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Anthony Batt Heads To Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst

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Batt co-founded BUZZmedia, originally known as Buzznet, out of his efforts photo blogging, scoring his first funding round back around 2006. The firm creates programming for television, film, and the web. READ MORE>>.

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Ranker Hits 1M Uniques

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Benson was the founder of eCrush, which he sold to Hearst in 2006; Ranker is backed by Benson, Siemer Venture Capital, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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USC At Center Of Alleged Chinese Espionage Ring

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in 2006; Zhang received his a masters in 2006. Pang and Zhang allegedly transferred stolen technology from Avago Technology and Skyworks Solutions related to the development of thin-film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology that had originally been developed under a DARPA grant at USC. Pang and Zhang both received their Ph.D.s

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Classy Captures $18M For Nonprofit Software

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Classy was founded in 2006 as StayClassy, and also counts Bullpen Capital and Venture51 as backers. San Diego-based Classy , which develops cloud-based software used by nonprofits for fundraising, disclosed that it has raised $18M in a new funding round. The funding came from Mithril Capital Management and Salesforce Ventures.

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Los Angeles Fast 500 Winners Announced

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The highest ranking firms on the overall Technology Fast 500 from the area were Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of software e-commerce tools headed by Dan Engel , which was ranked at number 13 nationally with 17,468% revenue growth from 2006 to 2010.

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Autobytel Buys Automotive Mobile Marketing Company

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Advanced Mobile was founded in 2006. Irvine-based online auto information and leads site Autobytel has expanded into the mobile communications market, with the acquisition of Advanced Mobile, LLC , a provider of mobile apps, mobile websites, text messaging, and other mobile communications services for automotive manufacturers and dealers.

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Frequency Signs Deal With Chinese TV Manufacturer

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Harrison is a serial entrepreneur, and co-founded IFILM, later selling it to Viacom in 2006. Frequency's app create a seamless viewing environment for users for online video, letting them discover, view, share, and interact with video across all of their devices and the web. READ MORE>>.

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