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Evolve Media Sells SheKnows.com

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Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp. Financial details of the sale, and the name of the private equity buyer, were not announced. Evolve Media said that it originally acquired SheKnows.com in 2006, when it was a five person company with 600,000 unique visitors per month.

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Brand Affinity Technologies Gets $20M

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The round was led by Miramar Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Newport Coast Investments, RimLight Capital, Fulcrum Venture Capital, and ad pepper media International. Ryan and Chad Steelberg are best known for their sale of dMarc to Google in 2006. BAT operates a celebrity endorsement and marketing firm.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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Pierce is an advisor to Casual Connect, GamesBeat, and Digital Media Wire, an active angel investor and member of BitAngels and an active supporter of non-profit and advocacy organizations and is a member of Clinton Global Initiative. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. He continues to sit on the board of Sorenson Media.

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Zag Makes Exec Hires, Promotions

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The firm also named Steward Easterby as VP of Sales; Bill Lepter as VP of Business Intelligence; and Star Marcus as VP of Human Resources. Brenner has served at 1-800-CARSEARCH, PromiseMark, and CARFAX; Pributsky joined Zag in 2006 and served at eVox Productions and Malldecker Media; Easterby was most recently at Yahoo!;

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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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. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Time will tell.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. Acquired by Amazon for $110m. TechCrunch.

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

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In 2006, a platform called FanLib raised $3 million in venture capital to launch a platform where copyright owners (like ViacomCBS, which owns “Star Trek”) could host fan fiction contests to engage fans. This is different from how sales work in the existing art world.

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