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JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. Los Angeles had $226.75M invested in companies. The amount is up from $528.0M

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AUGUST 20, 2014

Does the entertainment industry need its own social networking site? Los Angeles-based Stage 32 thinks so--and so far, has 325,000 members for its online social networking site, which it says ties together film, television, and theater creatives.

Social Network 198

Social Network Networking Hollywood Entertainment 198

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MARCH 24, 2011

Los Angeles-based FastPoint Games , the developer of white label fantasy and other games for sports and entertainment firms which is run by Kelly Perdew, said Thursday that it has delivered two games for Major League Soccer. FastPoint said that it has delivered a 2011 Salary Cap Game and a League Manager Game for the soccer league.

Entertainment 164

Entertainment Web Los Angeles Sites 164

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles�as the center of the entertainment industry�has begun to adopt a new role as the center of online video in recent years�and has also with the e-commerce industry and expertise here from the technology industry. It was cofounded by Michele phan in November of 2011. What is IPSY? It's all about self expression.

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Commerce Content Sample Yahoo 100

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MAY 14, 2013

That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. We realized afer 2011 that we were spreading ourselves thin by trying to make five to ten websites great. You often hear the advice: do one thing, and do it well. It was discouraging.

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JUNE 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based Maker Studios , which produces content for publishing on YouTube, reports today that is has just reached more than one billion monthly view for the month of June, 2012. Maker looks to now be one of the fastest growing Southern California startups, saying that it added nearly 100 employees in 2011 as part of that growth.

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Southern California Content Los Angeles Report 157

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

This morning, Techstars (www.techstars.org), the startup accelerator which has had great success in spreading its approach to helping to get startups to the next stage of their life�usually, funding�announced it has opened up its third accelerator in Los Angeles, Techstars LA. Tell us about this new program you have running in Los Angeles?

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