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APRIL 19, 2016

Los Angeles- and Toronto-based Giftagram , which develops mobile gifting apps, said today that it has raised $3.2M in a venture funding round, from a long list of angel investors. Scott Paterson (Lions Gate Entertainment), Brian Shaw (CIBC World Markets), Kevin Wall, and Jeremy Zimmer (UTA). READ MORE>>.

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Mobile San Diego Entertainment Los Angeles 100

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

The highest ranked was San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos , with 11.1 The top ranked area in the nation, which was San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, had 28.8 percent of private jobs in the technology sector, ranked at number 13 nationwide; Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta had 8.9 percent of jobs in technology, ranked at 20.

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Report Santa Barbara Technology Southern California 203

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Selectable Media , a digital advertising firm which lets users unlock digital content in exchange for interacting with brand advertising, said today that it has expanded to Los Angeles, as part of a growth in its footprint. The expansion came alongside the opening of a new office in Chicago. READ MORE>>.

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Media Avalon San Diego Advertising 164

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JULY 18, 2013

San Diego-based Yapert said this morning that it has raised $1.2M According to the firm, the funding was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and also included the Desert Angels, Pasadena Angels, and other independent angel investors. in a seed funding round, for its interactive mobile magazine. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 133

Mobile Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Seed Funding 133

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M The biggest investments in Southern California for the quarter were for San Diego's SkinIt , a maker of customized "skins" for electronic devices, with $60.0M in investments.

Southern California 195

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

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APRIL 11, 2011

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , the developer of video encoding and decoding software, announced this morning that it has opened up a new office in Los Angeles. Sorenson said the new office will service its clients in the media and entertainment industry. READ MORE>>.

Media 140

Media San Diego Entertainment Los Angeles 140

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APRIL 21, 2014

According to the MoneyTree Report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, Los Angeles led the region with $309.9M in funding, followed by San Diego with $242.98M in investments, and $209.97M in investments in Orange County. The biggest deals of the quarter came from San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , which raised $50.0M

Southern California 165

Southern California Orange County San Diego Avalon 165

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JANUARY 19, 2012

In Southern California, San Diego County took the lead in investment totals, raising $262.1M Los Angeles had $226.75M invested in companies. The biggest Los Angeles deal was a funding for SolarReserve , for $27.0M. The category of perennial interest in Southern California, Media and Entertainment, only saw $55.3M

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

Southern California 216

Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

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AUGUST 26, 2009

San Diego-based DivX said today that it is powering a download-to-own movie store run by Los Angeles-based FilmFresh.com. According to DivX and Film Fresh, Film Fresh will provide major motion picture titles from Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros.

Paramount 133

Paramount San Diego Entertainment Los Angeles 133

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APRIL 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based ZAM , and San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment announced Wednesday that the two companies have tied on a new online site focused on information from Sony's EverQuest II massively multiplayer online game. Tags: sony online entertainment everqued mmog content.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment San Diego Content Sites 100

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

A new, San Diego startup, Lomics , said this morning that it has rolled out a mobile app which lets you capture yourself on camera, and create a comic--complete with speech and thought bubbles--where you can tell your own story. Lomics said it is angel backed by Neurok LLC angel group. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2017

A look at the companies who are private, backed by venture capital, and are valued at more than $1 billion across Southern California -- from San Diego to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara -- is an interesting contrast in the wide range of types of technology companies across the region.

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Southern California Orange County SpaceX Santa Barbara 133

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MAY 29, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original and largest startup tech entertainment festival, celebrating the burgeoning tech scene in Los Angeles. Silicon Beach uniquely features startup and Hollywood entertainment speakers at panels, parties, hackathon, demo day, startup showcase, and more events, June 19-22, 2013 in Los Angeles.

Santa Monica 89

Santa Monica Startup Entertainment Los Angeles 89

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests. You can go to your particular interests, pick your favorite brands and entertainers, and favorite them.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

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JUNE 30, 2009

San Diego-based Metaplace , the online virtual world startup headed by Raph Koster, disclosed today that the firm is now allowing users to easily embed virtual worlds into any web page. Koster and co-founder John Donham were both previously at Sony Online Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Our interview this morning is with Joel Milne , the CEO of Los Angeles-based RepairSmith (www.repairsmith.com), a startup offering up mobile automobile repair. I spent the last seven years running a company called ScoreBig, a LA-based tech startup in the live entertainment space. RepairSmith is backed by Daimler AG.

