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MAY 24, 2021

Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all.

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APRIL 14, 2016

in venture capital in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 Los Angeles had $399.1M invested across 21 deals.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm backed by Walt Disney Co., has invested in a Chinese provider of online advertising. According to Beijing-based Yoyi Media , it received a Series A investment on undisclosed size from Steamboat Ventures and Gobi Partners.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based Total Beauty Media 's John Hadl has joined venture capital firm U.S. Venture Partners , USVP said today, on the heels of the acquisition of USVP's LimeLife by Total Beauty. Venture Partners, Hadl has been appointed as Venture Partner on the firm's Consumer Internet and Business Services investment team.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based ThinkNear , the developer of hyper-local mobile advertising technology headed by Eli Portnoy, has been acquired by TeleNav , TeleNav said this morning. All of ThinkNear's twelve employees are joining TeleNav's mobile local advertising group. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M, consisting of $18.5M

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JUNE 28, 2010

One of things I’ve loved the most about doing now 11 weeks of This Week in VC is a chance to have an hour-long recorded conversation with investors. And in my interviews with many VCs I feel that people can watch these and get to know the VC’s as human beings a bit better. So how did Mike get into VC?

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JULY 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based Kixer , which was founded by Keith Bonnici, Jake Moilanen, and Omar Nicola, has raised $1M in a seed funding, for the company''s native advertising platform. Kixer develops a native advertising platform which helps mobile app developers reach users via online publishers. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based RGM Group , which provides online media services for premium advertisers, said today that it has raised $21M in a funding round. The firm said it was advised by New Century Capital Partners in the funding. The round came from Riordan, Lewis & Haden (RLH) Equity Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2015

Los Angeles-based Nativo the native advertising technology developer led by Justin Choi, said Tuesday morning that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The company's prior investors include Greycroft Partners, Signia Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investment, e.ventures, among others.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace and startup Ad.ly , also based in LA, said today that they have linked in an in-stream advertising deal. is an investment of GRP's Mark Suster, who hosts This Week in Venture Capital along with Mahalo's Jason Calacanis. twitter tweets advertising. The link with MySpace pulls Ad.ly

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JUNE 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based Revee , a developer of content analytics software used to help publishers understand their page yield on advertising, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. revee venture capital seed content analytics publishing publisher advertising' Source of that seed funding was not announced.

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MAY 24, 2013

Los Angeles-based celebrity advertising firm Ad.ly more in funding, from GRP Partners and Siemer Ventures. helps match up celebrities with social media advertisers. adly celebrity advertising partners venture capital social media twitter' disclosed Thursday that it has raised $2.0M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2013

Los Angeles-based social, celebrity advertising startup Adly confirmed the company''s recent $2M funding round today, officially announcing the funding from GRP Partners and Siemer Ventures. adly venture capital funding social celebrity advertising' The firm disclosed the funding last week.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Irvine-based Adaptive Medias , the provider of programmatic advertising technology, said this morning that it has raised $5.2M Adaptive Medias is backed by Los Angeles technology veteran and investor Ben Padnos. adaptive medias programmatic advertising adtm venture capital private placement pipe'

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APRIL 12, 2021

Los Angeles-based >A href="[link] which develops contextual advertising technology focused on video, has raised $18M in a Series B investment round. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also WISE Ventures, Quest Venture Partners and Mirae Asset Venture Investment, plus angels Mike Baker (Dataxu) and Mike Shehan (SpotX).

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse is announcing this morning that it has raised $49M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Mercato Partners, and also included Staley Capital and Silicon Valley Bank. SteelHouse is led by Mark Douglas. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based PaeDae said this morning that it has raised $11.6M in a venture capital funding, in a combination of both equity and debt. The startup said the funding came from Ed Ojdana, 3G Capital, Grind Games, Silicon Valley Bank, as well as other strategic and angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2014

Los Angeles-based True(X) Media --which was most recently known as SocialVibe--disclosed this week that it has raised $6M in a new funding round. The online advertising technology provider said the funding came from prior backers Jafco Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

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APRIL 17, 2015

Los Angeles-based FastPay , the provider of financing products for ad and media driven companies which is led by Jed Simon, has backed mobile and video advertising products firm Altitude Digital with $30M in financing, Altitude said Thursday. Terms of the financing were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Shuttlerock , a New Zealand-based developer of marketing software which helps companies embed social media generated by their fans into their websites, has raised $2.35M in a Series A funding, and opened up its US headquarters in Los Angeles. shuttlerock angeles social media software marketing venture capital international zealand'

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MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Total raised: $29.5mm. Go Boulder! Total Raised: $9.64mm.

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MAY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based VideoAmp, a developer of software used to manage advertising across linear TV, streaming and digital media, says it has raised $50M in a debt financing. The funding came from Capital IP.

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JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. They sponsor TWiVC.

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MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe.com , which operates an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics and other items, has raised a round of angel funding, the firm said today. greentoe venture capital angel ecommerce retail retailer seed' Size of the funding was not announced.

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

Los Angeles- and New York-based My Damn Channel, a producer of online, original video, has bolstered its executive ranks, hiring on a new Vice President of Advertising Strategy & Partnerships for the firm. The firm is venture backed by Okapi Venture Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Greycroft Partners is one of the backers in a $2.25M funding round for Chartable , an online service which provides statistics for podcast downloads. Chartable's services are used by both publishers and advertisers to better understand their audience. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Thanks to all of our sponsors and advertisers, who make our coverage of Southern. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Los Angeles-based Ryff, a developer of brand integration and advertising tools, has raised $11.7M The funding round was led by Audent Global Asset Management, and also included Vulcan and Mac Ventures. Ryff is also backed by Valor Equity Partners and Moneta Ventures. Audent is also based in Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Selectable Media , a digital advertising firm which lets users unlock digital content in exchange for interacting with brand advertising, said today that it has expanded to Los Angeles, as part of a growth in its footprint. The expansion came alongside the opening of a new office in Chicago. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2018

Last week, the Los Angeles-based startup led by Trevor McFedries , outed itself as the collective consciousness behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela and her less well known contemporaries Blawko22 and BermudaisBae in a choreographed melodrama worthy of Los Angeles’ best reality television. It worked. .

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JULY 17, 2017

Los Angeles-based startup AdQuick has raised $1.1M The funding came from Initialized Capital, and also included VTF Capital and Haystack Ventures. The company help companies buy and measure outdoor billboard advertising. in a seed funding round, the company said over the weekend. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Elysian Park Ventures is the venture capital arm of the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group; Courtside Ventures is the venture capital firm of Dan Gilbert, the owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M in 29 venture capital deals for Q1. in investments, IT services--which includes many online advertising firms--was at $35.15M in investments. across 31 days.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Daniel Kim and Jay Lee, the two founders of AuditBoard , a Los Angeles-based provider of a risk and compliance software service for large businesses, grew up middle school friends in Cerritos, Calif.

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