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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof. Don't bet on any one platform.

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen. The second thing, is instead of being just a platform, we also have content partners pre-integrated.

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Interview with Phil Ressler, BigStage Entertainment

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Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending. There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing. Venture capital seemed the obvious way to do that.

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Interview with Allison Dollar, SnapCuts

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Allison Dollar: SnapCuts is a digital media marketing platform, which uses social video messaging. Brands that have a fan base can use it as a marketing platform, and they can push things out to their list. What is the SnapCuts service? For a receiver, the receiving page on SnapCuts can also be branded or skinned.

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Interview with Paige Craig, Betterworks

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What we're giving companies, is a platform to create, manage, and measure perks for all of their employees. I have a number of investments tackling the SMB space, including InDinero and Postling, all creating platforms to help small and medium sized businesses in some distinct way. There's a fairly complex platform we've patented.

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Interview with Krisztina Holly, Good Growth Capital

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A good example of that is Skyhawk Therapeutics, which has built a small molecule platform that enables rational design of small molecules that target specific binding pocket regions of RNA. We're able to source very diverse, unique deals, at an earlier stage, and build value.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

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Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. The platform works across messengers, starting with the ubiquitous messenger that exists in 3.2Bn devices: SMS.