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LA Gets Another New Startup Venture Capital Firm, 3Rodeo

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Los Angeles-based 3Rodeo , a brand venture capital investment firm led by former Hulu executive Noah Heller, says it is targeting investments in startups in Los Angeles. Size of the new fund was not announced. 2017 has been a banner year for new startup funds in Los Angeles as well as Southern California as a whole.

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Tunewiki Gains Investment, Hires Activision Vets

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Amount of the funding was not disclosed. As part of the funding, the firm said it has hired Activision vet Lawrence Goldberg as its Chief Operating Officer, and fellow Activision vet Michael Steiner as Director of Marketing. Goldberg was EVP, Worldwide Studios, Chief Corporate Counsel, and General Counsel at Activision.

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Greenfly Gets $8.4M For Influencer Marketing Software

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The funding included NBA player Chris Paul, as well as Verance Capital, Higher Ground Labs, DD Venture Capital, SW19 Ventures, LinkinFirm and Allievo Capital plus previous investors Go4it Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, Alpha Edison and Iconica Partners. in a strategic growth round.

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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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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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That's No Moon Entertainment Takes $100M

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Playa Del Rey-based gaming studio That's No Moon Entertainment--created by game designers from Sony, Naughty Dog, and Activision--has raised $100M in an investment round, the company said this week. The funding came from Smilegate, a South Korean gaming company knokwn for the title "CROSSFIRE".

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Mythical Games Lands $75M For NFT Games

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The startup--which says its founders are from Activision, Oculus, EA and Zynga, plus Stubhub and Charles Schwab--said the funding was led by WestCap. The round also included 01 Advisors and Gary Vaynerchuk's VaynerFund, along with Galaxy Digital, Javelin Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, and Struck Capital.