socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their archive content, said Monday that it has acquired technology from Mediariver, which can be used to match content and advertising to any web page. Jay Budzik will become CTO at Perfect Market. READ MORE>>

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Pasadena 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

Pasadena-based advertising technology firm OpenX has raised $22.5M OpenX develops online ad serving software, used by web publishers to serve up advertising on their web sites; the firm also offers up a real-time bidding exchange, OpenX Market, used by advertisers and publishers for deciding what advertising to serve up to consumers.

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OpenX Advertising Pasadena Web 178

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab startup which is looking to monetize dormant content from publishers, said this morning that the firm's CTO, Dr. Jay Budzik, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, by the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich. READ MORE>>

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Rustic Canyon Idealab Marketing Pasadena 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 29, 2012

ANGEL INVESTOR JUDGES: Emil Babadjov, Viovoda Labs; Brad Feldman, Pasadena Angels; Mark Landay, Harvard Business Angels; Jeff Lapin, Tech Coast Angels; Brock Pierce, Clearstone Global Gaming Fund; Joe Platnick, Pasadena Angels, Pan Pacific Capital; Scott Sangster, Tech Coast Angels; Mark Schwartz, Harvard Business Angels.

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Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Clearstone Pasadena 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. The firm so far has signed up a number of restaurants in the Pasadena area. What is Foodme all about? How do users do that?

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Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout which develops web acceleration software, said today that it has launched a testing network for its clients. The firm's technology is based on out technology developed at Caltech for the Internet2 and for improving web transfer speeds. READ MORE>>.

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Networking CalTech IP Social Network 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). In 2009, the finance world fell apart, and the venture world fell apart, and I returned to Pasadena.

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Invest Capital Venture Capital Idealab 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the developer of robotic technology backed by Idealab, is now distributing its Mint automatic floor clear through Bed, Bath, and Beyond. The firm's robot, which competes head to head with the Roomba, uses electrostatic cleaning cloths to clean hard floors.

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Idealab Pasadena Education Research 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

In recent years, one of the more common ways to share information, conduct training, or pitch your company to other has been through online, web-based webinar and conferencing. Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. It's to help us grow quickly and to bring this product to the huge, small business market.

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Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

In a major deal, search portal provider Yahoo and software giant Microsoft said that the two companies are in a deal where Yahoo will replace its own search engine technology with that of Microsoft--with potentially huge repercussions to Yahoo's Southern California search engine marketing operations.

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Yahoo Southern California Paid Search Advertising 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2014

Attending Wearable Tech LA on July 17th in Pasadena will give you an opportunity to meet and collaborate with the best of Hollywood, Music, Sports and Health including leaders from the NBA, NFL, NHL and others. Paul Crandell – VP of Marketing, GoPro. Keep up with Wearable Tech LA on the web , or follow them on Facebook or Twitter.

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Entertainment Hollywood Pasadena Conference 88

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , a provider of ad serving software for web publishers, announced this morning that the firm has launched a new, advertising marketplace it is calling OpenX Market. According to OpenX, the marketplace will integrate with its software, and allow publishers to maximize their revenues.

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OpenX Advertising Santa Monica Pasadena 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

San Diego-based BrightQube, an angel-backed stock photo search site, has updated its web services to make it easier for photo buyers to find images. BrightQube rolled out its new web site earlier this week, adding such features as pop-up search tips, new navigation options, filtering, and other features. READ MORE>>

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Sites Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels San Diego 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

One of the firms poised to take advantage of that growth is Pasadena-based OpenX (www.openx.org), which develops one of the most widely used ad serving solutions available. Tim, first off, for our readers who haven't heard of OpenX, explain what you provide to the market? We help web publishers make more money out of advertising.

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OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? Bruce and I met at the Art Center, and that was when I first discovered the web. In our first year in businss, we had $1.7

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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MyShape CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The firm, based in Pasadena, has dozens of. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. Edmunds.com has been around forever in Los Angeles, but after a recent redesign and a focus on updating its web site, new mobile. The company recently reported record. Edmunds was also one of the companies.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests. Your background isn''t in celebrity/brand marketing--how''d you end up here? That''s the marketing side.

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Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I kind of think LA is just LA and doesn’t need some clever marketing term. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. ReachLocal, founded by Zorik Gordon, publicly traded company helping small businesses across America use the Internet for marketing [Woodland Hills.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty. Adam Lieber: We make a web server called Jetty, which is our centerpiece, and after twelve or thirteen years of hard work is an overnight success. The growth path is different, and we had to budget to make noise for ourselves in the market.

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IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. And while they historically had come up with 100% of their ideas and created the companies themselves, they are increasingly open to funding people with great ideas who want to build businesses with IdeaLab provided the companies will stay be in LA (and preferably Pasadena).

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. CallFire provides Voice and SMS Solutions to over 40,000 customers including political groups, non-profits, insurance agents, small business owners, and marketers. Event Details. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based BigStage (www.bigstage.com) is one of those rare companies that has taken technology developed from university research, and is now bringing that technology to the commercial market. There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing.

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh is a highly entrepreneurial executive with a track record of driving sales through innovative biz-dev and online marketing techniques. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

Yesterday, Pasadena-based LeisureLink (www.leisurelink.com) announced a $6.2M We handle all of the online distribution, marketing, and lots of seemingly small, but very important things that have to be done. But now, they need to be an aggressive online marketer because of the crisis. Our platform allows that.

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Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. However, to become better known in our target market we are going to need to market more aggressively. We want to be more proactive marketing, and want to broaden our subject areas.

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Study Education Startup Sites 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m. RSVP: AGENDA.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

This is a really big, $50 million business at least, and we really want to own the market. That works like Docstoc, which is now probably the fastest growing web site for small businesses. First, we're geographically spread out, with silos far away--in Pasadena, the Valley, Hollywood, etc. A year ago, we were around 3.5

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Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

You cannot be just a biz dev type, salesperson, marketing genius or whatever and divorce yourself from product. Market validation – This one is optional but important. At an angel round you can get away with no market validation. In LA we have www.socaltech.com but in every market there’s some sort of database.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh is a highly entrepreneurial executive with a track record of driving sales through innovative biz-dev and online marketing techniques. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84