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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Santa Monica-based ad technology developer GumGum --which injects contextually relevant ads into images on publishers' websites, said today that it has signed a renewed partnership with Wenner Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone , Us Weekly and Men's Journal. Financial details of the renewal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Focused Labs , which provides social media marketing services, said Thursday that it has renamed itself GraphEffect , and raised $2M in funding. GraphEffect provides a social advertising platform which helps advertisers gain Facebook fans and Likes.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Santa Monica-based ZoneTV , a provider of services to the pay television industry, said this morning that it has raised $4.1M The company is led by Jeff Weber, and has offices in Santa Monica; Toronto, Canada; and Pickering, Canada. in a seed funding round. The round was led by BEST Funds. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-based VY Esports , a new startup focused on connecting esports, brands, and media companies, said on Thursday that it has raised a seed funding round. Size of the funding was not announced. Blair Ford of Raine Ventures joins the company's board as part of the funding. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based Total Beauty Media 's John Hadl has joined venture capital firm U.S. Hadl is also CEO of Brand-in-Hand (BIH), a provider of mobile advertising to brands. Hadl is also CEO of Brand-in-Hand (BIH), a provider of mobile advertising to brands. According to U.S.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , the venture-backed developer of social marketing software, said today that it has hired both a Sales and Marketing VP. Cooley was previously General Manager at Buddy Media, and also served at Collective Media. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , the provider of Facebook and social media marketing services, said over the weekend that it has hired Stephano Kim as its President and GM, New York. Kim was previously COO and President of [x+1], and was a co-founder of Blackboard. Kim was also previously an angel investor in GraphEffect itself.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect has become an official partner of Facebook, the firm said this week. GraphEffect develops marketing analytics tools which tap into the world of social networking and media. GraphEffect develops marketing analytics tools which tap into the world of social networking and media. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Chromatik is based in Santa Monica and headed by Matt Sandler ; the firm's investors include 500 Startups, Kapor Capital , LaunchpadLA, Learn Capital , and MuckerLab. Miso Media. The firm has the backing of both Intel Capital and Liberty Global. Do you wish you could learn how to play the guitar?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Santa Monica-based social marketing firm GraphEffect said this morning that it has opned up new offices in both New York City and Chicago, as the company continues to expand its staff. GraphEffect's software helps companies measure the impact of their social media marketing on Facebook and other platforms. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. The old media companies were resistant to change. Advertising is approaching $50 billion dollars online, whereas licensing is maybe $1 billion on a good day,” said Tanz. “It

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Wildlink is backed by Mucker Capital. When you look at social messaging, and talk about social messaging, we're talking about social media, text messaging, email, and chat applications. It's almost like native advertising, which recognizes an article mention is a hotel and turning it into a link. How does this work?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital.

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JULY 1, 2010

Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. New capital to be used for international expansion and to challenge Skype.

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APRIL 12, 2011

As you k now, there is so much cool stuff happening in Los Angeles, in Santa Monica. Los Angeles is the creative capital of the world, and we're where the next opportunity is--the connected consumer. That's why we're called the creative capital of the world. We also put together the Series B with Redpoint for Machinima.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. She hasn’t raised any venture capital. Danny became a small investor in Recycled Media (the parent company of Recycled Bride) and became one of Tracy’s lead advisors. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Tonight starting at 7:00pm PST we will be streaming and bringing you all the action live from Cross Campus in Santa Monica. Event Details: Where : Cross Campus 820 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Speakers: [Moderator] Scot Rubin - Owner NITROPOD /SVP Digital Media Big Door /Cofounder G4TV.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD., Producer of Mixergy & AsAble.com. The Sponsors.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD., The Startups.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. Recycled Bride earns revenue from sales commissions, premium memberships, and advertising. Funding was a major challenge for Tracy, since she had no experience in the space and needed to prove her model before finding investment capital. Business Model?

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. What were those and how is that changing now given how things are changing in social media? and also to local advertisements.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. Also a big thanks to Efren Toscano of TechZulu for streaming and editing the event Sunday evening.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. I live in the city of Santa Monica. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Los Angeles.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. areas are growing at a faster rate. than in other parts of the city. Now, everyone has an app.".

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