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JANUARY 20, 2009

I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point. The content comes from other places.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Los Angeles- and Beijing-based SPOTLITE says it has launched a new, mobile app, which lets music fans sing original music, cover, or karaoke songs to win money. Spotlite said its executives come from such companies as Google Music, Yahoo! The company's offices in Los Angeles are listed in Walnut. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse announced on Thursday that it has named Ross Levinsohn, the former CEO of Yahoo!, Levinsohn, who is a well known advisor and investor in the digital media and technology market, has previously served as CEO of Yahoo!, to its board of directors.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Los Angeles-based Spreeify , the developer of display ad technology which is led by Ruben Dua, has rolled out a new product aimed at the mobile market. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>. server advertising technology display network mobile spreeify'

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MARCH 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse is in major executive expansion mode, saying late Monday that it has named Boris Bronshteyn as its Chief Technology Officer, and David U. Simon as its Chief Marketing Officer. It also has promoted Chris Innes to Chief Operating Officer. Rovion and Yoyodyne.

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APRIL 18, 2012

Search optimization and marketing firm The Search Agency , which is based in Los Angeles, said todsay that it has expanded its operations and has opened up a new San Francisco client service office. The firm is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based online advertising marketplace operator Rubicon Project said Thursday morning that it has named David Day, who has served as interim CFO since May of last year, as its Chief Financial Officer. Day had been Chief Accounting Officer at Rubicon Project since March of 2013. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Los Angeles-based Laudville , a startup developing an online platform to help users share entertainment like movies, books, TV, and music with friends, has added Gene Chuang to its board of advisors, according to the firm. Chuang is currently Chief Technology Officer at Oversee.net,and also has served at such companies as Yahoo!

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MAY 17, 2018

EAT Club, which is based in the Bay Area, says that Los Angeles is one of its two primary markets. EAT Club , a startup which provides delivery of food to employees of high tech and other companies, said today that they've acquired Farm Hill and its personal meal business. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

It's unclear if Rogers will remain in Los Angeles. Rogers had been CEO at Beats Music, and previously had run music marketing technology developer Topspin Music, which was acquired by Beats back in 2014. Prior to Topspin, Rogers had headed up Yahoo Music. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2012

Los Angeles-based online marketing and domain firm Oversee.net has named Gene Chuang as its new Chief Technology Officer, the company said today. He also was previously Executive Director at AT&T Interactive, and also was Director of Engineering at Yahoo Search Marketing. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based DataPop , a new paid search ad management firm started by a pair of Overture/Yahoo Search Marketing veterans, has raised $1.7M The round was led by Rincon Ventures, and also included IA Ventures, Momentum Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, and angels. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. Startup Boost became global, growing to six cities in 2018 (Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Detroit, Dublin and London), helping over 70 early stage startups. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Datapop (www.datapop.com) announced a Series A funding for the startup, which is developing search advertising products which better tune ads to improve click throughs. The company's founders are previously from Overture and Yahoo! Search Marketing. We are ex-Overture and Yahoo!

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MAY 3, 2012

Los Angeles-based Topspin , the developer of music marketing software and services for artists, which is led by former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, has linked with music and video distribution company TuneCore , the firm said today. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile dating app developer Tinder announced a major addition of executives to the company, saying it has named Ferrell McDonald as Chief Marketing Officer, Maria Zhang as VP of Engineering, Derek Callow as VP International, and James Kim as VP of Finance.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based mobile and online advertising technology developer OpenX said this morning that it has named a new head of its operations in EMEA. Buckman was previously Chief Operating Officer of Tradedoubler, which is in the performance marketing area. He also served at Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Last week displayed the best of LA last week for a gala event of all of Upfront’s portfolio companies + the CEOs of many of LA’s top technology companies + 75 VC firms from LA, SF, NY & Boston + 25 LP Funds + the Chairman of Yahoo! Maynard Webb) and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti. Maker Studios.

