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APRIL 23, 2009

Irvine-based Autobytel , Los Angeles-based LeadPoint , and El Segundo-based Internet Brands have settled a multi-party, patent lawsuit that was filed by Autobytel against the other firms. Tags: autobytel leadpoint internet brands patent lawsuit. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is expanding its network of vertically focused web sites, saying Wednesday that the firm has acquired two new websites in the money and finance area, and has officially targeted "Money and Business" as one of the firm's key vertical markets. Financial terms of those buys were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands announced its fourth quarter and fiscal 2008 results, reporting that--despite the recession--the firm saw an increase in its fourth quarter revenues of 8%, or $27.0M versus $24.9M a year ago. The firm also reported it had acquired GrooveJob.com, which it had previously announced back in October.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands disclosed Tuesday as part of its earnings report that the firm has purchased two web sites, BensBargains.net, and GrooveJob.com. Financial terms of those buys were not disclosed, however Internet Brands said it spend $10.7M on the buy of four companies during Q3.

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JUNE 10, 2014

Add another, big exit to the list of the growing list of companies in Southern California: Media Temple , the premium hosting provider founded by Demian Sellfors. The company was actually acquired in October , however, no financials on that acquisition were announced at the time. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2016

March Capital Partners said it has already invested more than $100M across 15 different companies, including AppCito, App lariat, BillDesk, Bridg, CarTrade, Coho Data, Deep Forest Media (sold to Rakuten), Dojo Madness, E8 Security, OpenHouse, Pensa Networks, Perspica, quick.ly, VeloCloud Networks, Vyng and ZowDow. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2014

According to the company, it has appointed Glenn Walker as Chief Strategy Officer at Ranker, and Stan Holt as Chief Revenue Officer. Walker is an investor and has been involved in such companies as Westpoint Integrated Technologies; Holt previously has been at Internet Brands, eHarmony, OnGreen.com, and Neodata.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

The company recently raised a $750,000 seed round of funding. We spoke to CEO Brian Nickerson --an Internet veteran with time at Yahoo and Internet Brands--about the company and its goals. What did you learn at Internet Brands about these businesses, and how are you applying that here?

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MARCH 30, 2012

The firm said it has hired Ken Potter, most recently VP and General Manager at Automotive for Internet Brands, to the new position. Potter was responsible for Internet Brands' CarsDirect.com site, and served at the firm for 11 years. Potter also has served as General Manager of two car dealerships, including CarMax.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based native advertising technology developer Nativo , which is headed by Justin Choi, has landed a new set of premium publishers as customers, the company said today. Financial details of the wins were not announced. Nativo is venture backed by Greycroft Partners and VivaKi, among others.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

SheKnows was ranked number 49 on the list; other local companies ranked among the top 50 include Internet Brands (50), Demand Media (16), BUZZMEDIA (38), Disney Online (30), Break Media (31), and MySpace (44). READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2012

Domeyer was previously CTO at Internet Brands, and also has served at firms such as Pacific Gas & Electric Energy Services and the Times Mirror Company. According to Oversee.net, Morrow is leaving to "pursue other interests". Domeyer and Morrow had both been named to the co-CEO positions in January.

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JUNE 1, 2012

The company said it has named Tom Lamb as President of the firm, Alex Hansen as CFO, and Adam Michaelson as Chief Marketing Officer. Hansen was previously CFO at Internet Brands , where he oversaw that firm's IPO, in addition to experience at Danone Waters and other firms.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Holt was most recently at eHarmony, and also has served at such firms as Internet Brands, The Los Angeles Times, and Lot 11 Studios. The firm said that Holt will be responsible for day-to-day operations at the company, as well as future product enhancements. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2010

And our Hot Line-Up of Panelists includes: * CBS Online [huge content provider] * Spark Unlimited [gaming company, "Call of Duty: Finest Hour"] * Line 6 [musical equipment and software - manufacturing and distribution] * Gorilla Nation [major internet branding company] * Product Partners [founder of Beach Bodies - direct marketing and distribution] (..)

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Venture capital firm First Round Capital , the early stage venture fund whose Managing Directors include Idealab's Howard Morgan , said last night that it has created its own startup exchange fund, a fund which allows the founders of the firm's various startups to diversify their investments and share in the success of the company's portfolio.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

That’s right folks Idealab is hosting a job fair at their offices for 10 of their startups companies. They are looking for coders, roboticist, marketing managers, and community managers, to fill the areas of their Green Tech, Social Media, Big Data, and Enterprise companies. Participating Companies. .

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JULY 1, 2010

He calls it his “Tom Sawyer&# company. Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. His first commercial enterprise came in college.

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MARCH 21, 2011

In the case of SmartyPants Vitamins (www.wearesmartypants.com), it's at the core of the company. There was a real opportunity for me to arbitrage the last decade and a half of my experience in the Internet, and apply that to a products company, and to get some real competitive advantage.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

One Los Angeles company-- OneStop Internet (www.onestop.com) has created a growing business handling exactly that. For those who haven''t heard of OneStop Internet, tell us about the business? John Tomich: OneStop Internet is an e-commerce services company. Our clients like that a lot.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , the online domain name and Internet marketing firm, has set Debra Domeyer and Scott Morrow as Co-CEOs of the company, the firm said Monday. Both have been heading up Oversee.net's operations since shortly before Jeff Kupietzky left the company last year, to relocate to Israel for family reasons.

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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. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

We spoke with Dave Fink , CEO and co-founder of Posite, and Jonathan Neddenriep , co-founder and CTO of the company, to learn more. We were working on a portfolio of consumer Internet brands. Companies are looking at diminishing returns, and were finding it more challenging to scale on Facebook. What is Postie?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I think we've done some of the really exciting companies in LA, including most recently Clicker, Machinima, BUZZmedia, and SVnetwork. We've been quite active, and have had a bunch of acquisitions lately -- including Internet Brands and MySpace -- a total of over 2 billion in acquisition in Southern California.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

the parent firm of the Los Angeles Times before its acquisition by the Tribune Company. Among the firms sold by Rustic Canyon were Southern California portfolio firms Cooking.com, Internet Brands, and US Renewables Group. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.

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