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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal said late Tuesday that it has expanded into the United Kingdom, and opened up a new office in London. ReachLocal, which provides services that help local businesses buy search engine advertising, said it has launched ReachLocal UK Ltd., ReachLocal's paid search ads are placed in Google, Yahoo!,

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Paid Search Yahoo 124

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which operates a service to help small and medium sized businesses place online advertising, said this morning that it is adding a online display advertising product to its mix. in venture capital from VantagePoint Venture Partners, Rho Ventures and Galleon Crossover Fund. The firm is backed by $67.9M

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ReachLocal Advertising Woodland Hills Yahoo 100

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JANUARY 28, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small businesses buy search engine advertising, has inked a strategic alliance with Google in the United Kingdom, the firm announced today. ReachLocal said that it has become an "Authorised Reseller" of Google's AdWords in the UK, through its UK site, ReachLocal UK. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Google Woodland Hills Advertising 100

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal announced Wednesday that the firm has expanded into Canada, and opened up a new sales office in Toronto for its online marketing services. ReachLocal helps businesses place pay-per-click and other ads through Google, Yahoo, MSN, and others. The new office will be headed by Alyn Glazerman. READ MORE>>

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Yahoo Advertising 100

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JANUARY 16, 2013

According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. Meritech Capital also participated in the funding. As part of the big new funding, Andrew Braccia of Accel and Vic Parker of Spectrum have both joined the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

Sherman Oaks-based Serviz , the on-demand handyman service led by former ReachLocal head Zorik Gordon, announced today that it has raised $12.5M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from PointGuard Ventures, Andy Sheehan, Jeff Stibel, along with Zorik Godron and Michael Kline. The company has now raised $20M in funding.

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Sherman Oaks ReachLocal Southern California Demand 113

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Sherman Oaks-based SERVIZ , a new, on-demand home services startup led by ReachLocal founder Zorik Gordon, said Wednesday that it is connecting consumers with holiday lighting installation services--and also revealed a funding round from Groupon. in a funding round, led by Groupon, along with other investors.

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Sherman Oaks Orange County ReachLocal Demand 138

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MAY 27, 2011

Pasadena-based online advertising software firm OpenX has just raised a big, $20M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm late Friday. The funding has not yet been announced by the company. The new round would bring the company's total raised up to around $50M, over four rounds of funding. READ MORE>>.

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OpenX ReachLocal Southern California Advertising 168

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The group, which promotes the venture capital industry in the Los Angeles area, also honored local companies for their funding and exit activity. ShoeDazzle.com , the online e-commerce startup headed by Brian Lee and whose co-founders include Kim Kardashian, scored top honors in the Best venture funding in digital media/e-commerce category.

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LAVA Zumbox Technology ReachLocal 166

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Portaro was most recently at ReachLocal Xchange, and also has served at NameMedia, Oversee.net, Yellowpages.com, and Monster Worldwide. HauteLook is backed by Insight Venture Partners, and raised a fairly large funding round worth $31M in June. The firm's competitors include Gilt, Ideeli, and Ruelala.

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Oversee.net ReachLocal Santa Barbara Sales 133

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MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”. the funding and market coverage. They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. LivingSocial. eCommerce is hot again! The race is on!

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

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APRIL 17, 2012

ReachLocal, founded by Zorik Gordon, publicly traded company helping small businesses across America use the Internet for marketing [Woodland Hills. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. Of course if you’re already known you could put your name or location on your fund name.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Santa Monica 304

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MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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AUGUST 3, 2009

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle).

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

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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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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313