socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of Internet acceleration appliances, has been acquired by Akamai , Akamai said Thursday afternoon. FastSoft's technology is based out of Caltech, and was originally developed to accelerate traffic on the next generation Internet, Internet2. Financial terms of the cash buy were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2014

San Diego-based Liquid Grids , a developer of digital advertising software aimed at the healthcare industry, said this morning that it has raised a Series A funding round. According to Liquid Grids, the funding was led by Miramar Ditial Ventures. Size of the round was not announced.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Factual said that the data set helps developers gain access to information which had previously been difficult to license, due to multiple vendors and licensing requirements. The release also came in conjunction with new developer tools and redesign by the company to help developers get started more quickly in using its datasets.

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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.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2010

Gil Elbaz, who was most recently at Google, was one of the founders of Applied Semantics, a Santa Monica firm which developed Google's AdSense product. Factual said that the partnership will help parents, student, and educators to make more informed decisions, and help transform what were static data tables into interactive, dynamic ones.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Other big deals included $60M in investment in San Diego's Skinit , a developer of personalized "skins" for electronic devices, and $37.0M for Row 44 , the Westlake Village-based developer of wireless equipment for commercial airlines. The largest deal in the quarter was for Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

TechCrunch, Forbes, PandoDaily, and other national and local media covered the fest, centered in Santa Monica and Venice at venues with views of the beach on picture-perfect sunny days. Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. Highlights. B each Games.

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