socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. That network effect is a subtle but has a powerful effect with all this new technology.

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Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. RSVP: AGENDA.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. He received a B.S. RSVP: AGENDA.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm started by Idealab's Bill Gross, is expanding out its network of sites this morning, saying that it has added four new publishers to its roster. TweetUp is venture backed by Index Ventures, betaworks, Revolution LLC, First Round Capital, Jason Calacanis and Jeff Jarvis.

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Idealab Advertising Pasadena Sites 189

socalTECH

MAY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , a developer of desktop search software, announced today that the firm has raised new funding from backer Idealab, plus made a few executive changes. Idealab's Bill Gross also re-joins as Chairman of the firm's board of directors. X1 did not say if prior investor U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Technology Funding Pasadena 100

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2012

According to Tim Sae Koo, the firm's founder, the funding came from Idealab, with Allen Morgan of Idealab joining the company's board. Los Angeles-based HypeMarks , the developer of a service which helps users find new places to explore on the web, has raised $350,000 in a funding round, socalTECH has learned.

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Idealab SoCalTech USC Class 124

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. Not to mention the granddaddy of them all and arguably the first firm to properly do an accelerator – Idealab. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. And Jamie hers.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2010

Calacanis has his hand in a number of other startups as an angel, including TweetUp, the Twitter ad play of Idealab's Bill Gross; Blipify, Foursquare competitor Gowalla, gdgt, ChallengePost, and other firms. Tags: investment angel calacanis jason capital venture thumbtack. READ MORE>>.

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Mahalo Idealab Angel Invest 140

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

The firm has relationships with DFJ Gotham, Idealab, and others. I meet these founders one-on-one, and I'm introduced to them through our own personal network -- Mike Paolucci, John Waller, and myself have been in the startup game on and off, in New York and Southern California for a lot of years between us. What is Startup Exchange?

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Technical Review 165

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

All schmoozing and networking aside, what are investors, entrepreneurs, and others in the industry thinking about? but also speculated on if there's enough capital to fund follow on investments for graduates of those accelerators. Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event).

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Ventura Santa Monica Idealab High Tech 182

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2012

Pasadena-based Triptrotting , which operates an online service to help connect travelers with local hosts, has raised $1M in a Series A funding, the firm said this morning.The funding came from Google Ventures, Mark Suster, 500 Startups, WI Harper, Bill Gross of Idealab, Safa Raschtchy, and Eric Chen.

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Idealab Pasadena Google Funding 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Instead, we will focus on helping high potential start-up communities like DTLA and Riverside gain momentum, connecting the fourteen SoCal start-up communities into a vibrant network and working with top corporations like Edison and Kaiser get more integrated into the robust and diverse SoCal innovation ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Venture Capital 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

UberMedia, which is headed by Idealab's Bill Gross, said the funding also included Steve Case of Revolution Ventures and Danny Rimer of Index Ventures. In the third, separate piece of news from Pasadena-based UberMedia today, the firm said it has completed a financing round from Accel Partners this morning. The firm raised $17.5M

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Idealab Pasadena News Report 124

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2011

CapLinked , the online platform for private investment funded by members of the “ PayPal Mafia “—announced that it is launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, Rapidfire, and Actarus. says CapLinked CEO Eric M.

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Competition Idealab Slides Startup 70

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

9:00 – 10:00pm – cocktail reception and networking. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. 7:00 – 7:45pm – check-in. 7:45 – 7:55pm – introductory remarks. Diamond Sponsor.

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CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. SuperDemo: Bill Gross. Silver Sponsor.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. 7:00 – 7:45pm – check-in.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Mike Jones: I have liked the structure of how like Betaworks and Idealab. I got done with my time at MySpace in September, looked around, and formalized the capital in October. We'll be handcrafting our companies, and investing strategic capital. You just left MySpace--when did you decide to start Science?

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Incubator Startup Commerce Los Angeles 196

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

8:30 – 10:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. RSVP: AGENDA. 6:00 – 7:00pm – check-in. 7:00 – 7:10pm – introductory remarks.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

What they do, is accelerate that team or company to get them to the next level, and then go through and put in some investment money, help them build out the management team, and help with vendor relationships, help with overall strategy, and then help those companies riase their next round of capital.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

The second piece, is we distribute that across search engines and social networks. If you're coming through a social network, you're most likely sharing, a different experience. The third piece, is monetizing content. On page performance of advertising on a page is linked to the context and intent of a user.

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Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. Also a big thanks to Efren Toscano of TechZulu for streaming and editing the event Sunday evening.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73