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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Los Angeles-based Flipagram , which develops a mobile app which lets people set their photos and videos to live with popular music tracks, has added a new feature which allows users to create sound-activated visual effects to their "flips". Flipagram is led by Farhad Mohit. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram , the mobile app developer which is led by serial entrepreneur Farhad Mohit, said this morning that it is doubling the size of its free clips to 60 seconds. Flipagram's mobile app lets users create a video story, by matching up a users' photos and videos to popular, licensed music clips.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Los Angeles-based Musical.ly , which develops mobile apps centered around short video, has merged with Chinese company Bytedance. Bytedance--also known as Toutiao-- had also acquired Los Angeles-based Flipagram, the developer of another mobile, social photos and video sharing app, in February. According to the two, Musical.ly

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based social sharing service Flipagram is powering the release of a new single from the band One Direction , which was released on Firday. Flipagram--whose tools help users share quick, mobile photo and video slideshows--said One Direction's new single, "Perfect", from One Direction's new album Made In The A.M.,

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

Los Angeles-based video story app developer Flipagram said Wednesday that it added more than 1,000 signed, musical artists to its "Flipagram Verified" platform, letting those artists make their music available to Flipagram's users. Flipagram is led by longtime LA technology veteran Farhad Mohit.

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APRIL 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based Flipagram , which develops mobile apps which let users set their photos to their favorite music, has launched a new, in-app camera feature, the company said today. Flipagram said that those "ephemeral" videos and photos are automatically deleted after being incorporated into the app's "Flips". READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram , led by startup vetera Farhad Mohit, said late Thursday evening that it has raised $70M in a funding round, for its photo, video, and music sharing apps. As part of the funding Sequoia's Michael Moritz and Kleiner's John Doerr have both joined Flipagram's board of directors.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Flipagram Is Shopping Itself Around to Potential Buyers, Appetize signs deal to supply devices to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, CBS All Access Launches Ad-Free Option, and more.

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JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. Farhad, tell us a bit about the story behind Flipagram -- how did you get from Bizrate to Flipagram? They were Flipagram LLC.

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JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. Farhad, tell us a bit about the story behind Flipagram -- how did you get from Bizrate to Flipagram? They were Flipagram LLC.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

In the second big piece of news in Los Angeles from Chinese company Bytedance , Bytedance said on Friday that it will invest $50M in a Series B funding in Los Angeles-based Live.me , a developer of an online livestreaming service. Bytedance also bought LA's Flipagram earlier this year. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Blurr , a social media app developer focused on communal photo sharing with users around you, has relocated to Los Angeles from Boston. The startup, which offers up an iOS app, said that Los Angeles was a "far better place" for the company, specifically citing such local Los Angeles companies as Snapchat , Tinder , musical.ly

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Here are the venture firms who have been most active in SoCal (Santa Babrara - Los Angeles - Orange County - San Diego) in the last twelve months, based on the number of deals: 1. Most recent investments: Ring, Flipagram, Snapchat. Upfront Partners - 11 deals. Most recent investments: GOAT, cloudvirga, Vemba, LootCrate, Invoca.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles led the region, with $693.0M Other big deals included in the survey were Flipagram (nearly $70M) and Yuneec ($60.0M). raised across 51 deals, followed by San Diego, which had $433.8M in 31 deals. Orange County saw $340.3M raised in 15 companies.

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