socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal announced Friday that it has acquired SMB:LIVE , a developer of digital presence and reputation management products for the small and medium sized business market. Tags: reachlocal smblive merger acquisition software local advertising. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

ReachLocal 164

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Social Media Acquisition 164

socalTECH

MAY 20, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small and local businesses place Internet advertising, was up 15.2 Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing run by Richard Rosenblatt, also is widely expected to be in the process of filing for an IPO. The firm sold 4,166,667 shares of stock at $13.00

ReachLocal 157

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks NewEgg 157

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2011

Pasadena-based online advertising software firm OpenX has just raised a big, $20M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm late Friday. OpenX is a major provider of advertising serving software, particularly for larger online publishers, and is headed by Tim Cadogan.

OpenX 168

OpenX ReachLocal Southern California Advertising 168

socalTECH

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.

Internet Brands 190

Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal. million in SF Bay Area ).

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

It’s clear that many companies are going to need to understand “authority&# in the social media era. ReachLocal – we discussed this deal at length including what amount of revenue does it take to get to an IPO (Jim’s view, sub $100 million in fine as long as you have good margins and a strong growth rate).

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236