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APRIL 1, 2021

Aaron Hirschhorn, the founder of Santa Monica-based DogVacay, has died, in a tragic boating accident in Miami Beach, Florida on Sunday. Hirschhorn, co-founded DogVacay with wife Karine Nissim back in 2011. Hirschhorn was only 42. Hirschhorn and Nissim had moved to Miami three years ago.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

domain and business was acquired by Purch back in 2016, having had a long history starting in 1999 in Santa Monica, when then startup incubator eCompanies paid $7.5M The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the. for the domain name. eCompanies eventually sold Business.com to R.H.

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JULY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures said Wednesday that the venture capital fund has launched a new, $45M third fund, and rebranded itself as Wavemaker Partners. The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast said this morning that it doubled its revenues in 2012, and now has more than 225 employees. The big growth is not the first year of blockbuster growth at the company--the firm said last year that it also doubled its revenues between 2010 and 2011.

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MAY 8, 2014

Santa Monica-based Science, Inc. , Delicious was previously owned by Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, the founders of YouTube, who had acquired Delicious from Yahoo back in 2011 via their company, Avos Systems. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Santa Monica-based EdgeCast Networks , the content delivery network (CDN) provider headed by Alex Kazerani, said today that it doubled its annual revenues and headcount in 2011, over its 2010 numbers. EdgeCast said it added more than a thousand customers in 2011, including such sites as DailyMotion, Imgur, and posterous.

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JULY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures said Wednesday that the venture capital fund has launched a new, $45M third fund, and rebranded itself as Wavemaker Partners. The new fund is larger than the company''s second fund, which was raised in 2011 and was worth $28M. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand has joined the club of local high tech companies to cross the $100M in annual revenues mark, after reporting Tuesday that it had full year revenues of $117.9M, up 56 percent year to year. Cornerstone OnDemand says it now has over 1,2000 clients and 10.5 million users using its software.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has come up with a name for its domain name services group, which it is in the midst of spinning off into an independent company. Naidu has been head of Demand Media''s domain business since 2011. Demand Media said the new company will be named Rightside Group, Ltd. ,

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

It looks like Southern California's emerging electric automobile industry has definitively hit the skids, as Santa Monica-based electric auto developer Coda Automotive laid off 50 employees Tuesday. The layoffs--first reported by PlugInCars--apprently included a "substantial part" of its sales and marketing staff. READ MORE>>.

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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. The firm said it expects triple digit growth in 2011.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica-based secure, text-messaging provider TigerText , which provides its services to both the healthcare and enterprise markets, has bolstered its board today with two appointments. Wallack helped found Cornerstone OnDemand, and grew the company from its early days through its IPO in 2011.

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MAY 28, 2015

Santa Monica-based GumGum , the online image-based advertising startup led by Ophir Tanz, has raised a big, $26.0M The company last raised funding in 2011, when it raised $7M in a Series B. GumGum offers up an in-image, advertising platform which allows advertisers to place ads within photos, in a contextually relevant way.

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MARCH 21, 2016

Santa Monica-based TrueCar has begun ranking vehicles, based on how well their values hold up in the pre-owned vehicle market, through an annual "TrueCare Pre-Owned Value Awards" program, the company said over the weekend. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2016

Business.com has a long, corporate history, having started life in Santa Monica in 1999, as a $7.5M Donnelly in 2007 by Jake Winebaum, turned over to Dex.com after the sale, and eventually shut down, but restarted after a purchase by JMI Equity and Resource Nation in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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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. The firm said it expects triple digit growth in 2011.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the fitness and healthy living site run by Demand Media , said this morning that it has seen a "momentous activity spike" in usage of the site. Livestrong.com said it had over 12 million unique visitors in January 2011, an all-time traffic high for the site.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, announced its third quarter 2011 financial results on Monday, saying that it had a loss from operations of $3.3M, with a rise in revenues to $81.5M. Revenues were up 25 percent compared with Q3 of last year, when it had revenues of $65.4M.

