TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. SpotOn is paying $415 million in cash and stock for the Los Angeles-based company.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways.

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StartUp Beat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

2017 has already witnessed a load of successful and exciting conferences, including World Domination Summit, Startup+Fest and CEO Space. The conference also gives a chance for newly-born startups to exhibit their ideas in the event’s Startup Alley , as well as a platform where entrepreneurs meet investors, dubbed “CrunchMatch”.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Brad Brooks: The biggest news from TigerText this year is that we're evolving from what was a pure secure messaging product to a comprehensive clinical communications platform. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 26, 2018

alone in 2017 (not to mention the roughly 32 million consoles sold at the market’s peak in 2008), according data on the Statista website. . That’s the hope of people like Nancy Bennett, an entertainment industry veteran who was brought on as the Chief Creative Officer at Two Bit Circus.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? This is a trend from 2016 that should gain momentum in 2017. Rob Freelen: Focus.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Techstars has continued to expand its global footprint with 48 accelerator programs around the world and the first company from our portfolio (Sendgrid) to IPO in late 2017 and then be acquired by Twilio in 2018. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen. The second thing, is instead of being just a platform, we also have content partners pre-integrated.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Next year, we plan on building it into a bigger business and in April 2017, we'll be doing it again, but this time in New York. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? What's the biggest lesson you learned this year? Alon Goren: Delegate!

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After logging into your account via Facebook API, the platform uses your date of birth as the core data to help you calendar all of your friend’s birthdays and discover other people around you who also celebrate your special day. It reinforces the company’s culture of being a platform for giving and celebration,” said Hagger.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

That is why I invited the Founder & CEO, Jonah Peretti , to come talk at the 2017 Upfront Summit and make the case himself. In fact, the platforms weren’t always so quick to crack down as many of them benefitted financially. Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?”

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