socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures , the early stage, venture capital investment firm run by Rick Smith and Brian Garrett, looks to be kicking off a new fund, according to an SEC filing this week. Details on the fund size were not included in the filing, and the firm has not commented on the filing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix , which operates an online service which measured the effectiveness of television advertising, has snagged a new executive from comScore, INc. Flanagan was most recently Executive Vice President at comScore, in charge of the firm's Media Metrix division. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix , which operates an online service which helps televisoin advertisers determine the effectiveness of their advertising and creative, said today it has named Peter Daboll as CEO of the company. and also was President and CEO of ComScore Media Metrix. He also had served at Chief of Insights at Yahoo!

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest. Here’s how to do it.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix (www.acemetrix.com) launched its software-as-a-service, TV advertising rating service last month, and we spoke with the firm's CEO and co-founder, Steve Goldman, recently to learn more about the firm. Ace Metrix is venture backed by Hummer Winblad, and Palomar Ventures. Tell us a bit about your company?

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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