socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your firm in 2018? It was entertaining to be at the (geographical) epicenter of that phenomenon.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Yellow , the accelerator program launched by Snap in 2018, has selected ten companies to join its latest cohort. Since launching the platform in 2018, startups from the Snap accelerator have gone on to acquisition (like Stop, Breathe, and Think, which was bought by Meredith Corp.) The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

And while the entertainment industry takes a lot of credit for the awesomeness that is SXSW, tech holds its own when it comes to creating the electric atmosphere of this epic coming-together. When your résumé includes Google, the World Economic Forum, and a TED talk, speaking at SXSW 2018 is a walk in the park.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

This year at CES 2018 at Eureka Park over 800 startups from around the world will descend on Las Vegas and meet individuals to help boost their business. Bautiful Box will keep your pet entertained while at home and will train it too! The company has been selected as a CES Innovation Awards 2018 Honoree. HOPii (San Jose, CA).

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Tech.Co

MARCH 13, 2018

The spirit of optimism is alive and well at SXSW 2018. Between the art installations, film, entertainment, innovation, and Elon Musk, who crashed the HBO “Westworld” panel to talk about the future of space travel, it would be hard not to leave Austin inspired. APPLY FOR STARTUP OF THE YEAR COMPETITION HERE.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Pierce was estimated to be worth between $700M to $1 billion back in 2018, having been an early adopter and investor in a wide range of cryptocurrency, including Bitchoin, Ethereum, and others. Pierce recenty detailed his plans for a third political party.

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socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2018

Seed stage investments in Los Angeles area startups was up, year-to-year, according to the Q1 2018 LA Seed Deal Report from investor Amplify LA. The most active area for LA area seed investments was in media, entertainment, and gaming, with software-as-a-service businesses also bringing in significant seed funding. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

This year at CES 2018 Eureka Park, the mega startup hub of the conference, the hottest early-stage startups from around the world will showcase their products and services aimed at disrupting their respective industries. Meet the startups showcasing at Eureka Park Startup Arlington this year at CES 2018: BooleanGirl. Albrechtsen said.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 -- Digital Family Reunion. Come reconnect with old friends and enjoy quality networking with fellow technology, media and finance professionals from across biotech, martech, fintech, blockchain, healthtech, IoT, big data, VR, AR, AI, entertainment and more. See [link] (more)

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2014

According to International Data Corporation, wearables will be the fastest-emerging category and become a $12B industry in 2018. During The Future of Wearable Entertainment and Hollywood, it will be discussed how augmented reality inspired by movies become a reality for all of us. You can find pictures from the night here.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. Read more about our Startup Nights and SXSW 2018 on TechCo.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2018

Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment has inked a television deal where ESPN and Disney XD will provide live television coverage of the Overwatch League , the three companies announced on Wednesday. Financial details of the multiyear, exclusive telecast agreement were not announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 13, 2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018 -- WITI: Advancement of Women in STEM. Our panelists for our upcoming event "Advancement in STEM" are phenomenal women who are making significant contributions to technical communities that improve and impact our society through education, entertainment, and engineering. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

According to the newly formed company, it completed all three of those mergers earlier in 2018, and now has a customer base of 175 enterprises. The company said its core customers are in the media and entertainment, mobile gaming, digital media, education, consumer goods, marketing, ecommerce, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) verticals.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Techstars Music Accelerator says that its program is being supported by Warner Music Group, Sony, Concord, Bill Silva Entertainment, Silva Artist Management, RecoChoku, Royalty Exchange, Q Prime Management and others.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2019

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , the developer of computer-vision software used for "sport media valuation", led by Ophir Tanz, said on Wednesday that it has doubled both its number of employees, and number of clients in 2018. The company did not announced how many employees it added, nor how many clients. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 26, 2018

million head mounted displays sold in 2018, according to data from Canalys. By 2018, New York was home to at least seven virtual reality spaces where users could experience the technology, according to The New York Times. ” Bennett knows a thing or two about entertainment.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

So far, we have launched a handful of blockchain companies and are looking forward to more partnerships in 2018. What are you looking forward to most in 2018? I think we will see the rise of a newer and larger mobile-focused media companies and the continued evolution in traditional television entertainment.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2019

in 2018 to $19.1 There were 255 million users of paid services by the end of 2018 — and Songtrust can attribute much of its growth to the opacity in how that money makes its way back to artists. The company’s growth follows that of a music industry that continues to enjoy a renaissance (at least in terms of dollars spent).

