socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Our team has an eye for identifying legacy industries and nascent trends, and creating platforms for innovation.

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Dollar Shave Club Tsavo Userplane Southern California 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Anna Barber is the Managing Director at Techstars LA where she invests in B2B and B2C early stage startups.

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Startup Press Commerce Southern California 124

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

While I was there, I was product manager leading efforts to include third party content into the platform. It was a portal, and partnered with ISPs so that those ISPs could generate ad revenue, and create stick entertainment for customers. So how did you end up back in Southern California?

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). Much of this was highlighted at Twiistup.

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

USC’s Marshall School of Business and School of Cinematic Arts present Silicon Beach @USC : an event highlighting innovation, new ventures, partnerships and investment at the intersection of technology and digital content. WHO : Presenters will also discuss the unique advantages of launching new initiatives in Southern California.

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USC Southern California Conference Entertainment 81

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. We're looking to build out our investment portfolio.

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Southern California Media Venture Capital Invest 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. We're looking to build out our investment portfolio.

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Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

I then went back to Stanford for business school, and ended up coming down here to Southern California to run a design studio for an Ideo competitor, Continuum. As part of that, I started working for entertainment studios and networks, and saw the shift in consumer behavior to online entertainment.

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Downey Content Help Startup 215

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2013

Likewise, a wide variety of tasks, from corporate training to childhood education, have been variously recast in a "game" context with dimensions and purposes quite beyond simple "fun and entertainment."

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Education Enterprise Forum CalTech Training 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

“Our goal this year was to connect leaders in digital media and technology from around the world and honor those making significant contributions to the industry,” said David Siemer, co-founder and Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners and founder of Siemer & Associates Investment Bank.

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Media Technology Truecar Southern California 84

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Get to know them now before they become household names. Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. We thought we'd create a platform that was as powerful and rich as Youtube is for video, or Flickr is for pictures, or Docstoc is for documents. The firm is based in Los Angeles and Seattle.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

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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Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. Provides an enterprise collaboration and storage platform. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

We are an innovation, investment, and advisory firm. Does this include investments or an investment fund? Another example in the VR space, is I've worked personally with virtual reality companies, and we have a number of clients in that space, so from an investment standpoint, that�s an obvious place to look at.

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Media Blogging Hulu Invest 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

We're excited to have them involved, because they've typically invested in companies around our stage in the media space, so they bring some unique set of relationships and domain expertise. We've also got Black Diamon, a local SoCAl fund, which is also leading the round. But, there are two things.

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Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

Through their professional services, I ended up investing in a private equity firm called iFormation, which was a three way joint venture between Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs, and General Atlantic Partners. In our initial testing in LA, funny enough, people do care more about things like sports and entertainment.

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Mobile Buzzfeed News Tool 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. The Startups. The Sponsors.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

It’d been a big year in tech, and the different supporting parts of team TZ – so what better way to kick off the festivities with an inaugural train-bound journey, courtesy of the good people at Amtrak. So how could we accomplish this, while maintaining the close alternative SXSW vibe we had last year?

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member. Event Details.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002.

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