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MARCH 9, 2015

3D printing is all the rage in the maker and do-it-yourself hobbyist market, but how do you truly take 3D printing to the mass market? Steve Schell: The company is just over a year old, and was founded at Idealab, by Bill Gross, last January. Steve Schell: I glad you brought that up, Idealab and Desktop Factory.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

That’s right folks Idealab is hosting a job fair at their offices for 10 of their startups companies. They are looking for coders, roboticist, marketing managers, and community managers, to fill the areas of their Green Tech, Social Media, Big Data, and Enterprise companies. Where: Idealab. REGISTER HERE. 6:00pm – 9:30pm.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Fyke previously had been CEO of multiple companies for Idealab, and also was a cleantech investor at Starfish Ventures in Australia. The new firm, led by serial entrepnd investor Aaron Fyke, said its seed stage fund has had its first close of over $5 million.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Altadena-based Perfect Market , which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their long tail content, confirmed today that it has raised $6M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the round was led by Tribune Company, and also included Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the Idealab robotics technology firm headed by Paolo Pirjanian, has been acquired by iRobot. Evolution Robotics was backed by Idealab, and also had raised funding from CMEA Ventures, The Quercus Trust of California, and Vodafone. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , the desktop search tools software firm backed by Idealab, said this morning that it has shipped a new enterprise product, X1 eDiscovery Search Suite. The firm said the new product is focused on information management and identification for the eDiscovery market. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

We have been holding off on this announcement for quite a bit and now we can officially announce Bill Gross of Idealab as our SuperDemo presenter. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. SuperDemo: Bill Gross. Bill received his B.S.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

The company has a very long and complex history, its technology originally been spun out of Idealab back in around 2004 as a vendor of desktop search software. The company recently has focused on cybersecurity, forensics and eDiscovery markets. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology startup backed by Idealab, said today that it has linked up with a number of retail partners on its Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner--the firm's entree into the household robot market. The robot puts the firm in direct competition with Roomba.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). Incubators, at the core level, take basic core level technology and try to build a company around it.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Pasadena-baesd UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile Twitter applications and mobile advertising technology, said today that it has named Michael Hayes as its new Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer. UberMedia is headed by Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. He received a B.S.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their archive content, said Monday that it has acquired technology from Mediariver, which can be used to match content and advertising to any web page. Jay Budzik will become CTO at Perfect Market.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

That's the idea behind the technology being developed by Pasadena-based ObEN (www.oben.me), which is led by co-founde rand CEO Nikhil Jain. Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co.,

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JUNE 29, 2010

On the heels of the much heralded IPO of Silicon Valley electric car darling Tesla Motors today on the NASDAQ, investors are now looking to what other firms might benefit from the electric vehicle market--and what appears to be a growing appetite for IPOs.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

Sharpening its focus on the electronic discovery market, Pasadena-based X1 , the enterprise search tools provider backed by Idealab, has split out a new company called X1 Discovery , headed by John Patzakis, the former President of eDiscovery at X1. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Startup technology veteran and Idealab alumni Stu MacFarlane, who is now Executive Vice President of Products and Marketing at YP said the new product helps local businesses connect with consumers by providing a strong SEO strategy. YP runs the yellowpages.com site.

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JUNE 21, 2018

The event featured a keynote by Bill Gross of Idealab , a panel of VC experts, and dozens of pitches by startups spawned by local universities and research institutions from across Southern California.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). I'm also interested in technology companies, in data analytics, and low CAPEX hardware.

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MAY 5, 2016

Pasadena-based mobile ad measurement platform developer UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, has released a new, mobile attribution product that tracks cross-media advertisement and correlates that to foot traffic in stores. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , the developer of desktop search software, has one less competitor: Google , as Google said Friday that it is shutting down its Google Desktop search software project. Google's service shuts down on September 14th.

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APRIL 20, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the Idealab firm working on robot technology, announced today that it has begun taking pre-orders for its Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner , a robot which cleans floors using cleaning cloths such as Swiffer and other similar cleaning products. to reserve their units. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 6, 2014

If it seems strange to find the inventor of Bitcoin living in the San Gabriel Valley, it''s actually not all that surprising given the area is home to one of the most prominent research universities in the United States, The California Institute of Technology ; NASA''s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; and the original Internet incubator, Idealab.

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JANUARY 9, 2010

Pasadena-based eSolar , the solar thermal power technology firm backed by Idealab and Google, said late Friday evening that it has inked a deal with China to build at least 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar thermal power plants in that country. eSolar develops solar thermal power plant technology, aimed at the utility market.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. One thing that Perfect Market has done, is we've made it so they can implement this without forcing them to put lots of resources into it.

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JANUARY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies, a developer of desktop and enterprise search software, is setting its sights on the eDiscovery market, saying this morning that it has created a new offering specifically aimed at the eDiscovery market. X1 Technologies is backed by Idealab and US Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Talk about the market, when you say you're outside Google and Bing, explain what that means? You can check out Parenting.com, MyWedding.com, ThePennyHoarder.com, all these sites are using Search IQ technology, and it's our own version of inside search. Marketing dollars start to go away in any difficult economy.

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MARCH 7, 2012

Energy Innovations reportedly has been looking for a buyer since earlier this year for the business, which developed concentrating solar photovoltaic modules, aimed at the commercial rooftop market. Energy Innovations--which had entered the solar market late--was backed by Idealab and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology firm out of Idealab, reports today that its first foray into the commercial market is seeing strong sales demand. The new retail product is a first for the firm, which previously was licensing its technology to others. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Vista-based Aptera Motors , the three wheeled electric vehicle firm backed by Idealab and Google, told its supporters today that it is still looking to score funding from the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the developer of robotic technology backed by Idealab, is now distributing its Mint automatic floor clear through Bed, Bath, and Beyond. The firm's robot, which competes head to head with the Roomba, uses electrostatic cleaning cloths to clean hard floors.

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MARCH 1, 2012

The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. It's like an old world punchcard, taken to the current 21st century technology. After IAC, I started my own company, MerchEngines, which was a search marketing platform for local businesses. Andy Steuer: It's actually out of Idealab proper.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

San Diego-based LHV Power , a supplier of power supplies to the electronics and medical instruments markets, said late Thursday that it has spun off a new company called Flux Power , which will focuse on Lithium battery technology management, including smart charging systems and related systems.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Pasadena-based robotics technology firm Evolution Robotics has scored another $13.88M in venture funding, the firm disclose today. Evolution Robotics said the funding was led by CMEA Ventures, and also included Vodafone Ventures, Idealab, and the Quercus Trust. Faysal Sohail of CMEA will join the firm's board along with the funding.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

One of the continuing problems in the startup and venture market today is the issue of exit opportunities for companies, and in particular the problem of liquidity for founders. The firm has relationships with DFJ Gotham, Idealab, and others. He recently became CEO of X1, an Idealab company. What is Startup Exchange?

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