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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , which develops e-discovery and search software for the legal industry, has named Craig Carpenter as its new CEO, according to the company. X1 Discovery is one of the companies out of Pasadena's Idealab startup incubator, and shares its headquarters with Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Pasadena-based e-discovery software developer X1 has raised $5.1M more in a Series B funding round, the company said Wednesday, in a round led by Palisades Growth Capital. The round also included angel investor George Kadifa, the former head of HP Software. X1 is led by CEO Craig Carpenter and CTO Brent Botta. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Pasadena-based Perfect Market , the Idealab-backed developer of programmatic advertising technology, has been acquired by New York-based Taboola. Taboola said the buy will help boost the company''s annualized run rate to $250M. perfect market taboola merger acquisition content advertising optimization software idealab'

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Pasadena-based enterprise search software developer X1 --one of the longest running offshoots of Idealab--reported today that it had a "record" sales year for the company in 2014. The company said it saw a sales increase of nearly 70 percent over 2013. Actual company financials were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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. SuperDemo: Bill Gross. Bill received his B.S.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Pasadena-based ObEN , which develops avatar technology and software, is powering a new, personalized, AI-driven medical health assistance app, the company said this week, being developed by the MedStar Health Research Institute. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2013

In a blog post Wednesday, CEO John Patzakis said that X1 hasd recently "enjoyed the support" of a number of investors, who have enabled the company to double down on its support of current customers and focus on development of its next generation search and discovery software. X1 Discovery is one of the companies out of Idealab.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Energy Vault , a startup of Pasadena-based Idealab developing radically different energy storage technology--based on the movement of large, concrete blocks via robotic arms--has raised $110M in a Series B funding, the company announced this morning.

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APRIL 17, 2013

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the Idealab-backed developer of enterprise search and electronic discovery software, said Wednesday that it has added Ingram Micro as a distributor. discovery idealab electronic ediscovery software channel sales distributor ingram micro' X1 Discovery says it now has over 300,000 end-users.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the provider of electronic discovery software which was originally part of X1/Idealab, said today that it has launched a new version of its software aimed at capturing and analyzing social media content.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Calabasas-based Ixia , the network testing hardware and software developer, said Tuesday that it has named Brent Novak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Novak has been Ixia''s VP of Finance since 2006, and was appointed acting CFO of the company in March. Novak also has served at Idealab and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

Sharpening its focus on the electronic discovery market, Pasadena-based X1 , the enterprise search tools provider backed by Idealab, has split out a new company called X1 Discovery , headed by John Patzakis, the former President of eDiscovery at X1.

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APRIL 17, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the electronic discovery offshoot of X1 and Idealab, reported Tuesday that it has launched a fully cloud-deployable version of its software. X1 Discovery said the new product, X1RD, is a "sister product" to the firm's more traditional, software installed X1 Social Discovery application.

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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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AUGUST 16, 2017

The company has already released an iOS version of its software. MUMO says its software lets users take a picture, pair it with a playlist, and invite friends to listen along. The startup--which says it incorporated elements of Instagram and Turntable.fm--just launched a crowdfunding campaign on LA-based StartEngine.

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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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MAY 15, 2012

Amazon said the use of AWS will allow its software to be installed and operated in an AWS customer's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) environment. X1 Rapid Discovery is a tool which allows companies to manage their data for electronic discovery, legal, and regulatory purposes. Pricing on the new software was not announced.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Altadena-based Perfect Market , the Idealab firm which is providing tools to help publishers surface and monetize their archive content, said Monday that it has named Guy Vidra as Vice President of Business Development. The company is run by Julie Schoenfeld, and is a spinout of Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Altadena-based Perfect Market , which is backed by Idealab, said this morning that it has hired on Robertson Barrett as Chief Strategy Officer at the company. Tags: perfect market idealab software publishing content executive newspaper journalism. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Pasadena-based Perfect Market , a provider of software which enables monetization of long tail content of publishers such as newspapers, has raised $6.0M No details on the funding have been announced by the company. Perfect Market is a spinout of Idealab. in a funding round, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm.

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). We caught up with Grant to learn more about The Foos and his quest to use the principles of software programming to help kids learn.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , the e-commerce and payment processing software firm headed by Dan Engel, said this week that it has launched a new online subscription management and payment service called SaaSy. companies, to eliminate their need for maintaining their own e-commerce infrastructure. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , a developer of desktop search software, announced today that the firm has raised new funding from backer Idealab, plus made a few executive changes. Size of the new investment round in the firm was not disclosed by the company. X1 did not say if prior investor U.S. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies, a developer of desktop and enterprise search software, is setting its sights on the eDiscovery market, saying this morning that it has created a new offering specifically aimed at the eDiscovery market. The new tool is focused on helping companies who need to produce electronic documents, due to lawsuits.

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MAY 23, 2013

UberMedia , the Idealab-backed startup best known for its Twitter client software, has recast itself as a mobile advertising firm, saying yesterday that it has launched a new mobile advertising product called UberAds.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Rapportive is a direct competitor to Mingly, the Gmail contacts management software firm headed by Tyler Koblasa and backed by Idealab. Calacanis has been a fairly active angel investor across companies in both Southern California and Silicon Valley. READ MORE>>.

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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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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today. What else do you think Pasadena needs in the ecosystem?

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MARCH 3, 2010

The firm said the round was led by Tribune Company, and also included Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Idealab. Perfect Market said that the Tribune Company has been using its product on a number of its web properties. Tags: perfect market venture capital tribune newspaper publishing software content.

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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. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. View Larger Map.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile and desktop messaging and social media apps, is announcing this morning that it has hired Ken Rudman as its Vice President of Developer Relations. Rudman joins the company from AT&T Interactive, where he was Director of the Developer Program and Platform.

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JANUARY 12, 2016

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed company which is now working on mobile location data, has linked up with shopping mall data provider Directory of Major Malls (DMM), and business intelligence consultanty B.I.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Twitter client company headed by Idealab's Bill Gross, announced this morning that it has launched yet another Twitter application, called UberCurrent. The firm said the new client, available for iPhone, lets people follow "influential" Twitter users, even if they don't have their own Tiwtter account.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The release also came in conjunction with new developer tools and redesign by the company to help developers get started more quickly in using its datasets. Factual said its geo-coded data also includes local business information for companies in the UK, Japan, Italy, Indonesia, and Australia. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

UberMedia is an Idealab company, and now owns Twitter clients on iPhone, Blackberry, and Android platforms, including UberTwitter, Echofon, Twidroyd, Mixx, and, reportedly, TweetDeck, although that deal has not been confirmed yet.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

had added support for MySpace in June, shortly after Twitter said it would not allow other companies to automatically include advertising into Twitter. The move is similar to a move by fellow Twitter ad startup TweetUp, started by Idealab's Bill Gross, which added Facebook status updates at the end of August. Both Ad.ly READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , a developer of enterprise and PC search software, has scored a new patent from the U.S. 7,496,559, is the third for the company. Tags: search uspto patent software technologies. Patent and Trademark office, the firm said today. According to the firm, the patent, No. READ MORE>>.

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