InfoChachkie

JULY 5, 2012

Coull Offers Advertisers Video Skimlinks. <JG <JG change the link in first sentence to the infoChachkie post> As noted in YouTube Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. Coull Entrepreneurs Get More Customers.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Series C funding today. Steamboat was the lead on Greystripe's 2007 Series B funding; managing director Dan Beldy sits on Greystripe's board.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Series C funding today. Steamboat was the lead on Greystripe's 2007 Series B funding; managing director Dan Beldy sits on Greystripe's board.

Steamboat Ventures 100

Steamboat Ventures Invest Burbank Advertising 100

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments. Thanks, and good luck!

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2010

funding round. The firm's CEO and founder, Jeff Green , was a co-founder of AdECN, the Internet advertising exchange acquired in 2007 by Microsoft. What's the story behind the funding? Jeff Green: To fully understand what we're up to, you need to understand the evolution of online advertising.

Advertising 157

Advertising Startup Media Marketing 157

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

billion in 2005, and finally sold again to Google in 2007 for $3.1 Although we're not going to be focused on revenues for a year, it's clear at this time that this kind of real estate is very valuable for advertisers. But, advertisers will know you've got to be where people are comparing products. How is the firm funded?

Startup 210

Startup Advertising Examples Santa Barbara 210

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. How is the company funded? We did a successful trial in 2008.

Content 189

Content Screening Mobile Custom 189

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. At RingRevenue we’ve created a call performance marketing platform that at its core is all about getting more high-value calls to advertisers who want them.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds? Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Competitors: Google.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. I believe that the advertisers they started with were probably disappointed that the cost per customer acquisition was not the same as search. Broadcast isn't like that.

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Google Advertising Media Startup 124

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

We're applying that same platform and are now using it for information, commerce, and advertising in vehicles. We had a new tablet we had developed back in 2007, and we were asked to come up with concepts to drive cellular usage. We've done very well, and are funded 100 percent with revenues.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

And, how do programs like YouTube's recent push to help fund original content channels on the site helping? John Mudge: We launched IBN Sports in January of 2007, focused on creating an interactive, broadcast network for sports. It's a combination of sponsorship, advertising, and for some of our partners, fee for that content.

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Content Google Southern California Orange County 212

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Lunsford oversaw WebSideStory’s IPO in 2004, and Limelight’s IPO in 2007.

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Custom Customer San Diego JavaScript 40

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

It actually closed on New Year's Day, 2007. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. But, there are not many funded players in the space. A very small amount of those sites have had funding, but there are certainly websites about lists.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

How are you funded and backed? Babette Pepaj: When we first started, we were totally self-funded. We have since raised a friends and family round in 2007, pretty modest--enough to get to our first milestone. We're making money from our advertising, and doing really well.

Social Network 174

Social Network Startup Sites Networking 174

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

It's pretty typical in the life of a startup, where we've proven we have a product people like, and use and demand, and can scale, and we did a pretty effective job of learning about advertising and making revenues off high yielding, CPC advertising. Back to the company, what's your status now in terms of funding?

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2010

Rincon’s Fund I portfolio is comprised of a number of such Serial Teams, some of which include: Alma mater, Rent.com: sold to eBay for $430 million. The team has applied its deep understanding of telephony and online marketing to create an infrastructure which allows advertisers to track phone calls like clicks. Meredith Publishing.

Startup 150

Startup IP Entrepreneur Software Review 150

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Internet advertising is good. L90 was the premier advertising network on the Internet.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

Home About Us Newsstand locations Special Section Nominations Stock Index Advertising Contact Search Subscribe Weekly Features Week in Review Top 25 Lists Top Stories Local News Opinion Calendar Ongoing Events Monthly Reports Central Coast East Ventura Nonprofits Technology Small Business Women and Co. that still remain unrecognized.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Those crappy bots not only cost you money because they keep your server busy and increase your bandwidth bill, they actively decrease your advertising revenue because your visitors hit the back button when your page isn’t responsive due to the heavy bot traffic.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Mark Suster: First of all, the good news, is GRP has a $200 million fund, which we've only done three investments on. We are not looking to fund people in 2009, who are learning a new market, on our nickel. We often hear from entrepreneurs who say--I'll hire a great team, as soon as I get funded. We're really excited about 2009.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Advertising was the answer! . ► March (1) Office 2.0: Where's Jack Bauer? How will we.

Startup 40

Startup Advertising Web Design Venture Capital 40

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

My fund was an early investor in Overture. There's a Nap for That ); ADVERTISEMENT Sponsored Links Harvard Business School HBS prepares you to build success—one decision at a time. www.goodandgreen.biz Microsoft Office Buy Office Small Business 2007 now. The company that innovated that model was called Overture. Learn more.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Our competition was well funded with many millions of dollars, well armed with hundreds of employees and far down the path.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Web 2.0 40

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

The National Science Foundation mainly funds professors to do research. Government-owned venture capital funds, like the intelligence community's In-Q-Tel ( [link] ) or the USDA's former AARC may be a great hybrid strategy (government-owned, private appearance). Sylvester Reyes (D-TX), which is the STEM Promotion Act of 2007.

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. As CEO, I spent 6 months on the road, full-time, trying to raise our Series B funding.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. We were not venture-funded (in fact, at the time, I didnt even know what venture capital was).

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

I’d personally heard of Startup Weekend back when it got started in 2007 out in Boulder but only attended my first Startup Weekend in late 2009. Also we would like to thank our global sponsors: Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Ven Corps, Twilio, Vertical Response, oDesk, Elance and OpenTok.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising. Total raised: $129.0mm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217