socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Glow Digital Media , a developer of a Facebook advertising platform, said Thursday that it has raised $1.3M offices at Idealab in Pasadena, although the firm is not an Idealab company. in a seed funding round, and set up its U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles. The UK-based company did not disclose the source of the funding.

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Media Idealab OpenX Seed Funding 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of an online platform for managing fundraising and investors, said this morning that it has launched a new pitch competition. The firm said that judges for the competition come form Idealab, Rincon, Rapidfire, and Actarus, including Idealab's Alex Maleki and Rincon's Jim Andelman.

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Competition Idealab Press Platform 157

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.

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Product Idealab Patents Pasadena 100

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

It looks like executives at Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Twitter client application provider started by Idealab's Bill Gross, may finally be fed up with the firm's constant battles with Twitter. According to reports, it is planning to launch its own, competing microblogging service. The news comes via a report last night from CNN.

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Report Idealab Pasadena News 180

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We''ve spent the past year and a half working with two of seven board-certified, Neuropsychologists, to develop a strength assessment test, to develop a strength profile for each kid. He had approached me with this idea when I had just joined Bill Gross at Idealab and was starting Ubermedia.

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Help Idealab Activity Startup 252

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2012

The firm, which announced the first close of its Series A in March, said co-investors include Google Ventures, Idealab, LaunchpadLA, 500 Startups, WI Harper Group and individual angels. Triptrotting said th enew funding goes to further development of its platform, and for marketing. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Google Los Angeles Platform 138

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. While I was there, I was product manager leading efforts to include third party content into the platform. I headed up product development to build out their portal services. Andy Steuer: It's actually out of Idealab proper. We sold that to IAC.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Factual is developing an online platform which allows anyone to share and mash open data. Applied Semantics was the original developer of Google AdSense technology, and was purchased for pre-IPO Google stock in 2003. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Miramar Google Santa Monica 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Cheaper devices (Chromebooks and Tablets), better development tools (Unity3d), global distribution platforms (Apple and Google App Stores) and better business models (subscription and freemium) make companies like codeSpark possible. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

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Education eHarmony Southern California Idealab 172

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The intent of our Spotlight events is always simple: to provide a live platform to showcase the very companies that our driving our tech/start up industry, to show our hometown investors a handful of worthwhile companies, and to give other founders some inspiration and innovation for their own companies.

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Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2011

CapLinked , the online platform for private investment funded by members of the “ PayPal Mafia “—announced that it is launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, Rapidfire, and Actarus. says CapLinked CEO Eric M.

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Competition Idealab Slides Startup 70

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Earlier this year, Embodied announced a $22 million round for its personal robotics platform focused on healthcare and wellness, while InVia Robotics collected $20 million for its own take on the robotics industry. Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6 After about a year of research, the company launched with an initial investment of $1.2

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Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. The start-up has developed kinetic energy based, long-duration energy storage solutions.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Venture Capital 140

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

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Gold Sponsor. .

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

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. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Making Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Possible.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Competitors: Gowalla. Total Raised: $21.4mm.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato. Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences.

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Co-Host & Venue Sponsor.

CalTech 79

CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

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

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. They will sell out quick so grab them while you can.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

Rob Kramer: My partner and I had been developing apps and platforms for year, and had been Craiglist and eBay users, but only reluctantly. The entire platform, both on mobile and web, is built for having one experience. The entire Hipswap platform is predicated on the fact that people will want to hang out there.

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Mobile Los Angeles Web Southern California 157

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Diamond Sponsor.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We''re taking that content, and publishing it on our licensing platform, which is much like a Getty Images for video. We''re developing programming around our brands, such as Failarmy, and we also have a deal with Dick Clark Products to take Failarmy to the international market. Those licensing fees can be pretty amazing.

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Media Content Startup IP 235

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. TweetPhoto - Real-time photo sharing platform. It’s core platform stuff. billion to Yahoo!

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato. Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences.

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

They introduced Mingly for Gmail , a powerful browser plug in that unifies all your social networks into one address book with the ability to set reminders and send messages across different platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

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Web Social Network Email Networking 74

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

Park’s platform allowed them to do so. He is a great developer and one of the best programmers, always getting poached by all of these recruiters.” Kim was the Technical Lead at Triptrotting when it was incubated in Idealab and came on board to Insteegran last October. You would need a couple hundred runs to make a profit.”

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Startup Custom Customer Pricing 98

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Perhaps you have been paying developers and really need more solid legal advice to keep things running smoothly. Joey Flores , founder of Earbits (a Y Combinator company), a music-related marketing platform with interactive radio experiences. The panel included the following and discussion was moderated by upStart.LA

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

There are five prominent ones in town, Launchpad, Amplify, MuckerLab, StartEngine, and IdeaLab. Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. TravelStrings – TravelStrings is an online platform for building and sharing travel stories.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47