Internet services. for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.w The firm is venture backed by ESPN, Canaan partners, ABS Ventures, as well as others. The firm said it had a net loss of 37.8M on revenues of $242.8M

Activity 168

Activity Networking .Net San Diego 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Battlezone" which it says it will release in late 2010. Arktos is headed by Sergey Titov, and according to the firm's site has been an investor in Online Warmongers since at least March of this year. Online Warmongers is based in San Francisco, and is developing online war games. Online Warmongers lead title is "War Inc.

Entertainment 170

Entertainment Activision Funding Venture Capital 170