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Break Media Taps Doyle, Subar as CFO, CTO

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Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online video and content publisher headed by Keith Richman, said today that it has tapped Andrew Doyle as its Chief Financial Officer, and David Subar as Chief Technology Officer. a game development firm that created titles for Activision, Interplay, and IBM. Subar also had founded Interna Ltd.,

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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I only recently invested and I only got here through persistence. The opportunity came up to invest in this one and I pounced. But I never gave up.

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Gamzee Gets Seed Funding

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The funding came from Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd; Jarl Mohn , the former CEO of Liberty Digital and former board member at Riot Games ; Heiko Hubertz, founder and CEO of Bigpoint, and Paul Bricault , a Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners. Paul Ksller of Bristol Investment Fund joins the firm's board as part of the funding.

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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

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Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine. As the founder of an accelerator, I'm constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? Finally, Google.

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

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A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. Howard Marks , Co-Founder at Activision / StartEngine.

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Interview with Howard Marks, Start Engine

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Marks is the co-founder of Activision, and Kessler a prolific investor in the region. Are you making investments in those firms as part of the program? Don't forget, as you know, I moved Activision from Silicon Valley to Los Angeles, which is why we were able to make it a number one company. Howard Marks: Absolutely.

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Interview with Paul Bricault, Amplify

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Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. So, having venture firms invested in our accelerator, and included in our support companies, helps them come out to see us.

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