socalTECH
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Los Angeles- and Atlanta-based Mighty Oak Entertainment , which produces sports clips for traditional, digital, and streaming, has received an investment from former MGM Television President John Bryan and entrepreneur and KDOCTV (Los Angeles) owner Bert Ellis, Jr., before leaving in 2005 to found Might Oak Entertainment.
Tech.Co
MARCH 5, 2015
Brad previously ran DIC Entertainment as President for 6 years after working for Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette as an Investment Banker.
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 30, 2016
Given the concentration of SoCal companies in entertainment and consumer-focused tech, where revenue often comes early in a company's life, entrepreneurs should expect investors to scrutinize initial revenue traction. Since joining SVB in 2005, Rob has led debt transactions for more than 100 public and private companies.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 24, 2012
This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. I told him that our market was absolutely booming and was worthy of a commensurate investment. Invest they have. The whole movement to seed funds / early investments happened for a reason. He was a mensch. And I know that Mike agreed.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Collectively, across all those programs, we've invested in a bit over 900 startups around the world. Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. billion combined. Thanks, and good luck!
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
We're looking to launch our first class in the fall, with five to ten companies, with the TechStars model of a small capital investment, and a seed investment of $6000 per founder. I've invested in Thermark Technologies, I've invested in Evryx, where we worked together. That was five or six years ago, 2005 or so.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. What we did was we owned television stations, radio stations, cable stations.
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