socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based GOGII , the venture backed provider of mobile social messaging services, has snagged MySpace exec Chandra Hill as its new Vice President of Monetization and Publishing. GOGII develops textPlus, a mobile social messaging application for the iPhone. Hill was most recently VP of Mobile Monetization at MySpace.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2012

textPlus, which is based in Marina Del Rey, develops a combination of mobile apps and related services which allow users to text each other for free. textPlus--which was previously known as GOGII--also said it has dropped its old corporate name and now will just be known as textPlus.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Los Angeles-based textPlus , the free text messaging service which is operated by GOGII, has made a number of updates to both its iPhone and Android apps. GOGII is venture backed by Matrix Partners, GRP Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers iFund; the firm's founder, Scott Lahman, was a co-founder of JAMDAT Mobile.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Los Angeles-based GOGII , the text messaging app developer behind textPlus , said Tuesday that it has started offering up free phone numbers for texting in Canada. The firm's text messaging service also runs on non-phone devices, such as the iPod touch or iPad. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

It’s intended in a discussion with an entrepreneur to get them to question whether there is really amazing underlying value in the product or service they’re offering. I talked in specifics about a bunch of my investments including Factual , MongoLab , Maker Studios and Gogii (maker of TextPlus ).

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. For the Scott Lahman fans, the inclusion of Sky Dayton cover JAMDAT which is a lot of the Gogii team. Your former Activision early hire Scott Lahman is not on this list as CEO of Gogii/TextPlus.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Why hasn't a service like this been available until now? He's now at Gogii, which has received investment from Kleiner. Because we have a large, structured database, we are using SEO to feed content to the search engines. Matthew Graczyk: Buying with businesses and consumers is different. With consumers, they shop for things.

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