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JULY 29, 2009

In a major deal, search portal provider Yahoo and software giant Microsoft said that the two companies are in a deal where Yahoo will replace its own search engine technology with that of Microsoft--with potentially huge repercussions to Yahoo's Southern California search engine marketing operations.

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MAY 29, 2009

Dossett was most recently at Yahoo!, AdventureLink is venture funded by Anthem Venture Partners, The Mailroom Fund, and Allegis Capital. Tags: adventurelink travel executive booking yahoo. where he was Senior Vice President of Audience Experiences for North America. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

According to the firm, the new $22M funding came from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, NewView Capital, and Upfront Ventures. She previously also served as CMO at Live Nation Concerts, and also served at Mattel, 20th Century Fox, Hasbro and Yahoo. All three of those investors are existing investors in the company.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Levinsohn is the best known of the three, having most recently been interim CEO at Yahoo!, in addition to serving at Fuse Capital and Fox Interactive Media. marketshare executive advisory board analytics software marketing markets yahoo levinsohn ross' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse announced on Thursday that it has named Ross Levinsohn, the former CEO of Yahoo!, Levinsohn, who is a well known advisor and investor in the digital media and technology market, has previously served as CEO of Yahoo!, to its board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2013

The funding came from Cantor Ventures, the venture capital arm of New York investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald. Topline Game Labs is led by David Geller, the prior Global Head of Fantasy Sports at Yahoo! topline games fantasy sports marketplace venture capital content yahoo' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

Wilson is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, having served as an executive at such companies as Overture Services, Yahoo!, Momentum Ventures, and other local startups. Wilson is also well known for starting Innovate Pasadena, the local nonprofit which helps focus on Pasadena's high tech ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

It has been a long 10 year drought of no IPOs and sub par M&A activity that has stifled the startup, venture capital and angel investment community throughout the US. Read the rest of Jeff's post on on angel and venture capital shareholder liquidity. However (More.).

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Nassef was previously Vice President and Managing Director of Yahoo! As part of the funding, the company said that it has added former Yahoo! maktoob dubai media mobile guide social television personalized capital venture' Middle East & Africa, and also was head of Maktoob.com. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2015

Goldberg had also served as President of Yahoo Music in Los Angeles. Yahoo acquireed Launch Media back in 2001, eventually renaming the site to become Yahoo Music. Goldberg founded LAUNCH Media in 1994, and prior to that, had served at Capital Records in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a venture capital firm that says it invests in advanced technologies, has added two Venture Partners to the company. According to the firm, it has added Aime Leifer and Dan Murray to its team. and Overture. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital today with Jason Calacanis talking about the big VC deals at the moment and talking about the VC industry. I also agree with Charlie O’Donnell that they won’t see to Yahoo! It’s about a 30 minute video (or about as long as it normally takes to read my rambling posts!

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APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. billion to Yahoo! mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. Even then, it struggled through the 80’s and 90’s, until the advent of the iMac and consumer products. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994.

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JUNE 9, 2014

The funding came from Canaan Partners, and also included A Grade Investments, Pejman Mar Ventures, Sherpa Ventures, and Jerry Yang (Yahoo). washio venture capital laundry pickup smartphone mobile launder service uber' The company--think "Uber for laundry"--let users request that their dirty laundry be picked up and washed.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

On Wednesday, Beyond Meat said that 66 restaurants will receive chicken products and chief executive Ethan Brown told Yahoo Finance that he expects his company to have enough capacity to potentially meet demand from all of KFC’s locations. Kentucky Fried Chicken goes beyond chicken in partnership with Beyond Meat.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire. He was at Overture before it was acquired by Yahoo.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Los Angeles-based Vicente Capital Partners said Wednesday that the investment fund has raised $150M for the firm's Growth Equity Fund. The firm said its new fund will invest between $5M and $15M in equity in expansion capital or buyout deals, to companies who have $2M to $25M in revenues and up to $5M in EBITDA.

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JUNE 30, 2021

The funding was led by Tiger Global Management, and also included Nexus Venture Partners, GSV Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, plus Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang. Santa Monica-based Quizizz, a developer of software which gamifies teaching with quizzes and interactive lessons, said on Wednesday that it has raised $31.5M K-12 schools.

