socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. Matthias Galica: The first two verticals which correspond to our use case are in music and entertainment.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2020

There are lots of others trying to put content on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok, which is more about entertainment around social media. Scott Grimes: A lot of it is for new user acquisition. We recently crossed a million active users in the United States, who get a text message from us two to three times a week.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

To build out our technology and ad serving platform, we made the investment and acquisition around a video ad server, with a strategic investment in Redlever for branded entertainment, and the acquisition of Joost's assets. Specifically, there was a greater and higher level of consumption of video. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

They made a number of significant acquisitions in that space, My co-founders, Sammer and Chris, worked together at Internet Brands. We would make an acquisition, and very soon after an acquisition we''d have a team of people from the company we had acquired reporting into our group. We have complementary skill sets. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Those offers might be a thank you for coming in yesterday, please come back next week. It was a portal, and partnered with ISPs so that those ISPs could generate ad revenue, and create stick entertainment for customers. in 2009, and through that process I learned a lot about local businesses, and about customer acquisition pain points.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. We have a huge acquisition pipeline. Thanks, and good luck! What's the idea behind Maple Media?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

So consider this something of a recap, photo essay, and a personal thank you to all the great people who worked alongside us at SXSW this year. Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! A special thanks to our guests/interviewees!

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

We're now taking the same solutions around the globe, and finding companies in the sports, entertainment, manufacturing, large automotive companies, and the Fortune 500 acquiring and using Chrome River. With this acquisition, that has put Concur into SAP. We've now branched out horizontally into all industry verticals. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. What we did was we owned television stations, radio stations, cable stations.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Thanks for the time today. Rich Raddon: When Zach and I came together, I had been working in LA for fifteen years in entertainment and traditional media. We represented Google in the acquisition of YouTube. Photo: Rich Raddon on left, Zach James on right, courtesy MOVIECLIPS.com). First of all, what is MOVIECLIPS.COM about?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

It will really depend on how Facebook manages the acquisition of the up and coming generation. Thanks a ton Patrick for all the great insights and tips. Right now they have no choice but at some point there will be a comparable if not better option. Once momentum shifts from a social network it’s hard to get it back.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. than in other parts of the city.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. On the other hand, Rosenblatt is one of the biggest reasons why I think Silicon Beach is the future of the entertainment industry in the United States. Thanks to our advertisers. Got A News Tip?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. thank you to Kidlandia for the chart]. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Thank you eMinutes. Thank you @eminutes. . Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

I should also say a huge thank you to my partner Greg Bettinelli, as Ring was amongst the first deals he ever funded and along with GOAT, thredUP and some of the other great deals he’s led for us?—?his The future is a computer vision world, from autonomous vehicles to robotics to security, training, education and entertainment.

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