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Los Angeles-based Donut Media , a startup generating social video content focused on car enthusiasts, announced this morning that it has raised $800,000 in a seed funding round. The funding came from Techstars Ventures, 3311 Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and professional driver Ryan Tuerck. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Los Angeles-based streaming startup Filmhub, a startup which helps independent filmmakers with online streaming, has raised $6.8M in a seed funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by a16z, and also included 8VC, FundersClub, Eleven Prime and angels.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Trousdale Ventures announced this morning that it has made an investment in Preamble, a startup offering up "ethical artificial intelligence" moderation to social networks. Size of the seed funding round was not announced. Trousdale Ventures is led by Phillip Sarofim.

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MAY 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based Curio, which says it is partnering with collectible brands to product NFTs ("non fungible tokens"), has raised $7M in a seed funding round. Curio says it has partnered with trading card brand Topps to produce NFTs from iconoclastic, cult classic Mars Attacks!,

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based ventureLab Growth Partners said Tuesday afternoon that it has launched a new "startup studio" to invest in and build early stage startups. According to ventureLab, it will provide seed funding, along with product, marketing, and opertional support to its companies. The new startup studio is led by Mike Prasad.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investors Greycroft Partners and Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo have put their backing behind a new startup that helps podcasters fund their shows via their listeners. According to Glow Technologies , it has raised $2.3M According to Glow Technologies , it has raised $2.3M Glow is based in Seattle.

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APRIL 5, 2022

million in seed funding from groups like Agya Ventures, Gaingels, Goodwater Capital, Nomo Ventures, PKO Investments and Y Combinator — Playhouse was a member of Y Combinator’s summer 2021 cohort. Both Perelman and his co-founder Nathan Shinder previously worked at PeerStreet, a real estate tech company based in Los Angeles.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Los Angeles-based The Skills , a startup which operates an online education site where professional sports players teach different skills, said on Friday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Will Ventures, and also included Global Founders Capital, 8VC, Maveron, Hack VC, and Correlation VC.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Sidevision (www.sidevision.com) has developed a set of tools--aimed at content creators, multi-channel networks (MCNs), and others--to help connect online videos with e-commerce. With our backend tools we can push products to the front of videos, allowing content providers to drive shopping activity.

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JUNE 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based Revee , a developer of content analytics software used to help publishers understand their page yield on advertising, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. Source of that seed funding was not announced. revee venture capital seed content analytics publishing publisher advertising'

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based ForeVR Games, a developer of immersive, virtual reality games, said on Tuesday that it has raised $7M in seed funding. The funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Interactive, plus All Star Capital, Mark Pincus and Emmett Shear.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Snipfeed started as a content discovery platform with 44,000 weekly active users — but when Snipfeed added a creator monetization tool to its platform, it became its most popular feature. So, in February 2020, with little to no funding left, the company completely pivoted to its current link-in-bio business. With its $5.5

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. And with so many new funds in the market and looking to put capital to work it’s no surprise that there was an even bigger boom in the numbers of deals being funded in the early-stage markets. thus the rise of “pre seed” investing).

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

in a Series A funding. According to the company, the funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Cisco Investments, angel investors, and prior investors Neotribe Ventures, Firebolt Ventures and WestWave Capital. The company's seed funding was in January of 2019. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based startup studio and incubator Science Inc. is backing YouTube influence marketplace FameBit , as part of a seed funding round. in funding from Science, as well as 500Startups and DeNA. video creator artist content marketplace influence influencer youtube science famebit' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults. What’s in it for Next 10?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Crush Capital, a startup founded by Darren Marble and Todd Goldberg, said on Wednesday that it has raised $3.25M in a seed funding round, which will go towards its own, online streaming series called "Going Public".

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Seriously , a new video game startup, has just received $2.35M in a seed funding from LA''s Upfront Ventures, to help create mobile and casual games. The startup''s founders--Petri Jarvilehto and Andrew Stalbow--are both veterans of Roxio, and split between Helsinki and Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2014

Los Angeles- and San Francisco-based Dealflicks , an online service which offers up discounted movie tickets to help theater chains fill empty seats, has raised $1.7M in a seed funding. market show hollywood content movie marketplace capital venture dealflicks' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Los Angeles-based Nativo , the online advertising technology firm led by Justin Choi, has raised $3.5M in a Series A funding round, the firm announced Tuesday. The funding was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included e.ventures and Signia Venture Partners. in seed funding from Signia and angels.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based Artie, a new startup developing mobile games which can be played inside social media, video, and messaging platforms, said this week that it has raised $10M in a seed funding round. The company's founders are Ryan Horrigann and Armando Kirwin.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based Catalog , a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch.

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The seed round was led by investments from Richard Chino, a key early member of GoTo.com and Smarter.com; Dan Murray, CFO of Machinima ; Derek Draper of Wildfire by Google; Nikhil Srivastava of KKR ; Angel Investor Andrew Schwartz and other angles from LA and Silicon Valley. 750,000 for Scaling & Product development.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based Podcorn , a new startup founded by former Famebit founders Agnez Kozera and David Kierzkowski, has raised $2.2M in a seed funding round for a new, podcast advertising venture, the company said on Monday. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Waggle , a new media company which publishes pet and animal content on its own website, Facebook, and other channels, said Wednesday thatit has raised $2.3M in a seed funding--which included a number of Los Angeles investors, including Lowercase Capital, the United Talent Agency, and Allen Debevoise. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based talkshoplive, a startup which operates a livestreaming shopping network and app, has raised $3M in a seed funding round. According to the company, the funding round came from Spero Ventures LLC. The company was foudned by brother and sister Bryan and Tina Moore.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based Snafu Records said on Thursday that it has launched a new startup, which will use artificial intelligence to help find musical talent. The company, founded by Ankit Desai, said it raised $2.9M

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round. disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Battlefy , a startup developing an online platform for managing e-sports tournaments, leagues, and content--which is a graduate of the Amplify LA accelerator--said this week that it has raised $1.3M battlefy venture capital amplifyla amplify angeles accelerator videogame video game gaming' The company is led by Jason Xu.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ProGuides , which runs an online platform which helps gamers improve their games, has raised $5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding was led by M13, and also included Amplify LA, Quest Venture Partners, and the GFR Fund.

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MAY 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based Eyellusion , which conducts "hologram music tours" that feature such deceased celebrities as Frank Zappa, Ronnie James Dio and others, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Thomas Dolan, part of the family that owns Madison Square Garden and AMC Networks.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based Seed&Spark , an online crowdfunding platform aimed at independent filmmakers, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. Seed&Spark operates an online, crowdfunding platform to help independent filmmakers raise money for their films. The company is led by Emily Best. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based EngineEars, a new startup that helps connect audio engineers with clients, said on Wednesday that it has raised $1M in a pre-seed funding round. The funding was led by Slauson & Co.,

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JUNE 8, 2016

Los Angeles-based SPACES , a developer of virtual reality content, said this morning that it has created a new, $30M joint venture with Chinese theme park operator Songcheng Performance Development Co. and also raised a separate, $3M equity funding round. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout. In fact, HAVE done so.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

. “The way I look at it… a lot of it is going to be like any kind of content studio,” says Peter Rojas, a partner at the New York investment firm Betaworks Ventures. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. “There’s no reason why you won’t see it across the board.

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