socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Earlier this week, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal (www.reachlocal.com), which helps small and medium sized businesses place online ads, announced a deal to buy daily deals site DealOn.com. So what is the strategy behind the acquisition, and how do you see this fitting into the daily deals area? It's a sourcing syndication strategy.

ReachLocal

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2010

Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

Westlake Village

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2011

Demand Media, which is headed by Richard Rosenblatt, operates a network of content focused sites, including LiveStrong.com and eHow. The enthusiastic reception for Demand's IPO follows similar strong showings from Southern California firms such as RealD, Green Dot, ReachLocal, and others this year. The firm was hovering around $23.00

Demand

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In the Best venture funding in software/services, Edgecast , the content delivery network (CDN) provider, was the winner, with finalists including Eucalyptus Systems , Factual , and SV Network. Other IPO finalists were RealD , ReachLocal , and Inphi. Other finalists were Clicker.com , Truecar , and Zumbox.

LAVA

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 10, 2010

The study found that the greatest values for Southern California venture-backed firms were created by companies operating in Online Services (51%), followed by Communications and Networking (15%), Software (10%) and Semiconductors (9%). Tags: results investment exit california southern acquisition merger capital venture. IPO in 1996).

Southern California