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JANUARY 12, 2012

According to recruiting firm NeoHire, Amanda McConnell has been hired as Head of Product for Rent.com, joining the company from ReachLocal, where she was Director of User Experience and Product Management. McConnell has also previously served at Buzz Media, Tag World, and Oversee.net. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The IPO this week of Santa Monica-based Demand Media has drawn widespread attention, with a number of articles yesterday talking about how the firm's market cap exceeded the New York Times Company after the IPO. billion, compared to Demand Media's (DMD) $1.4

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media surged in its IPO debut Wednesday morning on the NYSE, rising as high as $25.00 Demand Media, which is headed by Richard Rosenblatt, operates a network of content focused sites, including LiveStrong.com and eHow. Demand Media is now trading on the NYSE as DMD. in morning trading. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 Demand Media had initially filed for its IPO in August. Zogenix, Green Dot, MaxLinear and ReachLocal. and Generation Partners.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

VentureNet, which is put on by the Technology Council of Southern California, included keynotes by Kelly Perdew of Rotohog and Zorik Gordon of ReachLocal, plus capital presentations from Cyber-Rain, FlipGloss Media, Viewdle, Social Approach, Ad.ly, Zadspace, RightSignature, Cogi, YouMail, ExpenseBay, AffordIt.com, SharesPost, and TrueCar.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

which has substantial operations in Westlake Village, Beverly Hills-based RealD , Monrovia-based Green Dot , and Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal. Other recent IPOs with Southern California roots include Inphi Corp.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

The latest firms with Southern California connections to file for an IPO are REVA Medical, Gevo, and Demand Media; recently IPOs have been Green Dot, RealD, Trius Therapeutics, and ReachLocal. Tags: hulu merger acquisition exit media content hollywood video. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

The filing comes on the heels of Demand Media 's kickoff of its roadshow to Wall Street on Wednesday, after it set an initial pricing range on its own IPO offering. and ReachLocal. Firms which successfully reached the markets in the past year include Green Dot , RealD , Maxlinear , Inphi Corp. ,

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MARCH 17, 2011

The firm is just the latest in a string of well received IPOs in Southern California, including Demand Media, RealD, Inphi Corp., MaxLinear, Green Dot, and ReachLocal. Cornerstone OnDemand was venture backed by Bay Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Meritech Capital. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2011

OpenX is one of a huge agglomeration of Internet advertising firms in Southern California, including such companies as Rubicon Project, FatTail, The Trade Desk, AdECN, Adconian, ValueClick, DataPop, Hydra, Specific Media, Joost, and ReachLocal--just to mention a few. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2010

So far, two companies-- Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which completed its IPO in May, and Carlsbad-based Maxlinear , which hit the markets in March, have had successful IPOs.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

547% Pasadena Tom Lamb 186 Kyriba Corporation 482% La Jolla Jean-Luc Robert 189 MINDBODY 471% San Luis Obispo Rick Stollmeyer 195 ReachLocal, Inc. Ashour 328 ACTIVE Network 231% San Diego Matt Landa 330 (mt) Media Temple 230% Culver City Demian Sellfors 346 MyLife.com 219% Los Angeles Jeffrey Tinsley 369 Endologix, Inc. Frost, Ph.D.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. Among other major 2011 exits listed were Riot Games ($400 million) and HauteLook ($270 million).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp. Firms which have successfully reached the public markets include Pasadena's Green Dot , Beverly Hills-based RealD , Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , Carlsbad-based MaxLinear , and Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Currently, Los Angeles-based Demand Media , San Diego's Zogenix , City of Industry-based NewEgg , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Reva Medical , Westlake Village-based Inphi Corp , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan are among the local technology firms waiting to reach the public markets. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2010

In recent months, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal and Carlsbad-based MaxLinear also have managed to reach the markets via an IPO, and there are at least seven other Southern California companies waiting in the wings for the public markets.

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APRIL 17, 2018

Wergeles also had served as Chief Legal Officer at ReachLocal during that company's IPO. According to the company, Adam Wergeles joined the company to serve as General Counsel and Executive Vice President, joining the company from Serviz, where he had been Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, and General Counsel.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. I don’t see this changing much like I don’t see you building blockbuster movies outside LA or shift the media buying center of gravity out of NY. In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services.

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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).

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

ShoeDazzle.com , the online e-commerce startup headed by Brian Lee and whose co-founders include Kim Kardashian, scored top honors in the Best venture funding in digital media/e-commerce category. Other IPO finalists were RealD , ReachLocal , and Inphi. Other finalists were Clicker.com , Truecar , and Zumbox.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Inphi joins such firms as Green Dot , RealD , ReachLocal , and MaxLinear who have reached the markets so far this year. Southern California has a large number of firms still in registration for an IPO, including GameFly, Demand Media, Zogenix, Cornerstone OnDemand, and Nexsan, not to mention a number rumored but not yet filed.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 20, 2011

This upcoming Splash will showcase 10 up-and-coming startups, prominent VCs and founders of the leading LA-based companies - Demand Media and ReachLocal. Hear Shawn Colo, co-founder and EVP of MandA at Demand Media, share his lessons and advice on building Demand from scratch in 2006 to one of this year's hottest IPOs.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). Much of this was highlighted at Twiistup.

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MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it. All the stereotypes and caricatures are overblown. A great team from MySpace has created Gravity.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

The event includes keynotes from Shawn Colo, co-founder of Demand Media, one of the hottest IPOs of this year, Zorik Gordon, co-founder and CEO of ReachLocal, one of the hottest IPOs of 2010. TechZulu is hooking you up with a special discount! Use code techzulu30 <—click for discount.

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