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JANUARY 23, 2019

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Pluto TV , which offers up free streaming television to users through devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Chromecast, has been acquired by Viacom in a deal worth $340M in cash, according to Viacom. million of those using connected TVs.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2013

On Friday October 25th, this innovative spirit was put on display at the 2013 Student Innovator Showcase. It’s not about the money for us,” said Cosmo Scharf of Coursewiz , a college course-scheduling platform. “We Overall, the event provided students with a platform to display their interesting ideas to the community.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , which got its start as a startup accelerator but is now focused on offering up a platform for companies to raise equity crowdfunding, said Friday that a $25M crowdfunding effort by Elio Motors has been qualified by the SEC using its platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

The platform allows investors to do their due diligence on their own time, network with other investors and execute deals with little overhead.” The platform carefully vets every company applicant and only presents less than 2% of opportunities to its investor base. Set to Empower Angel groups and VC’s.

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Software Review Platform Equity Tool 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 7, 2019

On social media, players would take screenshots of their playlists and post them to platforms like Twitter or Instagram, Fox said. “There’s a social platform for everything, but in the days of terrestrial media distribution music has remain isolated,” he says. . Image courtesy of Earbuds. Logging on is easy.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project says today that it is one of the "fastest growing ad technology companies in history".

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

“Netflix is the most innovative content creation and distribution company of the last decade, leading the way in streaming since 2007 and changing the original content game with House of Cards in 2013,” said Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell, co-founders of Impact, in a joint statement.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Those services — and the company’s growing business among small and medium-sized suppliers to the construction industry — brought the Austin-based company to the attention of Fifth Wall Ventures , the Los Angeles based investment firm whose limited partners are among the biggest construction companies in the world.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

For today's interview, we thought we'd catch up with Robert Blatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com), which recently announced a $16.3M Our platform enables them to manage the digital representation of their locations, and engage with consumers in paid, social, and search, to improve that customer experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). He hit me from two very trusted sources.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ? Ten years on much has changed. $1

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. 43% of all goods arriving into American ports come through LA and Long Beach ports in Los Angeles. Mayor Garcetti is up for reelection tomorrow, March 7th 2017.

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Riot Games Los Angeles Technical Review Venture Capital 191

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. IPO proceeds also shattered 2013’s high-water mark of $55 billion, with an impressive $85 billion in proceeds. According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Michael is a bit of an honorary Southern California, spending a large chunk of his time in Los Angeles (where he's built many of his companies) although he's now officially living in Puerto Rico. This morning, we have a contribution from Michael Terpin , the CEO of Transform Group International and Chairman of BitAngels.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. The point isn’t to “build a business on YouTube” but rather to use YouTube as a marketing platform to build a video business that works across many platforms. I think most arguments miss the mark.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Jon Kraft: We raised an angel round of financing back in July of 2013, and we''re still working against that round. We''re learning about what moms and dads really want to see in terms of day-to-day engagement on our platform. What''s the funding status of your company--how are you funded? Finally, what''s your next big goal?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

SYNCFAB , (Synchronized Fabrication) is a platform to bring hybrid 3D printing and connect inventors and designers with manufacturers and material specialists to bring back local manufacturing. More technically speaking, SYNCFAB is a technical hybrid 3D print and design solution platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 19, 2013

Watch Sony’s brilliantly simple video that proves that in E3 2013, Microsoft was pwned. Photo Credit: Digital LA. The post Family Fun, Sports Fans and Fight For the Best Console | E3 Recap appeared first on TechZulu.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Founded in 2013, digitalundivided leads high potential Black and Latino women founders through the startup pipeline with a focus on knowledge, research and community. Indiegogo is a platform for ground breaking technology and where you can find interesting products that haven’t hit the mainstream market. iFundWomen (New York, NY).

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 141

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 10, 2013

We’ve teamed up with PromoJam, Digital LA, The ROC and Silicon Beach LA to host the most epic 2013 Kick Off party with the Silicon Beach LA Tech Scene !! What better way to start of the new year then with a joyous celebration. TechZulu his helping PromoJam Launch their all new 2.0 New Year – New PromoJam!! and you are INVITED!!

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 1, 2014

Adam is the very mind behind many of the business developments and the growth of Indiegogo into one of the most premier crowdfunding platforms. Since then, he has been an integral part of Indiegogo’s history; expanding the brand into new markets and creating the name into one of the biggest crowdfunding platforms in the world.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2013 – Some big news for local startup Plug.DJ and their user-curated music sharing platform. It’s borderline addicting, and their platform is a fun and refreshing take in the wake of a massive boom in the popularity of shared music. About Plug.DJ.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). New Online Video Trends.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

PacketSled, a cybersecurity startup based in suburban San Diego, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Keshif Ventures, a local angel investment fund that has put money into dozens of tech startups in the San Diego area. The company raised $3 million in a 2013 seed round.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The seed round was led by investments from Richard Chino, a key early member of GoTo.com and Smarter.com; Dan Murray, CFO of Machinima ; Derek Draper of Wildfire by Google; Nikhil Srivastava of KKR ; Angel Investor Andrew Schwartz and other angles from LA and Silicon Valley. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development. It’s a win-win.”.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. Six months later, I had those three things, pitched the partners, and I was in there in July of 2013.

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Startup Cornerstone OnDemand Software Review Woodland Hills 124

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

“We have a market-leading tag management platform that is the on-ramp to a marketing-led customer management platform,” Lunsford said. Lunsford joined Tealium at the beginning of 2013, after a seven-year run as the CEO of Limelight Networks in Tempe, AZ. For us, it’s never been about tags or Javascript. It’s been about data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

To get some insight into the growing world and business of e-sports, we caught up with Clinton Foy , a local venture capital investor at Crosscut Ventures in Los Angeles. At Crosscut, we tend to invest in platforms. Foy�along with a number of partners, including, Brian Lee of Honost Co.;

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Riot Games Southern California Invest Mobile 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. I was a proud angel investor in Jody’s company, EcoMom. He used the 500Startups platform to uber network in the Bay Area where he was living. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

Our line-up of panelists include top VCs, Angels and Startup Accelerators. Upon the platform of the new Machine Shop, they have brought both their Creative Team and Management in-house to effectively drive innovation. There will be FREE food and drinks provided. Powered by Bizzabo.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

The event was sold out, attracting founders, angels, VC’s and future entrepreneurs in the LA Startup Community. A total of 10 startups made up of 5 companies that received the most votes from the crowd and 5 companies chosen by the Angels and VC judges pitched in front of a live audience for a chance of winning $25,000 in funding.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

I work for Hubba, a Toronto startup that has built a sharing platform that takes a unique "big data" approach to data management for brands and retailers. At the bottom in small print it said " (if you would like to see your data could be managed in 2013, please visit us at www.hubba.com/TheNewWay ) ". .

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? Cheerful Inc.

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