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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Chill said its new service, Chill Direct , allows artists to offer up their videos to fans via desktop, mobile and Internet connected televisions. Chill is venture backed by William Morris Endeavor (WME), Kleiner, 500 Startups, Redpoint Ventures, Crunchfund, Science Media, Troy Carter and Atlas Venture. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2015

Chill was founded by Brian Norgard and Dan Gould, and was venture backed by William Morris Endeavor (WME), Kleiner, 500 Startups, Redpoint Ventures, Crunchfund, Science Media, Troy Carter and Atlas Venture. As part of the buy, Tappy will shut down.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

2020 was a crash course in leadership and we saw many great entrepreneurs step up and rise to the challenge. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? Remote communications have transformed the way we do business and I expect we will see a dramatic change in how workforces are set up.

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JUNE 27, 2012

The firm's other investors include Troy Carter, 500 Startups, Science Media, CrunchFund, Mike Jones and Redpoint Ventures. Chill's website lets users share videos and discuss them with friends in an online social environment. Other investors in the round included Atlas Venture and Chris Saccas Lowercase Capital. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Jeremy Helfand , the President of United Online 's Media Group, has departed the Woodland Hills-based firm and ended up at a Palo Alto startup. According to Palo Alto-based Auditude this morning, Helfand has joined the company as CEO. Auditude develops technology to help companies monetize their online video.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference).

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , a provider of an online programming guide to Internet television, said today that it is publicly launching its site, Clicker.com today.

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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. Topspin is backed by Redpoint Ventures and The Foundry Group. What's the idea behind Topspin Media? The company had a good head start on me.

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JULY 21, 2009

Topspin Media , the high profile, Santa Monica-based music startup headed by former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, has inked a deal with independent music promoter INgrooves. Topspin is venture backed by Redpoint Ventures and The Foundry Group. Tags: topspin media ingrooves music content marketing. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The startup is headed by Robert Flynn --a former VC, and co-founder of Liquid Audio, and most recently head of Modern Feed, the company that is now Clicker--who talked with us about his new company. Roberty Flynn: We are building what we see as the next generation of business to business media. What is Aggregage?

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MARCH 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Topspin Media , the online music startup of former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, said today that the firm has inked a deal with Berkleemusic.com, the online continuing education division of the Berklee College of Music, to partner on a set of online music courses. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2010

for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Chill is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, William Morris Endeavor Group, Atlas Venture, Lowercase Capital, Troy Carter, 500 Startups, Science Media, CrunchFund, Mike Jones and Redpoint Ventures. Anyone can post, and vote an item up or down. What's the whole new front page all about?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” Go Boulder!

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The firm was was formerly known as SocialVibe, and is backed by Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinnacle Ventures. We recently spoke with CEO Jay Samit , as we wanted to understand what the company was up to nowadays, why it decided to change its name, and how it sees itself fitting into the Internet advertising industry.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

During Twiistup 8 a panel moderated by Jason Nazar (DocStoc) and joined by panelist David Travers (Rustic Canyon), Brian Norgard (Namesake), Fouad ElNaggar (Redpoint) and Demian Sellfors (Media Temple), spoke about if the next big tech company could be built in Los Angeles? Visit TechZulu for full story.

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APRIL 25, 2013

In the arms race of search technology, only the big guys -- Google, Microsoft -- seem to be able to keep up with all of the innovations in the space. We caught up with CEO Dev Bhatia --a serial entrepreneur who''s been involved with such companies at Hotsocket, Screaming Media (IPO), and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo)--to learn more about.

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JUNE 5, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Startups Made Simple. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include: Sponsors. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Advertisers.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Startups Made Simple. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblog.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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MAY 22, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Startups Made Simple. BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. They include: Sponsors. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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APRIL 12, 2011

We also put together the Series B with Redpoint for Machinima. It's like New York, which because of all the advertising folks who have spun out of the companies and agencies there where the economy tanked, and have started creating innovative companies. We have been fortunate to be part of a number of exiting Los Angeles companies.

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APRIL 24, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Startups Made Simple. BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. They include: Sponsors. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Startups Made Simple. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblo g.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA on. Interesting in reaching Southern California's high tech industry? innovation.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. Opportunity #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Next → As startup ecosystems evolve and mature, validation of their viability comes in waves from entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers alike. billion in 2005, and also currently represents Rdio, Beats Electronics, Riot Games, Ad.ly, Redpoint Ventures, and several other prominent private and publicly traded clients.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. They also avoid Reg D.

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