socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

Two Southern California firms have made Advertising Age's annual list of the largest search marketing agencies, released last week. Advertising Age reported that The Search Agency's 2009 revenues were $20.4M, and Covario's 2009 revenues were $8.8M. Tags: search agency covario advertising marketing.

Marketing 174

Marketing Southern California Santa Monica Advertising 174

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Thursday, February 26, 2009 -- "Video Games Industry 2009: New Opportunities" TCOSC.

Technology Council 100

Technology Council TCOSC Southern California Media 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2009

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 -- ExecTec on Advertising in a Digital Age. See [link] (more).

Advertising 100

Advertising 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Invidi – Provider of addressable television advertising and marketing services to cable, satellite and telco-delivered television carriers. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 17, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009 -- SEO, Social Media, Sponsorship and On-line Advertising. Speakers include: David Karnstedt, Efficient Frontier; Kelly Perdew, Rotohog; Brian McCarthy, CitySearch; and Mark Gibbs, Network World. See https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:Join/signupId:10203.

SEO 100

SEO Social Media CTC Advertising 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization service firm headed by Frank Addante, is claiming this morning that the firm saw 270%, year over year growth in 2009. Rubicon Project's online advertising service helps publishers pick the best yielding ads from online ad networks. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 160

Clearstone Advertising Equity Los Angeles 160

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra Media , the cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, has new funding in hand and legal issues behind it, and is now looking upmarket, the firm told socalTECH in an interview Thursday. How does the firm hope to attract more large brand advertisers? Tags: hydra media advertising network. READ MORE>>.

Beverly Hills 165

Beverly Hills Funding Advertising SoCalTech 165

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Adconion Media Group , the Internet advertising firm which has been ramping up its operations in Santa Monica, said today that it is spinning out its video product, Joost Video Network , into a new, standalone business, also based in Santa Monica. Adconion acquired the assets of Joost from the founders of Skype in November of 2009.

Santa Monica 171

Santa Monica Advertising Content Sites 171

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hulu said Tuesday that it is planning a big push of its Hulu Plus subscription service, with a Super Bowl XLVI advertising campaign. The new campaign--a spin on its 2009 Alec Baldwin ad--features actor Will Arnett and the Hollywood sign, plus the hashtag "mushymush". READ MORE>>.

Hulu 140

Hulu Advertising Hollywood Los Angeles 140

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Adconian Media Group , the Internet advertising firm which has been ramping up its operations in Santa Monica, said today that it is spinning out its video product, Joost Video Network , into a new, standalone business, also based in Santa Monica. Adconian acquired the assets of Joost for the founders of Skype in November of 2009.

Santa Monica 150

Santa Monica Advertising Content Media 150

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M received in the region in Q1 of 2009. across 31 days.

Southern California 208

Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm. Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

According to WebVisible, the funding will go to aggressively expand R&D on its platform, which is used by place local online advertising for small and medium sized businesses. As part of the announcement, WebVisible said it saw a 113 percent, year-over-year increase in its revenues for 2009. READ MORE>>.

Redpoint 145

Redpoint Advertising Venture Capital Funding 145

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

ReachLocal, which provides online advertising services to small and medium sized businesses, said that Gordon has resigned both as CEO and member of the company''s board. The company, originally backed by VantagePoint, had its IPO back in 2009. reachlocal zorik gordon online advertising medium business' READ MORE>>.

ReachLocal 147

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Advertising Services 147

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

in revenues from Q4 of 2009. in a loss in Q4 of 2009. The firm said the fourth quarter revenues were driven by new brand advertisers, and growth to more than 100 million unique monthly visitors. Demand Media said it had revenues of $73.6M for Q4 of 2010, up 33 percent from the $55.5M The firm reported net loss of $5.3M

Demand 145

Demand Media Report .Net 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

Convetro , the online advertising targeting and optimization technology developer headed by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. Convertro raised $5M in a Series A in 2009. The firm is based in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 147

Santa Monica Advertising Equity Entrepreneur 147

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Cragun was most recently Local.com's Vice President of Finance, having joined the firm in April of 2009. Tags: local interim executive search advertising. Cragan also has served at Modtech Holdings, MIVA, ImproveNet, and NetCharge.com. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 140

Advertising Sites Networking Company 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

According to Acacia Research, its subsidiary, Creative Internet Advertising Corporation, has received $12.4M in damages, which were awarded in May of 2009, $4.5M in a final judgment for willful infringement of the firm's patents. The firm said the judgment was signed Monday in the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Yahoo 157

Yahoo Research Patents Advertising 157

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , which provides online advertising to small and medium sized businesses, has made a major change in its organization today, saying that it has made a fifteen percent reduction in its headcount, and shuffled its CEO. Burr has been COO of the company since 2009, and was founder of ISP NetZero. READ MORE>>.