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MARCH 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based EV Connect , the electric vehicle charging station operator founded by Jordan Ramer and led by Scott Jarus, said Tuesday that it has entered into a joint marketing and product agreement with the GE Industrial Solutions business. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Lissner joined Facebook as the firm's first Los Angeles salesperson in 2006, and also previously served at Yahoo, both in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles on Yahoo's entertainment efforts.

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MARCH 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based Nami Media , which provides online marketing technology aimed at the pay-per-click (PPC) market, said today that it has doubled its staff, and has moved to a new, larger facility in order to accommodate expected growth this year. Publicly held LIN TV acquired a majority stake in Nami Media in November.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based Topspin , the developer of online marketing and commerce software for musicians and music labels, announced this morning that it is now providing discounted, multiple account software for record labels, marketing agencies, and others. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based b> YP , the provider of business search and local marketing services, said today that it has launched a brand new product. The company said the tool not only lists ads on its own properties, but also delivers those ads to Google, Bing, and Yahoo. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

DataCert , a provider of enterprise legal management software and services, said today that it has opened up a new office in the Yahoo! Center in Los Angeles, with plans to build out a team providing product management, sales, and engineering in the location. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Stevens has previously served at Yahoo!, Search, and Disney, including serving as GM of local and mobile at Yahoo! Tarpinian has previously served at the Los Angeles Newspaper Group and as director of advertising sales at Spot Runner. Overture, InfoSpace, U.S. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2014

Los Angeles-based deal site Slickdeals (www.slickdeals.com), an online deal site, has nine million, highly loyal users and a daily updated list of great, user-generated, deal listings. The company was actually founded in Las Vegas, but did not open a Los Angeles office until the first quarter of 2013.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Los Angeles-based Stamps.com is furthering its focus on online stories, saying today that it has linked its product to the e-commerce payment systems for Amazon.com Pro Merchant, Yahoo Merchant, Google Checkout, and Paypal. Tags: stamps ecommerce postage amazon yahoo google checkout paypal. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Los Angeles-based Goldstar , the online marketer of ticket offers and deals, announced today that it is in a major, nationwide expansion. The firm's deals are only available to members--who sign up for free--and are used by ticket marketers to fill out venues. Goldstar says it now has more than 1.2 GeoCities, and eToys.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the provider of marketing analytics run by Wes Nichols, said this week that it has expanded its international operations in both the EMEA and Japan. Carlsson joins from IBM Global Services, and Tomomatsu joins from Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based Topspin and MTV said Thursday at SXSW that the two are in a new partnership, on a new initiative called Artists.MTV. The new project taps Topspin's marketing platform, to provide artists with pages on MTV with ways to connect with fans, and allows fans to buy music, merchandise, and tickets. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project is expanding its executive team today, saying that it has hired Ben Trenda as VP of U.S. Demand, and Eric Matza as Director of Product Marketing. Trenda was most recently VP Global Partnerships at AOL, and also served at Advertising.com, Yahoo, Overture and GoTo, among other firms.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based Eventup , a new startup backed by Mike Jones Science, Inc. Tony Adam is the former Director of Online Marketing at MySpace, and also worked with Science's Peter Pham at Billshrink, at Yahoo, and more.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 24, 2020

Amanda Milligan is the marketing director at Fractl , a prominent growth marketing agency that’s helped Fortune 500 companies and boutique businesses alike earn quality media coverage, backlinks, awareness and authority. Amanda Milligan. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based TopSpin Media has inked a deal with Facebook music page application provider RootMusic , to offer up an e-commerce app for musicians on the popular social networking site. According to the two, the deal will allow artists to sell downloads, merchandise, and tickets directly from Facebook.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

CapLinked , the Los Angeles, cloud-based financial software firm founded by Eric M. The new funding included FF Angel, Siemer Ventures , 500 Startups, Peter Thiel , Andrej Henkler , and Alexsis de Raadt-St. Jackson and Christopher Grey, announced this morning that it has scored a new, Series A funding round, worth $1.6M.

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