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How Nils Forsblom Is Reinventing Himself In Mobile With TenFarms

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Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them. How did you end up here in Southern California?

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Snap's Big Winners: Spiegel, Murphy, Laskey, Benchmark, Lightspeed

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Of particular note is the involvement of Laskey, who made his first fortune with another, Southern California mobile app maker--Jamdat Mobile--which he took public in 2004, and later sold to EA in 2006 for $680M. billion in stock after the IPO plus Lightspeed Partners with $1.39 billion in stock. READ MORE>>.

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Snap's Big Winners: Spiegel, Murphy, Lasky, Benchmark, Lightspeed

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Of particular note is the involvement of Lasky, who made his first fortune with another, Southern California mobile app maker--Jamdat Mobile--which he took public in 2004, and later sold to EA in 2006 for $680M. billion in stock after the IPO plus Lightspeed Partners with $1.39 billion in stock. READ MORE>>.

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Map of VC Investments

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks! MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo!

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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We've invested in a fantastic company called Mobiclip, which provides high throughput video with low battery consumption on mobile devices. We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California. An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check.