socalTECH
OCTOBER 14, 2010
Sherman Oaks-based Brilliant Digital Entertainment , operator of the Kazaa peer-to-peer digital music service, has sold its Kazaa peer to peer network and brand, according to New York-based Altrinsic. Altrinsic said it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kazaa's assets from Brilliant Digital Entertainment Thursday afternoon.
InfoChachkie
MARCH 24, 2016
Fanstasy sports sites DraftKings’ and FanDuel’s popularity has spurred a new-breed of political betting sites. Unlike sites of the past that were deemed illegal, the current crop of election sites appear to well positioned to exploit the unprecedented focus Americans are applying to the 2016 election cycle.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2009
Los Angeles-based KlickSports (www.klicksports.com) recently rolled out the firm's live sports prediction web site and game, looking to harness the enthusiasm of sports fans for their favorite sports and teams. We started in 2006, with an in-venue trial at the Alamo Bowl, where we gave out prizes and coupons.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. Elearning is an example.
socalTECH
AUGUST 20, 2009
We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. Kids really need a deeper level of interaction.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 23, 2011
Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30 He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh.
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