socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. MySpace Connection : Richard Rosenblatt , former Chairman of MySpace.

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Los Angeles-based BeachMint , the stealth e-commerce startup headed by former MySpace exec Josh Berman and backed by Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and others, has rolled out a new, fashion e-commerce site, JewelMint. BeachMint said that members of JewelMint will pay $29.99 READ MORE>>.

Sites 208

Sites Anthem Commerce Design 208

socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2011

Los Angeles-based Cocodot , the online invitations service run by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, has raised $4.25M out of an ongoing $6.0M The firm has previously received funding from Anthem Ventures, Mailroom Fund, and Rincon Venture Partners. funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. READ MORE>>.

Anthem 147

Anthem Los Angeles Sites Funding 147

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest. Here’s how to do it.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Founded by Shawn Gold (ex-MySpace CMO). Total round was $2.5

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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APRIL 15, 2010

So my guess is that Tweetup needs to go “multi-stream&# (as in Facebook, MySpace, etc.). That said, Photobucket was a “crack filler&# that exited for $250 million to MySpace. YouTube was a “crack filler&# that could have been created by then dominant MySpace but wasn’t. So t hey bought it for a cool $1.65

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271