socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising firm which helps web publishers optimize their ad network revenues, reported this week on the latest online ad spending, saying that ad spending tracked at its customers grew 47 percent in the first half of the year. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 193

Advertising Clearstone Report Equity 193

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization firm backed by Clearstone, Mayfield, IDG, and Peacock Equity Fund, announced this morning that it has acquired SiteScout , a Seattle-based firm providing malware security technology. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 164

Clearstone Advertising Web Equity 164

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the developer of online advertising optimization tools funded by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and Peacock Equity Fund, said today that it has rolled out a new product called REVV for demand. READ MORE>>.

Product 133

Product Clearstone Advertising Demand 133

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2011

Rubicon also said it has promoted founder Craig Roah to President, Josh Wexler to Senior Vice President Market Development, and Seizo Welch as SVP Finance. Rubicon Project is headed by Frank Addante, and develops ad optimization technology for web publishers, helping them to pick the best ad networks to optimize revenue on their web site.

Clearstone 113

Clearstone Oracle Web Advertising 113

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2012

Rubicon develops software which automatically optimizes the ads displayed on web publisher's web sites to increase revenues for those sites.

Ticketmaster 133

Ticketmaster Clearstone Yahoo Web 133

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which operates an online advertising optimization service, is announcing this morning that the firm has raised $13M more in a combination of equity and debt. Rubicon Project operates a service which helps online publishers optimize which advertising networks to use on their web sites, to improve their CPMs.

Clearstone 100

Clearstone Equity Advertising Research 100

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

Three full time developers and no marketing spend. They did it entirely through social networking. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. 20k from StartEngine, and a lot of sweat equity from the founders. They are nearing 1mm registered users.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91