socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Los Angeles- and New York-based PlaceVine , which operates a web-based service to connect brands and agencies to product placement opportunities in film, television, and new media, said Wednesday that it has scored a round of seed financing from a New York-based angel fund, NYCSeed. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The seed funding round came from aXiomatic Gaming, March Capital Partners, Defy.VC, as well as others in the investment, professional sports and gaming communities, according to Nifty Games. He also was founder of Massive In-Game Advertising (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), among other firms.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , which is developing an in-stream, advertising platform for Twitter, has raised $500,000 in a funding round. has performed very well," Suster told socalTECH, saying that the round was a seed round. Suster said that the seed investment for Ad.ly The round came from GRP Partners.

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socalTECH

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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. So the people who invest in VC funds have two problems.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

Matt Stodder is Co-Director of Startup Boost Los Angeles , an intensive program helps qualified early stage companies prepare for raising seed funds or apply for accelerator programs. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2018

The concept, is we want o get them to an accelerator, get them investment, or get them to revenueany one of those paths would be great. other companies, which are already off and running are ready for aceclerators and seed funding. Blake Caldwell: This is our second cohort at Startup Boost, which is a preaccelerator.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds? Total raised: $17.0mm.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. to MVF, while we continue our work advising, investing, speaking, and consulting with some of the most innovative organizations in tech and media. and for the mark you left. What’s next?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. Let's start with an overview of the fund. What do you invest in? We closed our fund in August of 2008. in initial seed funding for an early stage company.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Those were the three categories, for a long time, that tended to be the domain of the LA ecosystems, just in terms of the number of startups house here, the funding, where you could attract talent, and really sort of where LA gained a reputation. We're on our third fund, and are now investing out of that fund.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. to MVF, while we continue our work advising, investing, speaking, and consulting with some of the most innovative organizations in tech and media. and for the mark you left. What’s next?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch. Patrick Ip: My background is I spent the last three years at Google, working on advertiser retention for small and medium businesses. What's your background? Patrick Ip: As we mentioned, we raised $1.5M

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! This never existed a decade ago.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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