socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile and desktop messaging and social media apps, is announcing this morning that it has hired Ken Rudman as its Vice President of Developer Relations. Rudman has also served at Technicolor, Overture/Yahoo!

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. Andy Steuer: Punchcard is a mobile loyalty rewards app. Andy Steuer: It's actually out of Idealab proper.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato. Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences.

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. LivingSocial.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato. Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences.

Incubator 40

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. We’re the underlying platform that enables the calls to be tracked like clicks while weeding out fraud.

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