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MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Fans.lu , a developer of an e-commerce storefront to help game companies sell merchandise such as shirts, hats, posters, and more directly to their gamer fans, said over the weekend that it has partnered with the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Los Angeles-based Mythical Games , a game technology studio which says it specializes in "digital ecosystems around player-owned economies", has raised $19M in a new, Series B funding round, the company said this morning. According to the company, the new funds will go to expand development of its platform and brings its first game to market.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

Our first post over the holidays is from Howard Marks --who co-founded Activision--and recently founded startup accelerator StartEngine, and who has been very active in encouraging the technology industry in Los Angeles. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

But TiMi contended that these platforms are not essential to a game’s success. ” Call of Duty: Mobile is developed by Tencent and published by Activision Blizzard (Image: Call of Duty: Mobile via Twitter) . All eyes are now on TiMi’s next big move, the mobile version of Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty.

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JUNE 30, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Gamzee (www.gamzee.com), a new game company founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision and Acclaim Games, announced a seed round of funding. We organized the resurgence of the company, then I left in 1998 and started a business in distance learning. What is Gamzee all about?

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JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine's founders are Howard Marks, who co-founded Activision, and investor Paul Kessler. StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Hulu has been making its Hulu Plus app available across a wide range of platforms, most recently for the updated PlayStation 4 , which launched last week. Hulu said its development team has been working with Microsoft on the app for Xbox One, which will include tray navigation, larger images, updated search, and other features.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

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. In addition, there are incentives for referring others to the platform.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

Our first post over the holidays is from Howard Marks --who co-founded Activision--and recently founded startup accelerator StartEngine, and who has been very active in encouraging the technology industry in Los Angeles. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gamzee , the HTML5 game development firm headed by Howard Marks, one of the founders of Activision, has shifted its staff as it rethinks how to approach the market. The startup develops the Skyscraper City social game, which lets users create and build a city, adding buildings, redeveloping neighborhoods, and more.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Allen Brack, is out, and will be replaced by two executives, who will co-lead the company, following an employee walkout over the company's handling of sexual harassment issues. The president of Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, J.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I quietly watched their success from the sidelines and kept spending time with and telling the CEO, Scott Lahman, that I wanted to invest in his next company.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups.

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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. Before working in California, Chris worked for Maryland based game companies MicroProse and Games Workshop.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 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. Before working in California, Chris worked for Maryland based game companies MicroProse and Games Workshop.

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APRIL 25, 2011

So, we really built some innovation into our platform, to make it ubiquitous in the mobile space. We called the company GOGII--literally, our short text code of 60611, which you can looks a little like GOGII. I fell that that is by far the most important element of a company. It's the quality of the team.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Howard Marks , Co-Founder at Activision / StartEngine.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Southern California companies are fundamentally part of e-sports, and both of those companies have become multi-billion dollar companies. At Crosscut, we tend to invest in platforms. which is the leading e-sports, mobile platform, and with their title Vainglory, has become the top mobile e-sports company in the world.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. How did you get into iPhone development?

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JANUARY 18, 2012

All three of us have been working together for quite awhile, since Activision, fifteen or sixteen years ago. Because of that, we were excited to start a new company, focused on one aspect of social gaming, on Facebook. Companies are incredibly risk adverse, for good reason. Greg, thanks for talking with us today.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Companies in the accelerator can walk upstairs, talk to someone who's already been funded, and get counsel on how they went through that process. In addition to the companies, we're leasing space to companies who have already gained capital, and second and third time entrepreneurs. Can you talk about that space?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies. Howard Marks , Co-Founder at Activision / StartEngine.

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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. Gold Sponsor. . Community Sponsors.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

From investments and business, Robin Kaminsky , Entrepreneur in Residence at Rustin Canyon Partners, and former EVP of Publishing at Activision. These same companies who are making huge bets on taking tv/online properties are also looking for new ways to increase their marketing budgets. Mixing History with Technology.

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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. Gold Sponsor. . Community Sponsors.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Josh Resnick is a serial entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of nProgress , the company behind ntro. Josh was formerly the President of Pandemic Studios, and helped co-found the company, merge it with Bioware, and eventually sell the combined firm to Electronic Arts for $860M. What's the idea behind the ntro?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

12,000 apps currently on the platform. The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams. ” Jeff Haynie, Appcelerator – a platform for building network-connected mobile apps across native platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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