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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The IPO filing by Rubicon Project is not only notable for one of Southern California''s''s fast growing Internet advertising companies: it looks to be the the first IPO filing by a venture-backed, technology startup since 2012. The question now: which other, big local technology startups are likely to follow Rubicon Project to market?

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Santa Monica-based Retention Science , the marketing software technology maker led by Jerry Jao, has snagged $7M in a Series A funding, according to the company. Angels Brian Lee (Honest Company, LegalZoom), Michael Dubin (Dollar Shave Club), Tamim Mourad (PriceGrabber.com) and Andy Dunn (Bonobos) also participated in the funding.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology firm headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, looks like it may just be the next Southern California company to file for an IPO, based on a number of executive appointments made Tuesday.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? 2) Advertising in the Facebook ecosystem.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. For Legalzoom, it's a very different model. That's the next big challenge for us.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#. In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. You just don’t. Get over it.

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