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AUGUST 28, 2012

LoveIt , the venture backed photo curation and sharing site backed and run by a number of PriceGrabber veterans, said this morning that it has released a batch of new features for its service. The Pasadena company said that it has added such features as content importing and batch uploads.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , a developer of software-as-a-service tools for project management, said Thursday that it has linked with John Jantsch's Duct Tape Marketing, to provide a custom version of its software to Duct Tape Marketing. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which operates an online marketplace for vacation rentals, announced today that it has signed on site PerfectFamilyVacations.com. LeisureLink said that PerfectFamilyVacations will feature more than 1000 of the firm's properties on its site. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Pasadena-based Cramster , the online homework help site started by Aaron Hawkey, Robert Angarita and Kaveh Golabi, has been acquired by Chegg , Chegg announced today. Chegg said Cramster has more than one million members on the site. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2016

Pasadena-based electronic hardware design and manufacturing information service Supplyframe says it is launching a new design lab in Pasadena today, where it will look to bring together investors and entrepreneurs to bring hardware projects to market. Supplyframe is led by Steve Flagg. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA is targeting e-commerce site owners this morning with a new product, the company said. The firm said its new CloudCache.com content delivery network service is aimed at e-commerce site owners, and offers up to 200 gigabytes of bandwidth for prices starting at $12.00

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based ranking and polling website Ranker , the startup led by Clark Benson and backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Lowercase Capital, BullPen Capital, Data Collective, TenOneTen Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, and Pasadena Angels, said today that it hit 11.5 million unique visitors in December.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising play of Idealab's Bill Gross, said today that it has added news site Topix to its network. TweetUp allows Twitter users to bid on keywords to bring their tweets to the top when users search for information on different web sites.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Look out, Pinterest -- Pasadena-based LoveIt is looking to unseat the popularity of the photo sharing site, with its new platform, and $6M in funding.

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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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MARCH 22, 2012

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the developer of a vacation rental marketplace and software, said that its relationship with travel site Travelocity is paying off for its clients. LeisureLink's platform allows hotel clients to send their room rates and information to Travelocity, as well as other online travel sites.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today. They've filled up pretty quickly.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Pasadena Angels have redesigned our site with a new focus on Entrepreneurs and LA Basin tech resources. We started by surveying a group of local entrepreneurs and our own members to find out what they wanted in a site. We rebuilt the site with that in mind. Angel Investing Bluebeam Pasadena Angels Raising Captial'

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

According to Porch.com--which operates an online site which helps homeowners explore and get information on remodeling projects, including peeking into their neighbor''s projects and costs--Dossett will join the company in Seattle to head up all its profit and revenue responsibilities. and Microsoft. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

California Institute of Technology in Pasadena said over the weekend that Elon Musk , the technology mogul who founded SpaceX and Tesla Motors, and co-founded PayPal, will deliver this year's commencement address in June. Caltech said Musk will deliver the commencement address for the school on June 15th at its campus in Pasadena.

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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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DECEMBER 12, 2012

A new, online coupon software "bookmarklet" called Koupon Kitty --backed by Juvo Capital, the investment firm of Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao--said it launched Wednesday, to help consumers find the best coupon codes for various e-commerce sites.

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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. UberMedia also said the service has sent 200 million "Chimes" -- the social messages which drive the site -- since launch.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

A newly launched, Chrome extension, Honey --developed by a Pasadena-based startup--is making it a lot easier for you to find those online coupon deals and discount codes.

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MARCH 28, 2011

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of content acceleration software and appliances, said today that it has named Jerry Hall as Vice President of Marketing at the firm. The firm's products use an optimized TCP/IP algorithm to accelerate software downloads and access to web sites. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2010

Pasadena-based Tweetup , the Internet advertising play of Idealab's Bill Gross, said today that it has formally launched the site. The firm told its members that they are now able to login to the site, and that user profiles are eligible to be displayed as a search result.

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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. TweetUp will power the ads on both Twidroyd, as well as the popurls site. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2012

The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rincon Venture Partners, Draper Associates, the Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, according to CEO Clark Benson. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , the provider of free web conferencing and webinar services, has updated its site, in a major update for the service. AnyMeeting is headed by Costin Tuculescu, and is backed by both the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising startup started by Idealab's Bill Gross, said this morning that it has added LinkedIn and Facebook updates as part of its service, and as a consequence changed its name to PostUp. Gross was behind Overture, which applied a similar technique to web search results. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Pasadena-based private cloud provider Metacloud announced today that it has hired on Conner Grey, the former head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google for Southern California, as its new VP of Operations.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Ranker , which is backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Data Collective, Gil Elbaz, Tech Coast Angels, and the Pasadena Angels, has hit 1 million votes on its site in January, the company said last week. Ranker's website lets users create "top 10 lists" and lets other users vote those lists up and down.

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JULY 14, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm started by Idealab's Bill Gross, is expanding out its network of sites this morning, saying that it has added four new publishers to its roster. All of those sites will serve up search results from TweetUp.

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MAY 21, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising startup backed by Idealab and headed by Bill Gross, said Thursday afternoon that the firm has now registered 75,000 keywords, and also inked a deal with Conduit. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

The site--which uses advertising to offset providing web conferencing services at no charge--said the new YouTube video feature lets users copy and paste the URL of any YouTube video into a conference, including allowing for pausing or skipping ahead in videos.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A security researcher is reporting that Pasadena-based matchmaking site Santa Monica-based eHarmony is alerting users to change their passwords, after a reported breach of customer information. The breach follows a rash of similar security issues from other web-based service providers in the last few months.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

According to a message on the firm's site, it is "temporarily suspending its retail operations" and is no longer offering products. MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Pasadena-based Cramster.com , which operates an online home help web site, is announcing today that it has raised $6M in a Series B funding. Cramster said it will use the funding to expand its product line, including growing its Pasadena team. The funding came from Primera Capital. READ MORE>>.

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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. Mixx operates an online site which allows users to find social content. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online site which lets users rank, view, vote, and share their opinions on a wide range of topics, announced today that it has raised $2M in a follow on investment round. The company said the proceeds will go towards hiring, platform expansion, and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

Pasadena-based engineering company Jacobs Engineering Group has acquired a provider of wireless communications site development, design, networking, construction, and other related services, the company said this morning. jacobs fmhc merger acquisition wireless telecommuncations tower site development' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

in seed funding from the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels. Inuvo said it will pay a royalty based on a percentage of the gross profit derived from Zubican's site over a four-year period. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Zubican was backed by $1.3M READ MORE>>.

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