Mobile 100

Mobile Startup Orange County San Diego 100

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com), an entrepreneurial training program that originally launched by Adeo Ressi in Silicon Valley, recently announced that it is setting up shop in Southern California, with branches both in San Diego and Los Angeles. Ken Rutkowski is the man making happen here.

Mentor 185

Mentor Class Entertainment Technical Review 185

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JANUARY 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Thursday that the firm has inked deals with several independent music providers, to distribute their music through MySpace Music. In addition, MySpace Music said the catalog of Wind-up Records will be available through a distribution deal the firm has with Sony Music Entertainment.

San Diego 100

San Diego Entertainment Content Los Angeles 100

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

According to the MoneyTree Report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, Los Angeles companies led the region with $385.6M in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M Surprisingly, Media and Entertainment only saw $18.1M Nationally, there was $7.1B in investments.

Southern California 113

Southern California Orange County Funding Report 113

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APRIL 5, 2010

This Wednesday April 7, 2010 the #InfluenceSD awards will be taking place at the Anthology Fine Dining and Music Hall located in San Diego. InfluenceSD will recognize and celebrate the most influential members of the San Diego social media community. The next event will recognize the Los Angeles social media community.”.

Media 40

Media San Diego Social Media Southern California 40

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APRIL 15, 2010

invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M San Diego was not far behind, with $222.4M The energy and clean technology sector actually helped boost investments in Los Angeles, as well, with big deals for Torrance-based Amonix , which raised $64.4M Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M

Southern California 208

Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

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JANUARY 23, 2009

Most sectors saw drops in investment during the year, with the exception of few--including a couple of sectors where Southern California has a significant presence, in Clean Technology and Media & Entertainment. Media & Entertainment also saw an increase, up 3 percent to $2.0 billion in 277 deals. billion and 407 deals in 2008.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

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OCTOBER 28, 2012

After the very successful 3-day Silicon Beach Fest this past June 2012 which attracted over 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London, Digital LA is bringing it back for a 1-day packed event on November 9 th. Interested in applying to an accelerator?

Santa Barbara 83

Santa Barbara Social Media San Diego Venture Capital 83

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

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JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. How did you get into this - looks like you came from the entertainment world? I found the process incredibly great.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

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MAY 19, 2015

Need something--anything--delivered in Los Angeles? Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. I'm also an entertainment and music writer. Petersburg.

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Demand Tech Coast Angels Startup Pasadena Angels 100

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

The new Blue Star Accelerator, aimed at nurturing young tech companies in sports and entertainment, is expected to open up shop after the start of the new year. Now an accelerator tailored to sports technology startups might be giving those founders a connection to the ultimate in sports and marketing royalty: the Dallas Cowboys.

Startup 40

Startup Entertainment Capital Marketing 40

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. the entertainment industry.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Co-founder and CEO Matt Ehrlichman and CTO and co-founder Eric Schleicher sat down to talk to us about the new startup, which is split between San Diego and Seattle. We understand you already have some angel/venture backing for the startup? What exactly is Porch? We specifically didn''t go after venture capitalists.

Startup 133

Startup Guide CTO Hire Organization 133

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APRIL 28, 2010

Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. 11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. SV Angel / Ron Conway closes $20mm venture fund. Over demand led the SV Angel team to double the size of the fund to $20 million.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The group has expanded beyond Action Sports to include brands from Consumer Electronics, Music & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Automotive & Motorsports, as well as our growing college student consumer community. Efren divides his time between San Diego, Los Angeles and tech events around the US.

Social Media 40

Social Media Southern California Media Orange County 40

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

Today, San Diego-based Metaplace (www.metaplace.com), which develops virtual world software, is announcing a funding round from Charles River Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, and high profile investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. There are lots of slick entertainment platforms, but there are none that feel like Web 2.0,

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Web Blogging Web 2.0 Startup 100

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APRIL 14, 2014

There’s aggregation, so like in the entertainment industry, audience measurement is huge. Being able to explain what it is, what are mission is, how we differentiate from other technical startups, and also doing it in Los Angeles when I’m going up to San Francisco fairly often and certainly a lot of technical big data startups out there.

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85