Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Today marks another great day for the LA startup community as one of the city’s prominent mentoring programs , Launchpad LA, received VC funding – for each startup. Congratulations Launchpad LA, and those who have an idea or a company looking for opportunities and one of the best networks to make it grow… apply now.

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MAY 4, 2010

It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2014

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the provider of mobile advertising technology, announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding came from Gordon Crawford and Blue Chip Ventures, as well as others. The company previously had developed Twitter-focused mobile apps. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2021

Westlake Village-based Energy Vault, which is developing gravity-based, grid-scale energy storage systems, has raised $100M in its Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. According to the company, the new funding will go towards deployment of its platform.

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Westlake Village Idealab Equity Platform 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Today marks another great day for the LA startup community as one of the city’s prominent mentoring programs , Launchpad LA, received VC funding – for each startup. Congratulations Launchpad LA, and those who have an idea or a company looking for opportunities and one of the best networks to make it grow… apply now.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Funding Idealab 65

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based Papaya, a fintech startup developing a mobile bill payment application, says it has raised $50M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and also included Sequoia Capital, Acrew Capital, 01 Advisors, Mucker Capital, Fika Ventures, F-Prime, and Sound Ventures.

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Mobile Chief Technology Officer Idealab Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

According to the startup--which is based in San Francisco--it will let participants in the process share in equity and other profits from those companies. All of those ideas have a pre-commited amount of capital from investors willing to back those ideas. ideamarket venture capital idealab marketplace' READ MORE>>.

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Ideas Idealab Startup Pasadena 159

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). Talk about the new firm and the new fund? Our target is energy and sustainability companies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Venice, California-based Bitcoin startup Gem has raised $2M, to make Bitcoin easier to use for developers, the company said this week. The funding was co-led by First Round''s Howard Morgan and Jai Choi, of Tekton Ventures. The company was previously known as BitVault. Gem is led by Micah Winkelspecht. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Seed Funding Venice Venture Capital 180

socalTECH

MAY 29, 2013

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the developer of enterprise e-discovery and search tools, has some new funding in hand, and has been ramping its efforts in the market. No other details of the investor backing were announced by the company. X1 Discovery is one of the companies out of Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Tool Pasadena Venture Capital 147

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners, and also included Arden Road Investments, Biotechonomy, Dolby Family Ventures, First Round Capital, Idealab and frogVentures. New Matter said the funding will go towards accelerating product development efforts. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Pasadena Venture Capital Design 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2010

Venture capital firm First Round Capital , the early stage venture fund whose Managing Directors include Idealab's Howard Morgan , said last night that it has created its own startup exchange fund, a fund which allows the founders of the firm's various startups to diversify their investments and share in the success of the company's portfolio.

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Capital Funding OpenX Startup 169

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2010

in an equity funding round, according to a filing from the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, the firm has previously raised funding from Esenjay Investments, Google, Idealab, The Beall Family Trust, and The Simons Family. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company.

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Idealab Google Equity Venture Capital 176

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

One of the continuing problems in the startup and venture market today is the issue of exit opportunities for companies, and in particular the problem of liquidity for founders. The firm has relationships with DFJ Gotham, Idealab, and others. We spoke with Michael Barton , Managing Director and CEO of the fund.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Technical Review 165

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

in a funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. No details on the funding have been announced by the company. According to the filing, funding included new backer Mayfield Fund, along with prior investors Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Trinity Ventures and others.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Pasadena 145

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JULY 1, 2010

He calls it his “Tom Sawyer&# company. Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. a fbFund winner. Current round: $4.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

We have been holding off on this announcement for quite a bit and now we can officially announce Bill Gross of Idealab as our SuperDemo presenter. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall is garnering some excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2013

Idealab-based solar energy startup eSolar has just raised $12.8M in a new funding, part of an ongoing $30M funding for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The funding--which included at least two prior investors, including Oak Investment Partners--is still in progress.

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Burbank Idealab Technical Review Competition 178

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2017

The company has already released an iOS version of its software. Kraft is currently serving as interim CEO; he helped co-found Pandora, before moving to Southern California, where he's been involved with such local companies as Idealab, Thrively, UberMedia, BigStage, and many other companies, as either a co-founder or investor.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2010

Altadena-based Perfect Market , which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their long tail content, confirmed today that it has raised $6M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the round was led by Tribune Company, and also included Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Altadena Idealab 133

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APRIL 17, 2012

Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. Whatever you’re trying to brand – your company, your community or yourself – this is the first exercise I would recommend that you start with. The people I know in LA building serious companies ARE working their asses off.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? Given my fascination with this sector (I also happen to serve on the board of a municipal utility), I have watched with great curiosity an Idealab portfolio company Energy Vault (initially named Energy Cache) evolve over the last decade.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Venture Capital 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

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JULY 11, 2010

This past December I spent a week in Boston to try to get to know some of the local VC’s and entrepreneurs a bit better. One of the meetings I had (organized by my good friend Jeff Yolen ) was with New Atlantic Ventures held the at the CIC, aka the Cambridge Innovation Center (no prizes for guessing where it’s located).

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Startup Venture Capital Incubator Entrepreneur 285

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2009

eSolar has now raised at least $180M in funding for its solar thermal technology, including investments from Google, Oak Investment Partners, and Idealab. eSolar has now raised at least $180M in funding for its solar thermal technology, including investments from Google, Oak Investment Partners, and Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We’re looking for companies with new technology to demonstrate (or better yet, those with upcoming launches they wish to promote among savvy peers). TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. This could be your company’s chance to shine in the Spotlight. Diamond Sponsor.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2015

Attendance will be limited to 1000 people, which will include startups, members of the press, top tier talent and some of the most prominent venture funds. That said, REACH NeXT was designed as a spring board for those that need that extra boost to take them and their company to the next level. Who should apply?

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Startup Idealab Press SoCal 40

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

They have cash--lots of these strategics are sitting on top of cash--and now is the time to buy companies, because customers are willing to pay for new products, and they can buy these companies "more efficiently" or economically than they will in 12 months from now. You should build your company. That's the belief system.

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Clearstone Idealab Incubator Invest 140

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Pasadena-based robotics technology firm Evolution Robotics has scored another $13.88M in venture funding, the firm disclose today. Evolution Robotics said the funding was led by CMEA Ventures, and also included Vodafone Ventures, Idealab, and the Quercus Trust. READ MORE>>

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Idealab Pasadena Research Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful Internet company in college and since then, has founded, built and sold numerous online and mobile businesses. His experience and expertise in both large and small companies focuses on strategy, growth, and operational efficiency resulting in many successful investor outcomes.

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