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DECEMBER 5, 2013

The Series A funding was led by QED Investors, and also included Resolute Ventures, Anthem Ventures, and angels such as Adam Press and Greg Steiner (BeachMint, eHarmony). iphone android mobile payment capital venture finance debit prepaid card cardcom' The company said it has now raised $4.7M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Is Los Angeles becoming the capital of mobile dating and flirting apps? It''s unclear if the London company has any other links to LA, which is the home of such companies as Snapchat , Tinder , Spark.com , and eHarmony. READ MORE>>. flirt flirting mobile flirtplanet meeting dating snapchat tinder'

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JUNE 30, 2014

Walker is an investor and has been involved in such companies as Westpoint Integrated Technologies; Holt previously has been at Internet Brands, eHarmony, OnGreen.com, and Neodata. READ MORE>>. ranker executive lists sharing social'

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

A new, online coupon software "bookmarklet" called Koupon Kitty --backed by Juvo Capital, the investment firm of Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao--said it launched Wednesday, to help consumers find the best coupon codes for various e-commerce sites. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

The firm--which pitches itself as the "eHarmony for Jobs"--pointed to the rise of technology venture capital in Los Angeles for the expansion into the market. The company uses its own proprietary algorithms to match employers with prospective employees.

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JUNE 29, 2011

in investment capital from FirstMark Capital, as well as angel investors Betsy Bernard, the former President of AT&T; Kai Huang, founder of Guitar Hero; Jim Nordstrom, former president of Nordstrom; David Solomon, Global co-head of Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, and others. The firm said it is backed with $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2011

The firm said is backed by prolific angel investor Ron Conway and Baroda Ventures, the venture capital arm of Geocities founder David Bohnett. SteelHouse's CEO is Mark Douglas, who was VP of Technology at eHarmony and VP of Engineering at the Rubicon Project. Details on the funding round were not announced.

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JUNE 2, 2011

eHarmony [ profile ]. Backers: Fayez Sarofim & Co, Sequoia Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures. Backers: A123 Systems, Ace Investments, Eco-Drive (Capital) Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, New Enterprise Associates, Palo Alto Investors, Qatar Investment Authority. Those firms are: 1.

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MARCH 20, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 19, 2013

The startup, led by Andy Wilson, said it has created a big-data driven system to analyze a user's professional relationship, and helps organize and syncrhonize contact data, emails, meetings, and phone calls.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

According to the company, it now has more than 12,000 registered members, who trade and discuss venture backed, privately held firms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, eHarmony, Tesla Motors, and Zynga. Tags: sharespost marketplace private equity venture capital financial. SharesPost is headed by Greg Brogger. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Other investors in the round include Galen Buckwalter, former Chief Scientist at eHarmony, and San Diego angel investor Bob Bingham. The funding comes from Morado Venture Partners, a seed stage fund run by ex-Yahoo executives Ash Patel and Michael Marquez.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Studenmund also serves on the boards of Orbitz, eHarmony, Western Asset, and was on the baord of aQuantive before its acquisition by Microsoft. Passenger is venture backed by Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners and Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Rexter's advisors notably include Dr. Galen Buckwalter (founder of eHarmony), Kamran Pourzanjani (Pricegrabber), Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Ventures), Ted Meisel (Overture/Elevation Partners), Sean Moriarty (Mayfield/Ticketmaster), Paul Weiskopf (Adobe), Jarl Mohn (Liberty Digital), and Todd Tappin (Gores Group).

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JANUARY 9, 2012

The firm's advisors include Dr. Galen Buckwalter, founder and Chief Scientist at eHarmony. Payoff.com has a significant number of angel investors in the firm, and raised $3.5M last year to kick off its efforts. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Southern California's venture capital industry isn't just content and media, but is gaining a reputation for companies who "actually know how to make money,"--or so says Highland Capital's Richard de Silva. Tags: venture capital southern california angeles alwayson onhollywood.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Galen Buckwalter, former Chief Scientist at eHarmony, to its board, as part of an unspecified investment from Buckwalter. Newport Beach-based MBAinteract , a site developing a social and professional networking site for MBA students, said Wednesday that it has added Dr. J. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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JULY 13, 2009

The firm--which launched in early June--also said that that it now has offers to sell Facebook, Tesla, XDx, eHarmony, and LindenLab shares, as the firm's marketplace starts to gear up. Tags: sharespost brighthouse private company stock venture capital tesla facebook. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2013

We''re going to do more calls for programming, provide seed capital, and provide the back office for those events. My own history, is I was here when Overture was doing great things, and Citysearch, Earthlink, and eHarmony were all here. It''s all about becoming a catalyst for translating things into action. We were at ground zero.

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MARCH 18, 2010

We did a founder “eHarmony&# where I matched the CEO’s with their chosen mentors and each one mapped to a one VC. 1 of the companies was sold (FlipGloss), 11 of the companies received funding, and one of the companies is profitable and has decided not to raise outside capital. The companies are listed on the website.

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MARCH 12, 2007

Having worked on eHarmony where the intake is 2 hours and was completely counter to the prevailing trend, I think the analyst missed the point. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. “They’re probably a little ahead of their time,&# she said. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Nikhil Jain: The concept behind Artilient Labs is it's a way to take a business, from the ground up, with very low capitalization. That's how I came up with the concept of bringing them all together, sort of an eHarmony for green businesses. What's the relationship between Artilient Labs and Clean Green Guy?

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MARCH 9, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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JULY 16, 2013

Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Fun Fact: Their startup accelearator, recently announced out of Viterbi, is partnered with venture capital jagernaut, Kleiner Perkins, and talent agency, UTA. Incubator: Amplify LA.

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MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 20, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 13, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 1, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 20, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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MARCH 5, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

The firm is co-founded by Jake Steinfeld, of Body by Jake, and ExerciseTV, and has received investment from prolific angel investor Ron Conway and Polar Capital, the investment firm of former Google President Tim Armstrong. You come to our site, take a match quiz--a lot like eHarmony--to find the right trainer.

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MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). And what happened in L.A.

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APRIL 24, 2021

To complement local face-to-face networking, you can always use one of the many online matchmaking sites that have sprung up in the last few years, like CoFoundersLab and Startbee (think eHarmony™ for entrepreneurs, or Match.com meets LinkedIn). Also, trusted advisors and experienced investors should be polled for good candidates.

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MARCH 22, 2007

He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness.

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JUNE 6, 2013

To complement local face-to-face networking, you can always use one of the many online matchmaking sites that have sprung up in the last few years, like CoFoundersLab and Founder2be (think eHarmony™ for entrepreneurs, or Match.com meets LinkedIn). Also, trusted advisors and experienced investors should be polled for good candidates.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

Close shop to try and control monetization and you can only rely on your own internal innovation machine & capital. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see how big people like Match.com and eHarmony became on the trend of helping us find our dating partners and why this would be improved my mobile, social networks.

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