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AUGUST 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has finally filed for its long awaited IPO. The filing indicates that the total venture capital funding by Demand Media now totals $373.75M, across four rounds of funding. from domain registration. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, is expected to hit the public markets late next week, according to a report today from AllThingsD. Demand Media priced its IPO on January 12th, saying it hopes to debut on the NYSE at between $14.00 and $16.00 and $16.00

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MAY 5, 2017

Santa Monica-based Leaf Group , which is led by Sean Moriarty, said on Thursday that it has acquired home decor brand Deny Designs. Leaf Group disclosed the sale in its first quarter 2017 results, where it reported a net loss of $10.0M Leaf Group was formerly known as Demand Media. Leaf Group said it paid $12.0M

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JULY 22, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet publishing and content effort run by Richard Rosenblatt, reported today that the firm has seen more than one billion video streams across its network of sites and branded YouTube channels. Tags: demand media video content publishing youtube. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures , the venture investing arm of investment banking firm Siemer & Associates , reported yesterday that it saw the first exit in its portfolio recently, with the sale of company CloudTrigger. The fund also reports that it now has 39 digital media and technology startups in its portfolio.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based The Wrap News , an online news site covering entertainment and media, said this week that it has acquire ItsontheGrid.com , an online, subscription service providing information on ongoing movie projects. TheWrap is headed by Sharon Waxman, a former New York Times reporter, and is venture backed by Maveron.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Guardian News & Media , the firm behind web publisher ContentNext , is in discussions with potential buyers about a possible sale, according to a report from the firm's own site, paidContent.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

billion, and on a much smaller scale, Undertone’s recent acquisition of mobile ad provider Sparkflow. Until recently, three legacy providers (Sizmek, PointRoll and Google’s DoubleClick) have dominated the rich media market. Jetpack was founded in 2009 by digital media veterans Marc Brown, Chris Tragos and Kevin Woolery.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, the startup headed by former Userplane CEO Michael Jones, said today that it has acquired Better Inc, the SEO and pay-per-click marketing software firm headed by Ben Padnos. The acquisition also includes Better Inc's DONE! Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Better Inc.'s

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JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks.

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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. Company reports 250,000 users in 49 countries with 1mm+ application downloads. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. Foursquare. -A

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

If youre buying a luxury home or just like looking at them, check out this live chat from reporter Lauren Schuker Blum and WSJ.com real estate editor Matthew Strozier. There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Jacobson jokes. "We

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