socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

A number of Southern California angel investors, including Jody Mulkey , the CIO of Shopzilla, have backed Scripted.com , a new online marketplace for freelance writers. Scripted.com also operates Scripped.com, an online marketplace for script writers, and was founded by UCLA and USC graduates in Los Angeles, and later moved to San Francisco.

Angel 173

Angel CIO Southern California USC 173

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The firm--which grew out of the efforts of USC and UCLA grads--said the funding was led by former Redpoint Ventures EIR David Wu, and also included Crosslink Capital, Shopzilla CIO Jody Mulkey and Liveops Founder Douglas Feirstein.

CIO 153

CIO Southern California Redpoint USC 153

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. downtown LA]. Also East of the 405?

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. ’ &# His message was that in 2010 great business can be built anywhere if there is a great team and the will to make it work. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. In my mind, Randy Newman said it best, “ I love LA &# – idyllic weather, a mélange of cultures and big industry. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313