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APRIL 17, 2010

Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Have a look at the companies below. with the clips.

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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>>.

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MAY 7, 2010

Santa Monica-based The Search Agency , which is headed by David Hughes, was listed at number 12, and San Diego-based Covario , which is run by Russ Mann, was listed at number 25. Advertising Age reported that The Search Agency's 2009 revenues were $20.4M, and Covario's 2009 revenues were $8.8M.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision said this week that it has named Humam Sakhnini as its Chief Strategy and Talent Officer. According to the company, the move will add human resources activities under his leadership responsibility. Sakhnini has been at the firm since 2009, and also served at McKinsey & Company.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures has had another exit in its portfolio, this time with the acquisition of Cetas , a developer of cloud data analytics software, by VMware. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cetas was incubated in Clearstone's Palo Alto offices by Sudhakar Muddu, a Ph.D. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based The Search Agency joins a number of privately held, Southern California firms this week reporting strong growth in 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. First in late-stage tech companies and then it will filter back to Growth and then A and ultimately Seed Rounds.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the internet publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 results today, the first as a public company. in revenues from Q4 of 2009. in a loss in Q4 of 2009. in a loss in Q4 of 2009. Demand Media said it had revenues of $73.6M

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MARCH 4, 2010

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand reported strong 2009 performance, saying Thursday afternoon that the firm had a 64 percent growth in its client base in 2009, and an 83 percent increase in users from December 2008. million users of its service, which is used for learning and talent management in companies.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

In what looks to be a banner year for IPO filings for Southern California, Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO this morning, saying that it is looking to raise up to $115M in an IPO. Barclays Capital, William Blair & Company, Piper Jaffray, Pacific Crest Securities, and JMP Securities.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Santa Monica-based EdgeCast Networks , a content delivery network (CDN) provider, is announcing today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. EdgeCast said the round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also includes an investment from Steamboat Ventures, a prior investor in the company. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Santa Monica-based Zag , the online auto buying software firm headed by Scott Painter, has raised $11.1M Source and details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Zag said in March that it had sold 100,000 cars, and has been profitable since August of 2009. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2010

Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation software and services, has raised $8.0M According to Image Metrics, it has entered into an exchange offer with International Cellular Industries, an OTC BB firm traded as ICLA, to become a pubicly traded company. for fiscal 2009.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has finally filed for its long awaited IPO. Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a provider of local search advertising services, has topped Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500 list, an annual listing of companies ranked by their five year growth rates. According to the list, ReachLocal topped the list with a five-year, fiscal growth rate of 146,050 percent.

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APRIL 5, 2012

Actually, no thanks to Santa Monica-based Mobile Roadie. We sat down with Michael to hear more about his company. Michael Schneider: I was running a design agency, Fluid Design, in Santa Monica, which I started in high school. Describe what Mobile Roadie does? How did this all come about?

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AUGUST 10, 2009

If you search for her (as of July 10, 2009 at 5:45pm) you will get no result and the text, “did you mean Amanda Choong?&#. Search for Jen Raymond and you’ll get 2 of them – neither one is the Jen Raymond who works for Pfizer and lives in Santa Monica. First is Amanda Coolong of TechZulu. Second is Jen Raymond.

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JUNE 20, 2012

Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica. We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. For two years, it was a mentorship program, that worked with twenty three different companies, but did not have a fund, did not have an office, and didn't take any equity.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). We sat down with David and Allen to learn more about how the company wants to change how startups are created.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Once upon a time, one of the best benefits that employers could offer up an employee was a company contribution to their retirement plan. Santa Monica-based Tuition.IO (tuition.io) has s created a way for companies to both help their employees tackle that mound of student debt, as well as attract better and more loyal employees.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Marketing Director for Paypal Inc. CapLinked was founded in late 2009 by Eric M. They knew from firsthand experience how difficult the process of raising capital is for entrepreneurs, who'd rather be building their company than managing paperwork and updating cap tables. Jackson and Christopher Grey. Eric Jackson's Paypal Story.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Dan talks about a landmark case in 2009 that involved whether it was legal to strip search a 13-year-old girl. Of the 106 judges who preceded her 105 of them were men (Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman). Now 33% of Supreme Court Justices are women (vs. 8% of VC partnerships, for example). But here’s a story that hit home with me.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)).

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

The firm says nearly 20% of all brides now shop for or sell a gently used wedding dress online, compared with just 6% in 2009 and they firmly believe Recycled Bride is helping make the sales even more possible. Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. What is Recycled Bride?

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JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. Maintains a “Trusted Directory” of TRUSTe certified companies. Read more: TechCrunch.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. How are your two companies connected? Gregg Champion: They're two different companies. It's not in my make up.

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JUNE 25, 2015

But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which – Jetpack – is located right here in Santa Monica. Jetpack was founded in 2009 by digital media veterans Marc Brown, Chris Tragos and Kevin Woolery.

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MAY 7, 2012

more--or you can go online and use Fine Art America (www.fineartamerica.com), a Santa Monica company which is doing. The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. photographer and live here in Santa Monica, you can take an image of the Santa Monica Pier.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. Everyone joined back at Coloft at 9:00 AM the following morning and worked hard throughout the day.

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JULY 13, 2013

Some of my friends who were forced to go into startup companies ended up working for these biotech firms that became huge, and they made a lot of money by not being able to get a job. They mostly went to work for companies doing programming languages. I started the company for all the wrong reasons. I had this path to choose.

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APRIL 12, 2017

I tragically lost my mom to cancer, my girlfriend (who I was living with at the time) and I broke up, and then my team and I were laid-off when the market crashed in 2009. Until I was fortunate enough to secure a job with Ron Burkle at the end of 2009. We're not going to be investing in a B2B or analytical company.

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JUNE 10, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. For us, being near Santa Monica was key.

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JULY 23, 2010

This week, Santa Monica-based ThisNext (www.thisnext.com) said it has raised another round of funding for the firm's social shopping site. Matt Edelman: The last company I ran and co-founded PeopleJam, which was a social media business for people interested in self improvement. How long have you been at the firm now?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Los Angeles has seen its own startup scene develop with Silicon Beach, which stretches between Santa Monica and Playa Vista. There’s no single pattern or sign that sparks startup culture; it doesn’t necessarily depend on history or one giant company pushing through.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Last month, Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced that it was acquiring Stylehive, an online site focused on fashion and beauty. That's why we exist, and why we are a company, to help consumers figure out that fundamental question. How we do so, is we help consumers discover new products and shop for them.

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MAY 24, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. ► October (1) New Video! .

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