SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

Just the kind of person I like to meet. :) But I was a bit surprised when he emphasized how hard it had been for them to find a web developer in Los Angeles. My flippant comment was, “If you do a Google search for Los Angeles web developer, you’ll find a LOT of people and firms.” And he’s right there’s a big difference.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , a provider of ad serving software for web publishers, announced this morning that the firm has launched a new, advertising marketplace it is calling OpenX Market. According to OpenX, the marketplace will integrate with its software, and allow publishers to maximize their revenues.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Santa Monica-based Ylopo , which provides digital marketing software for the real estate industry, says it has released a new online advertising tool, which automatically generates and publishes web-ready video content for the real estate industry.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based advertising marketplace operator Rubicon Project and its partner White Ops , a provider of human verification services for the digital ad market, said their combined efforts have protected buyers on sellers on Rubicon's marketplace from a major Russian advertising fraud effort uncovered this month. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘Semantic Web’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine.

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OCTOBER 16, 2008

Los Angeles-based magnify360, a provider of web page optimization tools, has lauched a new product for optimizing Google AdWords advertising, the firm announced today. magnify360 provides software which automatically adapts web pages to individual visitors, to tailor and personalize the web content those users see.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based OpenX , the developer of online advertising serving software, reported today that it has achieved its first full quarter of profitability, and is has exceeded an annual run rate of $100M. OpenX develops online ad serving software, which is used by web publishers to display web advertising.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

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JUNE 18, 2013

AdSense was developed by Applied Semantics, and used software to determine the content and subject of a web page, and then matched those ads to a pool of advertisers; the software was known as Applied Semantics AdSense until Google acquired Applied Semantics on April 24, 2003. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2019

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management has acquired Digital Pharmacist , a software development firm which helps pharmacists manage refill reminders and other marketing. The deal was worth $125M. Digital Pharmacist says it provides its services to over 7,500 pharmacists. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

Los Angeles-based online and mobile advertising technology developer OpenX Technologies has launched a new system it says helps publishers forecast their traffic and manage their advertising inventory. openx advertising serving forecasting publisher publishing server software' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Los Angeles-based programmatic advertising marketplace and technology provider OpenX has rolled out a new product aimed at the mobile app market, according to the company. OpenX said it has launched OpenX Bidder for Apps, an extension of its software for the desktop and mobile web, which works on mobile app inventory.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 4, 2016

Native Ads offers a great way to get native advertising – i.e. adverts that fit seamlessly with your website content. StreamSpread helps publishers create portals on their web pages that can then be used to publish tailored digital advertisements. Nativo works with 350 web-publishers, including the likes of Time Inc.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Santa Monica-based Gravity , the developer of real-time personalization software headed by former MySpace COO Amit Kapur, is making a big push today with the launch of a new set of free APIs for publishers. The new API effort extends Gravity's technology into use in mobile applications, tablet apps, in addition to the web.

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MAY 21, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising startup backed by Idealab and headed by Bill Gross, said Thursday afternoon that the firm has now registered 75,000 keywords, and also inked a deal with Conduit. Tags: tweetup twitter advertising idealab conduit software. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is the current dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who invented the (first) World Wide Web. He calls his dream ‘Web 3.0’ or the ‘Semantic Web,’ meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Web 3.0 As you search the Web, the browser records your interests in your local storage.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer OpenX reported this morning that it has named Jason C. OpenX developers advertising serving software and related advertising network services, aimed at web publishers. White as its General Manager, Publisher Business - West. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which develops free web conferencing and online meeting software, reported this morning that it has released a new feature which lets users share any YouTube video into their meeting, and has also hit a milestone of 200,000 registered users.

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JUNE 13, 2012

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of enterprise tag management software, announced today that it has been selected by News International , the UK publishing division of News Corporation for its online media network. The firm raised a $1.1M Series A in January from angels. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Woodland Hills-based FatTail , a developer of software for managing online advertising for web publishers, announced today that it has launched a new, self-serve display ad selling system called PageGage Direct. Tags: fattail software advertising self service saas pagegage direct. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Los Angeles-based Frequency , the video publishing software provider headed by Blair Harrison, has launched a new product, saying at NAB that it has launched Frequency Sync, which helps users publish their videos across the company''s range of video applications. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based The Rubicon Project , which operates a service to optimize the selection of ads on web sites, said today that it has debuted a new technology platform is it calling REVV for Publishers. Tags: rubicon project advertising publishing optimize software. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Founded over a year ago, Stacksocial’s CEO Josh Payne , found the task of sifting through page after page in the hunt for software daunting and decided something had to be done. Not much unlike STEAM, the bundles assist people with discovering new software they’d likely not have found otherwise.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Huntington Beach-based Anymeeting , the free web conferencing and webinar service headed by Costin Tuculescu, and backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels, reports today that it has added a new, ad-free version of the software aimed at small business users. per month for up to 200 attendees. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization firm backed by Clearstone, Mayfield, IDG, and Peacock Equity Fund, announced this morning that it has acquired SiteScout , a Seattle-based firm providing malware security technology. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm owned by Idealab, said today that it has linked its Twitter Client, Twidroyd, to the TweetPhoto media sharing service. Tags: advertising software sharing photo client twidroid tweetphoto tweetup. TweetUp bought Twidroid in July. TweetUp bought Twidroid in July. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Social-media advertising. Social-media advertising relies on popular social media sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) to generate leads through pay-per-click ads and tweets on sites that target customers in specific demographics. Display advertising.

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MAY 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising firm Rubicon Project is significantly boosting its executive ranks today, saying that it has named a new CTO, General Counsel, and SVP of Product Management to the firm.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which supplies ad optimization software to web publishers, announced today that it has released a new version of its VANTAGE Firefox browser plug-in, which helps provide its publishers with revenue and impressoin statistics and other information. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. It means wasted advertising spend and lost goodwill. If you’ve ever used a similar application, (or if you’ve ever used the Internet at all) you’ve probably seen this approach before.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

marketing, and not enough of the traditional, software-and-algorithm intensive startups you'd expect to see in Silicon Valley. We've identified ten of the more technically interesting companies working on software in Southern California, using our unscientific, unproven, and undoubtedly biased informal polling.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

San Diego-based Covario , a developer of search advertising and web site optimization software and services, said today that it has acquired Netconcepts, LLC , a website search engine optimization firm based in Madison, Wisconsin. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , the developer of augmented reality software and technology, announced this morning that it has raised $5.5M in a funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included prior investors Partech, iSource, and Elaia Partners. Total Immerson is headed by Bruno Uzzan. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

San Diego-based SweetLabs , the company headed by Darrius Thompson, and which runs both the OpenCandy advertising network and the desktop Pokki app platform, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series C funding round. Pokki allows developers to create desktop apps using web technologylike HTML5.

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JULY 14, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm started by Idealab's Bill Gross, is expanding out its network of sites this morning, saying that it has added four new publishers to its roster. The firm also has deals with various Twitter clients and related software providers. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , a developer of ad serving software for web publishers, said this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the new funding will go to expand its advertising technology, products, and services. The funding brings the company's total raised to over $30.8M.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

To top it all off, the AI startup recently partnered up with Getty Images, one of the largest repositories of paid stock imagery, to develop a new generative AI model ‘Runway’ geared towards the film and advertising industries. Gumroad Gumroad is a web-builder and ecommerce platform that lets creators sell products directly to consumers.

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