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MARCH 4, 2009

Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures has set its sights on the celebrity web space, and is the lead investor in a new round of funding for Fanzter , which operates the celebrity products site Coolspotters.com. According to Connecticut-based Fanzter, Steamboat's Dan Beldy joins the firm's board of directors.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based Passenger , which operates online communities for major brands, said today that it has named Jaynie Miller Studenmund to the firm's board of directors. Passenger is venture backed by Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners and Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based and Austin-based GameSalad , which develops software to easily create iPhone and other iOS platform games, announced earlier this week that it has improved its overall communications and support tools for its users. GameSalad also has improved its contact forms and customer support and bug handling. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based Passenger , which develops private, online communities for brands to help them gain insight into their customers, said today that Microsoft Corp. The firm is venture backed by Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners, and Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2010

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Gendai Games , a publisher of iPhone game development software, has raised a round of funding, according to the firm. The round was led by DFJ Mercury, and also included investments from Steamboat Ventures, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2010

Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Nationally, venture deals in the U.S. Los Angeles saw $407.2M and 80 deals in Q1. totaled $6.5

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Passenger , an operator of online communities for brands, said Wednesday that it has named Michael Winner as the firm's Senior Vice President of Technology. The company said that Winner will split his time btween Palo Alto and Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based RazorGator , fresh off a recent equity financing round, said Monday that it has raised $10M in an debt financing extension from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. equity raise last week from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oak Investment Partners, and Steamboat Ventures. RazorGator announced a $7.5M

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MARCH 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based RazorGator announced Friday that it has close on $7.5M in a funding round, led by existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oak Investment Partners, and Steamboat Ventures. Tags: razorgator ticketing venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Los Angeles-based RazorGator , which provides an online ticketing service, has reportedly raised at least $7.5M in a venture funding round. The firm and its venture backers had not returned further information on the funding as of press time. However, venture firm Steamboat Ventures now lists RazorGator as a portfolio firm.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Los Angeles-based Passenger , which develops online communities for brands, said Thursday that the firm is powering a new private online community for NYSE Euronext (NYX). Passenger is venture backed by Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners, and Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Sometrics , which develops analytics software for gaming applications, said Friday morning that it has raised a Series B round of financing. The investment was led by Steamboat Ventures, and also included prior investors Mail Room Fund and Greycroft Partners. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The panelists included James Cham of Bessemer Venture Partners; Beau Laskey of Steamboat Ventures; Greg Martin of Redpoint Ventures; Leo Spiegel of Mission Ventures; Ross Levinsohn of Velocity Interactive; Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Venture Partners; Mike Stuhley of the Tech Coast Angels; and Gus Tai of Trinity Ventures.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles.

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