Archives for February, 2012:

• Report: LegalZoom Nears IPO
  
• Silicon Beach Heads To SXSW
  
• uSamp Aims At B2B Market
  
• StockTwits Updates iPhone App
  
• Yammer Dwarfs Parent Geni In Fundraising Round
  
• Websense Rolls Out New Mobile Security Product
  
• Blizzard Entertainment Chops 600
  
• Nirvanix: Use Our Storage, Avoid Disk Drive Shortage
  
• WD Divests 3.5-inch HDD Assets To Toshiba
  

• California Leads In Renewable Energy Attractiveness
  
• Fisker Automotive Names New CEO
  
• JibJab, Toyota Settle Lawsuit
  
• MindJolt Becomes Social Gaming Network
  
• OnGreen Ties With Chinese Science Park
  
• GoodRx Gets Funding, Launches Drug Comparison Site
  
• NantWorks Buys Boston Life Labs
  
• WD, Twentieth Century Fox, and Warner Bros. Link On Digital Movies
  
• Ceres Closes IPO
  
• iRise Takes On iPhone Apps
  
• Demand Media Launches New Social Ad Units
  
• GraphEffect Revs Facebook Ad Management Platform
  
• AnyDATA Appoints COO
  

• XCOR Aerospace Raises $5M
  
• Foundstone's George Kurtz Raises $26M For Security Software
  
• Total Immersion Targets Game Developers
  
• Entropic Buys Trident Microsystems' Set Top Box Operations For $65M
  
• Interview with Jonathan Shokrian and Barak Diskin, MeUndies
  
• Luxtera Adds $21.7M
  
• Meteor Entertainment Raises $10M
  
• Punchcard Raises $1M
  
• OpenX Buys LiftDNA
  
• Teledyne Acquires Interconnect Firm VariSystems
  
• Nirvanix Snags HP, Lefthand Vet
  
• Vitesse Announces New FTTH, 40G/100G Chips
  

• Los Angeles Becomes YouTube's Content Hub With New Playa Vista Studio
  
• Totem Targets Businesses With Equipment Buybacks
  
• Interneer Reports Record Growth
  
• Milyoni Finds Funding, Sets Up LA Office
  
• Interview with Neil Malhotra, Sandalbay Life
  

• Chill Becoming Pinterest For Videos?
  
• DexCom Buys Healthcare IT Firm
  
• Ceres Rises In IPO
  
• Fanattac Gets $1M, Tackles Social Media, Music
  
• Apriso Adds To Win At Tesla Motors
  
• CapLinked Launches Professional Accounts
  
• Local Corporation Adds Real Time Polling
  
• CyberDefender Files For Chapter 11, Agrees To Sell To GR Match
  

• mobileStorm Gets Debt Funding
  
• Flowtab Wins Startup Competition
  
• Cool Planet BioFuels Claims Breakthrough
  
• SG Biofuels Appoints COO
  
• WHI Solutions Acquired by eBay
  
• BakeSpace.com Launches iPad Cookbook Publishing Service
  
• Xirrus Adds Calix CEO Russo To Board
  
• Ceres Prices IPO
  
• SocialVibe Names Tappin As New CEO
  
• UberMedia Names VP
  

• RealPractice Launches Marketing Automation Product
  
• TeleSign Gets Patent
  
• Punchcard Takes On Mobile Loyalty
  
• Mobile Roadie Powers Cristiano Ronaldo App
  
• Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign
  
• Qualcomm Life Invests In Wireless Healthcare Firm
  
• SpotlightTMS Snags Toronto Maple Leafs
  
• Legal Software Firm Opens LA Office
  
• ViaSat Sues Space Systems/Loral
  
• Kelley Blue Book Adds Motorcycle History Reports
  

• OWL Biomedical Raises $3.0M
  
• Report: Idealab's Energy Innovations Up For Sale
  
• Huawei Sets $6 Billion In OEM Deals with Qualcomm, Broadcom, Avago
  
• Broadcom Completes Buy of NetLogic Microsystems
  
• Greycroft, Local Angels Back Fight My Monster
  
• Eucalyptus Sets New CFO
  
• FlexEnergy Names President and COO
  
• July Systems Raises $15M
  
• Emulex Ships Product With HP
  

• Competition Dangles $200K To Students With Clean Technology Ideas
  
• Tenrox Acquired By Silverback Enterprise Group
  
• The Backplane Snags Investors
  
• Amplify Partners With Cloud Provider Joyent
  
• CODA Automotive Raises $21.5M, Targets $150M In New Financing
  
• StockTwits Adds Threaded Conversations
  
• Recargo Buys PlugInCars.com
  
• Hulu Plus Hits The Wii
  
• Interview with Dale Quayle, FileTrek
  
• The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and Incubators, Part III
  
