socalTECH
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , which provides online, social advertising to brands, said today that it has named Todd Tapping as its Chief Executive Officer. SocialVibe has a unique advertising model, in that it awards game credits, donations to nonprofits, and other items to consumers who engage or share a brand's advertising.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 12, 2008
Los Angeles-based Agility Studios said Wednesday that the firm has launched a new entertainment studio focused on digital media. According to the firm, it was founded by Scott Ehrlich, Larry Tanz, and Keith Quinn, and will focus on transforming digital media firms into viable businesses.
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TechCrunch LA
MAY 13, 2018
Launched in conjunction with Kendrick Lamar’s Top Dawg Entertainment , the collaboration between Nike and Lamar marks a series of firsts for the world’s largest sports and lifestyle brand. The combined effort is the first capsule collection that Nike has done with a musician.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
Other investors in the company include private equity firm Fenway Partners, Shelby Bonnie (founder, CNET), Jason Hirschhorn (MySpace, MTV) and Mika Salmi (Atom Entertainment, Viacom). Mark Fernandes of Sierra Ventures joins the company's board as part of the funding. The funding is the firm's first institutional round.
socalTECH
AUGUST 17, 2020
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. In between that, I was formerly at the private equity firm Clearlake Capital, out of Santa Monica, which manages 8 billion in private equity investments.
socalTECH
MAY 14, 2013
We also sold one of our largest sites to a private equity firm in the real estate niche, and narrowed our focus down to FamousBirthdays.com. We get wired with a payment at the end of the month, and never have to worry about collecting, and don''t have to talk to advertisers. The good thing about that is it''s very scalable.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 12, 2013
See how many you have personally experienced already, or are currently mentioned in your business plan: Crowd-sourcing equity. Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Startup pivot.
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