socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. We caught up with founder John Delacruz to hear more about what the company hopes to do as it expands beyond Pasadena.

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Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2012

The startup--which is backed by Idealab--said the effort will help Pasadena area merchants increase revenues and help communicate and reward customers of their businesses. The company has been initially ramping its program in its hometown of Pasadena, where it has a lengthy list of local restaurants and retailers using its loyalty app.

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Pasadena Commerce Idealab Mobile 199

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. Oftentimes, businesses don't know who their customers are, and how to reach those customers.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the electronic discovery offshoot of X1 and Idealab, reported Tuesday that it has launched a fully cloud-deployable version of its software. X1 spun out X1 Discovery in October of last year, to better focus on the requirements of its electronic discovery customers. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Pasadena Blogging Software 182

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2010

Altadena-based Perfect Market , the Idealab firm which is providing tools to help publishers surface and monetize their archive content, said Monday that it has named Guy Vidra as Vice President of Business Development. Perfect Market said Vidra will lead the firm's strategic partnership and customer programs. READ MORE>>.

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Search Engine Optimization Altadena Marketing Idealab 178

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2012

Amazon said the use of AWS will allow its software to be installed and operated in an AWS customer's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) environment. X1 Rapid Discovery is a tool which allows companies to manage their data for electronic discovery, legal, and regulatory purposes. Both firms are backed by Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Pasadena Tool Web 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Talk about the new firm and the new fund?

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the Idealab startup working on mobile loyalty applications, reported this morning that it is in a joint partnership with KDA Group , a local marketing agency, and mobile-local ad network xAd. Financial details of the joint partnership deal were not announced by the companies.

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Networking Marketing Idealab Pasadena 154

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Tell me about your new company? Where''d the idea for the company come from? However, the pull of this new idea became too strong, so we set out to start the company. He had approached me with this idea when I had just joined Bill Gross at Idealab and was starting Ubermedia. What''s the ultimate goal of Thrively?

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Help Idealab Activity Startup 252

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For today's interview, we sat down to catch up with Jon Waterman, the founder and CEO of Ad.net, to understand what the company's business is nowadays, how the company has evolved over the years, and how the company has adjusted to life during a pandemic. The company was founded in 2001, as Findology Interactive Media.

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Advertising Startup Google Commerce 203

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Punchcard , the mobile, consumer loyalty application developer backed by Idealab, has swizzled its model significantly today, with the release of a new version of its mobile app for iPhone and Android. The firm's app is geared towards helping local, brick-and-mortar retailers gain repeat customers. The company is led by Andy Steuer.

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Idealab Mobile Customer Custom 164

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

With lead investors like Fika Ventures and Fathom Capital, and co-investors, including Toyota AI Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Riot.vc, Osage University Partners and Stage Venture Partners, Elementary Robotics is readying itself for commercial pilots with a few undisclosed customers as it proves out its technology.

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Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology firm out of Idealab, reports today that its first foray into the commercial market is seeing strong sales demand. The company introduced the Mint in September, focusing in on cleaning hard floors using cleaning cloths such as the Swiffer and other similar products.

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Demand Idealab Pasadena Report 157

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2009

Carlsbad-based Aptera, the electric car startup backed by Google and Idealab, is delaying delivery of the firm's vehicles to customers, according to a letter to customers. Aptera raised $24M in a Series C investment from Google, Idealab, Esenjay Investments, The Simons Family, and The Beall Family Trust back in July.

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Idealab Product Google Startup 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2009

The new tool is focused on helping companies who need to produce electronic documents, due to lawsuits. X1 said the new software will be available in late Q1, with early release available for preview to pre-qualified customers and partners in early Q1 2009. X1 Technologies is backed by Idealab and US Venture Partners.

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Idealab Software Review Technical Review Pasadena 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Today's contribution is from Grant Hosford , the CEO and co-founder of codeSpark (www.codespark.com), the company behind the game The Foos (www.thefoos.com), which teaches kids to learn how to code just by playing the game. Grant is the CEO and co-founder of codeSpark, a venture backed edtech company turning programming into play.

