socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2014

Pasadena-based Perfect Market , the Idealab-backed developer of programmatic advertising technology, has been acquired by New York-based Taboola. Taboola said the buy will help boost the company''s annualized run rate to $250M. perfect market taboola merger acquisition content advertising optimization software idealab'

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

We have been holding off on this announcement for quite a bit and now we can officially announce Bill Gross of Idealab as our SuperDemo presenter. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media , the viral- and user-generated content company, has promoted Lee Essner to the post of Co-CEO, the company said late Thursday. Essner--who has been President and Chief Operating Officer at the company since 2013, will share the CEO post with Jukin Media founder Jonathan Skogmo. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2013

One of those areas is Pasadena, home to Idealab, Caltech, and a large number of technology companies, big and small. To help bring some focus to the area, a new group, Innovate Pasadena , said this morning that it has launched to promote Pasadenas a leading center for innovation for technology and design. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

According to the startup--which is based in San Francisco--it will let participants in the process share in equity and other profits from those companies. According to the startup--which is based in San Francisco--it will let participants in the process share in equity and other profits from those companies. READ MORE>>.

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Ideas Idealab Startup Pasadena 159

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2019

Pasadena-based ObEN , which develops avatar technology and software, is powering a new, personalized, AI-driven medical health assistance app, the company said this week, being developed by the MedStar Health Research Institute. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Study Pasadena Research 133

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall is garnering some excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

For Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab and brains behind the excursion, the unveiling was simply the latest in a string of demonstrations for new technologies commercialized by his nearly three-decade old startup company incubator. However, it may be the most significant. “That’s where hydrogen comes into play.”

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Lancaster Idealab Los Angeles Incubator 205

socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based YP , which offers up online directories and services to help businesses get their companies online, has lauched a new offering, called ypWebsite Pro. According to YP, the new product will help local businesses earn top rankings in their organic search results. YP runs the yellowpages.com site.

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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.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Venice, California-based Bitcoin startup Gem has raised $2M, to make Bitcoin easier to use for developers, the company said this week. Gem has develops an API which helps developers build in Bitcoin support and security into their apps. The company was previously known as BitVault. Gem is led by Micah Winkelspecht. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Seed Funding Venice Venture Capital 180

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

Metacloud--which helps companies deploy enterprise scale, private clouds based on OpenStack--said that Grey will be responsible for heading up its scalability efforts and architecture. Earthlink, Digital Planey, USWeb, and Idealab. Metacloud said Grey had been at Google for the last decade, and also has served at Yahoo!,

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Pasadena-based mobile advertising firm UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, said Thursdya that it has named a new VP of Sales, covering the company''s Eastern Region.

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Sales Idealab Advertising Pasadena 171

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

The UK-based company did not disclose the source of the funding. The company said it helps direct response advertisers build and manage their Facebook advertising campaigns. offices at Idealab in Pasadena, although the firm is not an Idealab company. in a seed funding round, and set up its U.S.

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Media Idealab OpenX Seed Funding 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Sharpening its focus on the electronic discovery market, Pasadena-based X1 , the enterprise search tools provider backed by Idealab, has split out a new company called X1 Discovery , headed by John Patzakis, the former President of eDiscovery at X1.

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Social Media Media Idealab Software Review 182

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

According to the firm, the new competitoin is a way to help entrepreneurs get noticed and gain exposure for their companies, with the finalists invited to make a live, online "pitch-off" to a panel of judges. CapLinked was founded by Eric M.

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Competition Idealab Press Platform 157

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. Those rewards include cash back, free meals, or other gifts from those retailers. Steuer is a serial entrepreneur, whose last firm was MerchEngines.com.

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Pasadena Commerce Idealab Mobile 199

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2017

The company has already released an iOS version of its software. Kraft is currently serving as interim CEO; he helped co-found Pandora, before moving to Southern California, where he's been involved with such local companies as Idealab, Thrively, UberMedia, BigStage, and many other companies, as either a co-founder or investor.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2018

The event featured a keynote by Bill Gross of Idealab , a panel of VC experts, and dozens of pitches by startups spawned by local universities and research institutions from across Southern California. READ MORE>>

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Southern California SoCal Dollar Shave Club Cornerstone OnDemand 113

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

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. The company is run by Julie Schoenfeld, and is a spinout of Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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Search Engine Optimization Altadena Marketing Idealab 178

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Representative companies: Look.io, Getbonkers, Invested.in, Tidepool, Stacksocial. Representative companies: Funding: No. Funding: Yes.

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Southern California Incubator Guide Startup 246

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2016

Pasadena-based mobile ad measurement platform developer UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, has released a new, mobile attribution product that tracks cross-media advertisement and correlates that to foot traffic in stores. READ MORE>>.

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Product Idealab Patents Pasadena 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2016

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed company which is now working on mobile location data, has linked up with shopping mall data provider Directory of Major Malls (DMM), and business intelligence consultanty B.I.

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Idealab Pasadena Mobile Google 100

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2012

Pasadena-based Triptrotting , which operates an online service to help connect travelers with local hosts, has raised $1M in a Series A funding, the firm said this morning.The funding came from Google Ventures, Mark Suster, 500 Startups, WI Harper, Bill Gross of Idealab, Safa Raschtchy, and Eric Chen. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Pasadena Google Funding 140

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. The time has finally arrived! Price: $25 (Early Bird).

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based Triptrotting , which helps match travelers with like-minded locals, is expanding this morning, saying that it has added a new "Social Activities" feature to help users find activities by location, date, time, and price. The company is also part of the Launchpad LA accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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Activity Santa Monica Idealab Google 133

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2013

USC revealed this morning that it has created a new, startup accelerator on campus, the Viterbi Startup Garage , which will help students and alumni start technology companies in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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USC Startup Southern California Incubator 187

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. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. For any company interested in applying please visit the website. To show these companies that they can remain in LA. For the past 2.5

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Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2009

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab-backed startup which is looking to help publishers monetize their underutilized and archive content, said Wednesday that it has created a new advisory board. The firm is hoping its automated tools can help large, branded content publishers a way to drive traffic to their sites.

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Search Engine Optimization Marketing Idealab Yahoo 124

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

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

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

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2009

The new tool is focused on helping companies who need to produce electronic documents, due to lawsuits. X1 Technologies is backed by Idealab and US Venture Partners. X1 Technologies is backed by Idealab and US Venture Partners. Tags: enterprise search software technologies idealab. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Software Review Technical Review Pasadena 113