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MAY 20, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small and local businesses place Internet advertising, was up 15.2 The firm's stock was up in its debut despite a down market for the day, with the NASDAQ down -4.11 Tags: reachlocal advertising small business exit merger acquisition. during the day. percent to 2,204.01. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Pacific Crest Securities LLC, Raine Securities and JMP Securities LLC.

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JUNE 17, 2010

The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. So far, two companies-- Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which completed its IPO in May, and Carlsbad-based Maxlinear , which hit the markets in March, have had successful IPOs.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Hulu , the online video streaming site, is apparently in efforts to file for an IPO, as a long line of Southern California firms heads towards the public markets. Tags: hulu merger acquisition exit media content hollywood video. No details of the potential IPO have been released. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand debuted on the markets Thursday in a strong showing, trading as high as $20.25 Cornerstone is trading on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD. The firm is just the latest in a string of well received IPOs in Southern California, including Demand Media, RealD, Inphi Corp., READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

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. 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.

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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 22, 2010

In recent months, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal and Carlsbad-based MaxLinear also have managed to reach the markets via an IPO, and there are at least seven other Southern California companies waiting in the wings for the public markets.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp. Firms which have successfully reached the public markets include Pasadena's Green Dot , Beverly Hills-based RealD , Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , Carlsbad-based MaxLinear , and Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Inphi joins such firms as Green Dot , RealD , ReachLocal , and MaxLinear who have reached the markets so far this year. Southern California has a large number of firms still in registration for an IPO, including GameFly, Demand Media, Zogenix, Cornerstone OnDemand, and Nexsan, not to mention a number rumored but not yet filed.

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MAY 4, 2010

Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. the funding and market coverage. It’s clear that many companies are going to need to understand “authority&# in the social media era.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). Much of this was highlighted at Twiistup.

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MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But it’s more atypical for investors located in this market. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. million in SF Bay Area ). Hit some bumps in the road?

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