Thursday, April 19, 2012RealtyTrac Acquires HomefactsIrvine-based RealtyTrac, which provides an online marketplace and service to track foreclosure properties, said this week that it has acquired Homefacts, an online data aggregator tracking real estate information. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, RealyTrac said that Homefacts founder James Moyle joins the company as president and Chief Operating Officer. Homefacts database tracks information found in real estate disclosure documents, including health, en (More info...)
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Hulu Tops 50,000 TV Episodes, Plans New Original SeriesLos Angeles-based streaming video site Hulu has been in New York this week pitching its service to advertisers at its Hulu Upfronts event, revealing today four new original series, plus some statistics on the service. Hulu said it has added "We Got Next", "The Awesomes", "Don't Quit Your Daydream" and "Flow" as new upcoming series rolling out on the service this year and beyond, as it expands its own original content efforts. Hulu debuted its first original series, "A Day In The Life", in Augus (More info...)
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DinnerDate.com Launches Group Dating Service In San DiegoAre you single, but really hate setting up those one-on-one dates? Wish there were a more relaxed way to meet people? That's the idea behind DinnerDate.com, a new service which looks to connect singles with others in informal, group dinner dates. The startup recently launched a beta of its service in San Diego, hoping to allow local singles to meet each other in a group environment over food and drink. The service helps to arrange gatherings of six to 12 singles at top restaurants in a city. San (More info...)
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Qualcomm Backs Video Chat Service TangoSan Diego-based Qualcomm is backing a developer of mobile video chat services, Tango, via its Qualcomm Ventures arm, the two companies announced today. According to Tango, it has raised $40M in a Series C funding round, led by Qualcomm Incorporate, and also including Access Industries, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Michael Birch, Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Hambrecht, and others. Tango develops a video chat service which lets users conduct video chats with their Apple iPhone or Android smartphone, and al (More info...)
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Lifecrowd Finds $5M From Groupon Founders, OthersSanta Monica-based LifeCrowd, the social activities website headed by Bong Koh, has raised $5M in a initial funding round, the company is announcing today. The startup, which offers up a website which helps consumers find fun activities in their local area, said the funding came from Lightbank, the venture arm of the founders of Groupon, as well as Bullpen Capital, Baroda Ventures, and Prism VentureWorks, as well as local venture accelerator MuckerLab. As part of the funding, a representative fr (More info...)
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Mogreet Opens Midwest Sales OfficeLos Angeles-based Mogreet, coming off a new round of venture funding, is in expansion mode, saying that it has opened up a new Midwest sales office for the company. Mogreet said it has opened up a new office headed by Joshua Pyne, who the firm snagged from ChaCha, the mobile questions and answers service. Mogreet recently raised $4.1M in a new round, from Black Diamond Ventures, DFJ Frontier, Ascend Ventures, Bryant Park Ventures and Draper Associates. The firm offer up video-based, mobile marke (More info...)
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TeleSign Names New CFOLos Angeles-based TeleSign has appointed a new CFO, saying today that it has named Matthew Hardy as its new Chief Financial Officer. The firm, which provides phone-based, Internet fraud prevention and authentication services to major Internet properties, said that Hardy joins the company from LiveOffice. Hardy was most recently CFO at the firm, before the company's acquisition by Symantec. Hardy also has served at Digital Insight and Credit Suisse. TeleSign is headed by Steve Jillings.
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