socalTECH
DECEMBER 4, 2013
Glendale-based Ptch , a startup developing mobile applications for sharing video and photos, has been acquired by Yahoo. Ptch had been incubated out of DreamWorks. As part of the acquisition, Ptch said it will be shutting down its services on January 2nd. startup video sharing photo mobile acquistion merger yahoo ptch'
socalTECH
MAY 9, 2013
Pasadena-based Idealab has sold another one of its companies to Yahoo today: GoPollGo , a Twitter polling service which let Twitter users collect feedback from their friends and followers. According to GoPollGo, it will be joining Yahoo! gopollgo idealab merger acquisition yahoo twitter feedback polling' READ MORE>>.
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socalTECH
MAY 8, 2014
the startup studio and incubator run by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones, has acquired longtime social bookmarking site Delicious , the company disclosed this morning. Delicious was previously owned by Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, the founders of YouTube, who had acquired Delicious from Yahoo back in 2011 via their company, Avos Systems.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
Google and Yahoo aren''t going to buy them, AOL has already made its bet, and your only real path to an exit is an IPO for any kind of liquidity. How about mergers and acquisitions? The large acquirers, the Microsoft and Yahoo''s of the world, were buying 20-40 companies a year. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2010
Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. -A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. Currently has 1.8mm users and adding about 15,000 users/day. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. Current round: $4.
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 17, 2011
After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. .&# Immediately thereafter Amazon became a large business. I think this makes no sense.
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