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Education eHarmony Southern California Idealab 172

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2009

Pasadena-based Desktop Factory , the Idealab startup working on low cost, 3D fabricators, told its users this week that it is shutting the firm and will be selling its intellectual property, as it has failed to secure funding for the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Sales Idealab Pasadena Acquisition 124

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2012

Customer loyalty, one of those seemingly innocuous facets of both large and small scale businesses that can be easily overlooked, but generally understood as ultra important to how well a business thrives. How do you guarantee a simply favorable review versus a regularly returning loyal customer?

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Software Review Idealab Pasadena Customer 95

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

If you about it, their customers have begun opening up their purses, which have been kind of tied up in the last 18-24 months, they haven't been investing in new technology or products, and equities are getting more expensive. For us, as Series A investors, because we own so much of the company, these are meaningful exits.

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Clearstone Idealab Incubator Invest 140

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We’re looking for companies with new technology to demonstrate (or better yet, those with upcoming launches they wish to promote among savvy peers). TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. This could be your company’s chance to shine in the Spotlight. Diamond Sponsor.

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CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Pasadena-based solar thermal technology developer eSolar has inked a deal with another clean technology firm, Sundrop Fuels, the company announced today. According to eSolar, it will supply its heliostat and sun tracking technology to Sundrop Fuels, and also make that technology available to other prospective partners and customers.

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Technology Idealab Outsource Development Pasadena 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2012

Customer loyalty, one of those seemingly innocuous facets of both large and small scale businesses that can be easily overlooked, but generally understood as ultra important to how well a business thrives. How do you guarantee a simply favorable review versus a regularly returning loyal customer?

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Software Review Idealab Pasadena Customer 61

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? Given my fascination with this sector (I also happen to serve on the board of a municipal utility), I have watched with great curiosity an Idealab portfolio company Energy Vault (initially named Energy Cache) evolve over the last decade.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Venture Capital 140

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful Internet company in college and since then, has founded, built and sold numerous online and mobile businesses. His experience and expertise in both large and small companies focuses on strategy, growth, and operational efficiency resulting in many successful investor outcomes.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

After some pre-game mingling, we began our evening with demos from companies that had been picked from months of company submissions. Crowd Seats came up first to give their two minute breakdown of the company. They also gave a quick tour of the dashboard that clients would be using to customize their now mobile ready sites.

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Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

UberMedia said that the two will launch a custom desktop application, and a curated "UberChannel" within its UberSocial smartphone app, based on content from the network of Ideas People Media. Content providers to that vertical include The Economist, Daily Kos, National Review, Talking Points Memo and VentureBeat. READ MORE>>.

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Content Pasadena Hollywood Ideas 176

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

What's the story behind the company? Over time, we are going to start customizing the marketplace for you. It might be you're a designer for a product line who lives in New Jersey, and might not necessarily have a shop, but with this marketplace you can interact with the customer. You could be a local merchant in Los Angeles.

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Mobile Los Angeles Web Southern California 157

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo! Finally, I HATE the name.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

You simply sign in with your Instagram account, choose your favorite photo, and get your custom made t-shirt shipped directly to you. The company has experienced substantial user growth since their launch early this year. Park was very careful in marketing his new company on Instagram. Now that’s awesome!

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Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We caught up with Lee Essner , the President of Jukin Media, to learn more about how the company thinks it has figured out how to make a business round viral videos. That''s where the traditional media companies--the morning shows, the news clips shows, the ad agencies--can see what is viral and trending, and can license it directly from us.

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Media Content Startup IP 235

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. So he launched a company with exclusively paid search. They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. Overture was sold to Yahoo!

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. We talked about how the metaphor for finding information might be changing and why large companies such as HP and Microsoft are betting so big on this industry. The biggest question I had was whether this was a feature or a company.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236