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JULY 1, 2010

Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Current round: $20.0mm Series-B led by Andreesen Horowitz, with USV and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. -Investing much of new cash to build presence in Android platform.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

How did you end up going from Senior Associate at a venture capital company to CEO at a fashion related business? John Tomich: Actually, prior to working for the VC firm, I spent a couple of years out of college working on eCommerce and Digital strategy at a consulting agency. You''ve got a very interesting background.

Commerce 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

San Francisco-based investment firm Saints Capital , and Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners said Tuesday that they have formed a new fund, Saints Rustic Canyon, L.P., the parent firm of the Los Angeles Times before its acquisition by the Tribune Company.

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Rustic Canyon Southern California Internet Brands Los Angeles 100

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MARCH 11, 2011

All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Cars Direct / Internet Brands. Shopping.com.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. I think we've done some of the really exciting companies in LA, including most recently Clicker, Machinima, BUZZmedia, and SVnetwork.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154