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Triller Seeking To Go Public Via SPAC, Says Report

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Los Angeles-based social application developer Triller , which competes head to head against TikTok , is seeking to reach the public markets through a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company), according to a report. administration to force a sale by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. READ MORE>>.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

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Meet Our Startup of the Year Competition Semifinalists: Mobile Therapy

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Those that try generally agree and remain customers – but since we are initially asking Clinicians to change the format of their practice delivery, the initial sale can be challenging. My first company, Web Elite, provided high-end Web and application development services for the Automotive community (suppliers and OEMs).

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Interview with Evan Rifkin, Burstly

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Mark Suster lead GRP's investment in the firm, and Jim Andelman led Rincon's investment. That's a reality for the app developer, which is they need tools to run, promote, and track their own in-app purchases. As of today, anyone can now sign on as a developer, and we're announcing the release of our marketplace.

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Why Hopscotch Is Behind Your Favorite Mobile Sports App, with Laurence Sotsky

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Previous to this, I ran a custom, mobile application development shop. Why are these colleges using you, rather than investing in their own custom applications? Beta customers are key, and listening close to make sure you have product-market-fit with that beta, before you expand lots of sales and marketing effort.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers.

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Interview with Ian Swanson, Sometrics

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The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. The majority of them are social application developers, who have social applications on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Bebo, and Hi5, either using the Facebook API or OpenSocial. What's the idea behind Sometrics? So who is using your software?