socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based GOGII , the venture backed provider of mobile social messaging services, has snagged MySpace exec Chandra Hill as its new Vice President of Monetization and Publishing. Hill was most recently VP of Mobile Monetization at MySpace. GOGII develops textPlus, a mobile social messaging application for the iPhone.

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Gogii GRP Partners Mobile Los Angeles 189

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

Scott Lahman is co-founder of Los Angeles-based GOGII (www.gogii.com), the developer of group text messaging application textPlus. Lahman is also one of the co-founders of JAMDAT Mobile, the immensely successful developer of mobile games, which had an IPO in 2004, and eventually became part of Electronic Arts in 2006.

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Gogii Mobile Activision Electronic Arts 200

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. But who exactly is Gogii, what is textPlus and why are they so exciting if I’ve never heard of them? More on that later. Sorry, moms.

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Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 -- Mobile /Wireless Technologies. The focus of this panel is to explore Ventures in Mobile/Wireless technologies  how a deal is accomplished and how the company is valued, funded, executed, branded, and brings consumers into focus. See [link] (more).

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Mobile Gogii Technology Palomar 113

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

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

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Company Companies Gogii Google 295

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. Hautelook, Gogii, Magento. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In total, Demand Media owns 20 media networks in the US alone and is one of the best reasons why Paul Graham believes Hollywood is dead. 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.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75