socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Moriarty is an active investor and advisor to many of LA''s startup companies and headed up Ticketmaster Entertainment from 2000 to 2008, including heading up that company''s spinout from IAC/InterActiveCorp and its IPO. Moriarty''s investments include TuneIn.com, Eventbrite, and Metacloud, and Triton Digital.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2017

Description: Ground Control is developing "voice-activated entertainment experiences" and interactive audio technology tied into well-known personalities across entertainment, sports, politics, music and beyond. Serial Entrepreneur: Mike Macadaan, formerly of Fox Interactive, former Chief Creative Officer at MySpace. AppOnboard.

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Both Sides of the Table

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 only recently invested and I only got here through persistence. The opportunity came up to invest in this one and I pounced. But I never gave up.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

There is a really genuine and real opportunity in the intersection of media and entertainment technology here in Los Angeles, and people are focused here on that for a legitimate reason. Explain what kinds of investments TenOneTen makes or hopes to make? David Waxman: We''ve been making investments since the beginning of the year.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 20, 2019

Meanwhile, Scopely is also planning to invest heavily in expanding its strategy-focused game studio, DIGIT, in Dublin. Our Dublin and Barcelona teams play a critical role in the Scopely journey, and we are actively hiring across both markets.”. Scopely didn’t say how many jobs it would be adding in either location.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2013

Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media, has just been appointed CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media , the parent firm of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, and other entertainment focused properties. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Someone has to design and create those entertaining or informative messages that are designed to be passed along in an exponential fashion, often electronically or by e-mail. Seed viral activity. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. The amount is up from $528.0M

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MARCH 25, 2010

Taltopia is backed by $800K in angel funding; the firm said it is now actively seeking investors in a second round of funding. Tags: taltopia casting calls hollywood entertainment content jobs venture capital angel investment. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Earlier this week, Good Growth Capital (www.goodgrowthvc.com) announced it has started looking at investments in Southern California, adding Krisztina Holly as West Coast Venture Partner for the firm. What kinds of areas does the fund make investments in? We've never not gotten into a deal that we wanted to invest in.

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socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2010

According to Playdom, Steamboat--along with Bessemer Venture Partners and New World Ventures--have invested in the firm as part of a new, $33M venture capital funding round. Steamboat is active in investing in technology firms whose products are related to digital media and entertainment.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2016

I think voice-activated devices have huge potential for healthcare and the ability to have a very positive impact on hospitals and health systems. Brad Brooks is an accomplished entrepreneur with a successful track record of investing in, building and scaling companies in the technology and media spaces. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This nuanced approach can cater to the most specific of viewer moods and preferences, ensuring a seamless entertainment experience. These enhanced capabilities transform the search experience from a passive retrieval process into an active, dynamic interaction. A PoC is a pragmatic step to evaluate the feasibility and results.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We have been based in LA for around 45 years and we have deep roots in entertainment and media. Manatt Venture Funds, which we dedicate a specific portion of our funds to targeted digital media investments, is also part of the Manatt Digital Media network. Generally, LA was not that active during that time until about three years ago.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. billion invested in the region. in investments.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

From the conversation gathered around the pool from the movers and shakers of the industry, it seems that--despite the buzz, energy, and activity in the region around startups, there's still some wariness by investors that the industry not over-hype and over-promote what's happening in the area.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. Mr. Csathy’s career spans Internet, music, motion pictures/video, live entertainment, and technology.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.” Brit + Co is a digital media company that inspires, educates and entertains real women with a creative spirit.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

For years, AT&T invested more than $1.9 The telecommunications firm says people in Los Angeles increasingly depend on mobile Internet connections for communication, entertainment and productivity at work, at home and everywhere. billion Investment. billion Investment. Billion Investment In Greater L.A.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible. There have been a few major changes in the industry, which make space a compelling investment these days. It's transforming industries like entertainment, healthcare, and aerospace.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2018

All your happy neurotransmitters fire, and your dorsolateral prefrontal cortex performs differently –you do not second guess yourself, you quite simply just flow into the next stages of the activity at hand. I first met Job Stauffer, Co-Founder and CCO at Orpheus Self-Care Entertainment when I was, in fact, procrastinating from work.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Since we started Science six years ago, we've co-founded and invested in more than 70 companies and have exited multiple portfolio companies. I think we will see the rise of a newer and larger mobile-focused media companies and the continued evolution in traditional television entertainment.

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). Behzad Kianmahd: There's a bit of a history there.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. The report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, found that 2008 investments declined by 8 percent in terms of dollars, and 4 percent in terms of deal volume, with fourth quarter results seeing a 26 percent drop to $5.4 billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3 in 10 deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups. Are you merging? Position: Analyst.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Nichols is a former Kauffman Fellow and investment director at Intel Capital, and tells us how his fund--which he co-founded with Atom Factory's Troy Carter--is looking to find companies solving large problems outside of the typical Silicon Valley bubble. Talk about Cross Culture, what your investment areas are?

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2020

in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures, and also which also included Experian Ventures, Cherry Tree Investments, Dig Ventures, Mucker Capital, Unlock Venture Partners, TechStars and Wavemaker Partners. 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

OCTOBER 20, 2008

However, it does not appear that the overall economy has yet hit the numbers: the groups said that overall venture investment numbers remained within historical norms, and that the financial crisis in October was not reflected in third quarter venture capital numbers. Surprisingly, Media and Entertainment only saw $18.1M

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. You can go to your particular interests, pick your favorite brands and entertainers, and favorite them. Phil Kelly: Before Yapert, I was angel investing.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

We are an innovation, investment, and advisory firm. It's a full range of activities. Does this include investments or an investment fund? You've worked on both sides, in both entertainment and traditional media, and technology. VR is now also a real, big, commercial business.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you’re funding the same stuff as everybody else and if you started your activities when the clues were obvious you’re much less likely to drive enormous returns. This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

While it might seem strange to launch a new sports league with an epidemic still raging in the United States, Nortman said that the decision to invest and bring the team to Los Angeles was simple. For each of the founders, activism and community engagement is as important as the business of setting up a new sports business in Los Angeles.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace. It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: Our customers are very active using our technology and analytics as a solution to increase the content sales from all kinds of customers. Mobile Media Ventures is part of a larger investment company, which has the core of their investing in the energy market. So how does this fit into the mobile world and B2B?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The convergence of the Internet and the entertainment business has made Los Angeles a hotbed of activity in the online entertainment industry, attracting companies from all over the country interested in connecting Hollywood with the Internet. Peter Hoskins: We're more about entertainment than a technology, platform, or wire.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2011

Derek Norton is head of Los Angeles-based Watertower Group (www.watertowergroup.com), a firm which helps companies raise funding, one of the rare companies which has a track record and good reputation helping companies with fundraising, and also runs its own investment fund. That's a byproduct of the entertainment industry.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. Why they won't work, is because we only have a handful of active venture capitalists here. You mention different industries.

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