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JUNE 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder launched a new feature Thursday called Moments, which allows users of the app to post photos of themselves--for a limited time--to all of their previous matches. The photos only remain accessible for 24 hours, and then disappear, ala Snapchat. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile app developer Snapchat is in the midst of a new funding round, which values the company at more than $3.6 snapchat valuation venture capital mobile social teenager startup' READ MORE>>. snapchat valuation venture capital mobile social teenager startup' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based Naritiv , a new startup developing a network of content creators for Snapchat, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The startup--founded by Dan Altmann and Eric Posen--says it is enabling the creation of mobile-first content for Snapchat and other social network platforms.

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MARCH 21, 2017

The Snapchat analytics software developed by Los Angeles-based Naritiv , a startup producing online content for brands, has been acquired by social media management firm Hootsuite. Hootsuite said that members of the Naritiv product team will join Hootsuite as part of a new Los Angeles office. and Allen DeBevoise. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

the parent firm behind Snapchat , has joined up with R/GA Marketing --which helps run the Dodgers Accelerator in Los Angeles--to launched a new startup accelerator, the R/GA Marketing Tech Venture Studio with IPG. Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 24, 2013

A lot of heads turned Monday after Venice-based Snapchat , the instant-photo messaging service known for its self destructing chats, announced a huge, $60M round at a huge valuation. Among the reasons given in a blog post from IVP, defending its investment in Snapchat: the firm loves LA. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Nuggetverse — Los Angeles-based Nuggetverse is creating a children’s media business based on its marquee character, Tubby Nugget. SketchAR — this Lithuanian company is developing an AI-based mobile app for teaching drawing using augmented reality. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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MARCH 20, 2019

Loop Now Technologies , a startup founded by former LinkedIn and Snapchat employees--which has offices in Los Angeles--says it has launched a brand new, short-form video and social media app called Firework. The company's Chief Revenue Officer is Cory Grenier, who previously was Director of Sales & Marketing at Snapchat.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2022

This summer, parent company Niantic is unveiling Campfire, a social app designed to help mobile augmented reality (AR) gamers connect. Following in Snapchat’s footsteps as a map-based social platform, the app also includes the ability to connect with people, find nearby events, join communities and message people.

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APRIL 11, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tinder , the mobile dating app developer led by Sean Rad, is now worth over $5 billion, according to a report Friday from Bloomberg. A valuation of $5 billion puts Tinder''s worth above the $3 billion offer that Snapchat rejected last year from Facebook. Bloomberg cited "people with knowledge of the deal."

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Is Los Angeles becoming the capital of mobile dating and flirting apps? Truly Social Apps , a UK-based mobile app development firm, launched its new flirting app for singles here today, saying that its new apps-- Flirt Planet Meet and Flirt Planet Play --are targeted at helping people practice their flirting skills. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based Peepla announced a new, mobile live streaming app, available on iOS or Android, similar to Facebook Live, Instagram Live or Snapchat. According to the company, it is looking to avoid being direct competition with Periscope and Facebook live by including "locaiton-based social functions".

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MAY 19, 2013

On Tuesday Los Angeles will elect a new mayor. I’d love to see a mayor in Los Angeles who does, too. In 2010 the City of Los Angeles started trying to crack down on tax receipts of Internet startups allocating them to the least favorable gross-receipts tax bracket taking up their city tax by 500%. LA needs Garcetti.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time.

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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 disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' in its seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based Snap said on Tuesday that it is launching a new, augmented reality advertising studio, which it is calling Arcadia. The new studio--which is not based in Arcadia, California, despite the name--will provide a team of experts focused on mobile augmented reality (AR) advertising for its brand and agency partners.

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MAY 12, 2020

The group occupies some familiar spaces for past investments, with a focus on niche social communities, mobile media tools and augmented reality. Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. making their way to Los Angeles. Snap investment Hardworkers. ”

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MAY 24, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile app startup Chatter said today that it is about to launch an app, which will let fans hold one-on-one, five minute chats with their favorite stars--and, at the same time, help raise money for charities. The app runs on iOS and Android.

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MARCH 11, 2014

In fact, many people know I grew up in NorCal and still have a 650 area code on my mobile phone. Maynard Webb) and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti. The point is … people have perceptions of Los Angeles formed by the history of this town and the fact that we are the capital of content and sun. Maker Studios.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

billion funding round for Snapchat. The most amount of investment came for the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA, which saw $247.6M According to the report, there were 71 deals worth a total of $663.2M in funding in Q3, down from the much larger, $2.5 billion in funding received in the region in Q2. for San Diego, then $189.0M

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based Tumbleweed , a new startup founded by Shaun Neff and Cisco Adler, said Thursday that it has launched a brand new news app, specifically aimed at Milllennials. In a nod to Snapchat, the company says stories will also disappear from its news feed in 24 hours, to make way for more current news.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Our mobile phones are capable of doing almost anything these days. To pay for convenience and to value how mobile can shape your every day. Where do you see the mobile landscape going in the future? I think mobile is going to be part of our lives forever. Google Glass, you can call a mobile, wearable hardware.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. (at “We saw the impact that the rise of mobile was having on linear. “We looked at mobile and we saw the massive animation gap. at least in terms of the amount of money it has raised). ”

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JULY 23, 2014

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). Where are we today? and hasn’t abated.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Render Media (www.rndr.com), which is creating a publisher geared at the social world, social channels, and sharing. The people who we our content and videos in are essentially connected, mobile, have their phone with them all the time. We've since expanded to Instagram and Vine, and it's Snapchat and Youtube next.

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JULY 16, 2013

Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Social Media: Snapchat. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Atom Factory is a pioneer in the artist management field.

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MARCH 10, 2017

For today's interview, we thought we'd catch up with Robert Blatt , the CEO of Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com), which recently announced a $16.3M So, as you are heavily into the mobile area, what have you learned over the last few years? Robert Blatt: We, as consumers, are doing everything on mobile today.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based Flipagram , which develops mobile video apps which let users create slideshows that sync up with your favorite songs, said it has linked up with SoundHound. According to the two companies, users searching for songs can create a Flipagram with any song found through SoundHound's app, as part of a new partnership.

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MAY 9, 2016

Mobile Storytelling. **. SNAPCHAT Aims for $40CPM for Video Ads ( link ). Recode Profiles SNAPCHAT CEO Evan Spiegel ( link ). — Mayor of Los Angeles (@MayorOfLA) May 7, 2016. — Mayor of Los Angeles (@MayorOfLA) May 3, 2016. Startup Law. Cloud Security Alliance. Thursday May 12. 500 Startups Sean Ellis.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Spiegel--who pointed out his father served as the general counsel of the Christopher Commission, created to investigate racism and excessive force in the Los Angeles Police Department following the Rodney King beating here in Los Angeles in 1991. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Think of web vs. mobile. It’s a bit of all of these. Traditional software vs. SaaS. SEO marketing vs. social marketing.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence. If you want to know more about them and why they grew so rapidly I’ve written about them here ( online / offline mobile ad integration ) & here ( the most obvious mobile phone ad unit ). In the Growth Years.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

For example, Lookout is a mobile security company that was founded by three talented graduates of USC. And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach). Locally we call it “the Snapchat effect.” .” Boston is still a great tech hub.

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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. Snapchat is a disappearing moment, Instagram is a moment in time, Twitter is a moment with a status or link.

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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. Snapchat is a disappearing moment, Instagram is a moment in time, Twitter is a moment with a status or link.

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