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JULY 20, 2010

Qualcomm has been an investor in Validity since before 2006. Validity said Tuesday that it has received $12.6M in a Series D round, which included both Qualcomm Ventures, as well as new investor Panorama Capital, and prior investors Crosslink Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, and VentureTech Alliance. Validity is based in San Jose.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

capital has produced 241 impact startups since 2006, with 95 companies founded in San Francisco. At a national level, the United States received more VC funding for impact tech companies than any other country in the past five years, with investors pumping $35.8 billion into U.S. firms since 2015, double the amount invested into China ($16.8

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 22, 2011

Back in 2006, I posted about the Promise of Web 2.0 - Comparison to Macros, IDEs, and Visual Basic and pointed out that Visual Basic was a huge innovation that allowed many new developers to build applications. We've been using Google Apps as the basis for developing some very interesting online applications.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. The company, which is led by Demian Sellfors, said the accelerated performance comes from such upgrades as addition of Google PageSpeed, PHP FastCGI, and use of solid state disk drives on the company''s shared database server. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

SOS Online Backup was founded by Ken Shaw, and first launched its services in 2006. The round came from Splashpoind Investors. The firm said the funding brings its total raised since launch to $10M. The firm said the funding will go towards future product offerings. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Qualcomm has been an investor in Validity since at least 2006. Qualcomm was one of the return investors in a $20M, Series E funding round for Validity, along with TeleSoft Partners, Crosslink Capital, Panorama Capital, and Venture Tech Associates. The new round was announced Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Gordon and Amin's prior company was Baseline Research, which they sold to the New York Times Company in 2006. Kaboodle also said that its Chief Operating Officer, Steven Chien, will report to Gordon as part of the merger. Mayfield's Allen Morgan was on StyleSpot's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT) was founded by Ryan and Chad Steelberg, who sold their last company, dMarc, to Google in 2006; the two also founded AdForce (sold to CMGi) and 2CAN Media (also sold to CMGi). READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2017

According to Criteria, which has been offering up pre-employment testing services to employers since 2006, its new cam allows job seekers to play a set of six, 90-second brain games, which it says are "scientifically crafted" to test key talents and cognitive abilities. A new app, JobFlare , developed by Los Angeles-based Criteria Corp. ,

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Sonnad is best known for his prior success at thePlatform, which he founded and sold to Comcast back in 2006. Geodelic is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, MK Capital, and Shasta Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2011

The firm's board includes executives from Digital Insight, the local online banking software firm acquired in 2006 by Intuit. Calabasas-based Malauzai , a new startup focused on mobile banking applications, has raised $1.3M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. No details on the funding have been announced.

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MAY 12, 2011

Naidu has been at Demand Media since 2006, and previously served as CEO of Pool.com. Naidu was previously Senior Vice President, replacing Michael Blend, who Demand Media said will work full time on special projects for Demand Media. Blend now reports directly to Richard Rosenblatt, CEO of the firm. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. The company, which is led by Demian Sellfors, said the accelerated performance comes from such upgrades as addition of Google PageSpeed, PHP FastCGI, and use of solid state disk drives on the company''s shared database server. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2010

The firm said that the brands using its online car buying software--including USAA, AAA, American Express and Overstock--sold over 100,000 new and used vehicles since launching in 2006. Zag, which also says it reached profitability in August 2009, said consumers saved over $350M over MSRP by using its programs. in venture funding.

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JULY 31, 2013

Nahum had headed StoreAge when it was acquired by LSI Corporation in 2006. The company is headed by Nelson Nahum, a storage area networking veteran who previously was at LSI Corporation, and also had headed up StoreAge software, a developer of storage virtualization appliances. Zadara''s executive team were all previously at StoreAge/LSI.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Lahman, Murray, and Norman founded JAMDAT, taking it public in 2004, and eventually selling to EA for $680M in 2006. The app runs on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android. KPCB's funding came out of its Kleiner Perkins iFund. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2011

Craddock replaces venture capitalist Ken Lawler of Battery Ventures, who was the lead of MaxLinear's final round of venture capital back in 2006. Craddock has previously been at Comcast and a Senior Vice President, and also has been on the boards of Microtune and a number of other unnamed privately held firms. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2011

Weddingbee is an online blog focused on the wedding industry, brides, and wedding planning, and was launched in 2006. Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Monday that it has acquired two web sites aimed at women, Weddingbee.com , and JustMommies.com from Pasadena-based eHarmony. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. With seed up massively between 2006–2014 and A and B rounds relatively flat what you see is a widening of the funnel going into traditional venture. So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC?

