Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 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. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2012

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. According to Tim Sae Koo, the firm's founder, the funding came from Idealab, with Allen Morgan of Idealab joining the company's board.

Idealab 124

Idealab SoCalTech USC Class 124

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. READ MORE>>.

Idealab 189

Idealab Advertising Pasadena Sites 189

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. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ).

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

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. I spent the morning at Cross Campus, and saw some amazing things in the augmented reality area.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2010

The firm said the round was led by Tribune Company, and also included Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Idealab. Perfect Market said that the Tribune Company has been using its product on a number of its web properties. Tags: perfect market venture capital tribune newspaper publishing software content. READ MORE>>.

Rustic Canyon 133

Rustic Canyon Marketing Altadena Idealab 133

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

One of those high profile neighborhoods here is Pasadena, home of Idealab, Caltech, OpenX, and many other high tech companies and institutions. Because of that, I formally reached out to Caltech, Idealab, the Art Center College of Design, and all the CEOs I knew running tech companies out here. Andy Wilson: Great question.

Pasadena 242

Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. 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.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a a fbFund winner.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. Think about venture capital. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Community Sponsors. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. Some summary notes are below.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Community Sponsors. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab. daqri is an augmented reality and mobile web content publishing platform that utilizes QR codes to deliver content. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

To do that, we''ve help organize our members into subject matter areas, whether they know IT, or web stuff, or engineering, or manufacturing. It''s more than showing up every two months and writing that dues check so they can say they''re an angel--it''s having them pitch in and grab the oars, and help move the group forward.

Pasadena Angels 162

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Startup 162

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. So he founded IdeaLab with his wife Marcia Goodstein (he talks in the video about working with a spouse and also working with siblings). IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

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. In this journey building Ming.ly, the importance of reaching out and seeking out a team is everything.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73