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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

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Making money on livestreams has never been easier thanks to a suite of tools from the Los Angeles-based startup Maestro , which just nabbed $15 million in financing to grow its business. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. . “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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3BLACKDOT Snags Machinima Vet For Game Development Effort

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Los Angeles-based 3BLACKDOT --founded by Machina Vets Angelo Pullen, Luke Stepleton, Adam Montoya, and Tom Cassell--said Tuesday that it has snagged another Machinima vet, Marwan Abderrazzaq, to head up game development at the company. He also has previously worked at Electronic Arts, Collective Studios, Activision, and Warner Bros.

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Arktos Entertainment Funds Online Gaming Firm

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Los Angeles-based Arktos Entertaiment Group , a firm which says it provides investment, creative and production management support, and other services to interactive and online entertainment firms, said today that it has led a $5M investment round in firm Online Warmongers.

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Club Caveman Takes To Kickstarter To Bring App To Life

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A mobile app new project by a local, Los Angeles team has taken to Kickstarter to help fund its efforts to create an animated, interactive caveman for your iPhone and iPad. The team includes entertainment and tech vets who have worked on computer games from Activision, animation from Dreamworks and Disney, and who have worked at Yahoo!

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Popbase helps YouTube stars build closer relationships with their fans

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Entertainment has changed. Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans.

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Interview with Greg Borrud, Seismic Games

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That's what Los Angeles-based Seismic Games (www.seismicgames.com) is looking to figure out, headed by Greg Borrud, Eric Gewirtz, and Chris Miller. All three of us have been working together for quite awhile, since Activision, fifteen or sixteen years ago. Greg, thanks for talking with us today. Tell us a little bit about Seismic?

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Develop.la | L.A.’s Own Hacker News and Why Now?

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the rising tech movement sweeping through the burgeoning Los Angeles startup scene ­— he wants to put L.A. A vision of the future of the Los Angeles tech community he hopes will rival ­­— if not surpass Silicon Valley in 10 years as a the leader of groundbreaking innovation. Jason is a passionate advocate for. Creating L.A.’s

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