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MARCH 9, 2015

Pasadena-based New Matter (www.newmatter.com) is developing a 3D printer, the MOD-t, which it says will help bridge the world of 3D printing experimentation with the consumer. Steve Schell: The company is just over a year old, and was founded at Idealab, by Bill Gross, last January. How far from shipping product are you?

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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' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

New energy storage technology--based on gravity and potential energy--may be on its way to helping to revolutionize energy storage, without the need or limited lifetime of batteries, according to a report today. Energy Vault recently raised $110M in funding for global deployment of its technology, an is a spinout of Pasadena's Idealab.

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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. Gold Sponsor. .

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JUNE 26, 2013

One of those areas is Pasadena, home to Idealab, Caltech, and a large number of technology companies, big and small. To help bring some focus to the area, a new group, Innovate Pasadena , said this morning that it has launched to promote Pasadenas a leading center for innovation for technology and design. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

ideamarket venture capital idealab marketplace' 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. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Howard Morgan , the venture capitalist who helped found Idealab back in 1996, and has since been Founding Partner at seed stage investment fund First Round Capital , is returning to angel investing and will not participate in First Round Capital's new fund. First Round Capital just filed paperwork on a new, $175M fund. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. He received a B.S.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Pasadena-based ObEN , which develops technology to help people create a personal, AI-driven avatar which looks and sounds like you, reported a win in China, for a big New Year's broadcast for China Central Television (CCTV). ObEN is venture backed by K11, Tencent, Softbank Ventures Korea and HTC Vive X, as well as Idealab.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Dinesh earned his B.S.

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JULY 17, 2020

Jukin said that Essner helped the company grow from a 20-person startup to more than 200 people with offices in LA, New York, London, and New Delhi. Essner joined Jukin Media in 2013 after serving as an entrepreneur at Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile analytics software, said this week that it has sold its managed media business unit to Los Angeles-based Gimbal. According to Gimbal, the buy will help it gain access to new markets where it did not previously have a presence.

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MARCH 7, 2019

According to ObEN, MedStar is developing its medical health assistance app, PAI Care, to help monitor patients with heart failure. ObEN is venture backed by K11, Tencent, Softbank Ventures Korea, and HTC Vive X, and is located at Idealab; the company's CEO is Nikhil Jain. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based YP , which offers up online directories and services to help businesses get their companies online, has lauched a new offering, called ypWebsite Pro. According to YP, the new product will help local businesses earn top rankings in their organic search results. YP runs the yellowpages.com site.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based HypeMarks , the developer of a service which helps users find new places to explore on the web, has raised $350,000 in a funding round, socalTECH has learned. According to Tim Sae Koo, the firm's founder, the funding came from Idealab, with Allen Morgan of Idealab joining the company's board.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

For Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab and brains behind the excursion, the unveiling was simply the latest in a string of demonstrations for new technologies commercialized by his nearly three-decade old startup company incubator. Last Monday a group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Metacloud--which helps companies deploy enterprise scale, private clouds based on OpenStack--said that Grey will be responsible for heading up its scalability efforts and architecture. Earthlink, Digital Planey, USWeb, and Idealab. Metacloud said Grey had been at Google for the last decade, and also has served at Yahoo!,

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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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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to Gem, the seed funding came was led by First Round Capital and Tekton Ventures and also included RRE Ventures, MESA+, Amplify.LA, Birchmere Labs, Idealab, ECEG, Partners, Baroda Ventures, Wavemaker Labs, Bitcoin Shop, Inc., Gem has develops an API which helps developers build in Bitcoin support and security into their apps.

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MARCH 28, 2012

The startup--which is backed by Idealab--said the effort will help Pasadena area merchants increase revenues and help communicate and reward customers of their businesses.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

The company said it helps direct response advertisers build and manage their Facebook advertising campaigns. offices at Idealab in Pasadena, although the firm is not an Idealab company. Glow Digital Media has set up its U.S. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

According to the firm, the new competitoin is a way to help entrepreneurs get noticed and gain exposure for their companies, with the finalists invited to make a live, online "pitch-off" to a panel of judges. CapLinked was founded by Eric M.

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APRIL 19, 2016

According to the startup, it was created to help "successful people" look, feel, and be their best. GoodLooks was founded by Mitzi Reaugh and Cynthia Rupeka; Reaugh previously worked at Miramax, NBC Universal, and Idealab; Rupeka was at The Chernin Group. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Pasadena-based mobile advertising firm UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, said Thursdya that it has named a new VP of Sales, covering the company''s Eastern Region.

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JUNE 21, 2018

The event featured a keynote by Bill Gross of Idealab , a panel of VC experts, and dozens of pitches by startups spawned by local universities and research institutions from across Southern California.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

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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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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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. So, we can help them fill that table by allowing them to adjust their pricing. Tell us a bit about the involvement of Idealab here?

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APRIL 24, 2012

KDA helps its clients drive local leads for their brands. The firm is backed by Idealab. --to sell, manage, and promote Punchcard's products. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. Punchcard develops a mobile app which rewards consumers for return visits to their store. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2020

” In some ways, the model isn’t that different from Bill Gross’ idealab, the Pasadena, Calif.-based The company has ten people on staff to help build its first slate of companies. . “As we work on portfolio companies and build out dedicated teams, there’s a generous pool to incentivize talent.”

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APRIL 11, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the Idealab startup developing mobile apps to encourage customer loyalty at retail businesses, announced today that it has launched a new product, Punchcard for Business.

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MAY 5, 2016

Pasadena-based mobile ad measurement platform developer UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, has released a new, mobile attribution product that tracks cross-media advertisement and correlates that to foot traffic in stores.

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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 9, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Up next: Part II, The in-house incubators/studios, including Idealab, Science, Brighthouse, Nantworks, Originate Labs. Representative companies: TBD.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Pasadena-based Triptrotting , which operates an online service to help connect travelers with local hosts, has raised $1M in a Series A funding, the firm said this morning.The funding came from Google Ventures, Mark Suster, 500 Startups, WI Harper, Bill Gross of Idealab, Safa Raschtchy, and Eric Chen.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Altadena-based TripTrotting , an online community that helps world travelers find hosts, has scored a Series A round of funding, according to sources close to the firm. The funding came from Idealab's New Ventures Group. Details on the funding, and size, have not yet been announced by the startup. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2011

Pasadena-based Triptrotting , a new startup funded by Idealab, is launching its service today, to help match travelers to like-minded local hosts. Triptrotting uses an algorithm to match travelers and locals, to help them on their trips.

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