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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. To provide an opportunity for VCs and senior executives to engage with the community by giving back rather than just attending more cocktail parties.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

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JULY 27, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab has made another investment in a Twitter-related service, in GoPollGo , which said today that it has launched an online polling service based on Twitter. The firm said it recently closed a seed funding from Idealab. Financial details of that funding were not disclosed. GoPollGo was founded by Ben Schaechter.

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Idealab Services Seed Funding Statistics 171

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JULY 21, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab announced today that it has invested in a developer of clean energy generation technology. The firm has invested in Cool Energy , a Boulder, Colorado based developer of Stirling engine technology, used to convert heat energy into power. Financial details of the funding were not announced.

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Idealab Technology Pasadena Invest 150

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Fyke previously had been CEO of multiple companies for Idealab, and also was a cleantech investor at Starfish Ventures in Australia. Thin Line Capital is linked with venture capital firm Wavemaker, which is partnering with Thin Line Capital to establish the new fund.

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Capital Funding Idealab Venture Capital 213

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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. They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”. LivingSocial.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

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MAY 5, 2014

The funding came from Gordon Crawford and Blue Chip Ventures, as well as others. Crawford is a member of the board of Lionsgate Entertainment, and previously was a portfolio manager at Capital Research and Management. ubermedia venture capital mobile advertising idealab bill gross gordon crawford' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

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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JUNE 21, 2018

That was the question at the SoCal First Look Showcase , run by the Alliance for SoCal Innovation and the Los Angeles Venture Association at UCLA on Wednesday.

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MAY 29, 2013

X1 Discovery is one of the companies out of Idealab. discovery x1discovery electronic ediscovery venture capital idealab search tools enterprise' No other details of the investor backing were announced by the company. X1 Discovery recently released a brand new release of its X1 desktop search software, X1 Search 8.

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Idealab Tool Pasadena Venture Capital 147

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners, and also included Arden Road Investments, Biotechonomy, Dolby Family Ventures, First Round Capital, Idealab and frogVentures. matter newmatter printing printer idealab startup indiegogo crowdsourcing crowd maker venture capital' in a Series A funding round.

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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.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Funding Idealab 74

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APRIL 19, 2010

Pasadena-based eSolar , the solar thermal technology developer backed by Idealab, Google, Quercus Trust, ACME Group, NRG Energy, and Oak Investment Partners, has raised $20M in an unannounced funding round, according to numbers from the latest quarterly venture capital report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.

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Idealab Venture Capital Google Pasadena 154

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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., bitcoin bitvault venture capital currency cryptocurrency seed'

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Idealab Seed Funding Venice Venture Capital 180

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.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Funding Idealab 65

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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). In 2009, the finance world fell apart, and the venture world fell apart, and I returned to Pasadena.

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Invest Capital Venture Capital Idealab 113

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MARCH 31, 2010

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. Tags: aptera motors venture capital equity google idealab automobile electric hybrid. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Google Equity Venture Capital 176

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). Not to mention the granddaddy of them all and arguably the first firm to properly do an accelerator – Idealab.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

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JULY 1, 2010

The April funding of newest Idealab startup TweetUp was worth $3.5M, according to regulatory filings from the firm released Thursday. The amount of the funding, which came from Index Ventures, betaworks, Revolution LLC, First Round Capital, Jason Calacanis, and Jeff Jarvis, had not been announced in April. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Funding Pasadena Venture Capital 165

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AUGUST 25, 2021

The funding was led by Prime Movers Lab, and also included SoftBank Vision Fund, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Helena, and Idealab X plus new investors, including Pickering Energy Partners through its Energy Equity Opportunity Fund, SailingStone Global Energy Transition, A.T.

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Westlake Village Idealab Equity Platform 113

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. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

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. The company's co-founder and Chief technology Officer is Jason Meltzer, who previously was at iRobot.

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Mobile Chief Technology Officer Idealab Los Angeles 113

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MAY 24, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm founded by venture investment veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, said this morning that it has had a final close on its first fund, at $240M.

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Capital Funding Clearstone Internet Brands 172

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MARCH 2, 2010

According to the filing, funding included new backer Mayfield Fund, along with prior investors Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Trinity Ventures and others. Perfect Market is a spinout of Idealab. Tags: perfect market venture capital idealab publishing content newspaper publish. READ MORE>>.

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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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Lancaster Idealab Los Angeles Incubator 205

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AUGUST 12, 2009

The firm has relationships with DFJ Gotham, Idealab, and others. Idealab has invested in the fund, and is a great partner, and has been introducing us to their companies, as well as lots of companies that aren't in the Idealab structure but where they know the founders and executives. Mike and John found me through Idealab.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Technical Review 165

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

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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. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. Current round: $11mm Series-B led by Accel. Total raised: $17mm.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

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MARCH 6, 2014

If it seems strange to find the inventor of Bitcoin living in the San Gabriel Valley, it''s actually not all that surprising given the area is home to one of the most prominent research universities in the United States, The California Institute of Technology ; NASA''s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; and the original Internet incubator, Idealab.

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MARCH 26, 2013

According to the Los Angeles Times, the new accelerator is being backed by the United Talent Agency and Kleiner, Perkins Caufield & Byers, the notable Silicon Valley venture capital firm. The startup accelerator is behind headed by Ashish Soni. READ MORE>>.

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USC Startup Southern California Incubator 187

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JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

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Southern California Westlake Village Invest Tech Coast Angels 195

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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. Tags: perfect market venture capital tribune newspaper publishing software content. According to Perfect Market, the new funding will go to market and deploy its solutions. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Altadena Idealab 133

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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

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Aptera is venture backed by Google and Idealab. Tags: aptera venture capital layoff employment jobs electric green automobile auto. READ MORE>>.

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Layoffs Idealab Venture Capital Google 145

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. Previously, he ran a venture capital fund (Momentum Ventures) and founded several SoCal tech startups.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Venture Capital 140

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the newly launched startup developing mobile, loyalty programs for retailers, said this morning that it has raised $1M from Idealab. Punchcard, which is headed by Andy Steuer, offers up iPhone and Android apps which reward users for visiting local businesses.

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Idealab Southern California Pasadena Mobile 179

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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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