socalTECH

MAY 25, 2011

After months of back and forth rumors about who, exactly, was acquiring Twitter client softwar firm TweetDeck , Twitter officially announced this morning that it has acquired TweetDeck. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, reports place the acquisition around $50M.

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Idealab Pasadena Report Software 154

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The report put the acquisition in the "low teens" of millions of dollars. Rapportive is a direct competitor to Mingly, the Gmail contacts management software firm headed by Tyler Koblasa and backed by Idealab. Calacanis has been a fairly active angel investor across companies in both Southern California and Silicon Valley.

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Report Southern California Idealab Social Network 154

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2011

Pasadena-based PostUp , the Twitter advertising startup out of Idealab, said today that it has acquired Echofon , the developer of a number of Twitter applications. PostUp CEO Bill Gross--who also runs Idealab itself--said in a statement that the buy will complement its existing Twitter app, Twidroyd, which runs on Android phones.

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Idealab Pasadena Advertising Services 178

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab startup which is amassing a suite of Twitter related client applications, has acquired Tweetdeck , the provider of a third party Twitter client, according to multiple reports. The firm has not yet formally announced the deal. UberMedia is reportedly paying $30M for Tweetdeck.

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Report Idealab Pasadena Software 160

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Perfect Market is venture backed by Idealab, Trinity Ventures and Rustic Canyon Ventures. Perfect Market said that the entire MediaRiver team, including its founder and CTO, have joined the company. MediaRiver CTO Dr. Jay Budzik will become CTO at Perfect Market.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Pasadena 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Based in Los Angeles, we are software developers and designers that specialize in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Cloud Computing, Mobile Development, Application Design, and most importantly, helping you solve problems. Gold Sponsor. .

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. If Klout can become an embedded solution in every marketing software companies’ toolkits then they could be a valuable company. If these software companies each build this authority algorithm in-house then they may become a product.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Based in Los Angeles, we are software developers and designers that specialize in Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Cloud Computing, Mobile Development, Application Design, and most importantly, helping you solve problems. Gold Sponsor. .

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. So he founded IdeaLab with his wife Marcia Goodstein (he talks in the video about working with a spouse and also working with siblings). That gave Google a huge cost advantage.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Bill Gross – Idealab. magazine and the LA Business Journal.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75