• j2 Global Buys UK-based Voice Services Firm
  
• Quest Software Buys BlueFolder
  
• University of California Launches YouTube Channel
  
• Myspace Sets Entertainment Head
  
• Celladon Gets $43M For Heart Failure Treatments
  

• ReachLocal Revenues Grow On International Strength
  
• Tech Coast Angels Fuel $45M In Deals In 2011
  
• Boingo Expands In Portugal
  
• Scripted.com Finds $150K
  
• Greycroft Adds Venture Partner Covering LA
  
• FileTrek Raises $10M
  
• Quest Software Loses CEO
  
• Peregrine Semiconductor Sues RF Micro Devices, Motorola Mobility
  
• Zuuka Launches New Smurf's Title
  

• Docstoc Hits 80,000 Paying Subscribers, 20M Members
  
• Parchment Finds $6M
  
• Nimble Updates Contact Management Software
  
• MomentFeed Upgrades Location Analytics Software
  
• Borrego Solar Finds $47 Million For Solar Energy Projects
  
• KFx Medical Gets Patent
  
• Aerovironment Licenses Targeting Software
  

• Myspace Racks Up Registrations
  
• Luxtera Snags Trio Of Execs From Broadcom
  
• Amazon Ramping Content Efforts In LA
  
• Alelo Lands Ambassador Bremer For Board
  
• Wittlebee Launches, Headed by Sean Pervical, Backed by Science
  
• Interview with Kevin Hell, EvoNexus
  
• Meet us at StartEngine Wednesday
  
• Broadcom Launches 5G Wi-Fi Chips
  
• OpenX Hits Profitability, Nears $100M In Annual Revenues
  
• Eucalyptus Launches Bay Area Test Lab
  
• Local Corporation Names New VP
  

• Ceres Delays IPO
  
• Cynvenio Spins Out BioMolded Products
  
• MomentFeed Partners With Location3 Media
  
• Mike Jones On Science Inc.'s First Firms
  
• The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and Incubators, Part II
  
• Aqua Connect Files Suit Against Competitor
  
• Novatel Wireless Deploys On TELUS
  
• Predixion Lands Fueling Operator Flying J
  

• FamilyFinds Takes Page From Pinterest, Launches myFINDS
  
• The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and Incubators, Part I
  
• New Incubator/Coworking Space Emerges In Glendale
  
• Cheers Looks to Spread Love Around the World
  
• Qualcomm Backs Mobile Healthcare Firm
  
• MeUndies, Backed by Science Inc., Launches Apparel Brand
  
• HipGeo Ties With Vagabondish
  
• Boingo Signs Two Shopping Center Deals
  
• Concerro Acquired By Francisco Partners
  
• SolarReserve Claims Major Milestone
  
• Edmunds.com Launches iPad App
  

• USC Project Uses Tweets To Predict Oscars
  
• Oversee.net Sells Moniker, SnapNames
  
• paidContent Sold To GigaOm
  
• Startup Looks To Take On United Online's Classmates.com
  
• OVGuide Buys Live Matrix
  
• SpaceX Sets Satellite Launches
  
• Ceres Cuts IPO Pricing Range
  
• Soraa Unveils LED Lighting Product
  
• Cornerstone OnDemand Promotes Three
  
• Illumina Rejects Hostile Bid From Roche
  
• Ambit Biosciences Names Chief Medical Officer
  

• Superconductor Technologies Spins Off Subsidiary
  
• Report: Rapportive, Backed By Calacanis, Acquired By LinkedIn
  
• Guidance Software Acquires CaseCentral
  
• Viddy Sees $6M
  
• GraphEffect Expands In New York, Chicago
  
• Eventup Launches Venue Booking Site, Backed by Science, Inc.
  
• Fisker Automotive Chops Staff
  
• Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine
  
• Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011
  
• Applied Proteomics Raises $22.5M
  
• D3Publisher, DreamWorks Tie On Three Titles
  
• Cynvenio Biosystems Raises $2.0M, Gets NCI Contracts
  
• Cyber-Rain Becomes EPA WaterSense Partner
  
• Mindspeed Completes Picochip Buy
  

• Startups Move Into New EvoNexus San Diego Incubator
  
• LAUNCH Conference Prize Money Hits $151K
  
• OK Go Super Bowl Video Illustrates Collision Between Content, Technology
  
• Goodreads Connects To Facebook Timeline
  
• New Owner Looks To Sell Tsavo Media, Sees Yahoo Penalty Fees
  
• Honda, Volkswagen Spots Among Hulu Top Super Bowl Commercials
  
• j2 Global Buys Landslide Technologies
  
• Broadcom Launches Microwave Communications Chip
  

• THQ Signs Innovative Leisure
  
• Fandango To Debut Super Bowl Ad
  
• CallSource Sells Multifamily Division To Former Homestore Exec
  
• Leads360 Gets $15M For Sales Lead Software
  
• Interview with Jonathan LaCour, Playzon
  
• Machinima, Lionsgate Renew Deal
  
• Teledyne Wins Air Force Contract
  
• Interlink Electronics Loses CFO
  
• Activision Blizzard Names Strategy, HR Head
  

• THQ To Cut 240 Employees
  
• StyleHaul Raises $4.4M
  
• Fisker Debuts In Canada
  
• Steamboat Ventures Cuts US Investment Efforts
  
• CitySourced Heads To Hawaii
  
• TigerText Pounces On $8.2M
  
• Will Facebook's IPO Unbottle Southern California's Pipeline?
  
• Little Black Bag Launches With Backing From GRP, DCM
  
• Numecent Raises $2M
  
• OpenX Names Enterprise GM
  
• Response Genetics Gets $7.8M In PIPE
  

• Report: THQ Cutting 170
  
• Social Rewards Gets $600K
  
• SpaceX Plans New Engine System
  
• M86 Security Raises $13.6M
  
• TextPower Signs Electric Utility
  
• TeleSign Names VP
  
• Central Desktop Claims Growth In Staff, Customers
  
• Shopatron Signs Bosch Appliances
  
• Slacker Expands Latin Music Channels