socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Los Angeles-based textPlus , the free text messaging service which is operated by GOGII, has made a number of updates to both its iPhone and Android apps. GOGII is venture backed by Matrix Partners, GRP Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers iFund; the firm's founder, Scott Lahman, was a co-founder of JAMDAT Mobile.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Los Angeles-based GOGII , the text messaging app developer behind textPlus , said Tuesday that it has started offering up free phone numbers for texting in Canada. GOGII is venture backed by Matrix Partners, GRP Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers iFund. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gogii , the free text messaging app developer behind textPlus which is headed by former JAMDAT Mobile founder Scott Lahman, is moving into the world of free Wi-Fi calling.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

GRP's investments include TrueCar, GOGII, Ad.ly, GumGum, among others. According to the filing, the fund is being managed by Steven Dietz, Brian McLoughlin, Yves Sisteron, and Mark Suster, and has just started fundraising efforts. GRP last closed on a fund--GRP III, L.P.--in READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2011

Kirby joins Demand Media from GOGII, where he was Chief Revenue Officer. Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced today that it has named Michael Kirby as head of its mobile efforts. Kirby has been appointed SVP & GM, Mobile, to lead the company's mobile strategy. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Moderator: Kevin Jacques, Partner, Palomar Ventures; Panelists: Dave Ryan, Managing Partner, Mission Ventures; Patrick Eggen, QUALCOMM Ventures; Thomas Ellsworth, Chief Executive Officer, GOTV Networks; Colby Goff , SVP Network Strategy and Business Development, Boingo Wireless; Scott Lahman, Founder and CEO, GoGii. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

I talked in specifics about a bunch of my investments including Factual , MongoLab , Maker Studios and Gogii (maker of TextPlus ). We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. It’s a fun 10-minute interview that you might enjoy watching. Actually, I never said that.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Hautelook, Gogii, Magento. Brett Brewer has AdKnowledge. There is Adconian, Intelligent Beauty, LegalZoom, Burstly, ShoeDazzle and so many more I can barely name them all. All second or third time entrepreneurs. My point is – great companies are being built here like they are in in New York, Boston and elsewhere.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

Gogii [the original company name] was an early leader in the free text messaging space and we had tens of millions of downloads of our product. He’s with you in good times & bad. Those were the good days.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

For the Scott Lahman fans, the inclusion of Sky Dayton cover JAMDAT which is a lot of the Gogii team. Your former Activision early hire Scott Lahman is not on this list as CEO of Gogii/TextPlus. Gogii / TextPlus is absolutely one of the best patron cos here in LA. However, This list was not about investors. MarkLanday.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

He's now at Gogii, which has received investment from Kleiner. We have some really key people involved, including Robin Richards, who has taken five companies to 100M plus exits, including Tickets.com, MP3.COM, COM, and Vivendi Universal. There's also a lot of other noteworthy people, including senior executives from Yahoo and others.

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