Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. So he founded IdeaLab with his wife Marcia Goodstein (he talks in the video about working with a spouse and also working with siblings). IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab announced today that it has invested in a developer of clean energy generation technology. The firm has invested in Cool Energy , a Boulder, Colorado based developer of Stirling engine technology, used to convert heat energy into power. Financial details of the funding were not announced.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -- Venture Capital in Southern California: Catching Up and Going Beyond. Northern California gets all the attention when it comes to venture capital investment. But Southern California does VC, too, just not at quite the same scale as Silicon Valley. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. Current round: $11mm Series-B led by Accel. Total raised: $17mm.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2010

Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, the firm has previously raised funding from Esenjay Investments, Google, Idealab, The Beall Family Trust, and The Simons Family. Tags: aptera motors venture capital equity google idealab automobile electric hybrid. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2010

Pasadena-based eSolar , the solar thermal technology developer backed by Idealab, Google, Quercus Trust, ACME Group, NRG Energy, and Oak Investment Partners, has raised $20M in an unannounced funding round, according to numbers from the latest quarterly venture capital report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

The firm has relationships with DFJ Gotham, Idealab, and others. Idealab has invested in the fund, and is a great partner, and has been introducing us to their companies, as well as lots of companies that aren't in the Idealab structure but where they know the founders and executives. Mike and John found me through Idealab.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2010

The April funding of newest Idealab startup TweetUp was worth $3.5M, according to regulatory filings from the firm released Thursday. The amount of the funding, which came from Index Ventures, betaworks, Revolution LLC, First Round Capital, Jason Calacanis, and Jeff Jarvis, had not been announced in April. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2014

The funding came from Gordon Crawford and Blue Chip Ventures, as well as others. Crawford is a member of the board of Lionsgate Entertainment, and previously was a portfolio manager at Capital Research and Management. ubermedia venture capital mobile advertising idealab bill gross gordon crawford' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

According to the filing, funding included new backer Mayfield Fund, along with prior investors Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Trinity Ventures and others. Perfect Market is a spinout of Idealab. Tags: perfect market venture capital idealab publishing content newspaper publish. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

All of those ideas have a pre-commited amount of capital from investors willing to back those ideas. ideamarket venture capital idealab marketplace' READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. The structure of Idealab has allowed us to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Fyke previously had been CEO of multiple companies for Idealab, and also was a cleantech investor at Starfish Ventures in Australia. Thin Line Capital is linked with venture capital firm Wavemaker, which is partnering with Thin Line Capital to establish the new fund.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Pasadena-based Heliogen , a clean energy startup which is backed by such notable investors as Bill Gates, Idealab and local billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong of NantWorks, says it has demonstrated for the first time, concentrated solar energy which exceeds temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2013

X1 Discovery is one of the companies out of Idealab. discovery x1discovery electronic ediscovery venture capital idealab search tools enterprise' No other details of the investor backing were announced by the company. X1 Discovery recently released a brand new release of its X1 desktop search software, X1 Search 8.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to Gem, the seed funding came was led by First Round Capital and Tekton Ventures and also included RRE Ventures, MESA+, Amplify.LA, Birchmere Labs, Idealab, ECEG, Partners, Baroda Ventures, Wavemaker Labs, Bitcoin Shop, Inc., bitcoin bitvault venture capital currency cryptocurrency seed'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. Think about venture capital. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2013

According to the Los Angeles Times, the new accelerator is being backed by the United Talent Agency and Kleiner, Perkins Caufield & Byers, the notable Silicon Valley venture capital firm. The startup accelerator is behind headed by Ashish Soni. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2010

Venture capital firm First Round Capital , the early stage venture fund whose Managing Directors include Idealab's Howard Morgan , said last night that it has created its own startup exchange fund, a fund which allows the founders of the firm's various startups to diversify their investments and share in the success of the company's portfolio.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 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. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Today marks another great day for the LA startup community as one of the city’s prominent mentoring programs , Launchpad LA, received VC funding – for each startup.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm founded by venture investment veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, said this morning that it has had a final close on its first fund, at $240M.

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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. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Aptera is venture backed by Google and Idealab. Tags: aptera venture capital layoff employment jobs electric green automobile auto. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2010

The firm said the round was led by Tribune Company, and also included Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Idealab. Tags: perfect market venture capital tribune newspaper publishing software content. According to Perfect Market, the new funding will go to market and deploy its solutions. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the newly launched startup developing mobile, loyalty programs for retailers, said this morning that it has raised $1M from Idealab. Punchcard, which is headed by Andy Steuer, offers up iPhone and Android apps which reward users for visiting local businesses.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Today marks another great day for the LA startup community as one of the city’s prominent mentoring programs , Launchpad LA, received VC funding – for each startup.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners, and also included Arden Road Investments, Biotechonomy, Dolby Family Ventures, First Round Capital, Idealab and frogVentures. matter newmatter printing printer idealab startup indiegogo crowdsourcing crowd maker venture capital' in a Series A funding round.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2018

That was the question at the SoCal First Look Showcase , run by the Alliance for SoCal Innovation and the Los Angeles Venture Association at UCLA on Wednesday.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2013

Idealab-based solar energy startup eSolar has just raised $12.8M in a new funding, part of an ongoing $30M funding for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The funding--which included at least two prior investors, including Oak Investment Partners--is still in progress.

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Burbank Idealab Technical Review Competition 178

socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2011

The funding came from Idealab's New Ventures Group. Altadena-based TripTrotting , an online community that helps world travelers find hosts, has scored a Series A round of funding, according to sources close to the firm. Details on the funding, and size, have not yet been announced by the startup.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

the domain name startup with links to Demand Media at number 14; Idealab's Ubermedia at number 16; Machinima in West Hollywood at number 21; San Diego's PatientSafe Solutions at 24; SmartDrive Systems at 25; and SocialVibe at number 23. That list included Laguna Hills-based Glaukos at number 7; Donuts Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Los Angeles-based Velocity Interactive Group, the venture capital firm led by Ross Levinsohn and Jon Miller, said this morning that it has added Mickie Rosen as an investment partner at the company. Rosen has also served at Fandango, a number of Idealab companies, Disney, and McKinsey and Company. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2012

The firm, which announced the first close of its Series A in March, said co-investors include Google Ventures, Idealab, LaunchpadLA, 500 Startups, WI Harper Group and individual angels. Triptrotting was founded by Aigerim Shorman and Shana Zheng. The firm is part of the LaunchpadLA accelerator.

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