socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2019

in a seed funding round for a new, podcast advertising venture, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Global Founders Capital, and also included Bessemer, 500 Startups, Alumni Ventures Group, and others.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Placevine operates an online site where both marketers and concent producers can find opportunities for product placement and sponsorships. Tags: hollywood content product venture placevine capital advertising placement. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2018

other companies, which are already off and running are ready for aceclerators and seed funding. We occupy the space in ecosystem to service companies who are getting ready for seed or have just started to go out for seed funding. To excel, you have to know what those differentiators are to reach that market.

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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. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

They also have to practice solid communication and invite other points of view, and evolve company culture as the market and product realities change. But as with any knowledge that they have to acquire to run their companies (including such things as coding or marketing or finance or operations), tech founders can learn to be leaders.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

How do you reinvent your startup-focused on in-person, grass roots marketing-in the face of a global pandemic? We have the data where those universities are, we have the human resources and curated marketing labor. No different than Uber has drivers, Field Day has marketers. Marketing budgets are thawing out and opening up.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2017

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Donut Media (www.donut.media) announced a seed funding round, for its efforts to create a online, video-focused brand centered around car enthusiasts. We saw a huge gap in this market in terms of car content, and took a young, fresh, and different look at what it is to be a car enthusiast.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Plus, I also learned how big the market opportunity is here. The other thing, beyond the pain point, is the market opportunity. If we can get five, ten, or 20 percent of that market, that would be good enough. If we can get five, ten, or 20 percent of that market, that would be good enough. Why in home technical support?

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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. The most common question we’ve receive through the years has been “how do you make money?”

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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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Kixer develops mobile advertising software which helps publishers and connects mobile web users with apps. All we did was create the pipeline, and allow publishers to sell their mobile inventory to ad developers, in the same way they were used to buying on Facebook, with hyper-targeted, cost-per-install performance marketing.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund is just celebrated its first year in business, so we thought we'd catch up with Brian to hear more about what the firm is investing in, the challenges of raising a venture fund in this market, plus his view on the Los Angeles venture market. Let's start with an overview of the fund. What do you invest in?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. We opened up an office in Shanghai, and we have marketing in Hangzhou. Tell us about your backers?

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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. The most common question we’ve receive through the years has been “how do you make money?”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Startup 3.0:

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