Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

That’s right folks Idealab is hosting a job fair at their offices for 10 of their startups companies. Bill Gross and Idealab have founded or advanced development of more than 75 companies including Overture Services, eSolar, UberMedia, CitySearch, Picasa and Internet Brands. Where: Idealab. REGISTER HERE. 6:00pm – 9:30pm.

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JULY 14, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm started by Idealab's Bill Gross, is expanding out its network of sites this morning, saying that it has added four new publishers to its roster. Tags: tweetup twitter advertising search idealab business netvibes dictionary. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2012

The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. We caught up with Andy, whose executive experience ranges from ZeroDegrees, NBC Internet/Xoom.com, Infoseek / Go Network, to CNET and Snap.com, and whose last firm was MerchEngines, which he sold last year, to hear more about his new startup.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Pasadena-based mobile advertising firm UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, said Thursdya that it has named a new VP of Sales, covering the company''s Eastern Region. ubermedia sales mobile advertising network targeting executive eastern' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2010

Twitter said that third party ad networks are not necessarily looking to preserve the "unique user experience" of the site, and also said it came because it is looking to use its "Promoted tweets" to preserve the "integrity and relevance" of user timelines. Tags: twitter tweet adly idealab tweetup advertising online.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. He received a B.S. RSVP: AGENDA.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. Alex is a member of the New Venture Group at Idealab, headed by Allen Morgan. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. RSVP: AGENDA.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Calabasas-based Ixia , the network testing hardware and software developer, said Tuesday that it has named Brent Novak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Novak also has served at Idealab and PricewaterhouseCoopers. ixia executive brent novak hardware testing network software' READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

UberMedia was, until Friday, known as PostUp, and headed by Idealab's Bill Gross. UberMedia said the acquisition would add to its family of applications, which now include UberTwitter, Twidroyd, and Echofon. On Friday, PostUp said it was renaming itself UberMedia and had acquired Twitter client UberTwitter.

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MAY 24, 2016

Armstrong and Mandal previously led Clearstone Venture Partners and idealab Capital Partners, Montgomery was the founder and CEO of Montgomery & Co., as well as the Montgomery Summit, and Milken was the founder and COO of AltEgo and and executive at Knowledge Universe.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

According to those reports, San Francisco-based Rapportive , a developer of plug-ins which overlay social networking information on your Gmail account, has been acquired by LinkedIn. Rapportive is a direct competitor to Mingly, the Gmail contacts management software firm headed by Tyler Koblasa and backed by Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Enplug said the investment came from Larry Keele (Oaktree Capital), Rasoul Oskouv (Juniper Networks), Bill Gross (Idealab), Hossein Eslambolchi (ATT), David Cohen (Interscope), Justin Caldbeck (Lightspeed Vnture Partners), Troy Carter, Howard Marks, DominateFund, zPark Venture, and Amidi Group. in a seed funding round.

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MARCH 8, 2013

The Idealab startup said the app lets developers create and run rich media, mobile banner ads to drive traffic to their app's download page and increase download for their iOS application. UberMedia said the online ads will run across its network of iOS apps, which it says now reaches over 2 billion monthly unique impressions.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

According to ObEN, its technology was used to create "AI hosts" for CCTV's Network Spring Festival Gala, which aired on Monday. In additiona, CCTV also created a mini-app for social network WeChat, where its "digital hosts" could send a personalized New Year's greetings to friends and family. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

The firm has relationships with DFJ Gotham, Idealab, and others. I meet these founders one-on-one, and I'm introduced to them through our own personal network -- Mike Paolucci, John Waller, and myself have been in the startup game on and off, in New York and Southern California for a lot of years between us. What is Startup Exchange?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The move is similar to a move by fellow Twitter ad startup TweetUp, started by Idealab's Bill Gross, which added Facebook status updates at the end of August. had added support for MySpace in June, shortly after Twitter said it would not allow other companies to automatically include advertising into Twitter. Both Ad.ly 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.

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JUNE 19, 2012

According to Tim Sae Koo, the firm's founder, the funding came from Idealab, with Allen Morgan of Idealab joining the company's board. Los Angeles-based HypeMarks , the developer of a service which helps users find new places to explore on the web, has raised $350,000 in a funding round, socalTECH has learned.

