socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Santa Monica-based Factual , the new data focused startup run by Gil Elbaz , the co-founder of Applied Semantics , which invented Google's AdSense technology, is announcing the investors in the firm this evening. Factual is developing an online platform which allows anyone to share and mash open data.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Factual , the open data startup headed by Gil Elbaz, the inventor of Google's AdSense technology, said today that it has launched a new open set of data that the firm says provides geo-coded data for 14 million local U.S. businesses.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2010

Gil Elbaz, who was most recently at Google, was one of the founders of Applied Semantics, a Santa Monica firm which developed Google's AdSense product. Applied Semantics was acquired for pre-IPO Google stock in April of 2003. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest takes place June 19-22, 2013 in Santa Monica. ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. There is a huge demand from people, who have gone there to buy products. We're leveraging that huge demand we have for people looking for documents, to build this marketplace.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In LA there has typically been a small handful of firms actively making investments in tech, they include: Rustic Canyon , GRP Parners , Clearstone Venture Partners , Redpoint Ventures , Mission Ventures , Anthem Venture Partners , Greycroft , Crosscut , Palomar Ventures , and Rincon Ventures.

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