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JUNE 26, 2013

Metacloud , a provider of managed, Openstack-based private cloud services, announced this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. Lynch and Curry are technology veterans, having managed cloud deployments for Yahoo and Ticketmaster.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Activision’s new game has a $500-million opening; Ticketmaster acquires blockchain startup; Bird’s new service could bypass city regulations.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Goldberg was previously the CEO of Youbet.com, and also was EVP of Global Music Services at Ticketmaster. scorebig goldberg executive live entertainment sports marketplace market venue ticketmaster' ScoreBig is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners and the Checketts Partners Investment Fund. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2014

Pasadena-based MetaCloud , the provier of OpenStack cloud deployment and management, said today that it has partnered with Trace3 , a provider of IT and other services to businesses. and Ticketmaster. Metacloud is venture backed by Silicon Valley Bank, Pelion Ventures, UMC, Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures, and AME Ventures.

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Ticketmaster Yahoo Pasadena Software 187

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Pleasants--who has served at Walt Disney managing its mobile and gaming services, and also had been CEO of Ticketmaster--apparently joined Samsung in June as Executive Vice President of Media Solutions.

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Mobile Ticketmaster Hollywood Report 138

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MAY 14, 2013

Trudel was most recently CTO of BeachMint, and also served at Ticketmaster as SVP of Software Engineering, in addition to serving at Taleo. uSamp provides market research services and sampling, and is venture backed by DFJ Frontier, Greycroft Partners, OpenView Venture Partners, and Webtigo.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

Impact Radius--let by startup veteran Per Pettersen--said the new funding will go towards its platform, fund developmentof new products and services, and also to global expansion.

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JULY 25, 2013

Marcus was previously SVP, Worldwide Artist Services at Warner Music Group, and also served at Ticketmaster. According to ScoreBig, it saw 600 percent revenue growth in 2012, and the expansion will help grow the company further.

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CitySearch Ticketmaster Entertainment Los Angeles 183

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to one of Pasadena-based Metacloud ''s venture capital backers, the acquisition of the cloud services provider by Cisco on Wednesday was an "epic exit". Vice President of Technology Operations at Ticketmaster Entertainment and Steve Curry, the former head of Yahoo''s global storage operations. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Barnum was the COO and CFO at Business.com when it was acquired by Dex One, and also has served at Transaction Network Service and Rent.com. Torres joins from Reed Business Information, and had been previously at Ticketmaster and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Culver City-based XAP , a developer of online college information tools and electronic college application and transcript services, announced today that it has named Peter B. and Key3Media Group, and was Senior Vice President and Chief FInancial Officer of Ticketmaster Group for ten years. Knepper as its CEO.

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Culver City Ticketmaster Tool Services 133

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JULY 31, 2012

Encino-based uSamp , which provides technology and services for market research and surveying, said this morning that it has added Alan Gould and Sean Moriarty to its board of directors. Gould is a Venture Partner with Greycroft Partners, and Moriarty is the former President and CEO of Ticketmaster.

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Encino Ticketmaster Research Marketing 133

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Eventful said that music fans can log onto the firm's site and vote for one of a number of musical acts through its "Demand" service, in a cross promotion between the firm, Billboard, and strategic partner Ticketmaster. Eventful said that the effort will include promotion of the award and Eventful through Billboard and Ticketmaster.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

The new feature was launched just as the firm hit its five millionth ticket sold through the service. Los Angeles-based TicketMaster unveiled its own, social feature just last week allowing users to see where their friends are sitting at events purchase through the ticketing service. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Sean Moriarty , formerly the CEO of Ticketmaster, and currently Entrepreneur in Residence for venture capital firm Mayfield Fund, has joined the board of Los Angeles-based Triton Media Group. Triton is a provider of digital services and tools to the radio industry.

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Media CitySearch Ticketmaster Venture Capital 140

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AUGUST 17, 2009

A report today from TechCrunch reports that Los Angeles-based online social networking site MySpace is in the process of acquiring iLike , which operates an online service that allows users to share their music playlists and recommendations with friends. iLike is backed by Ticketmaster.

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Report Ticketmaster Social Network Los Angeles 145

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MARCH 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based IVT , a provider of web casting software and services, announced today that it has named Jim McGovern as its new CEO. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. IVT recently landed $5.5M

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CitySearch Ticketmaster IBM IBM 145

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APRIL 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based Goldstar , the half price ticketing and event promotion service, has tapped Matt Coffin , Sean Moriarty , and Neil Patrick Harris as advisors, the company said Tuesday. Coffin is the former founder of LowerMyBills.com, and is now an investor in such firms as Demand Media, Houtelook, Ad.ly, ShoeDazzle, and other startups.

