socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Aptera, which is building lightweight, composite electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, is funded by Idealab and Google, among others. Tags: aptera motors automotive cleantech energy idealab steve fambro. Photo: Aptera's Typ-1 and co-founder Steve Fambro in better times). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2011

The funding came to light via a regulatory filing earlier this month. Aptera failed to score DOE funding in the last round of loan and incentives from the Federal government's stimulus efforts. The firm previously raised funding from Idealab, Google, Esenjay Investments, The Simons Family, and The Beall Family Trust.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Vista-based Aptera , the electric vehicle effort being funded by Idealab, Google, and the Quercus Trust, is at the center of a lobbying effort in Washington, D.C., Aptera's cars have been excluded from gaining any of the recent stimulus funding, due to it having three--not four--wheels. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Vista-based Aptera Motors , the three wheeled electric vehicle firm backed by Idealab and Google, told its supporters today that it is still looking to score funding from the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

of seed funding and launching our popular subscription service for kids ages 4-10. Grant Hosford: My favorite consumer tech trend is voice activated assistants like the Amazon Echo and Google Home. Grant was formerly an executive at eHarmony and Idealab and lives near Pasadena with his author wife and 3 kid coders.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2009

Carlsbad-based Aptera, the electric car startup backed by Google and Idealab, is delaying delivery of the firm's vehicles to customers, according to a letter to customers. Aptera raised $24M in a Series C investment from Google, Idealab, Esenjay Investments, The Simons Family, and The Beall Family Trust back in July.

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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? All of that represents opportunity, as well.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

Funding: Around $4.0M. Funding: $12.8M. Funding: Over $41.0M. Funding: $50.0M. eSolar, the solar thermal utility plant developer started by Idealab's Bill Gross, has a sizeable chunk of capital and notable support of Google and others, not to mention a number of contracts with utilities. Funding: $150.0M.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2011

The firm--which has been very quiet since failing to gain DOE incentive funding last year--said it has received some "very generous" incentive proposals from other states to move its production facility outside of California. Aptera is backed by Idealab, Google, Esenjay Investments, The Simons Family, and The Beall Family Trust.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Pasadena-based eSolar, the Google-backed thermal solar energy startup, is announcing today that it has hired on a new Vice President of Engineering, Craig Tyner, Ph.D. eSolar is backed by more than $140M in funding, from Google, Idealab, and Oak Investment Partners. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

In the statement, Aptera said it will begin volume production when it receives private funding or if it can secure financing through the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle loan program. Aptera is venture backed by Google and Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6 “Los Angeles is a great place for this, because we have a close relationship with Caltech and JPL,” according to Gross.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2010

Boone Pickens; Aptera Motors , in Carlsbad, which has funding from Google and Idealab; and Phoenix MC , based in Ontario. Car makers are not the only firms in Southern California playing a role in the alternative vehicle market.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”. the funding and market coverage. Investors: Google Ventures. LivingSocial.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

(plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Especially when he’s surrounded by Danny Rimer (who funded Skype, MySQL, Last.FM

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

The company recently raised a $750,000 seed round of funding. One of the biggest issues, is that consumers typically find coupons through a Google search query. They do a Google search, and they''re presented with thousands of sites in the search results. What is Chippmunk? What''s next for your company?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

However, the other pieces of what we do are a somewhat evolved model similar to the early days of what Bill Gross did at Idealab. I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures. At Amplify, I evolved into wanting to do a fund, and thought about doing a regular venture fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. See: TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. There is clearly a lot of inefficiency in this process.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. But obviously Google won the war. Mostly, Google just had way better organic results (“the loss leader&# ) so it was always preferred by consumers. That gave Google a huge cost advantage.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

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. June 17: Silicon Beach Fest: Pasadena Day , Hosted by Idealab.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. Also a big thanks to Efren Toscano of TechZulu for streaming and editing the event Sunday evening. is also hiring.

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