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APRIL 21, 2014

Cell phone cases seem to be a dime a dozen nowadays, however, a new set of cases Friday by Torrance-based Pelican Products are worth mentioning. The new cases will be sold through AT&T''s retail stores and through AT&T''s online site. Pelican Products is owned by private equity investor Behrman Capital.

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MARCH 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based Love Goodly , which offers up healthier, nontoxic, and cruelty-free beauty products via a subscription box, says it has started raising funding on equity crowdfunding site Seedinvest.

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MAY 30, 2012

If you're a startup business owner, how do you get to the next step, and build your first product? That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Fizziology's software uses social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Sina Weibo, etc.) and converts it into data and insights used by motion pictures studios, television networks, production companies, and more. MarketCast is owned by private equity investor Kohlberg & Company. Fizziology was based in Indianapolis.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

LogicMonitor develops IT infrastructure monitoring products, whether they are located at an enterprise site, in the cloud, or in a hybrid cloud environment. The company is backed by Providence Equity Partners. Financial impact of the customer wins were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

in a debt and preferred equity round of funding, according to investment firm BIA Digital Partners II, LP. BIA said that the round also included primary equity backer Azure Capital Partners. The funding will go towards growth of the company's flagship site, as well as build out of its e-commerce and enterprise products.

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JUNE 2, 2010

This morning's interview is with Alon Goren , co-founder and President of Los Angeles-based Invested.in , an online site which allows users to run fundraisers for their projects. You publish it, and the whole thing is managed on our site where you've created a fundraising campaign. What sort of projects are people using your site for?

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MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. That was the genesis of the site. It was discouraging.

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MAY 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising firm Rubicon Project is significantly boosting its executive ranks today, saying that it has named a new CTO, General Counsel, and SVP of Product Management to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

Chavez also has served at Jones Lang LaSalle, Elementbars.com, and Equity Office Properties. The firm's businesses now include daily deals site Spreebird, advertising network Rovion.com, and product inventory and search site Krillion.com. Local.com operates a network on online websites which market local businesses.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

lynda.com , the online learning and video instruction site based in Carpinteria, is putting some of its new funding to work, saying this morning that it has acquired video2brain, GmbH , a European online video training company, to help expand its services worldwide. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, TrueCar said that DealerTrack will receive an equity interest in TrueCar as part of the deal. TrueCar operates an online information site providing actual automotive sale data to both customers and dealers. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based ThisNext , the online social shopping and product discovery site now being run by Matt Edelman, has raised $1.2M According to the filing, the first investment in the round was August 4th, and included equity, options, and warrants. in a round of funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today.

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MARCH 12, 2018

One of those companies is Los Angeles-based Love Goodly (www.lovegoodly.com) co-founders Justine Lassoff and Katie Bogue Miller , who sat down and told us about their company, focused on cruelty-free, non-toxic beauty and skincare products. Love Goodly recently launched its own crowd equity funding campaign. What is Love Goodly?

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MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Arnie Gullov-Singh (ex-EVP of product, technology and operations for MySpace) also joined as CEO, as Sean Rad will assume the role of President. They also avoid Reg D. Primarily targets SMBs.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Indi operates an app which lets people get paid for sharing their social content, making product recommendations, and more. The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. We have four different ways people can make money.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Rubicon said that the new funding round came from News Corporation, Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia, Mayfield Fund, NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund and Jarl Mohn. Intead, the firm is using FAN's acquisition to add around 100 employees from FAN as part of its engineering and product team.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

We caught up with Sam Altman, the firm's founder, to hear more about the company, and how we went from working in private equity to heading up a company all about finding nightlife. How long has your site been available? How did you make the leap form private equity to nightlight? What is PartyEarth?

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

inQ offers web chat services for e-commerce web sites, which helps to close online sales and guide users to select and find products. The firm has previously raised funding from Dolphin Equity, Emergence Capital Partners, Hudson Ventures, Partech International, and Vertrue. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. Maybe they might be using a platform like Shopify to sell their products and power their website, and they might use Facebook for advertising, and maybe they're using paid search with Google.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. Sam Rogoway: Near Networks is a national production studio that creates online videos for local businesses across the country.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

We wanted to give him that opportunity, and came up with a deal and structure which helped him but also added fuel to the fire for product and marketing and growth activity. Every single person in the company has equity, and a lot of them see it as their long term retirement or long term financial security.

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MARCH 31, 2014

There are lots of products that might look for any mention of a product name or company name, and yes, we do that--but more importantly, we are also analyzing situations that arise. I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. A good example of this, we can keep track of a supply chain.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Keith Bonnici: We have created a platform that lets standard web publishers tap into the growing pool of money being spent by app developers to market their products. Right now, half of Facebook''s revenues comes from app developers getting users to install their products. We''ve built a product to solve both problems.

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MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: Miso Robotics is bringing the power of automation to commercial kitchens, and addressing one of the biggest challenges of the food industry, which is increasing production with the expansion of the delivery market, while also safely decreasing human contact. What is Miso Robotics? On top of that, god forbid, if someone gets E.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Jed Simon: We have a tech enabled product which accelerates payment, not unlike a traditional factor or AR lender. But, we have a non-equity dilutive product, and we accelerate cash flow. Jed Simon: There are certain qualifications for the quality of your receivables, the product you offer.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Kevin O'Connor is the co-founder of DoubleClick , which he took from startup to IPO on the Nasdaq in 1998, sold it to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for around $1.2 Kevin O'Connor: We're an objective comparison engine for the more complex products and services. What's FindTheBest all about? How is the firm funded?

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MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S., MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S.,

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JUNE 20, 2012

For two years, it was a mentorship program, that worked with twenty three different companies, but did not have a fund, did not have an office, and didn't take any equity. We're investing in incredible teams that have built minimum viable product and need our help with game changing, bizdev deals, fundraising connections, or mentorships.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. How long has the site been up? We have, by far, the largest number of internships available in America today, in one location, on our site.

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MAY 5, 2009

We had the chance to talk with co-founder John Tomich about the funding and the firm, which operates e-commerce sites for fashion brands and others. The second, is we provide fulfillment services, such as product shipments. We started getting approached by venture capital and private equity, and we have eight figures in revenue.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Instead, after a private equity firm offered to buy YLighting, we negotiated to keep the technology that we had developed. We sold it to a private equity group. Though the company moved well beyond those days, it's essentially the software I had designed, the same product. Jeff Zwelling. The other one was pretty good too.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

We're the venture capital arm of Saban Capital Group, which is Haim Saban's investment vehicle and private equity firm, which he founded in 2001. We are looking to find opportunities that are capital efficient, interesting products that could be complementary to our current efforts, and grow from there.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

We're the venture capital arm of Saban Capital Group, which is Haim Saban's investment vehicle and private equity firm, which he founded in 2001. We are looking to find opportunities that are capital efficient, interesting products that could be complementary to our current efforts, and grow from there.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. His second venture was Tesla Motors, creating the first production electric car of the modern era. Post navigation.

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