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JANUARY 9, 2018

Woodland Hills-based REX Real Estate Exchange , a startup which helps homeowners sell their homes without using an MLS, has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The company has now raised over $30M in funding. The company only charges a 2 percent, flat free. The company only charges a 2 percent, flat free. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 4, 2016

Native Ads offers a great way to get native advertising – i.e. adverts that fit seamlessly with your website content. The team at Native Ads hope that they can help all websites remove ‘disruptive display ads’ with its innovative platform. StreamSpread provides a great means for advertising that will actively engage audiences.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based Kixer , which was founded by Keith Bonnici, Jake Moilanen, and Omar Nicola, has raised $1M in a seed funding, for the company''s native advertising platform. Kixer develops a native advertising platform which helps mobile app developers reach users via online publishers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe.com , which operates an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics and other items, has raised a round of angel funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2014

Phunware , a developer of mobile advertising, application, analytics, and other tools for brands which has operations in both Newport Beach and San Diego, said this week that it has raised $26.25M in a Series E funding. phunware venture capital mobile advertising analytics software' The company is headquartered in Austin.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based Pagewoo , the mobile advertising startup founded by Holden Steinberg and Jason Crilly, has quietly scored a round of funding, which was disclosed by the Tech Coast Angels this morning. Financial details of the angel funding round, which closed earlier this year, have not been announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Santa Monica-based GumGum , the online image-based advertising startup led by Ophir Tanz, has raised a big, $26.0M According to the firm, the funding will go towards expansion into international markets, to strengthen its R&D, and continue development of its products. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based AdtoApp , a developer of programmatic ad tools for publishers, has raised $6M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Run Capital. The company also has a large suite of tools to deal with global advertisement demand. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2015

Los Angeles-based FastPay , the provider of financing products for ad and media driven companies which is led by Jed Simon, has backed mobile and video advertising products firm Altitude Digital with $30M in financing, Altitude said Thursday. fastpay altitude digital advertising mobile venture capital finance financial platform video'

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. And it turns out that we click a lot.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2019

in a seed funding round for a new, podcast advertising venture, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Global Founders Capital, and also included Bessemer, 500 Startups, Alumni Ventures Group, and others. Podcorn said the new funding will go towards product development of its advertising and distribution platform.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. — hailing from Mexico City, this startup makes mini games in augmented reality for brands and advertisers. Hardworkers — a Cambridge, Mass.-based

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As investors continue pouring funding into artificial intelligence and consumer habits shift, many AI and subscription model startups have been enjoying rapid growth. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5 Organic milk formula product Bobbie.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2014

Irvine-based BlueCava , a developer of a cross-screen advertising platform, said Thursday that it has raised $13M in a new funding round. According to the company, the second round of funding came from S3 Ventures, Performance Edge Partners and Zeitgeist Capital. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising startup PaeDae announced this morning that it has tied into Intel''s appMobi effort, which will allow Intel developers to integrate with its advertising platform. appMobi develops cross platform application development software for HTML5 and Javascript, and was acquired by Intel last year.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , the real time, demand-side advertising platform developer led by Jeff Green, has raised $20M in a Series B funding, the company said today. According to The Trade Desk, Alex Kayyal of Hermes will join the company''s board as part of the funding. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

Rubicon develops a cloud-based platform which enables real-time buying and selling of advertising for web publishers; the firm''s automated systems help optimize the amount of revenue earned by advertisers, by soliciting up real-time-bids for which advertisements which are presented on a web page. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising attribution technology developer Convertro has been acquired by AOL , in a deal worth approximately $101M. AOL said the deal will help to bolster its programmatic advertising platforms. convertro merger acquisition online advertising attribution jeff zwelling' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2013

in a venture capital funding, in a combination of both equity and debt. The startup said the funding came from Ed Ojdana, 3G Capital, Grind Games, Silicon Valley Bank, as well as other strategic and angel investors. network advertising mobile online rewards capital venture paedae' PaeDae is led by Rob Emrich. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Amount of the funding was not announced. The company said that its platform is "for professional journalists only", and that it requires that freelancers have a track record in order to gain access to the site. The firm was founded by Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2014

Online advertising technology provider Adform announced today that it has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding round, as part of the company''s expansion into the United States. operations in Los Angeles, where it set up offices in February--said the funding came from Via Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Glow Digital Media , a developer of a Facebook advertising platform, said Thursday that it has raised $1.3M in a seed funding round, and set up its U.S. The UK-based company did not disclose the source of the funding. headquarters in Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. Where does someone who is starting a hairdressers advertise their business? Any funding yet?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

Advertising technology is hot with the rise of mobile, evidenced in part by Verizon’s merger with AOL valued at $4.4 But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which – Jetpack – is located right here in Santa Monica.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based media measurement and optimization software developer VideoAmp has raised $275M in funding, giving it a $1.4 The funding included The Spruce House Partnership, D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global, EPIQ Capital Group and Ankona Capital Partners. billion valuation, the company said onn Thursday.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Los Angeles-based MediaTrust , which develops an online advertising and marketing platform, announced Thursday that it has raised $3M in a new funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Ropart Asset Management Funds. MediaTurst is headed by Peter Bordes.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2017

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Donut Media (www.donut.media) announced a seed funding round, for its efforts to create a online, video-focused brand centered around car enthusiasts. The way we're doing that, is we are creating video content, which we distribute across social platforms. It's pretty broad.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

Los Angeles-based Tongal , an online platform which helps brands crowdsource video for their advertising, said this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding. The funding came from Insight Venture Partners. The firm said the funding will go towards build out of its community and expansion of its community.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Twitter advertising firm Ad.ly , which appears to have been caught this morning by Twitter's declaration that it would no longer allow third party advertising in Twitter streams, has responded to the announcement. Tags: advertising tweet twitter ad.ly READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , which is developing an in-stream, advertising platform for Twitter, has raised $500,000 in a funding round. The round came from GRP Partners. GRP's Mark Suster sits on the firm's board. has performed very well," Suster told socalTECH, saying that the round was a seed round.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the developer of predictive analytics software for the marketing industry, has raised a big, $38M funding round, the firm said Monday. The funding was led by FTV Capital, and also included Elevation Partners and others. The firm said it was advised by LUMA Partners in the deal. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

A trio of online advertising vets are heading up a new, mobile advertising firm, Gradient X , which said this morning that it has raised $3.75M in a seed financing round. The firm said it will provide a demand side platform focused on advertising on mobile media. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Focused Labs , which provides social media marketing services, said Thursday that it has renamed itself GraphEffect , and raised $2M in funding. GraphEffect provides a social advertising platform which helps advertisers gain Facebook fans and Likes. The firm was founded by Clark Landry and James Borow.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2014

Vadio--which has offices in Los Angeles but is headquartered in Portland--is backed by Amplify.LA, and is part of the startup accelerator''s Fund I investments. The company says it can power any streaming audio platform, and provides synchronized video content to audio streams, and also enables video advertising. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Although maybe not all of the startups at the event might go on to get funding, an entire group of potential startup founders in the audience realize that they, too, have a shot at starting something and getting a chance to take it to the next level. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine). It's unclear.

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