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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Los Angeles- and New York-based PlaceVine , which operates a web-based service to connect brands and agencies to product placement opportunities in film, television, and new media, said Wednesday that it has scored a round of seed financing from a New York-based angel fund, NYCSeed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped. Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Jan Zands is the founders of Los Angeles-based phonesheet.com (www.phonesheet.com), a startup which is developing web-based software for tracking phone messages and action items. We ran into Jan and thought it would be interesting to talk to him about the story behind the firm and its software.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). How did you decide this needed to be a combination of software and content?

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MAY 21, 2014

Are you a content creator for the web? Los Angeles-based Epoxy (www.epoxy.tv) launched yesterday to help content creators do just that. Most recently, we created a web series. When we started jumping into web series, we were surprised to find there wasn''t anything similar. Explain what Epoxy is and how it works?

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APRIL 17, 2010

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups.

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APRIL 24, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple.

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

Los Angeles-based maniaTV, which develops video content for the web, said today that it has hired six new executives at the firm. Paul joins from Joost; Klein from National Lampoon; Sniffen from JumpTV and NBC; Przybylowski from G4TV, Chu from Paramount Pictures, and Lucero from Disney.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple.

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MAY 24, 2011

Southern California--and particularly, Los Angeles--has always been a center of the music business, which makes it unsurprising that there are many, music-focused startups which end up starting here. I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. Where is the site now, in terms of launch?

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JANUARY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based EQAL (www.eqal.com) launched into the online world in 2006 with the creation of the YouTube sensation "lonelygirl15," the fictional video blog of a teenage girl. Hollywood seems to still be struggling with the Internet, because it seems to be breaking all the old models. We really believe in the community side.

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APRIL 5, 2012

Mobile Roadie's mobile app tools power mobile apps from Madonna, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Beatles LOVE, and the Los Angeles Kings--and the firm's investors include Ashton Kutcher, among others. Our software lets non-technical folks make an app in about an hour. We sat down with Michael to hear more about his company.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

The Winklevoss twins, the 31-year-old Harvard grads who are probably best known for their years-long legal fight with Mark Zuckerberg over the founding of Facebook, have put $18 million of their Facebook settlement cash toward buying a brand new bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills, according to a report today out of TMZ.*. 2011 Holiday.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Image Metrics (www.image-metrics.com) recently landed a $6.5M, Series B funding round for the firm's facial animation products. Editor's note: you can see Image Metrics "Emily" demo on their web site ). The second thing is the software. We're that close. Thanks for the interview!

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. My background, is I'm from Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To hear about the firm's interest in Los Angeles, and Southern California investments in general, we spoke with Fouad ElNaggar , Principal at the firm, to hear about where the firm is nowadays and what kind of investments it is making locally. On Demand enterprise, and consumer software-as-a-service is also very interesting to us.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

Ian Rogers is the CEO of Topspin Media (www.topspinmedia.com), a venture backed, Santa Monica-based startup developing web applications for the music industry. On the other end of the spectrum, you actually have a constituency of people, artists who want your help, who want options and a software solution.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

If you’re an OEM who wants to move more hardware but you don’t have the muscle to create an entire media ecosystem then you’re best off finding a partner who can build a software OS, app platform and search capabilities. Not because they are bad companies – but because software is not a core competency.

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