socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. John Delacruz: Right now, people come to our web site and tell us what they want. Tell us a bit about the involvement of Idealab here?

Idealab 217

Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The firm was originally known as CarsDirect, the automotive buying site of Idealab, and was headed by Scott Painter--who is now head of both Zag Automotive and TrueCar. Tags: internet brands growth merger acquisition private. READ MORE>>.

Internet Brands 190

Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

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. Site launched in October and CEO stated ad impressions are increasing ~200% month; now at 15 billion impressions/day.

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

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

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 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. It seems like M&A ebbs and flows through periods of rapid acquisition followed by years of divestitures. Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. AppDynamics. businesses.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Bill Gross – Idealab. Since 1996, Gross has been running Idealab.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75