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OCTOBER 12, 2016

The funding came from L Squared Capital Partners. According to L Square, the investment in Edlio will go towards sales and marketing, international growth, new product development, and strategic acquisitions. Edlio is led by CEO Ali Arsan. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based Social Native , which operates an online marketplace which helps brands source visual content says it has acquired Olapic , a service focused on user-generated, influencer, and short-form video content for brands. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Beverly Hills-based Aviron Capital , a consortium of financiers with primary backing from by private equity investor BlackRock, said this morning that it has acquired a "substantial equity stake" in Kino Industries , the developer of an interactive movie technology called CtrlMovie. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In a surprise move, Santa Monica-based Demand Media said Tuesday afternoon that it plans to explore separating its domain name and content businesses into two, independent, publicly traded companies. Demand Media said it anticipates the deal will be in the form of a tax-free distribution, and will occur in the next nine to twelve months.

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JULY 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based ZEFR has sold its rights management and content-flagging assets--RightsID and ChannelID--to Vobile Group , a provider of video content protection, measurement, and monetization, in a deal worth $90M, the two companies annoucned late Thursday. ZEFR is backed by IVP, U.S.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Now the city’s enterprise tech scene can claim a really big winner with Signal Sciences , the security monitoring and management company that is getting bought by Fastly , a provider of content delivery networking services, for $775 million. We’re thrilled to help lead the way for the broader tech community in Los Angeles.”

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops cloud-based learning and human capital management software, said late Wednesday that it has acquired Grovo Learning , a provider of "micro-learning" content, in a deal worth $24M in cash. Grovo was founded in 2010, and has offices in New York City and San Francisco.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based HAAWK , a new startup focused on rights management, copyright enforcement, and content monetization, has raised $2.5M The funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners, Wavemaker Partners, Frontier Venture Capital, and Apex Ventures. Financial details of the Dart Music acquisition was not announced.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Burbank-based Entertainment Partners , a provider of workforce management and automated production software and services for the entertainment industry, has been acquired by private equity investor TPG Capital. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based Encompass Digital Media said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire the global content distribution business of Ascent Media Corporation. The deal is being funded by capital from Macquarie Capital and Tennenbaum Capital Partners. Wasserstein & Co. is the majority owner of Encompass.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based Culture Genesis , the venture-backed "digital studio" funded by Mucker Capital, betaworks, plus actor T.I., Grand Hustle founder Jason Geter, and NBA star Baron Davis, has acquired All Def , the media and content company which was founded in 2013 by hip-hop's Russell Simmons.

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MAY 1, 2013

The acquisition is one of the fastest exits ever for a local, content-meets-online company--AwesomenessTV had only just raised $3.5M awesomenesstv merger acquisition dreamworks exit content hollywood youtube comedy network' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital announced on Friday that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, RBmedia , to another private equity company, KKR. Financial details of the deal were not announced. RBmedia is a publisher of audiobooks, and is based in Landover, Maryland.

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APRIL 21, 2010

The reason I have so many typos is that I value cranking out more content rather than perfect posts. Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Online peer-to-peer lending. Other deals.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based YouTube content network Fullscreen , which is led by George Strompolos, disclosed Thursday that it has issued $7.8M in equity--related to a merger and acquisition, most likely the acquisition of Supernova (better known as Viddy ) earlier this month. The disclosure came via a regulatory filing. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

Los Angeles-based a href="[link] , the startup led by Ryan Born which focuses on rights management, copyright enforcement, and content monetization, has acquired two startups, TuneRegistry , and RoyaltyClaim. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Born becomes Chairman, President, and CFO of the combined companies.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Financial details of the acquisition have not been announced. Blip was venture backed by Ambient Sound Investment, Bain Capital, and Lauder Partners. bliptv blip acquisition merger content network youtube studios maker' Blip operates an online, video site focused on webseries. News of the sale first came via AllthingsD.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based Naritiv , which produces online content for brands, has been acquired by social media management firm Hootsuite , the two said on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Hootsuite said the acquisition specifically was geared towards the Snapchat analytics solutions created by Naritiv.

