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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). Matthew Goldman , Wallaby Financial (Pasadena, financial). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising).

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MAY 14, 2019

Pasadena-based startup Soulmates.AI said today that it has launched a new tool, Social ROI Reporter, which it says helps brands and agencies with measuring the dollar value of their social media and influencer marketing campaigns.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile analytics software, said this week that it has sold its managed media business unit to Los Angeles-based Gimbal. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

547% Pasadena Tom Lamb 186 Kyriba Corporation 482% La Jolla Jean-Luc Robert 189 MINDBODY 471% San Luis Obispo Rick Stollmeyer 195 ReachLocal, Inc. 547% Pasadena Tom Lamb 186 Kyriba Corporation 482% La Jolla Jean-Luc Robert 189 MINDBODY 471% San Luis Obispo Rick Stollmeyer 195 ReachLocal, Inc. Frost, Ph.D. 92 GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.

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JUNE 27, 2013

The starup, led by Clark Benson , said the funding came from Lowercase Capital , BullPen Ventures, Data Collective , as well as prior investors Draper Associates , Rincon Venture Partners , Siemer Ventures , TenOneTen, Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. media social opinion voting crowd ranking capital venture ranker' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2012

Pasadena-based Chime.in , the online social networking site and mobile app run by UberMedia , has now seen more than 5M uniques since its launch, UberMedia said today. was launched three months ago, a diversion from UberMedia's Twitter-based social media apps. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Pandora Media , the online personalized radio station service based out of Oakland, has bumped its estimated IPO pricing range this morning, and upped the number of shares it is planning to offer in its IPO. The firm said it will now offer 14,684,000 shares, estimated to price at between $10.00 and $12.00 per share estimated price.

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JULY 11, 2017

Pasadena-based Spokeo , which offers up an online "people search" tool, said it has launched a new product specifically aimed at the law enforcement market.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the developer of Twitter client applications, said Thursday that it has partnered with the publisher of The Economist to power a new desktop application and curated channel Idea People Media , The Economist Group's vertical ad network business.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the newly renamed Twitter advertising and application provider, announced today that it has acquired Mixx. The acquisition looks to be a part of a shift from a provider of Twitter-based ad services to one focused more on software applications for posting and reading Twitter and other social media content.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp. Among firms who have not filed, but have been rumored to, are Los Angeles-based Hulu , Los Angeles-based LegalZoom , Irvine's Fisker Automotive , and Pasadena-based eSolar.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm of Richard Rosenblatt, has long been rumored to be in the process of filing for an IPO, but has not done so yet, and service providers in the community suggest there may be a few more in the works. which said it is looking to list on the NYSE in a $115M IPO.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm owned by Idealab, said today that it has linked its Twitter Client, Twidroyd, to the TweetPhoto media sharing service. TweetUp bought Twidroid in July.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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JULY 6, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising startup out of Idealab, said today that it has acquired Twidroid , which develops its own Twitter client for Android phones. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. TweetUp will power the ads on both Twidroyd, as well as the popurls site.

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MAY 17, 2011

A report today from Greentech Media says that Pasadena-based Idealab 's sale of portfolio firm RayTracker was worth $44.8M. RayTracker was also based in Pasadena, but was acquired in January by solar panel firm First Solar. Idealab, Quercus Trust, and Phoenix Fire had invested $3.5M

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JANUARY 6, 2011

The firm is headed by Aigerim Duiseneyeva, and its advisers include Ken Hayes, former President at Nami Media and member of the Pasadena Angels. Details on the funding, and size, have not yet been announced by the startup. The firm is housed in the Los Angeles Business Technology Center.

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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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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This year was particularly difficult, due to an explosion of startup activity in the region, which is now drawing entrepreneurs from around the world attracted by the rich environment for technology and media startups here. Meredith Vallando Rojas , Digitour Media. Jason Spievak , Invoca. Ian Swanson , ConnectEQ. Julie Uhrman , OUYA.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Organizers of the conference (disclaimer: socalTECH is a media sponsor), which runs from June 19-22nd, said today that the keynote speakers for the event will include Mark Suster of GRP Partners, and Neil Galan of Galan Entertainment.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

We''d like to thank the many sponsors who made the event and our socalTECH 50 list possible this year: Premium Sponsor D&B Credibility , and sponsors Cresa Partners , Demand Media , Deloitte , Equinix , Internap , Oracle , PwC , Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP , V3 , Doublebeam , and many, many others.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

The filing comes on the heels of Demand Media 's kickoff of its roadshow to Wall Street on Wednesday, after it set an initial pricing range on its own IPO offering. The filing of an IPO by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless on Friday seems to indicate the interest in public markets by venture-backed, Southern California firms has not abated.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Carla Bourque: Smartify has been based in Pasadena for the past three and a half years. What is Smartify?

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MAY 20, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing run by Richard Rosenblatt, also is widely expected to be in the process of filing for an IPO.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the software-as-a-service provider of business collaboration software, said today that it has named Laurence Sotsky as Vice President of Sales. Sotsky was most recently Vice President of Sales at the Los Angeles Times Media Group, and has also served at Deloitte Consulting, and Accenture.

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MAY 27, 2011

Pasadena-based online advertising software firm OpenX has just raised a big, $20M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm late Friday. The funding has not yet been announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Jones, who is CEO of Santa Monica-based Science, was formerly CEO of MySpace, and also founded Tsavo Media and Userplane. Ranker is venture backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. Ranker said it is now getting around 4.5 million monthly unique visitors.

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JULY 11, 2013

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , and Woodland Hills-based United Online said that the companies are in a deal, where OpenX will become the exclusive provider of digital monetization technology for display ad inventory for United Online''s Juno, NetZero, and Classmates properties. Financial details of the link were not announced.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Pasadena-based Clean Green Guy , the online marketplace for green and clean business deals, said Wednesday that it has named Patrick McKenna as its new Vice President of Business Development. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Pasadena-based Perfect Market , which provides tools for publishers to better create value from their content, is announcing today that it has raised $9M in a new funding round. The round was led by Comcast Interactive Capital, and also included Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, Tribune Company, and Trinity Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of Internet acceleration appliances, has been acquired by Akamai , Akamai said Thursday afternoon. Akamai said the buy will help it enhance rich media delivery, as well as in mobile applications and the cloud. Financial terms of the cash buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2011

Pasadena-based OnGreen , the clean technology, funding marketplace headed by Nikhil Jain, said this week that it has named Mark Richards as its Chief Technology Officer. Richards was most recently Vice President of Technical Operations at Fox Interactive Media, and also served as Interim VP of Infrastructure and Technology at Hulu.

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MAY 29, 2012

Angel Launch, a new event for startups and investors, is producing a networking venture pitch, networking dinner and party the night before E3 Expo in LA for digital media, mobile and tech startups. See [link] (more)

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MAY 8, 2013

The Launchpad LA company, which has raised $700,000 form such investors as the Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, Clark Landry, and Yuri Pikover, made a big media push yesterday on the launch of its apps.

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JUNE 5, 2014

Pasadena-based UberMedia , which develops mobile advertising technology, is looking to connect mobile ads with television advertising with a new, targeting tool. ubermedia television advertising targeting mobile media' Pricing on the new product was not announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2010

Those firms include Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics , Westlake Village-based Inphi , San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics , City of Industry-based NewEgg , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan.

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MARCH 8, 2013

UberMedia , the Pasadena-based startup developing third party, Twitter clients and other mobile apps, said yesterday that it has launched a new mobile ad campaign product called Appvertise.

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