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MAY 17, 2018

EAT Club is venture backed by August Capital, Trinity Ventures and First Round Capital, and has raised around $50M in funding.

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MARCH 19, 2021

Among its advisors is George Tenet, former Director of the CIA, who the company said will serve as Senior Advisor to Red Cell; Jerry Yang, the founder and former CEO of Yahoo also is among its investors and advisors.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

New CEO Laughlin was previously at Amazon, heading up connected hardware and software experiences for Amazon Echo and Alexa, and also previously served at The Walt Disney Company and Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based DataPop , a new paid search ad management firm started by a pair of Overture/Yahoo Search Marketing veterans, has raised $1.7M DataPop was founded Jason Lehmbeck and John Zimmerman, both of whom have been at Overture and Yahoo! Tags: datapop venture capital search marketing advertising overture yahoo.

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MAY 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops cloud-based learning and human capital management software for the enterprise, said late Tuesday that it has nominated a trio of new members to its board of directors. Steele was most recently CEO of Jive Software, and also had served at Microsoft, Skype, and Yahoo!;

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to one of Pasadena-based Metacloud ''s venture capital backers, the acquisition of the cloud services provider by Cisco on Wednesday was an "epic exit". Vice President of Technology Operations at Ticketmaster Entertainment and Steve Curry, the former head of Yahoo''s global storage operations. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Schneider was most recently CEO of LifeLock, and had led LifeLock through its sale to Symantec last year; she also previously served at Yahoo! Wag--founded in 2015 by Joshua and Jonathan Viner--says its services are now available in more than 100 cities nationwide. and Knight Ridder. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Scopely said it is developing mobile and social applications, including the Buddies franchise of multiplayer games.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The firm said Studenmund also has served as PayMyBills.com and First Interstate Bank, in addition to her time at Overture Services and Yahoo. Passenger is venture backed by Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners and Steamboat Ventures. Tags: passenger brand community online software executive overture yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2012

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures is backing a Bay Area gift card-based, payment network, Openbucks , as part of a Series A funding for Openbucks. According to Openbucks, it has raised $4.8M According to Openbucks, it has raised $4.8M

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Furukawa has previously worked for Yahoo!, Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital and Richmond Park Partners. Venice, California-based ZEFR , the content monetization and protection provider, said this morning that it has named Tom Furukawa as its new Head of Product.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Two Los Angeles area venture capital firms have re-upped their investments in a provider of identity management software. in its new round of funding, which was led by Emergence Capital Partners. JanRain said it has raised $15.5M Other investors, aside form Anthem and DFJ Frontier, were RPM Ventures, Tim Draper, and Square 1 Bank.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Paid search advertising , invented at Goto.com --a spinout of Idealab--which was later acquired by Yahoo for $1.63 billion and became Yahoo Search Marketing. million in venture capital into one of the biggest semiconductor companies in the world. Here''s a few other inventors/inventions with links to the San Gabriel Valley.

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JUNE 7, 2016

According to Csathy, the new company will provide access to talent, expertise, network, resources, and capital in the media and tech-related industry.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

The company--co-founded by Andy Wilson (Momentum Venture Partners, Yahoo) and John Slade (Yahoo)--apparently recently raised a round which included Siemer Ventures. A new, Altadena-based startup, Rexter , has scored some funding to help it build its software algorithms and tools to help manage a user's professional relationships.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Among the executives involved in the new startup are Jake Winebaum (eCompanies/Business.com/Jamdat/Boingo); Doug Hirsch (Facebook/Yahoo Entertainment/DailyStrength.org); Brian Barnum (RHD Interactive/Business.com/Rent.com); Elizabeth Hurchalla (BalckboardEats/Yahoo Food); Julie Taylor (Momlogic); and Terry McGovern (Los Angeles Times/AT&T).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Josh Kopelman, managing partner at Philadelphia based First Round Capital has launched Dorm Room Fund, in a move to reach out to college dorm entrepreneurs, like he was in 1992 while at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Less Capital is Capital Still. He says on his blog , “I was a dorm room entrepreneur.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

David Bohnett , the founder of Geocities.com, and currently head of Los Angeles venture capital firm Baroda Ventures , has been appointed as a Trustee to the John F. Bohnett is one of the early pioneers of Southern California's technology industry, having founded GeoCities.com in 1994 and selling it to Yahoo in 1999. READ MORE>>.

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