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JULY 7, 2014

Disney is providing $120,000 in investment capital to startups to help them develop their ideas, and also provide mentoring from Disney executives. disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Tech Media Network is venture backed by ABS Capital Partners, Highway 12 Ventures, and Village Ventures. bestofmedia group merger acquisition publishing content techmedianetwork tech media network toms harware' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The company said the funding came in the form of a debt facility from Metropolitan Partners Group and equity capital from Heroic Ventures, Creator Capital, Together Venture Partners, and Vikrant Mathur & Alok Ranjan (the founders of Future Today Inc.). The company said the acquisition is its fifth acquisition to date.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Santa Monica-based Freenfly , a startup that helps brands tap into a network of content creators and brand advocates on social media, has raised $8.5M According to Greenfly, the funding round was led by Alpha Edison, and also included Iconica Partners, Elysian Park, and Corazon Capital. in a Series B funding, the company said today.

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MARCH 21, 2017

The Snapchat analytics software developed by Los Angeles-based Naritiv , a startup producing online content for brands, has been acquired by social media management firm Hootsuite. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Naritiv was venture backed by Luminari Capital, Third Wave Digital, Walt Disney Co.,

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APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis. I think everybody heard about this acquisition. M&A Discussion. OTHER STUFF.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Previous backers include Sequoia Capital, SilverLake, Dragoneer and Ant Group, among others. and plans to use its new capital in part to continue to grow there and globally. Other things the company plans to do with its new capital is focus on acquisitions, particularly acqui-hires, according to Siemiatkowski.

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JULY 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Jam City and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) DPCM Capital said late Friday that the two comapnies are terminating their efforts, where DPCM Capital would acquire Jam City in a SPAC deal. Jam City and DPCM Capital launched the SPAC effort in May.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. It is easy to invest capital, but very, very hard to exit, so don't.

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MAY 1, 2013

The acquisition of Awesomeness.TV The firm was only challenged by the recent acquisition of GoodReads, which has an estimated 100x return. analysis acquisition merger exit goodreads dreamworks hollywood content awesomeness' In an analysis stretching back to all of the exits logged in our data since 1996, Awesomeness.TV

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Another, new venture capital firm, with an office in Los Angeles, NordicEye , has set up an office in Santa Monica, and has been targeting investments in the growing Silicon Beach region. only 11 months ago, before Proofpoint's $66M acquisition of Weblife today. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2011

The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. It was interesting to see the acquisition of Accordent - it seems unusual to have only put in $4M in to a company in so many years, and yet you had a good exit? Jeb, thanks for the time today. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Los Angeles-based Kixer , a advertising technology developer focused on mobile advertising, has been acquired by LAKANA , a developer of content management software based in Minnesota. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Kixer was venture backed by Lowercase Capital, TenOneTen, as well as angels.

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MAY 21, 2021

billion special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transaction, according to Bloomberg, citing "people with knowledge of the matter". The SPAC--only the latest in a string of SPAC transactions in Southern California's techn industry--will see DPCM Capital acquire Jam City, as well as a Montreal, Canada-based game publisher, Ludia, Inc.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Gravity was venture backed by August Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and Upfront Ventures, and had raised around $20.6M gravity merger acquisition content personalization software exit' in total funding. Gravity''s founders are Amit Kapur, Jim Benedetto, and Steve Pearman, all of whom were previously at MySpace. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not annoucned. Imagine Communications was venture backed by Carmel Ventures, Columbia Capital, and Court Square Ventures. Harris Broadcast provides content management and network infrastructure products and services aimed at the television broadcasting market. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Big Frame had been venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Daher Capital, DFJ Frontier, LaunchPad LA, New World Ventures, The Media Farm and Social Starts, and angels Diego Berdakin, Dave Goldberg, Peter Gotcher, Clark Landry, Adam Lilling and Dan Murray. The company had a $3.0M Series A funding back in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Los Angeles-based educational content management software developer Edlio said late Tuesday that it has acquired Sangha , the developer of a personalized, mobile parent interaction app. Sangha Co-Founders Pavan Batchu, Srivatsan Srinivasan and Srikanth Thadakamalla have all joined Edlio as paret of the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition and investment were not announced, however, Mighty Oak Entertainment said Bryan and Ellis have purchased 50 percent of the company from founder Mark O'Brien. Might Oak said its founder, O'Brien, previously was a development and content sales executives for Warner Bros.,

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