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Tealium Adds $35M to Expand Technology, Sharpen Customer Focus

Xconomy

Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7 Tealium initially focused on helping corporations, government agencies, and other “enterprise” customers to manage “tags,” the snippets of JavaScript embedded in Web pages or e-mails. For us, it’s never been about tags or Javascript.

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

Tech Zulu Event

The old media companies were resistant to change. Early on GumGum began to experiment with overlaying rich media ads through Flash with photos until technology progressed and they moved over to Javascript. What started as a tech company is gaining ground as a media company. Much bigger.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot

Both Sides of the Table

They came to me 2 years ago with their company, GumGum , and were trying to raise an A round of capital. They had signed up Gawker Media and the New York Post. They had also raised money from Howard Morgan at First Round Capital who if you check out his bio you will see is legendary. They had signed up Glam Media and TMZ.

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CHNL – Social Network For All | Interview With John Wander, Co-founder & CEO

Tech Zulu Event

It’s built on Ruby with HTML5/javascript using Isotope. Yes – angel funded by Rod Perth (former CBS, CEO of NAPTE), Henrik Vanderlip of Viking Capital Partners, Gary Jacobs (former EVP and General Counsel of MGM/ Resorts) and several other angels. Which Languages is it been built on and how long did it take to build?

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Why Google Fiber? Moat-widening Endeavor & Future of Computing.

Tech Zulu Event

Computers still need web browsers to power HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and many other core web technologies. The first half of the value chain is far more capital-intensive, so they weren’t able to move into those layers until the company grew and matured. Operating system (OS) – computers need an OS to provide a user interface.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. mt) Media Temple, Inc. Community Sponsors.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA

Tech Zulu Event

InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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