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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 joins the company from AT&T Interactive, where he was Director of the Developer Program and Platform.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Los Angeles-based Enplug , a company that develops digital displays which display real time, social media from Twittter, Facebook, Yelp, and elsewhere at retail locations, has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round.

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Idealab Seed Funding Social Media Los Angeles 157

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In a proof that it's not all social media and e-commerce here in Southern California, number two ranking startup in The Wall Street Journal's ranking of the "Top 50 Startups" is none other than wireless hardware provider Xirrus , based in Thousand Oaks. That list included Laguna Hills-based Glaukos at number 7; Donuts Inc. ,

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West Hollywood Thousand Oaks Southern California Journal 145

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JANUARY 18, 2011

The round was led by Comcast Interactive Capital, and also included Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, Tribune Company, and Trinity Ventures. As part of the funding, David Horowitz of Comcast Interactive Capital joins the company's board of directors.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Social Media 147

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MAY 23, 2013

UberMedia , the Idealab-backed startup best known for its Twitter client software, has recast itself as a mobile advertising firm, saying yesterday that it has launched a new mobile advertising product called UberAds.

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Advertising Mobile Idealab Social Media 173

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MARCH 1, 2012

The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. We made it easier for local businesses to acquire customers through search and social media We sold that to Deluxe Corp. Is this part of Idealab's new ventures group, or how did you connect with them?

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

We started out as a social media app developer in 2010, which gave us an opportunity to figure out how a powerful and rich data set would allow us to mine the interests and consumer behavior out of mobile signals. We also work with companies doing measurement of marketing campaigns and store visits.

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Advertising Mobile Social Media Startup 254

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

According to Velocity, Rosen will focus on video, music, social media, publishing, games, and online advertising at the firm. Rosen joins Velocity Interactive from Fox Interactive Media, where she was Senior Vice President and General Manager, Entertainment. Rosen will be based in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is based on occurrences during this time period as compared to other time periods.

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Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

robotics startup spun out of Idealab--uses cleaning cloths to tidy up your hard floors. Is your pet dog a social media maven? 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. Mattel Puppy Tweets.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

I then went to another local company, Internet Brands, which was originally an Idealab company, and had the opportunity to build their shopping division. Brian Nickerson: I started out at Yahoo, in their search group. That''s where my background in search, and building search algorithms comes from.

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Internet Brands Content Startup Sites 257

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The company was founded in 2001, as Findology Interactive Media. We got into the pay-per-click space early on, when Idealab launched Goto.com, which eventually became Overture and was acquired by Yahoo. Our core competency was in the search space.

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Advertising Startup Google Commerce 203

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. But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. I’ve already covered my case for in-stream advertising.

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Advertising Invest RSS CPC 285

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. Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company).

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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. It’s clear that many companies are going to need to understand “authority&# in the social media era. Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 237

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JUNE 9, 2014

We then help push those videos through social media channels, and help them go viral. Lee Essner: I was at Idealab as an entrepreneur in residence. We have a team of people and technology which scours the Internet, and looks for videos we like and think would be a perfect fit for our Youtube channels.

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Media Content Startup IP 235

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. June 17: Silicon Beach Fest: Pasadena Day , Hosted by Idealab.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

I first joined the Xprize Foundation, and later got together with Bill Gross at Idealab, where I ended up working as CEO for a number of companies in energy storage, with Energy Cache, to Edison Microgrids, and also was involved in a variety of other things Idealab was doing at the time. social media, and everything else.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Alex Benzer , founder of FanMix (a TechStars company), a social media engine that allows you to find who cares about what and how to engage them. Rafi Gordon , founder of StyleSpot (an Idealab company), a personalized shopping engine combined with high quality editorial publications.

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

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. Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company).

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Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

They introduced Mingly for Gmail , a powerful browser plug in that unifies all your social networks into one address book with the ability to set reminders and send messages across different platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

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Web Social Network Email Networking 74

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

John Delacruz and his startup Foodme.com presented a Twiistup 8 and was almost as impressive as the mini cupcakes at their booth. The startup fills a need in the market by connecting restaurants to patrons in real time. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Twiistup Startup Marketing Social Media 91

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Many also use low-cost social media to promote.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67