socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups. in its seed funding round.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. It is easy to invest capital, but very, very hard to exit, so don't.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired. It was interesting to see the acquisition of Accordent - it seems unusual to have only put in $4M in to a company in so many years, and yet you had a good exit? Jeb, thanks for the time today. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2019

According to Viacom, the acquisition will help it with "key strategic priorities", including expanding its presence across next-generation distribution platforms and growing its advanced advertising business. Viacom said that Pluto TV has more than 12 million monthly active users, with about 7.5 million of those using connected TVs.

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Advertising Acquisition Los Angeles Activity 113

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2020

Our interview today is with Scott Grimes , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Stackin' , which operates a text-based, financial messaging platform. We try to make it very easy for the average consumer to get more financial information, content, and ultimately, product, in the financial industry. Stackin recentlyraised $12.6M

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Content Social Media Startup Artificial Inteligence 124

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. That was the first time I raised any kind of capital, $600,000 in capital, for a social gifting platformback when Facebook was very generous with data.

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Startup Content Demand Netflix 124

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Last week, I wrote about an alternative to venture capital called revenue-based financing and before that, I jotted down some notes on one of VCs’ favorite spaces: cannabis tech. Or Haus , launching this summer, an all-natural apéritif distilled from grapes that has a lower alcohol content than most hard liquors. Startup capital.

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Startup Venture Capital Newsletter Tips 223

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. The company said it will introduce ads “over the coming weeks” in order to “cover our expenses” of running the platform. Securities and Exchange Commission. .

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Social Network Los Angeles Social Media Blogging 153

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

I have the utmost respect for the tech produced by our northern colleagues and acknowledge it is the tech capital of the world and that won’t change. AOL committed to keeping the team in LA after the acquisition and in building a deeper technology team in town. We have top 25 engineering schools than anywhere else, too.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Demand offers up a network of online, content driven web sites--plus a healthy domain name registration business--and has garnered lots of attention for specifically creating content for search engines. Platform G / Mindjolt.

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Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2016

(www.science-inc.com), the startup �studio� led by former MySpace CEO and technology veteran Mike Jones , just saw its third acquisition out of its portfolio this year�the acquisition of FameBit by Google/Youtube. They had been huge fans of the platform, and I think they had a super, genuine connection with Youtube, thus with Google.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

-Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Includes content mobile guides, ie.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We caught up with CEO and co-founder Brett Rossman to learn more about the company and how it''s been able to grow, profitably, all without raising a dime of outside capital. We generate thousands of new customers everyday for clients such as Ally Bank, GE Capital, Transunion, and a few other big brands. We do that methodically.

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Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. Jamie is currently also co-founder of March Capital Partners, in addition to running the summit. They're acquisitive, have cashed up, and lots of them are now looking at repatriating money to the US.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

The content that we serve is all new music and releases. For example, they might want to see what version of a song to put on an EP or not, or which songs they might want to put additional marketing behind on other platforms. We're a multi-sided marketplace, start with the driver. The product is an app, available for them.

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Startup Advertising Marketing Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

The San Francisco events will be run by Chris Sacca (of Lowercase Capital ) and Kevin Rose of Digg. In addition they are a platform (the OS part) where they’re encouraging developers to build third party apps on their platform. Udemy is an online education platform similar to EduFire and others.

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Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

The content that we serve is all new music and releases. For example, they might want to see what version of a song to put on an EP or not, or which songs they might want to put additional marketing behind on other platforms. We're a multi-sided marketplace, start with the driver. The product is an app, available for them.

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Startup Advertising Marketing Platform 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We want to create the right mix of the types of activities, price points, and make sure we have high quality content and high quality activities. Enter the light bulb, which was that this was a real opportunity to create a new platform, which can facilitate connecting experts with users. Who are your other cofounders?

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Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The Series C financing from VantagePoint Capital Partners with participation from Baird Venture Partners and some of its investors puts the firm’s financial nerve to a total $54.3 The platform also gives an insight into consumers spending behavior which traders use to increase their loyalty and acquire new clients. Strong Backers.

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Advertising Media Networking Capital 64

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 14, 2013

A new platform dubbed Exitround , has launched which claims is “a private, anonymous marketplace for founders to discreetly explore strategic acquisition opportunities.” Many of these companies look at strategic acquisitions to fill their expertise gaps quickly in exchange of significant sums of money.

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Technical Review Startup Acquisition Education 68

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pandora is venture backed by Crosslink Capital, Walden Venture Capital, Greylock Partners, Labrador Ventures, The Hearst Corporation, GGV Capital, and others. Topspin Media provides an online music marketing platform. According to Pandora's S-1, Gotcher owns roughly 1.05

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Southern California Media Venture Capital Los Angeles 157

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This has obviously occurred in battles with tech platforms like Yelp vs. Google or Zynga vs. Facebook). In an era where Amazon has become so dominant in the retailing and delivery of physical and digital content are there strategies that can succeed? companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition).

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Farbod Shoraka: My background is actually in mergers and acquisition advisory. It''s more about connecting then with customer, than BloomNation sending orders through the platform. I have such respect for other platforms and technology. It''s sort of an Etsy for flowers. How long has the service been available?

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

As President of Game Development and Operations at SGN, a leading cross platform game developer and distributor, Josh Yguado is responsible for development, marketing, and operations for all games. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Part of what we do differently, is we leverage original content and breaking news as a hook to get into the site, then quickly get into engaging applications, such as localized events, original videos, mobile apps, fantasy/reality TV leagues, and more. How have you managed the high cost of creating content? We've done two things.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

I guess it may be impractical for Twitter to acquire Seesmic given it has raised considerable amounts of venture capital (reportedly $12 million) but the broader point for me is that I always believed Twitter should control the client versions of its product. is integrated with the content while being specifically denoted as an ad.

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Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM).

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Other supported content types include videos, photos, links, social profiles, check-ins, and more.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

We utilize the content of your existing website and create a mobile version on-the-fly. Logos, themes, branding, content, videos, maps and more are automatically transposed to the mobile version with no programming knowledge required. We write and create our own content for the game. Mobile Web America, Inc.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

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

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

One would imagine with so much influence and potential capital flying in the packed room, the atmosphere must have felt thicker than a frenzied shark tank. Famebit is the world’s first full service platform to connect brands and marketers to Youtube content creators. Honestly though, it was anything but.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. The firm has a strategy-based approach with a strong focus on technology and high-quality content.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. The firm has a strategy-based approach with a strong focus on technology and high-quality content.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96