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 23, 2018

America is smitten by smart audio / smart speakers (the terms are used interchangeably by industry analysts), making it the gift of the 2018 Holiday Season. It is expected that the majority of these 25 million smart speakers will be sold during the 2018 Holiday Season. The entire report is available HERE. What’s Next? –

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Looking ahead over the next 10 years, this is going to be the way consumers are [being entertained], accessing insights and knowledge, and connecting.” ” Applications to the incubator opened today and close November 17, 2018.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based SPACES (www.spaces.com), led by CEO Shiraz Akmal and a team of entertainment veterans from Dreamworks Animation, is hoping to do that with a series of physical attractions, powered by VR technology. We're an entertainment company. 2018 is the year people will get a chance to experience SPACES.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 16, 2019

Meanwhile, games are quickly becoming the go-to revenue driver for the entertainment industry. billion worldwide in 2018, representing roughly 47% of the total revenue for the gaming industry in the year. Add that to its own Cookie Jam and Panda Pop properties and it seems like the company is ready to make moves.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. Sales of headsets in the fourth quarter of 2018 topped 1 million for the first time and new, low cost all-in-one models may further move the needle on adoption.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Check out the entertaining video here.) What are you looking forward to most in 2018? We'll be launching two new programs early in the new year that will help emerging brands and manufacturing founders connect with the resources they need to scale in LA; stay tuned for some announcements early in 2018. (If

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2019

In late 2018 we shifted the model to include a cash investment in cohort companies. Scott advises clients across a number of industries, including software, technology, digital media, interactive entertainment and video games, cyber security and life sciences. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2018

René Pinnell says he and his wife Selena Pinnell were “blown away” by the virtual reality projects their friends were creating in 2014, so they looked for an entrepreneurial niche that would allow them to support such artists. That year the couple, both trained in design, founded a startup in San Francisco, then called KaleidoscopeVR.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

Brud , the actual company behind one of Instagram’s most popular virtual influencers (it’s a thing), has raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and everything is awful. — maya kosoff (@mekosoff) April 19, 2018. Ephemeral, but infinite.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 18, 2019

With an inaugural investment into the Los Angeles-based entertainment startup Culture Genesis , Clifford Harris Jr., billion in 2018, a record for the region, according to data from Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association. who’s better known as “T.I.”, Indeed, Atlanta-area startups raised roughly $1.15

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear.

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

billion at the time of its last fundraising in mid-2018. Lyft sold 30.8 million shares at $72 apiece, according to Renaissance Capital —the top of a new range that Lyft originally set at $62 to $68. The company was valued at $15.1 Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

He entertains no sense of a static business. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/18/2018. Elon Musk is doing both of these, first by expanding his Tesla electric vehicle initiatives beyond cars, into self-driving taxis and trucks, and secondly by entering new domains of transportation with SpaceX and Hyperloop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Don’t let the “normal” workload wear you down – keep a balanced focus on work, and find other activities, including sleep and entertainment, to keep up your motivation and stamina. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 11/27/2018.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2019

Along with several of Raven’s core members, Lyu left Baidu in 2018 to start rct. The eight-people team is led by Cheng Lyu, the 29-year-old entrepreneur who goes by Jesse and helped Baidu build up its smart speaker unit from scratch after the Chinese search giant acquired his voice startup Raven in 2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

The days of manual reservations and receipts are behind us, whether it be with rides, clothing, meals, or entertainment. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/17/2018. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative. Configure every decision step into real-time software.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based funds, in closer proximity to the entertainment industry, have been quicker to invest in the creator economy. The firm even launched an accelerator for YouTube personalities in late 2018. When I was younger, everyone wanted to become a famous sports star. Now, everyone wants to become an influencer.”.

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