socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The firm was originally known as CarsDirect, the automotive buying site of Idealab, and was headed by Scott Painter--who is now head of both Zag Automotive and TrueCar. The firm changed its name to Internet Brands in June of 2005, and hit the markets with its IPO in November of 2007.

Internet Brands 190

Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs (..)

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2009

However, the totals for the quarter were significantly boosted by PIPE (private investment in public equity) deals in San Diego, which were included in the analysis due to the venture capital firms involved. However, venture funding totals were still well off the first quarter of 2008's nearly $1.2 billion in funding.

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Invest SoCalTech 113