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 16, 2015

in a seed funding round. The round was led by BEST Funds. Weber was previously President of Content and Advertising for AT&T, and was appointed CEO of the company on October 21st. Weber was previously President of Content and Advertising for AT&T, and was appointed CEO of the company on October 21st.

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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 experiences and lessons Jen and I have gained since leaving AOL to build our own media brand have been numerous. We are also incredibly grateful for all of those who believed in us.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based Social Rewards , which operates an online, loyalty program which rewards users for social media activity for brands, has raised $600,000 in a seed funding round. Social Rewards was founded by Joseph Morin and Mike Uesugi.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! This never existed a decade ago.

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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? It's got a very fast growing ecosystem.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. It's all that stuff that allows publishers and advertisers to better understand their user base and how to effectively monetize it.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Kixer develops mobile advertising software which helps publishers and connects mobile web users with apps. We had relationships on the side, in addition, with what Keith had done at Scopely and what I had done working in mobile ad tech, with advertisers. I sold businesses for Evolve Media. Keith Bonnici: For sure.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Also, because of the internal dynamics of the talent pool, it effectively lead to more companies in the preponderant areas, which at the time were e-commerce, ad-tech, and disruptive media or media-related companies�such as game companies, companies that were in music, or companies related to the distribution of content.

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