Layoffs 154

Layoffs Advertising Activity Organization 154

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Irvine-based Local Corporation , the operator of online local advertising websites, said today that it has been granted a patent from the U.S. Montemer as inventor; the patent was originally filed way back in August of 2009, and was a continuation of a patent application originally filed in May of 2003. Patent and Trademark office.

Patents 147

Patents Advertising Mobile Technology 147

socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , which helps small and medium sized businesses place and manage their Internet advertising, announced today that it has opened up a new facility in Mumbai, India. Tags: webvisible india jobs employment expansion oversease international advertising. READ MORE>>.

Electronic Arts 140

Electronic Arts Southern California Advertising Los Angeles 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Hydra LLC , an Internet advertising company which has been seeing major growth in the last couple of years, has apparently hit a major snag, as the company has become embroiled in lawsuits associated with the departure of three of the four founding partners at the firm. Tags: online advertising media hydra.

Beverly Hills 124

Beverly Hills Journal Advertising Los Angeles 124

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

But we had a great chance to talk about the recent moves that Twitter has made to “plug holes” and changing its “TOS” on advertising. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. They sponsor TWiVC. Mobile gifting service.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online ad optimization firm, said today that its analysis finds that online spending in Q4 of 2009 was up, resulting in an increase in CPMs by 34%. Rubicon said it expects 2010 to be a "strong year" for digital advertising. Tags: rubicon project advertising publishing online. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 113

Clearstone Advertising News Equity 113

socalTECH

JULY 30, 2010

in Q2 of 2009. Revenues were up by 21 percent from the prior year, driven by increases in internet advertising revenues. According to Internet Brands, it had net income of $4.6M in revenues, up from $2.5M in net income on revenues of $23.2M

Internet Brands 160

Internet Brands .Net Acquisition Web 160

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds. LaunchpadLA started initially as a mentoring group, but expanded into accelerating and investing in companies in the last few years.

Class 168

Class Startup Web Design Mentor 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

As we go into Halloween this weekend, we want to thank all of our sponsors, advertisers, and members, who make it possible for us to exist. Advertisers. www.SoCconference.com ) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. Tags: sponsor advertising. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Technology.

Southern California 140

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. These companies advertise. tl;dr summary.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2018

the company behind Snapchat , has run into more controversy, after celebrity Rihanna weighed in on an poll advertisement Snapchat had approved and run on its service asked viewers to vote on whether they'd like to "slap Rihanna" or "punch Chris Brown". The ad refers to a 2009 domestic violence incident. READ MORE>>.

Snapchat 113

Snapchat Venice Advertising Report 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Imagine if, say, Autodesk had purchased it in 2009 for $100 million? Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . Case in point, Procore just went public and is trading at an $11 billion valuation. Maker Studios?—?sold

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Rubicon also said in its announcement that it had year-over-year growth of 270%, and that during 2009 it made its first acquisition, of technology firm Others Online. Tags: rubicon project merger acquisition investment banker advertising software technology server. READ MORE>>.

Invest 133

Invest Clearstone Acquisition Advertising 133

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010.

Invest 340

Invest Venture Capital Startup News 340

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009 -- Pay Per Click Summit Los Angeles. By attending the Pay-Per-Click Summits this year, youll get in on the most comprehensive event available for pay-per-click advertisers. See [link] (more).

Advertising 100

Advertising Los Angeles Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 -- Pay Per Click Summit Los Angeles. By attending the Pay-Per-Click Summits this year, youll get in on the most comprehensive event available for pay-per-click advertisers. See [link] (more).

Advertising 100

Advertising Los Angeles Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 1, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009 -- Digital Hollywood Spring. Digital Hollywood represents the total Transformation of the Industry: The TV Platform; Smartphone Platform, Broadband Platform, Games Platform; A Reinvention of the Entertainment, Advertising and Technology Industries. See [link] (more).

Digital Hollywood 100

Digital Hollywood Hollywood Platform Entertainment 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 30, 2009

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 -- Digital Hollywood Spring. Digital Hollywood represents the total Transformation of the Industry: The TV Platform; Smartphone Platform, Broadband Platform, Games Platform; A Reinvention of the Entertainment, Advertising and Technology Industries. See [link] (more).

Digital Hollywood 100

Digital Hollywood Hollywood Platform Entertainment 100