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Avalon Ventures Backs Selectable Media

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San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has backed a developer of video advertising products, Selectable Media , to the tune of $2M. Selectable Media, which is based in New York, lets users opt into branded video advertising in exchange for free access to content on web and mobile apps. READ MORE>>.

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Avalon Funds Internet Comedy Site Cheezburger

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San Diego-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has boosted an Internet web site publisher known for its humorous, captioned pictures of cats and use of Internet memes, Cheezburger. Avalon's Levandov is also on the board and led the venture firm's investment in hot Internet social gaming firm Zynga.

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Cheezburger Deal Spawned Out Of LA's TwiistUp

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The $30M funding deal for Seattle's Cheezburger , the web publisher best known for its LOLcats-themed I Can Has Cheezburger? and FAIL Blog web sites, apparently was spawned out of an introduction at last year's Twiistup technology conference, according to investor the Foundry Group. READ MORE>>.

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Intel Deepens Move into Sports Tech with SportStream Investment

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According to a recent ScoreStream statement , San Diego’s Avalon Ventures, a longtime ScoreStream investor, led the round, and was joined by Sinclair Broadcasting, Verizon Ventures, and R/GA Ventures, the investment arm of the advertising agency R/GA. million in a Series A round that includes Intel Capital as an investor.

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Plug and Play San Diego Finds Home in New Downtown Works Space

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With over 15,000 square-feet of space, the facility has room for dozens of startup teams, and already houses Industry, a Web-based professional networking and job market for the hospitality industry, and the San Diego office of OurCrowd, the Israeli crowdfunding platform. It’s really cool.”. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Interview with Derrick Oien, Intercasting

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in funding from Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead. While Gartner, Forrester, and Jupiter--pick your choice--says that there are millions of users who want the mobile web, especially when they include China and India in their forecasts. Intercasting is backed by $17.5M What exactly are your mobile social networking applications?

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Smarr, Others Talk Healthtech, AI at Xconomy’s Impact of Innovation

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View the Slideshow In the not-too-distant future, a “planetary” computer will be able to create a computational model of your body, with the ability to run simulations of your health and to anticipate chronic disease before you show any symptoms.