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Pocketwatch Picks Up $6M For Kids Media Brand

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Culver City-based Pocketwatch , a startup media brand focused on creating and acquiring content for kids, has raised $6M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Third Wave Digital, and also included Les Moonves (CBS ), Jon Landau (Avatar & Titanic), United Talent Agency (UTA), Robert Downey Jr. READ MORE>>.

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How Epoxy Is Helping Content Creators Make Their Video More Social

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We spoke with co-founders Juan Bruce and Jason Ahmad about Epoxy''s mission, its roots from projects at Team Downey, the production firm of Robert Downey Jr., One of our small clients there was Team Downey, the production firm of Robert Downey Jr., Why get some funding and make this into a separate company?

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Maker Studios Lands $36M More For YouTube Content

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Culver City-based Maker Studios , which develops YouTube channels and content, said today that it has raised $36M in a funding round. The investment was led by Time Warner Investments, and also included Greycroft Partners, Downey Ventures (Robert Downey, Jr.) The new funding brings the company's total raised to $44M.

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Connectifier Acquired By LinkedIn

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Costa Mesa-based Connectifier , the artificial intelligence software developer led by John Jersin, has been acquired by LinkedIn , the companies said Thursday afternoon. Connectifier was developing automated software to help companies with their recruiting, and had raised around $12.0M Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Airware Gets $10.7M From Google, Andreessen For Unmanned Drone Technology

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to develop all of the infrastructure for buildling your own, commercial drone, from Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures. Airware is led by Jonathan Downey. A new, Newport Beach-based startup, Airware , has raised $10.7M READ MORE>>. airware venture capital unmanned aerial vehicle drone hardware electronics'

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Connectifier Gets $6M For Recruiting Software

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Orange County-based Connectifier , a sttup founded by ex-Googlers, and which is developing search-powered recruiting software, has raised $6M in a Series A. Connetifier is developing tools which use search software and artifial intelligence to better help recruiers find and locate talent. READ MORE>>.

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Does your development team need ?just How does the Scrum process change team collaboration and accelerate development? s experience with Scrum, which began with training from with Master Scrum Trainer Scott Downey. s experience with Scrum, which began with training from with Master Scrum Trainer Scott Downey.

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