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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

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Media SoCalTech Advertising Platform 100

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based mobile games developer Scopely has raised a $200M, Series D funding, which it says it will use for acquisitions, the company announed early this morning. The company was founded in 2011, and has now raised over $487M in total funding since founding. READ MORE>>.

Funding 100

Funding Mobile Los Angeles Acquisition 100

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JULY 10, 2012

EMG apparently has similar lawsuits against such companies as Apple, Radio Shack, and Chrysler, and reached a settlement with Apple in January of 2011 in that suit. The firm is seeking monetary damages and a permanent injunction against Google for distributing its Chrome Mole Browser in the United States. READ MORE>>.

Patents 133

Patents Google Los Angeles Santa Monica 133

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

A $3 billion acquisition offer is heady territory for Southern California''s high tech startup ecosystem--the largest exit in recent memory for a venture-backed startup was the 2011 IPO of Green Dot, worth $2 billion to its investors. snapchat merger acquisition exit facebook tencent mobile' READ MORE>>.

Snapchat 210

Snapchat Report Southern California Journal 210

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MAY 19, 2014

seed investment in Divide back in 2011. qcom qualcomm mobility management software enterprise byod mobile android enterproid divide google' Qualcomm Ventures was an early investor in Divide, back when it was known as Enterproid. Qualcomm--along with Comcast Ventures and Google Ventures--had made an $11.0M READ MORE>>.

Software 147

Software Google San Diego Mobile 147

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JULY 15, 2014

Apple''s iOS 4 was introduced in 2010; iOS 5 was launched in 2011. sonos mobile streaming music apple operating system' According to Sonos, the move comes as it looks to "balance our need to innovate with our desire to maintain support for older devices". Sonos said it now will only support iOS devices running iOS6 or higher.

Santa Barbara 190

Santa Barbara Mobile Develop Development 190

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MAY 15, 2013

Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards and other financial products, is looking to launch its big move into the mobile banking market on July 4th, the company said Tuesday afternoon. Green Dot''s banking services came via the acquisition of both an FDIC approved community bank back in 2011, and mobile software developer Loopt.

Mobile 173

Mobile Software Development Software Tool 173

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The former head of eHarmony , Greg Waldorf , has surfaced over at a small mobile invoicing and expense management startup called Invoice2go , after a big funding round for the company. Waldorf left eHarmony back in 2011 to become CEO-in-Residence for Accel. Waldorf had most recently been CEO-in-Residence for Accel Partners.

eHarmony 138

eHarmony Venture Capital Mobile Capital 138

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Beats and HTC announced a $300M deal in August of 2011, focused on helping Beats to penetrate the mobile market via the deal with HTC. beats electronics audio speakers headphone mobile phone' The move comes on reports that Beats Electronics is looking for another, different investor in the company. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Los Angeles Report Help 164

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JUNE 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing and video firm headed by James Citron, released mobile video stats gathered by the firm during Q1 today, saying that Verizon leads the market in terms of mobile video messaging views. T-Mobile represented 5.8 percent, then Spring at 9.7 percent, then Spring at 9.7

Mogreet 214

Mogreet Mobile Los Angeles Report 214

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Laguna Niguel-based Urban Armor Gear , a maker of ruggedized, protective cases for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, has been acquired by private equity investor Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies.

Equity 100

Equity Acquisition Mobile Marketing 100

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JULY 18, 2018

Seismic was founded in 2011, and has received backing from such investors as DFJ Frontier and venture capitalist Tom Matlack. Seismic's titles include such VR and mobile games as Marvel: Strikeforce and Blade Runner: Revelations.

Culver City 100

Culver City Activision Acquisition Mobile 100

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MARCH 18, 2014

Sonos first released an Android app back in 2011. sonos mobile android music streaming songs album' Sonos said the new app will be followed later this year by updated apps on iOS, the Mac and PC, with the iOS version due this spring. READ MORE>>.

Santa Barbara 164

Santa Barbara Mobile Design Help 164

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The acquisition Tuesday of ThinkNear , the mobile advertising firm headed by Eli Portnoy, looks to be among the first accelerator-incubated companies in Southern California. for ThinkNear Tuesday morning, and make the company part of its mobile, local advertising group. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M

Southern California 159

Southern California SoCal Incubator Advertising 159

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Irvine-based clear and hazardous waste management technology developer Kurion said late last night that it has scored another contract at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, for a second, mobile processing unit to clean up nuclear tainted water at the disaster site. Size of the contract was not announced. READ MORE>>.

Outsource Development 138

Outsource Development Technical Review Mobile Sites 138

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APRIL 20, 2015

Venice, California and London-based InAuth , a provider of mobile fraud prevention and mobile application security technology, recently raised $20M in a Series A funding round. The company was founded in 2011, and is led by. The funding came from Bain Capital Ventures. Bain''s Ben Nye will join the company''s board. READ MORE>>.

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Tool Venice Commerce Venture Capital 100

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JULY 16, 2014

The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M. According to Wavemaker Partners, the new fund will be focused on mobile services, Internet, and software. Siemer said it will make around 25-30 new investments globally per year across its focus areas.

Santa Monica 168

Santa Monica Venture Capital Invest Mobile 168

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

The chip, which is aimed at mobile devices, transmits data at 2.5 Nantworks said the new chip is aimed at being used in mobile phones and tablets, and meets WiGig/IEEE 802.11ad requirements. gigabits per second and only takes 100 miliwatts of power. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 170

Mobile Funding Technology Develop 170

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MARCH 5, 2013

For awhile, it looked like Ubermedia had acquired the popular Twitter client for around $30M--only to have Twitter trump those efforts and ultimately acquired Tweetdeck in May of 2011. It's unclear where that currently leaves Ubermedia, which owns popular Twitter clients UberSocial, Echofon, Plume, among with other mobile apps.