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CitySearch Ticketmaster Pricing Demand 170

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

The Los Angeles Mayor's Council on Innovation and Industry (LAMCII) has been meeting since March, to help identify the top issues facing growth companies in the region, and to propose activity to spur additional entrepreneurial activity and innovation, according to the group.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

We are joined this month by Sean Moriarty, the former CEO of TicketMaster. During his time at Ticketmaster, Moriarty led the company through its multiple acquisitions and strategic investments. And by Blake Irving, the (Former) Corporate Vice President, Windows Live Platform Group.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Boecker was most recently at Ticketmaster, and also has served at KPE Digital Services and eToys. The operator of online real estate sites said that both Story and Boecker will be located in Northern California, at the firm's Campbell, California offices. Story was most recently at Adobe Systems, and also served at Intuit.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

Los Angeles-based Ciena Solutions LLC, a provider of SAP integration management services, has been acquired by NetSol Technologies. NetSol said the acquisition will allow it to launch a global SAP practice; Ciena's customers include such firms as Southern California Edison and Ticketmaster.

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Ticketmaster Technology Outsource Development Southern California 113

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Boecker was most recently at Ticketmaster, and also has served at KPE Digital Services and eToys. The operator of online real estate sites said that both Story and Boecker will be located in Northern California, at the firm's Campbell, California offices. Story was most recently at Adobe Systems, and also served at Intuit.

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Westlake Village Chief Technology Officer Ticketmaster Sites 100

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MAY 2, 2011

On the primary side, when you're talking about Ticketmaster or Tickets.com, or the box office, they usually price seats by bundling them into price groups. If you understand the primary side, it's not necessarily Ticketmaster that is setting prices, or bearing the risk on the sale. Wed Brodsky: It's not a matter of not knowing.

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Ticketmaster Pricing Sales Startup 253

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. By providing insight into the genetics of disease, as well as access to relevant testing, services, and support, AccessDNA helps people better understand how genetics can impact their healthcare and lifestyle decisions. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!,

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

We also do lots of things in-venue, including mobile ticketing, integrating with Ticketmaster, Comcast, and many other ticketing providers. Laurence Sotsky: I've been working in the software-as-a-service space for some time, in medium-sized, venture capital backed companies. How did you get into this?

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Our platform is on all devices and all those communications channels, and is able to detect when consumers are referencing products, services, brand, and merchants in their communications among themselves.

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San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

apps, and more, it continues to be a major force in automotive information and services. Concert ticket promoter LiveNation--which also owns Ticketmaster--has dozens of jobs listed across the Los Angeles area, spread. Edmunds was also one of the companies. consistency cited in our poll as one of the companies to work for in LA.

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JUNE 1, 2015

We had launched in 2001 as a Wi-Fi service provider, putting software on customer's laptops, so that when they traveled from hotspot to hotspot, their laptop could automatically connect to the next hotspot. What's Boingo's business look like nowadays? Dave Hagan: Our business has evolved quite a bit since we last talked.

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Startup Networking CitySearch Ticketmaster 100

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JULY 12, 2013

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. The Pasadena firm''s co-founders, Sean Lynch and Steve Curry , sat down with us to talk about the service. What does MetaCloud do?

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CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Michele Ruiz: The only thing I would add, is this is a software-as-a-service solutioneverything is on our online platform. My side of this, has been taking a bunch of academic research, and turning that into software. We're basically putting those two pieces together. We've modernized those, too, so it feels like a compelling experience.

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Content Education Training Outsource Development 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

He was the National Basketball Association (NBA) senior vice president and oversaw the league’s team marketing and business operations, advised NBA and WNBA teams on ticket sales and service, sponsorship development, and marketing and also managed the NBA’s Canadian business, Relationship Marketing, and the NBA Development League.

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APRIL 13, 2015

You point out that there''s a lot of folks in this market, why jump in with a new service? Ticketing and registration are starting to collide, and all those monopolistic playersthe Ticketmasters, Cvents, and Eventbriteswere all created 20 years ago. Our philosophy I around that social principal, that people are now more experiential.

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MAY 20, 2016

Laura Wagner: It's old school, but since the 1800's every business has been called a merchant, and we unfortunately come from what is called the merchant services world. The example is, there might be a platform that processes ticket payments for a marathon race, or one for a concert�such as Ticketmaster.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The answer is, Evite is essentially a utilitarian service. The reason why, was because although it's a utilitarian service, it spoke to a core emotional need that the organizer of the party had. Lottay gifts are really a utilitarian service, it speaks to emotional transactions, and it's very positive and engaging.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

We merged with Ticketmaster, took it public before selling it to IAC. I have a background in financial services. I brought the combination of financial services and founder startup experience which is so important to this fund. Mike and John found me through Idealab.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Technical Review 165