socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Marina del Rey-based GOGII , the social messaging firm headed by former JAMDAT founders Scott Lahman, Austin Murray, and Zack Norman, announced this morning that it has raised an additional $15M in a third round of funding. KPCB's funding came out of its Kleiner Perkins iFund. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Marina del Rey-based Gogii , a developer of text messaging applications, said Thursday that it has raised $8.2M Gogii is the latest startup of Scott Lahman, Austin Murray, and Zack Norman, all previously at JAMDAT Mobile. Gogii's initial funding came from Kleiner Perkins' iPhone investment fund, iFund.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

Scott Lahman is co-founder of Los Angeles-based GOGII (www.gogii.com), the developer of group text messaging application textPlus. Lahman is also one of the co-founders of JAMDAT Mobile, the immensely successful developer of mobile games, which had an IPO in 2004, and eventually became part of Electronic Arts in 2006.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2012

textPlus , the maker of the popular texting application by the same name, said today that it has raised $18M in a new funding round, led by The Raine Group. Prior investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Matrix Partners and GRP Partners also participated in the funding.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The focus of this panel is to explore Ventures in Mobile/Wireless technologies  how a deal is accomplished and how the company is valued, funded, executed, branded, and brings consumers into focus. Tuesday, September 14, 2010 -- Mobile /Wireless Technologies. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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