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OpenX Gets $22.5M More For Online Advertising

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Pasadena-based advertising technology firm OpenX has raised $22.5M The new round was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, and also included Accel Partners, Index Ventures, SAP Ventures, Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc., more in a round of funding, the company announced today, via a Series E funding round.

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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

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As the founder of an accelerator, I'm constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us. This year, we were lucky enough to find 40 great startups to invest in, growing StartEngine immensely. 12 major acquisitions this year putting it over 100 since 05.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

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By “vertical production” I meant that many online video production companies will have a strong vertical focus that will help them win the battle to sign up talent, build stronger & more loyal audiences and align with stronger advertiser relationships because they serve more endemic audiences.

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Apps Alliance and MEDL Mobile Mixer

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -- Apps Alliance and MEDL Mobile Mixer. With both MMCF and Mobile Con 2012 in town we decided to throw a little "thing" to celebrate. This is the "got to get an invitation" event for what is shaping up to be a MOBILE Industry week in San Diego. See [link].

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. One of his biggest accomplishments there was championing the acquisition of StubHub.

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AirPush's Asher Delug: Bootstrapping Your Way To $100M

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Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

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I''ve grown from driving part of the technology within the company, to driving all of the product development side, and also picking up product management and business development, around traffic acquisition and third party products. Google has to go through channels like us just to get to an advertiser. How big is YP?