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Pulier founded Desktone back in 2006; he also is founder and Chairman of LA''s SOA Software. VMware announced the acquisition yesterday, but did not disclose financial details of the acquisition. Desktone''s software is used to deliver Windows-based desktops to virtual desktops and other devices.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

The patent was granted on August 3rd, and was first file in August of 2006. According to the firm, it has received patent number 7,769,738 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The patent application lists Kenneth Craig Ramberg as inventor. Goodsearch was co-founded by J.J.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

MyOutdoorTV.com was founded in 2006 by Chris Moise. Temecula-based Outdoor Channel Holdings , the media firm that runs the Outdoor Channel, said today that it has acquired online web site MyOutdoorTV.com , an online site focused on hunting, fishing, and shooting. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Babble was founded in 2006. Disney said that Babble will become part of the Disney Interactive Media Group, and provide an online resource for moms and fmailies. Babble is based in New York. The co-founders of Babble, Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, join Disney with the buy. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Shotgun--which was founded in 2006--was co-founded by Don Parker and Isaac Reuben. Los Angeles-based Shotgun Software , a developer of cloud-based production tracking, review, and asset management software for the film, television and games industries, has been acquired by Autodesk , the two said Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Kazaa, and Brilliant Digital Entertainment had been mostly dormant since sometime around 2006. At Altrinsic's closing price on Thursday, the deal would be worth approximately $5.19M. Brilliant Digital Entertainment web site says it would be relaunching Kazaa last year.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Sex.com has a long history, having been purchased by Escom in 2006 for a reported $14M. --a stealthy, offshore firm--one of twelve bidders on the domain. Domain name broker Sedo had said in July that it was the exclusive brokerage firm representing the domain.

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MARCH 21, 2014

Miven had invested in A10 Networks way back in 2006, as part of a Series B funding round for the company. It''s unclear how big of a stake Miven still has in A10, which develops web application security products, including appliances for dealing with distributed denial of service (DDos) and similar security issues. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

The indictment , filed in the United States District Court Southern District of New York, accuses a state-backed hacking group of hacking into companies from at least 2006 until 2018. The indictment said the group "acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's Tianjin State Security Bureau" to target those attacks.

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JULY 1, 2010

Escom had purchased Sex.com in 2006, reportedly paying $14M for the website. The sale comes after a bankruptcy and court battle between three creditors and lender DOM Partners LLC, who had sought to force an auction of the domain through a different domain broker.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Novak has been Ixia''s VP of Finance since 2006, and was appointed acting CFO of the company in March. Calabasas-based Ixia , the network testing hardware and software developer, said Tuesday that it has named Brent Novak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Novak also has served at Idealab and PricewaterhouseCoopers. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Harrison is the founder of IFILM, which he sold to Viacom back in 2006. Frequency already was available via a mobile app on the iPhone, Samsung''s smart TVs, Sony, and other devices. READ MORE>>. amazon fire firetv frequency hardware streaming video television movie content'

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JULY 1, 2013

Intuit had acquired Digital Insight back in 2006, for $1.35 Intuit Financial Services includes Internet banking software, digital payments, mobile banking, digital banking, and other assets; the deal does not include Mint.com and Intuit''s OFX operations. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The firm's headquarters are in Bellevue, Washington, and it has been supplying its systems since 2006. The company's RFID-based systems are used to track surgical sponges, to prevent issues with losing those sponges within patients. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

KidZui had been founded in 2006 in San Diego. KidZui had most recently been owned by Saban Brands, which acquired KidZui in 2012. LeapFrog said that it is already using KidZui''s technology as part of the LeapSearch function on its LeapFrog Wi-Fi enabled children''s tablets. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2013

Marchese had been President of the company from 2006 until 2011, when he departed to become Senior Vice President of Marketing and Digital for Fuse Networks. Los Angeles-based online advertising firm SocialVibe has a new CEO this mornig: co-founder Joe Marchese.

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JULY 17, 2012

Navigenics was founded in 2006. Navigenics provided personalized genomics and DNA testing services, and was co-founded by Dr. David Agus, professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

Among interesting tidbits from Dow Jones, the company highlighted the drastic drop in interest in clean technology and energy companies; the group said that investments in energy and utilities saw its worst year since 2006 in terms of both deals and capital raised. billion was invested in those deals, down from $3.2 billion in 2011.

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