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AUGUST 5, 2019

What's behind the turnaround in the online ad business of Venice-based Snap ? According to a report from CNBC , a new Chief Business Officer--Jeremi Gorman--has completely changed Snap's advertising business. Gorman previously was an executive at Amazon, and was appointed to the position in October.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Venice-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , has reportedly acquired programmatic advertising startup Metamarkets , according to unconfirmed reports. Those reports place the transaction value of the buy at less than $100M. Metamarkets is based in San Francisco. Neither Snap nor Metamarkets have yet announced any acquisition.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Venice Beach-based Zefr , which provides contextual targeting software for brands advertising on YouTube, has named former Fox Networks executive Toby Byrne as the company's new President, the company said this morning.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Venice, California-based messaging app developer Snapchat is planning to roll out its first advertising effort soon, according to CEO Evan Spiegel, who said this week at the Vanity Fair New Establishment summit. snapchat advertising message instant disappearing social mobile smartphone evan spiegel' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , the company behind Snapchat , has run into more controversy, after celebrity Rihanna weighed in on an poll advertisement Snapchat had approved and run on its service asked viewers to vote on whether they'd like to "slap Rihanna" or "punch Chris Brown". READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Venice-based Snap has cut another 100 of its employees , according to reports on Thursday, as it continues to trim its workforce. The cuts this time apparently came from the advertising side of Snap, and follows a big layoff of engineers in February. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap has snagged two executives, one from Amazon and the other from the HuffingtonPost, as it continues to grow its executive team.

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MARCH 26, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat , has quietly acquired a 3D gaming engine developer based in the UK, according to a report. According to the report, Snap acquired PlayCanvas, a developer of 3D game design software, last May. No details on the acquisition have been announced by either of the companies.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

As more and more revelations of abuse of advertising systems at Google and Facebook by Kremlin-linked advertisers continue to surface--Venice, California-based Snapchat has managed to keep itself free of "fake news" using a secret weapon: humans.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap, Inc. , The company said it has "one HQ, in Venice", and the changes in London simply involved billing advertising revenue in the UK through a UK entity. the parent company of Snapchat , said on Tuesday that it has not established a new international headquarters in London--despite media reports.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Venice, California-based ZEFR , which develops technology for helping movie studios, music labels, and others identify, claim, and manage content on YouTube, said today that it has launched a new product. ZEFR said the new product provides a "visualization" of YouTube, to allow brands to better target their digital advertising campaign.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , The new effort is focused on growth-stage and early-stage startups, with an emphasis on improving the reation and delivery of mobile advertising. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat said late last week that it has settled with the state of Maryland, over issues with how the company advertised its services. According to the state attorney general, Snapchat had misled consumers that its snaps were only temporary and would disappear after being viewed by recipients.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Venice, California-based Briabe Media , a mobile marketing firm targeting Hispanic, African, and Asian American consumers, said today that it has raised more than $2M in funding. Briabe Media offers up mobile advertising targeted at ethnic audiences, and is headed by James Briggs. The firm came from Stochasto Holdings AS of Norway.

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APRIL 9, 2015

Venice-based ZEFR , the provider of rights management services for YouTube, said today that it has linked up with SoundCloud , to help ZEFR''s music partners better understand sharing of content on SoundCloud. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>. zefr soundcloud media attribution piracy music sound hollywood'

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MAY 7, 2015

Venice-based Snapchat --which has been including Snapchat branded QR-codes in its apps since January--said this week that it has rolled out a new program that allows users to personalize their own Snapcodes, with downloadable vector files and branding guidelines. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat might be the darling of the technology startup scene, but there are at least three, privately held startups--and maybe, more--in Southern California who recently passed $100M in revenues, according to a look through recent announcements. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE has made a grand prize award in one of its challenges, the $1.75M Water Abundance XPRIZE , to a local, Venice Beach based team. According to the XPRIZE Foundation, it awarded $1.5M to the Skysource / Skywater Alliance team , which has developed technology which wrings water out of thing air.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Venice, California-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing firm headed by James Citron, has raised $2.0M Mogreet uses Mobile Messaging Service (MMS), SMS, QR codes, and more in advertising and marketing campaigns for its clients, which include such companies as Nike, ABC, WB, Paramount, Macy's, Gymboree, and many others. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2013

