socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Demand offers up a network of online, content driven web sites--plus a healthy domain name registration business--and has garnered lots of attention for specifically creating content for search engines. MySpace Connection : Shawn Gold , former SVP Marketing and Content at MySpace. Platform G / Mindjolt. www.cocodot.com).

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think everybody heard about this acquisition. I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. TweetPhoto - Real-time photo sharing platform. M&A Discussion.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. Software provides intelligent, real-time data analytics across a wide variety of disparate, unstructured enterprise content types. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. The underlying technology has two and a half years, and four and a half million dollars put into the platform.

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100