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MAY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , a developer of desktop search software, announced today that the firm has raised new funding from backer Idealab, plus made a few executive changes. Idealab's Bill Gross also re-joins as Chairman of the firm's board of directors. X1 did not say if prior investor U.S. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Calacanis has his hand in a number of other startups as an angel, including TweetUp, the Twitter ad play of Idealab's Bill Gross; Blipify, Foursquare competitor Gowalla, gdgt, ChallengePost, and other firms.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

All schmoozing and networking aside, what are investors, entrepreneurs, and others in the industry thinking about? Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event). and who, as Sky Dayton aptly states --know that the one trait that all entrepreneurs must have: perseverance.

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JULY 12, 2012

Wipit runs a mobile payment service where consumers can pay for purchases from a mobile app or online from a prepaid account, which can be refilled with cash payments at a network of retail locations. Punchcard is backed by Idealab, and run by Andy Steuer. None of the terms of the partnership were announced.

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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. I believe that many social networks confused this idea. The affiliate networking market alone is about a $2 billion industry now.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Pasadena-based Triptrotting , which operates an online service to help connect travelers with local hosts, has raised $1M in a Series A funding, the firm said this morning.The funding came from Google Ventures, Mark Suster, 500 Startups, WI Harper, Bill Gross of Idealab, Safa Raschtchy, and Eric Chen.

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MARCH 26, 2012

It's great for networking, and for developing friendships. How did you end up working with Idealab? Aigerim Duiseneyeva: We met with Idealab through a USC Marshall competition. It's also great for networking. This is a way to be able to meet friends, make friends from all over the world, and extend their network globally.

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APRIL 15, 2010

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. This is a CDN (Content Delivery Network). Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo!

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MAY 16, 2012

Triptrotting's founders are Aigerim Shorman and Shana Zheng, and the company is backed by Google Ventures, 500 Startups, Idealab, WI Harper Group, Golden Seeds, Seraph Group, Safa Rashtchy and other angels. Triptrotting said it now has expanded to over 2,000 cities worldwide. The company is also part of the Launchpad LA accelerator.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

UberMedia, which is headed by Idealab's Bill Gross, said the funding also included Steve Case of Revolution Ventures and Danny Rimer of Index Ventures. In the third, separate piece of news from Pasadena-based UberMedia today, the firm said it has completed a financing round from Accel Partners this morning. The firm raised $17.5M

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JANUARY 20, 2009

In other words, it uses what is happening: with the content out in the network with searches that land on the site, what happens when people visit the site, and various other kinds of behaviors. There are some very cool new features being released all the time as part of the software that powers this system.

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JUNE 2, 2011

In the US we now have some very well established incubation programs run by high-caliber mentors including IdeaLab, yCombinator, TechStars, BetaWorks and Launchpad LA. You don’t need a network. What worries me about “20 under 20″ is not Peter Thiel but the potential for lesser-quality knock-offs.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

robotics startup spun out of Idealab--uses cleaning cloths to tidy up your hard floors. using 4G LTE networks. But, it's awful fun when it's a robot doing the work. The Mint Plus Cleaner--which was developed in Pasadena by Evolution Robotics, the. owned by iRobot. Vizio CoStar. Need a wireless hotspot, but can't find one anywhere?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the developer of Twitter client applications, said Thursday that it has partnered with the publisher of The Economist to power a new desktop application and curated channel Idea People Media , The Economist Group's vertical ad network business.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

According to sources there are several funds and firms participating in the investment of the startups including, Rincon Ventures , Idealab , Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen , David Tisch , DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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OCTOBER 1, 2008

The numbers were driven by large dollar fundings in the clean technology sector, including large rounds to PowerGenix, Aptera Motors, and Pentadyne.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

9:00 – 10:00pm – cocktail reception and networking. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. 7:00 – 7:45pm – check-in. 7:45 – 7:55pm – introductory remarks. Diamond Sponsor.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Mike Jones: I have liked the structure of how like Betaworks and Idealab. I think, as you have companies reaching one billion in value, there is a network of entrepreneurs who come out of that, and start creating their own companies with larger and larger value. You just left MySpace--when did you decide to start Science?

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JUNE 9, 2014

Lee Essner: I was at Idealab as an entrepreneur in residence. jukin media essner viral video licensing hollywood content streaming youtube network interview startup' That''s how the third business came about, really recognizing that brands are blowing up on Youtube, and were licensing content to clip shows. more) READ MORE>>.

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