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Rexter Finds Funding To Help Professionals Manage Relationships

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A new, Altadena-based startup, Rexter , has scored some funding to help it build its software algorithms and tools to help manage a user's professional relationships. The company--co-founded by Andy Wilson (Momentum Venture Partners, Yahoo) and John Slade (Yahoo)--apparently recently raised a round which included Siemer Ventures.

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TripTrotting Scores Funding

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Altadena-based TripTrotting , an online community that helps world travelers find hosts, has scored a Series A round of funding, according to sources close to the firm. Details on the funding, and size, have not yet been announced by the startup. The funding came from Idealab's New Ventures Group.

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Perfect Market Unveils New Content Monetization Tool

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Altadena-based Perfect Market , the Idealab startup which develops software which helps traditional publishers monetize their archival and current content, said today that it has unveiled a new tool it is calling The Vault.

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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

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That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia. How did you end up at Unified Dispatch? Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services.

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Interview with Sean McCleese, Student of Fortune

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One of the firms looking to make its market in the area is Altadena-based Student of Fortune (www.studentoffortune.com). What's the story behind how you started the company? The professor had gone home already, so I started to look online. It seems like online tutoring is a crowded area for startups, how do you stand out?

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

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Last week, Altadena-based AdventureLink (www.adventurelink.com) announced that it raised a Series A funding round, for the firm's adventure travel reservation network. We caught up with Kelly Tompkins, the firm's founder and CEO, to hear more about the firm. Why did you decide to startup up another travel site?

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