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JANUARY 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Avvo , which operates an online legal marketplace where consumers can connect with lawyers. According to Internet Brands, Avvo will become part of its Legal vertical. Avvo had raised around $180M in total funding. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2014

El Segundo-based Internet Brands said this morning that it is being acquired by private equity firm KKR , from its current owners, Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity. Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity had acquired Internet Brands back in 2010, paying $640M for the company. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm founded by venture investment veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, said this morning that it has had a final close on its first fund, at $240M. READ MORE>>.

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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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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. They made a number of significant acquisitions in that space, My co-founders, Sammer and Chris, worked together at Internet Brands.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

San Francisco-based investment firm Saints Capital , and Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners said Tuesday that they have formed a new fund, Saints Rustic Canyon, L.P., Among the firms sold by Rustic Canyon were Southern California portfolio firms Cooking.com, Internet Brands, and US Renewables Group.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

We've both build marketing technology platforms in emerging digital channels, and also built direct-to-consumer brands who rely heavily on performance marketing and data-driven marketing. We were working on a portfolio of consumer Internet brands. in funding in that round, which closed about a year ago. We raised $3.5M

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