Venice, California-based ZEFR , formerly known as MovieClips, is expanding out its partnerships today, saying that it has added Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Ultra Music, and NASCAR as partners for the company. ZEFR is backed by U.S.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Miso Media is located in Venice, and was founded by Aviv Grill ; the firm's investors include Aria Ventures , Detroit Ventures Partners , Google Ventures , Mind Fund , and Keith Rabois , among others. Earbits has created a service which lets you browse through over 200 stations of streaming audio, advertising free. Music Mastermind.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Venice, California-based Mogreet , the mobile video and advertising firm headed by James Citron, reports today that its analysis finds that users on Verizon Wireless, and those using iPhones, are the top mobile video users. The firm found that 36.8 percent on AT&T.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Venice-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat, has acquired San Francisco-based ad technology developer Flite , according to reports this morning. According to recode, the acquisition is an "acquihire", and Snap is using the buy to help bring in new ad technology talent, rather than any software developed by Flite.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Venice, California-based Snapchat has hired on Facebook executive Sriram Krishnan, who had headed up Facebook's ad network for the last few years, according to a report on Monday. Krishnan ran Facebook's Audience Network, its effort to sell display and video ad space on Facebook apps. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

A report, published by eMarketer on Tuesday, says that Venice, California-based Snapchat will earn an estimated $1 billion in ad revenues next year. The report predicted that Snapchat will represent 2 percent of social network ad dollars in the US next year.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat will be rolling out a new, 3D interactive lens for the service, as part of a tie in to the upcoming film Underworld: Blood Wars.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Venice Beach-based Access 360 Media, which operates an out-of-home advertising network, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Mission Ventures, and also included Bessemer Venture Partners.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Our most recent Demo Day in November 2018 (at Google/Venice on the main stage) was the most well-attended Demo Day in the history of Startup Boost. Matt also previously held executive positions in integrated marketing and advertising at Yahoo and Apple, and has consulted with numerous companies on business growth and go-to-market strategy.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based anonymous messaging app developer Whisper said Tuesday that it has named Shelby Huston Haro as the company's Vice President of Sales. Haro is from the entertainment industry, and has served at Maverik Digital, GetGlu, Penske Media Corp, along with Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Venice-based FlipGloss Media announced this morning that it has launched a web site targeted at the fashion, design, travel, and lifestyle photography markets. The advertising-driven site said it was founded by Yahoo! The new site--funded by Forbes Media--said it is looking to create a "new visual discovery experience" for consumers.

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JUNE 10, 2014

But it was the low-key, creative beach vibe of Venice and Santa Monica that spurred a spate of start-ups to seek offices and homes. The predominantly resale neighborhoods of Venice and Santa Monica also feel the tech boom. Pardee Properties , the top agent in the market, recently closed on actress Anjelica Huston’s Venice compound.

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JUNE 19, 2012

The moniker Silicon Beach refers to the technology scene in Los Angeles concentrated around the areas of Santa Monica and Venice. advertising (OMD, Ignited, Deutsch, TBWAChiatDay, engage:BDR), press (Forbes, Investor Business Daily, LA Business Journal), startups (Viddy, BeachMint, ShoeDazzle, Pose, PromoJam, PageWoo, Honest) and more.

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JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Los Angeles has a strong online advertising industry, and Rubicon Project is one of the companies we heard has been doing well and. NastyGal is just one of a number of fashion-meets-technology startups to emerge in Los Angeles, which. Rubicon Project. is a good place for employees. by DoubleClick after a $112M IPO.

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APRIL 12, 2013

Starting off in Santa Monica at ROC for a fireside chat with CBS Interactive, then heading to Westwood at UCLA for Spotlight: LA Tech, and ending at NextSpace / Amplify LA in Venice for TechZulu Final Friday. Custom advertising deals and partnerships. Contact us at sponsor@techzulu.com. Sponsored giveaways and contests.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Their product offerings can benefit business from different perspectives from the producer, to the advertiser, to the end user — they have covered it all flawlessly. They were nominated for an Emmy for the Glee SuperFan experience, have worked with advertisers like Audi, and networks like Fox , CBS, MTV and Fox Sports.

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MAY 7, 2013

And we are unbelievably proud to see the company grow from small, crappy offices above a taco shop in Venice to a production home in Culver City with 70,000 square feet and more than 50,000 individual content contributors. .” Dana & I took a chance on the founders early on. But they built the company into what it is today.

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