socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based StyleSpot , an online fashion and social shopping site founded by Rafi Gordon and Alex Amin, has been acquired by Kaboodle , the online social shopping site owned by Hearst Corp. Kaboodle announced the acquisition late Friday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Idealab 168

Idealab Acquisition Sites Research 168

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

Pasadena-based eSolar , the solar thermal technology firm backed by Idealab, Google, and others, is being eyed as the next possible solar IPO in the pipe, according to GigaOm. research report released yesterday on Santa Monica-based SharesPost , the report says that eSolar has an estimated valuation of close to $700M.

Idealab 140

Idealab Santa Monica Google Pasadena 140

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the Idealab startup working on mobile loyalty applications, reported this morning that it is in a joint partnership with KDA Group , a local marketing agency, and mobile-local ad network xAd. Financial details of the joint partnership deal were not announced by the companies.

Networking 154

Networking Marketing Idealab Pasadena 154

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

The online coupon search industry is very crowded, with dozens of sites, players large and small, and is a very confusing landscape for consumers. There''s a ton of coupon and deals sites. They do a Google search, and they''re presented with thousands of sites in the search results. Why are you different?

Internet Brands 257

Internet Brands Content Startup Sites 257

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence. The end user, regardless of the mobile device from which the website is being accessed, will see a mobile version of the your site!

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Company reports 250,000 users in 49 countries with 1mm+ application downloads. Foursquare. -A

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Gold Sponsor. .

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77