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March Capital Backs Nifty Games In $3M Funding

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The seed funding round came from aXiomatic Gaming, March Capital Partners, Defy.VC, as well as others in the investment, professional sports and gaming communities, according to Nifty Games. He also was founder of Massive In-Game Advertising (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), among other firms.

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NantWorks Buys Alcatel-Lucent's Digital Multimedia Solutions Business

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Los Angeles-based NantWorks , the investment and umbrella company for the projects of billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, announced a deal today with Alcatel-Lucent , where Nantworks will acquire Alcatel-Lucent''s Digital Multimedia Solutions business unit. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Brand Affinity Technologies Raises $4.5M

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Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , the online advertising and celebrity sports endorsements startup headed by Ryan and Chad Steelberg, has raised $4.5M The Steelbergs are best known for selling dMarc Broadcasting to Google back in 2006, in a deal at the time worth over a billion dollars. as part of an ongoing, $7.0M

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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

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Identify the total investment required for profitability. A very common mistake of early-stage startups is to request a small investment to get started. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. Investors will look at competitors in your industry for the norms.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. Are you thematic in your investing or entrepreneur focused? (11:40-14:15). In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. 11:40-14:15). 37:00-40:30).

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household. Short answer: no.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

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That will primarily be focused on ad sponsorships, and selling advertising via lead generation, CPC, white papers, and so on, to generate revenue. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. On the other side, we had about one third of our investments in early stage, technology driven companies.

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