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Tunewiki Gains Investment, Hires Activision Vets

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Tunewiki , a developer of a user-driven service which combines streaming music with music lyrics, said Tuesday that it has received a strategic investment from NTT DOCOMO. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Goldberg was EVP, Worldwide Studios, Chief Corporate Counsel, and General Counsel at Activision. The firm has a U.S.

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Greenfly Gets $8.4M For Influencer Marketing Software

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Los Angeles-based Greenfly, a developer of marketing software for brand ambassadors, athletes, and sponsors, said on Tuesday that it has raised $8.4M Department of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission and Activision Blizzard. in a strategic growth round.

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Gamzee Gets Seed Funding

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Los Angeles-based Gamzee , a developer of HTML5 and mobile/social games, announced Thursday that it has raised $1M in a seed round of funding. Paul Ksller of Bristol Investment Fund joins the firm's board as part of the funding. READ MORE>>.

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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

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Existing investors like SeventySix Capital, The Strand Partners, Stadia Ventures, Hersh Interactive Group, and Transcend Fund, as well as early Zoom employees Richard Gatchalian and Aaron Lewis, also participated. . “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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LA Gets Another New Startup Venture Capital Firm, 3Rodeo

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Size of the new fund was not announced. Heller was previously VP Partnerships and Emerging Technology at Hulu, and was also CEO of Vhoto; Heller also previously served at Atlas Venture, Activision, Surreal Software, Microsoft, and founded DNAi, a developer of a graphical 3D engine. READ MORE>>.

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Mythical Games Finds $19M For Game Studio

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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. The new funding brings its total raised to $35M. The new funding brings its total raised to $35M.

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Ozobot Boosts Executive Team

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Redondo Beach-based Ozobot , which develops educational robotics products, says that it has named Joby Otero as its Chief Product Officer, and Kim Salzer as Chief Marketing Officer. Both also had served at Activision. Ozobot is backed by Tribeca Ventures, and recently raised $3M in a Series A funding. READ MORE>>.