socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2010

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Bardon Advisors was founded by Keith Cohn, who was previously President and CEO of Vendare Media, which was backed by Idealab and other venture firms. Tags: bardon advisors mediatrust merger acquisition cpcp advertising ecommerce.

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CPC Paid Search Marketing Idealab 165

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2011

Pasadena-based PostUp , the Twitter advertising startup out of Idealab, said today that it has acquired Echofon , the developer of a number of Twitter applications. PostUp CEO Bill Gross--who also runs Idealab itself--said in a statement that the buy will complement its existing Twitter app, Twidroyd, which runs on Android phones.

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Idealab Pasadena Advertising Services 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. in 2009, and through that process I learned a lot about local businesses, and about customer acquisition pain points. Is this part of Idealab's new ventures group, or how did you connect with them? Andy Steuer: It's actually out of Idealab proper.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Custom 245

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. So he founded IdeaLab with his wife Marcia Goodstein (he talks in the video about working with a spouse and also working with siblings). They are very hands on.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Kraft co-founded Pandora with Tim Westergren when it was known as Savage Beast, and is now COO of Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Twitter client and advertising startup headed by Idealab's Bill Gross; Gotcher sits on Pandora's board of directors.

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Southern California SoCal Idealab Pasadena 140

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their archive content, said Monday that it has acquired technology from Mediariver, which can be used to match content and advertising to any web page. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Pasadena 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. Foursquare. -A Competitors: Gowalla.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Gold Sponsor. .

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I think everybody heard about this acquisition. Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo!

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Gold Sponsor. .

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008. They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. million, compared to a $4.47

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Bill Gross – Idealab. Since 1996, Gross has been running Idealab. Thanks to our advertisers. You might know Demand Media better as the people behind Cracked, DailyPuppy, and GolfLink.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75