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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Perfect Market Acquired By Taboola --Demand Media Spins Off Rightside --KidZui Acquired By LeadFrog --Bluebeam Software Expands In Japan --OneRoof Energy Gets $1M In Loan --ETAP Opens Office In London --Report: Beats' Ian Rogers To Head Up iTunes Radio MARKETPLACE --Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Represents The Bouqs Company --PwC Emerging Company Zone --Stradling --Safire Partners Executive Search --UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Business Development Director, Los Angeles, Colony Logic --Business Development Executive, Los Angeles, CA, Team(You), Inc. --Inside Sales Rep, Los Angeles, CA, Team(You), Inc. --Director Of Business Development, Pasadena, Stanton Chase International --Systems Administrator, Downtown Los Angeles, DreamHost --Product Lead, Aliso Viejo, GridMeNow, LLC RECENT FUNDING EVENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perfect Market Acquired By Taboola ---- Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab-backed developer of programmatic advertising technology, has been acquired by New York-based Taboola. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Perfect Market--which was headed by Julie Schoenfeld--helped online publishers better monetize their library of content, helping then find long tail content and articles in their library of content and matching those to advertising. Taboola said the buy will help boost the company's annualized run rate to $250M. Perfect Market was advised by Headwaters MB in the deal. Perfect Market was backed by Comcast Ventures, Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, Square 1 Bank, Tribune Company, and Trinity Ventures. Demand Media Spins Off Rightside ---- Santa Monica-based Demand Media has completed its spinoff of Rightside Group, its domain name registration business, as a tax-free distribution this morning. According to Demand Media, the two companies now will trade as separate, publicly traded companies--with Demand Media on the NYSE as DMD, and Rightside trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as NAME. Demand Media has been in the midst of spinning off Rightside Group for over a year. KidZui Acquired By LeadFrog ---- KidZui, the developer of kid-friendly Internet browsers has been acquired by children's entertainment technology developer LeapFrog, LeapFrog said this morning, to help bolster the company's popular line of LeapPad educational tablets. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/kidzui_acquired_by_leadfrog/s-0056272.html Bluebeam Software Expands In Japan ---- Pasadena-based Bluebeam Software, which develops document management software for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, is planning an expansion into Japan via a distribution deal with Panasonic. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/bluebeam_software_expands_in_japan/s-0056275.html OneRoof Energy Gets $1M In Loan ---- San Diego-based OneRoof Energy Group, the provider of solar installation services and technology, said Friday that it has raised $1,000,000 in a loan funding. The funding came from Hanwha Holdings (USA) Inc. The company said the loan funding will go to funding its continued operations. OneRoof Energy provides solar lease financing, design, and installation services to the residential market. Hanwha Holdings is a prior equity investor in OneRoof Energy. ETAP Opens Office In London ---- Irvine-based software developer ETAP, which makes software for optimizing and designing electrical power systems, has opened up a new office in the United Kingdom, the company announced this morning. ETAP said it has opened up a new office in London, to provide local sales and service to both existing and prospective customers. ETAP serves electric utilities, rail, industrial ,and governments, helping in the design process for electrical generation, distribution, and transmission systems. Report: Beats' Ian Rogers To Head Up iTunes Radio ---- Ian Rogers, the CEO of Beats Music, is set to head up iTunes Radio, according to a report from the WSJ Friday afternoon. The WSJ, citing "people familiar with the matter" said that Rogers will run both Beats Music and iTunes Radio, now that the acquisition is complete. Rogers is no stranger to runnning the music service of a large, public company: he was previously General Manager of Yahoo! Music, before a number of positions across the Los Angeles music startup scene http://www.socaltech.com/report_beats_ian_rogers_to_head_up_itunes_radio/s-0056271.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Represents The Bouqs Company SAM announced that it represented client, The Bouqs Company (TheBouqs.com), a premier cut-to-order online flower delivery service, in a $6 million Series A financing. Led by Azure Capital Partners and joined by KEC Ventures, funding will be used to accelerate growth initiatives including expanding the team, offering delivery outside the US, and scaling the company’s technology and infrastructure to keep pace with growing demand. 