InfoChachkie

JULY 16, 2012

As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. Apologies: an incomplete draft of this article was inadvertently sent out previously via RSS. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

In fact, at least two of ZIRX's initial customers for the on-demand parking--Live Nation and Insomiac--are in the LA area. The Bay Area startup--which has been in Los Angeles since last November--said its new ZIRX Enterprise service is offered up to companies, to help its employees with parking. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 5, 2012

Coull Entrepreneurs Get More Customers. <JG change the link in first sentence to the infoChachkie post> As noted in YouTube Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. Coull Offers Advertisers Video Skimlinks. <JG

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based Daqri , a developer of augmented reality technology, announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a private equity funding. The funding came from Tarsadia Investments. DAQRI said that Troy Carter, founder of the Atom Factory, joins the company''s board with the funding. DAQRI is headed by Brian Mullins.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. While the Series E capital is primarily funding the acquisition, SpotOn continues to double down on its product and technology.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The startup, which offers up dockless, electric bicycles to customers, said the funding round came from Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Crosscut Capital, 3L Capital, Naval Ravikant, and a number of strategic investors from the entertainment and sports communities.

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JUNE 2, 2016

in a Series A funding round, for the company's subscription, "fan boxes"--which feature custom, tailored mystery boxes delivered to fans from their favorite entertainment and pop culture brands, every month. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Breakwater Investment Management, Time Inc.,

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2012

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of inflight Wi-Fi and entertainment services headed by John LaValle, announced today that it has raised $45M more in financing. Row 44 said the funding will go towards broadening the firm's offerings and expand its infrastructure.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2011

Shamrock focuses on investment in the media, entertainment, and communications areas. According to Thought Equity Motion, the funding will go towards technology, cloud storage, and ability to service global customers. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

Traditional venture capitalists may have made it rain on expensive Hollywood studios that were promising virtual reality would be the future of entertainment and social networking (given coronavirus fears, it may yet be), but Talespin and others like it are focused on much more mundane goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags. Don’t expect investors to line up for your new online gaming site, adult entertainment or quick sources of cash. Marginal legality or poor public image. If you want U.S.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

As part of that, I started working for entertainment studios and networks, and saw the shift in consumer behavior to online entertainment. That was my first, deep dive into entertainment. I had also built desktop analytics software for customers, such as banks. Why get some funding and make this into a separate company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

If you need investors, it’s important that you understand their filters, and even if you are funding your own efforts, you need to recognize the red flags. Don’t expect investors to line up for your new online gaming site, adult entertainment or quick sources of cash. Marginal legality or poor public image. If you want U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2020

He produced a very detailed analysis of his customer base and which would be affected. He enacted a program to proactively offer payment holidays to customers in obviously “hit” industries like travel & entertainment. If your head isn’t spinning you haven’t fully grasped the severity of the situation.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

You need to segment your audience and find a way to get your highest quality customers over to O&O (owned & operated) inventory where you can get higher CPMs, sell merchandise and capture more customer information. And we like to be entertained. You can earn the right to ask for customer information and remarket to them.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

The firm's technology--which creates a 3D, virtual avatar from digital photos--was originally developed at the University of Southern California for the CIA, and was spun out into a venture funded company targeting the consumer market. For those not familiar with BigStage, tell us what the company is doing with your avatar technology?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 15, 2018

The company counts major clients like TripAdvisor, Lululemon, HD Supply, Express Scripts and Spirit Airlines, among its roster of customers and will use the funding led by Battery to further expand its sales and marketing and product development efforts. “We were impressed with AuditBoard’s product and its customer traction.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. I get that Shark Tank is a TV show focused on entertaining its viewers. Experienced entrepreneurs have no issues parsing where reality stops and entertainment begins.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Appetize is backed by the Guggenheim, the 49ers Family Office, WME SVP of Music Marc Geiger, Roar Entertainment and others; the company recently announced deals with Live Nation and the Sacramento Kings, and is part of the Dodgers Accelerator. We listened to our customers and what they needed, and observed their operations.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 2, 2016

million Series A fund. The Loot Crate team has bootstrapped a truly elite business by consistently delighting their growing community of fans and customers,” said Bettinelli. “By Along with the new round of funding, the company also announced a partnership with Microsoft in an effort to promote the Halo franchise.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

.” I believe Scott’s argument is that the market is following many other services markets where you have small, expert, boutique small firms and a handful of mega players as we see in banking, law, accounting, entertainment agencies, et. I believe most LPs still want discipline in fund sizes, fees and focus.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 The biggest investments in Southern California for the quarter were for San Diego's SkinIt , a maker of customized "skins" for electronic devices, with $60.0M funding, fellow San Diego cloud computing firm RightScale , with $25.0M in funding.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. I also lead our media and entertainment vertical practice. How is your company funded, and where are you now? Rachel Payne: We have been around for a couple of years, and have raised a round of funding.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

Is this meant as a personal tool, or a corporate tool--it looks like you've got a number of entertainment clients adopting your tool? Kieve Huffman: My background, and that of my business partner is digital entertainment and digital media. How much of this is custom, one-off work versus out of the box functionality?

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2020

in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures, and also which also included Experian Ventures, Cherry Tree Investments, Dig Ventures, Mucker Capital, Unlock Venture Partners, TechStars and Wavemaker Partners. Moving forward, this recent funding is going towards creating more personalization around that text experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation. Mr. Csathy’s career spans Internet, music, motion pictures/video, live entertainment, and technology.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: Our customers are very active using our technology and analytics as a solution to increase the content sales from all kinds of customers. So carriers are a major customer of yours? Patrick Kennedy: We have customers of different kinds. Patrick Kennedy: We have customers of different kinds.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch. Fortunately, the Director of Global Customer Experience at Google, became our first investor, so we could start and figure out the content problem for small and medium businesses.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

For a number of high profile brands, it's by using the software and services of Los Angeles-based PromoJam (www.promojam.com), which just announced a round of funding to accelerate it efforts last week from Golden Seeds and the Band of Angels. What plans do you have for that new funding? What's special about what you offer?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

It is the most viable way to not only get project funding but more importantly to get customer validation. Statistics show that 60% of projects on crowdfunding sites fail to reach their funding goals. Cause related campaigns (only for certain crowd-funding platforms). Web Series. Music Project. Art Project.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. It provides consumer rewards, and on the merchant side, it allows them to identify local customers and reacquire them by pushing them offers and incentives to come back. What is Punchcard?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles�as the center of the entertainment industry�has begun to adopt a new role as the center of online video in recent years�and has also with the e-commerce industry and expertise here from the technology industry. Before that, I was heading up global consumer marketing for entertainment, sports, and video at Yahoo.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. However, our customers, even with Concur, find those solutions didn't meet all of their needs.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. Customers, fans, and buyers can get a brand's essence, their personality, and vibe, in one, visual display. Gocke told us more about the company and what it's doing. What is Fliptu?

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). Behzad Kianmahd: There's a bit of a history there.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

She is responsible for all aspects of business growth for the platform’s design and technology categories and has led many companies, including Misfit Wearables, Scanadu and Canonical, to secure funding on Indiegogo. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Contact us at sponsor@techzulu.com. Sponsored giveaways and contests.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. Taylor then set up shop in San Francisco to further his mission.

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