Southern California 195

Southern California High Tech Pasadena Web 195

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APRIL 19, 2013

According to Bloomberg , after Synthetic Genomics failed to perform on a milestone, ExxonMobil pulled back on its contract, leading to layoffs of more than half of Synthetic Genomics'' employees back in 2011. synthetic genomics energy alternative exxonmobil exxon mobil fuel algae' READ MORE>>.

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Layoffs Outsource Development San Diego Mobile 159

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Rovion was a provider of mobile advertising, and had been acquired by Local Corporation in April of 2011 for $2.3M. Local Corp. said the deal would enhance it balance sheet and cash flow. Rovion becomes part of Gannett's PointRoll unit. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 147

Advertising Mobile Acquisition 147

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MAY 9, 2013

Mobile, but would also be shutting down its properties, including its service, widgets, and mobile app. Idealab made its investment in GoPollGo back in June of 2011, one of a series of Twitter-related investments by the startup incubator during that time frame. According to GoPollGo, it will be joining Yahoo!

Idealab 159

Idealab Yahoo Incubator Pasadena 159

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APRIL 30, 2015

Teledyne had purchased a stake in Optech back in 2011, and increased its share to a majority ownership in April of 2012. Optech's products are used in airborne and mobile mapping. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Optech is based in Vaughan, Ontario. READ MORE>>.

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Thousand Oaks Mobile Technology Product 100

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JUNE 11, 2014

The company--led by Dave Grannan--said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Paul Jacobs, as well as Sanjay Jha of Motorola Mobility. Laroia was a VP at Qualcomm from 2006 until 2011. Jacobs joins the company''s board as part of the funding. Flarion had been acquired by Qualcomm in 2006 for $805M.

Invest 147

Invest Venture Capital Mobile Funding 147

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Broadcom's new BCM2157 dual-core, baseband processor includes functionality for mobile hot-spot, multiple touch screen, and other media and applications processing features. Broadcom said the new chip is sampling now to early access customers, with first commercial launches expected in Q1 of 2011. READ MORE>>.

Marketing 191

Marketing Sample Screening Platform 191

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

trueRSVP is launching at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference today. trueRSVP uses priority invites, special algorithms, mobile apps, and other efforts to help sharpen the count of attendees to conferences. trueRSVP's founders are Anna Sergeeva, Fei Xiao, and Grady Laksmono.

Southern California 202

Southern California Conference Los Angeles Mobile 202

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software , which develops software for the wireless industry, said late Tuesday evening that it is suspending its 2011 annual revenue guidance, and will withdraw from a investment conference this week, after it says orders from a "key customer" will fall below expected levels. READ MORE>>.

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Customer Custom Conference Mobile 124

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APRIL 11, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Techtonic Games , a developer of mobile, tablet, and browser-based games, said Tuesday that it has named Scott Miller as the firm's new CEO. Techtonic Games said it was founded in May of 2011 by Peter and Leif Dahl. Miller was previously CEO of Snail Games USA, and also was founder and COO of MojoBaby.

Santa Barbara 145

Santa Barbara Mobile Develop Development 145

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Fullerton-based HipGeo , the startup developer of a mobile app for tracking a user's travels, said today that the firm is now seeing posts from 125 countries and over 4,864 cities on its app. HipGeo debuted its app in September of 2011; the firm is backed by Morado Venture Partners, a seed-stage fund run by former Yahoo!

eHarmony 174

eHarmony Yahoo San Diego Mobile 174

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

The firm said the move was made to serve clients and agencies in the two markets, with Minneapolis representing a $1 billion online advertising and $300M mobile marketing opportunity by the end of 2011. Phoenix is expected to reach $800M in online advertising spend this year, according to figures cited by ValueClick. READ MORE>>.

Westlake Village 164

Westlake Village Media Advertising Mobile 164

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JUNE 17, 2016

Those apps provide push-like, user-friendly access to enterprise apps, much like employees are used to interacting with mobile consumer apps and alerts. ElNaggar was in Redpoint's LA offices from 2005 until 2011, and had stints on the boards of Machinima and Hark, among other companies.

Redpoint 100

Redpoint CIO Venture Capital Startup 100

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JULY 16, 2014

The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M. According to Wavemaker Partners, the new fund will be focused on mobile services, Internet, and software. Siemer said it will make around 25-30 new investments globally per year across its focus areas.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Funding Venture Capital Invest 100

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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.

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Acquisition News Los Angeles Mobile 154

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APRIL 25, 2011

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick announced this morning that it has acquired Greystripe , an operator of a brand-focused mobile advertising network. The company expects Greystripe to add $24 to $26M in revenues for the remainder of 2011. The deal was worth $70M in cash.

Westlake Village 170

Westlake Village Steamboat Ventures Advertising Incubator 170

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JANUARY 31, 2011

According to Qualcomm, it has selected six regional finalists, who will each represent $100,000 in venture financing, with the chance to win $150,000 as a grand prize winner at DEMO Spring 2011 in Palm Desert. READ MORE>>.

Competition 145

Competition San Diego Social Network Venture Capital 145

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm confirmed Tuesday evening that it is considering shutting down its FLO TV, mobile television service, after reports that the firm is planning to shut off the service. Qualcomm said it is suspending direct consumer sales of devices, and will continue maintaining the service until Spring 2011. READ MORE>>.

Layoffs 164

Layoffs San Diego Demand Entertainment 164

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MARCH 4, 2013

SideCar's service uses your phone's GPS capability to locate people who are nearby who would be willing to give you a ride for a donation; the company said it's initially launching here in LA on in West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City, with expansion to the remainder of LA soon.

Culver City 230

Culver City West Los Angeles Santa Monica SoCal 230