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Join us on August 6 for a fun and informative panel discussion on building your personal professional brand, the third program in our popular 2014 series of forums on managing your personal career portfolio. Your professional identity is defined by what you do and say and perhaps most importantly, the image you portray– not only in your everyday interactions but on social media from LinkedIn to Twitter to Facebook and more. Take control of managing your image with tips and advice from our experts. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24231 August 6, San Diego -- MITEF Social. The highly anticipated MIT Enterprise Forum social is right around the corner on Wednesday, August 6, at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. The diverse 600-plus attendees from the technology and life sciences communities makes this social an ideal setting for sophisticated networking and refined conversation. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24207 August 7, Calabasas -- 11th Annual ERA So. Cal. Summer Social at the Sagebrush Cantina. Plan to attend the electronics industry 11th Annual ERA Summer Social @ the Sagebrush Cantina. Well over 100 attendees flock to the patio area for an evening of fun, food, beverages and seeing old friends and making new ones. Email [email protected]. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24194 August 7, Los Angeles -- Women 2.0 City Meetup Los Angeles. Join Women 2.0 this August for our monthly City Meetup in Los Angeles. City Meetup is a Women 2.0 networking event to promote new networks amongst the entire technology ecosystem in innovative cities around the world. This event is open to those who work, start, and fund tech companies. Both women and men are invited to attend. Speaking at this month's City Meetup Los Angeles is: Dana Loberg, Co-Founder of MovieLaLa. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24223 August 7, Santa Monica -- Girls in Tech Summer Sip Mixer 2014. Girls in Tech LA's Largest Annual Summer Sip Mixer is back! Our friends at GA in Santa Monica have invited us to mix and mingle the night away on Thurs. August 7th. Enjoy the ocean sea breeze, celebrate the summer and meet fellow professionals, women leaders and the GITLA board. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24224 August 8, San Diego -- Startup Weekend Fashion Innovations. Startup Weekend Fashion Innovations is Southern California's only experiential crash-course in entrepreneurship in the fashion and technology market. M Learn about how to start your own business, meet fellow collaborators and compete for prizes in a 54-hour competition. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24083 August 13, Thousand Oaks -- CLEAN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL "Unmanned Aircraft Controversy + Opportunity" Keynote Speaker: Kate Styers, Principal Analyst, Tecolote Research, Inc. Meet sustainability start-ups, energy experts, entrepreneurs, CEO's and investors. Refreshments served.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24211 August 14, Santa Monica -- Fireside Chat with Dana Settle - Founding Partner, Greycroft Partners. Don't miss the chance to hear one of LA's leading VCs! Dana Settle a Founding Partner and the head of the West Coast office for Greycroft. Her investments span the digital media, ad-tech and e-commerce spaces -- including one of the biggest exits in L.A. tech history, Maker Studios (where she sits on the board) -- as well as others such as Scopely, Saatchi Art, ad.ly, MoVoxx, ContentNext (PaidContent), and many more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24225 August 15, San Diego -- CONNECT’s Most Innovative New Product Awards nominations deadline. Nominate your new product now for the chance to compete with 100+ companies for the exclusive title and honor of being named one of the most innovative new products in San Diego. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24196 August 19, La Jolla -- ACG SD's Annual Surfside Summer Social. Come Mix and Mingle with Members & Non-Members at our annual ACG SD Surfside Summer Social! On the Sand at the fabulous La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24230 August 26, Los Angeles -- Women In Green Forum. Want to network with LA’s top female entrepreneurs? Looking to learn about the latest trends and innovations in sustainability? Attend the 2014 Women In Green Forum, the premier conference highlighting the efforts and successes of women in the environmental arena. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24208 August 26, Santa Monica -- CoFoundersLab Matchup Santa Monica. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24163 August 26, Santa Monica -- CoFoundersLab Matchup Santa Monica. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24216 August 26, Los Angeles -- Women In Green Forum. 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