socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2017

Santa Monica-based startup studio Science is making a move into the world of Blockchain, saying on Thursday that it plans to run its own "initial coin offering" (ICO) worth up to $100M, to raise money to invest in blockchain-related startups that it will incubate.

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socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Business.com has a long, corporate history, having started life in Santa Monica in 1999, as a $7.5M domain name sold to startup incubator eCompanies, transformed into a $345M sale to R.H. Purch said the deal would help it expand into the SMB market. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2021

Santa Monica-based Science, the startup studio led by Mike Jones and Peter Pham, has launched its own Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), called Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. According to Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Alpha (SSAA).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Foursquare. -A A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. Competitors: Gowalla.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

Over the last few months, Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com) has had a number of high profile exits in its portfolio. The other three have been acquisitions, all of which are in the three digit sorts of millions, hundreds of millions, that sort of range. We were the Series A in there.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Howard Marks is a 30-year industry entrepreneur, having co-founded juggernaut Activision as well as Acclaim Games.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Howard Marks is a 30-year industry entrepreneur, having co-founded juggernaut Activision as well as Acclaim Games.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. Zondigo, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Dinesh earned his B.S. in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups. You will receive in your inbox. Members: 228.

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