socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2009

eSolar is backed by Idealab, Google, Oak Investment Partners, and others. eSolar said that Clean Energy Solutions will operate eSolarSA, which will be responsible for project support and client service in Southern Africa. READ MORE>>.

Idealab 145

Idealab Pasadena Google Sales 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

seamlessly connect to your smartphone, PC, and streaming media services. The company's all- in-one Play:3 lets users control their music wirelessly, and stream from your music library, music services, or radio stations. robotics startup spun out of Idealab--uses cleaning cloths to tidy up your hard floors. Mint Plus Cleaner.

El Segundo 153

El Segundo Southern California Encino Santa Barbara 153

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Palm is a maker of mobile computing devices, including the Pixi and Pixi Plus; HP: “Our intent is to double down on WebOS”; helps HP compete in mobile computing with Apple, RIM, Google, and MSFT. Investors: Google Ventures. LivingSocial.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Google had huge destination traffic. It kicked Google Video’s ass. billion to Yahoo!

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. It’s awesome. Foursquare. -A Total raised: $6.0mm.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. But obviously Google won the war. Mostly, Google just had way better organic results (“the loss leader&# ) so it was always preferred by consumers. That gave Google a huge cost advantage.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

However, the other pieces of what we do are a somewhat evolved model similar to the early days of what Bill Gross did at Idealab. In late 2004, I became the 39th employee at Myspace, and built a team under me of 300 people, in engineering, project management, QA, and creative services. David Carter: I started out as an engineer.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

At Idealab, we saw many shots on goal with companies who were consumer focused, and we have found the quality of entrepreneurs going to consumer Internet companies has changed dramatically, which represents a real opportunity. Consumers and you and I have been trained by Google and Amazon on expectations.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

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. Google quickly bought AdSense in 2003 and Elbaz’s AS team became Google Santa Monica. Elbaz’ AdSense accounted for 28 percent of Google’s total revenue, or more than $2 billion. Howard Marks.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75