socalTECH
JANUARY 21, 2011
Pasadena-based PostUp , the Internet advertising firm spawned out of Idealab, said Friday afternoon that it has acquired UberTwitter , developer of a Twitter client that runs on the BlackBerry Platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, the firm said it has changed its named to Ubermedia.
socalTECH
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.
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socalTECH
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
He had approached me with this idea when I had just joined Bill Gross at Idealab and was starting Ubermedia. Having been part of Idealab for awhile, anything you learned in particular from that experience? We''re learning about what moms and dads really want to see in terms of day-to-day engagement on our platform.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of an online platform for managing fundraising and investors, said this morning that it has launched a new pitch competition. The firm said that judges for the competition come form Idealab, Rincon, Rapidfire, and Actarus, including Idealab's Alex Maleki and Rincon's Jim Andelman.
socalTECH
APRIL 14, 2011
It looks like executives at Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Twitter client application provider started by Idealab's Bill Gross, may finally be fed up with the firm's constant battles with Twitter. According to reports, it is planning to launch its own, competing microblogging service. The news comes via a report last night from CNN.
socalTECH
MARCH 1, 2012
The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. While I was there, I was product manager leading efforts to include third party content into the platform. After IAC, I started my own company, MerchEngines, which was a search marketing platform for local businesses. We sold that to IAC.
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 17, 2011
a perks platform for small medium businesses. 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. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). He received a B.S.
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