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MAY 9, 2012

Joost had been spun out of Adconion into a new, independent firm in Santa Monica in January of 2011. Smartclip, which Adconion acquired in November of last year, is a European digital video advertising provider. Adconion said the move will help launch smartclip into the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Santa Monica-based CODA Automotive , the developer of electric cars, said today along with Essex Credit Corporation , a subsidiary of Bank of the West, to provide financing to customers of the 2011 CODA Sedan. According to CODA, financing from Essex can be found directly on CODA's website, or at retail locations at kiosks.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Google said in January that it was expecting 2011 to be its biggest hiring year ever. Google is also making a big push to hire at its Santa Monica location. The firm said it grew the Irvine locations by more than 20 percent in 2010, and that this will be the firm's hiring year ever including its Southern California locations.

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MAY 21, 2012

Santa Monica-based Xfire , the online communications and sharing app aimed at video game enthusiasts, said today that it has raised $3M in additional funding. The company said the new funds bring its total raised to $7M, including a 2011 round from Intel Capital. Xfire said the funding will go to fund its expansion into Asia.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- SEO in Social Media (Panel). Come to the SEO in Social Media panel moderated by a former MySpace VP and founder of Lalawag.com, Sean Percival, on Tue, Sept 20, 2011 at BLANKSPACES in Santa Monica. Wanna learn how search engines rank web pages and optimize yours to out-rank competitors?

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OCTOBER 29, 2011

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 -- Twitter, Facebook Bootcamp. Were celebrating our 20th social media bootcamp and were excited to be back at Coloft in Santa Monica on November 2nd. MediaLeaders. See [link] (more)

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AUGUST 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of human resources and talent management software headed by Adam Miller, is continuing its growth trend, saying in its Q2 2011 financial results that the firm had a 65 percent, year-over-year increase in its gross revenues. The firm reported revenues of $17.4M

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Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Resource Report 140

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JANUARY 20, 2016

Santa Monica-based TaskUs , the outsourcing firm founded by Jaspar Weir and Bryce Maddock, said today that it has just passed up 5,000 employees. The company--which had just over 1,000 employees in 2014, and started with a mere 5 employees in 2011--says it now has five outsourcing centers in the Philippines.

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MAY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based content delivery network (CDN) operator EdgeCast Networks said this week that it has been powering the big growth behind Imgur , the online image hosting and discovery service. Imgur just reported it is now getting over one billion page views a day, a portion of which is served through EdgeCast's CDN service.

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MARCH 4, 2013

SideCar's service uses your phone's GPS capability to locate people who are nearby who would be willing to give you a ride for a donation; the company said it's initially launching here in LA on in West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City, with expansion to the remainder of LA soon.

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MAY 13, 2011

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the newly public developer of talent and learning management software, has reported its first quarter 2011 results, saying it saw a 63 percent, year-over-year increase in revenues for the first quarter. The firm said it had a total revenue of $15.7M for the quarter.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011 -- Digital Family Reunion '11 Holiday Party. On Thursday, December 8 from 6 to 11 pm, the Southern California technology and business communities will gather for Digital Family Reunion 2011 at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica.

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JULY 22, 2013

So far, Nimble has the edge, as the Santa Monica company has been offering up its products to the market since 2011, and Contatta just announced the company and has yet to launch its own software.

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JULY 10, 2012

A little known Santa Monica-based firm EMG Technology is taking on Google in a patent fight, announcing today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Internet giant, over a patent covering simplified navigation systems on smart phones and tablets. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based CODA Holdings , the developer of electric vehicles and battery systems, announced today that it has inked a contract with Chinese automotive producer Great Wall Motors Company , to jointly develop an all-electric vehicle for the worldwide market. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based electric car manufacturer CODA Automotive and The Hertz Corporation said this morning that the two are in a deal to provide CODA's Sedans at "select" Southern California Hertz locations. Neither the number of locations or number of cars involved in the program, were announced by the two companies.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Thursday, September 22, 2011 -- Tech and Startup Job Fair - Los Angeles. Join us for a technology / startup focused job fair on Sept 22, 2011 at the WOKCANO in Santa Monica. Schmoozd presents JobFair.LA.Looking for greener pastures? Has the Great Recession taken a toll on you? JobFair.LA

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APRIL 22, 2011

A number of Southern California ranked in the top 50 most visited Internet sites in March, according to the latest, March 2011 numbers released by comScore today. comScore shows Santa Monica-based Demand Media as the highest rank Southern California firm, with 76.5M unique visitors, ranked at number 12.

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