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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm backed by Walt Disney Co., According to Beijing-based Yoyi Media , it received a Series A investment on undisclosed size from Steamboat Ventures and Gobi Partners. has invested in a Chinese provider of online advertising.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

The Walt Disney Company said Tuesday that it is running another, startup accelerator class, as part of the Disney Accelerator program in Burbank, and is now accepting applications for a class of another, ten startups for the program. in venture funding, and another company, Smart Toy, was acquired by Cartwheel Kids. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

In yet more attrition from Southern California's venture capital ranks, Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, looks to have sharply pulled back on its U.S. investment efforts. to just one person, Scott Hillboe. to just one person, Scott Hillboe.

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JULY 31, 2012

GoPro--although based in the Bay Area--has a number of Southern California ties, including staff in San Diego, an investment from Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures, plus a group in San Diego it acquired when it bought Cineform.

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APRIL 7, 2011

Burbank-based Legendary Pictures , the co-producer of The Dark Knight, has scored $40M in an investment from venture capital firm Accel Partners, according to Forbes.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, has re-upped its investment in San Jose-based Baynote , a developer of personalization and marketing software for the enterprise market.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm funded by Walt Disney Co., According to Playdom, Steamboat--along with Bessemer Venture Partners and New World Ventures--have invested in the firm as part of a new, $33M venture capital funding round.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, has backed Woodman Labs the parent firm of sports camera maker GoPro. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. The WSJ first reported the investment Wednesday.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Burbank-based UNX , a developer of technology for the electronic trading and institutional investing market, raised $7.6M and Vernon & Park Capital in November without an amount of funding. and Vernon & Park Capital in November without an amount of funding. UNX had announced the deal with Goldman, Sachs & Co.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Burbank-based venture capital firm Steamboat Ventures , which is affiliated with the Walt Disney Company, has led a new investment in a Bay area video advertising and monetization firm, FreeWheel. funding, which also included Turner Broadcasting, Battery Ventures, and Foundation Capital.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Techstars also runs the Disney Accelerator in conjunction with the Walt Disney Company, in Burbank. The accelerator said companies in the program will be announced in early March, and the three month program will kick off in April. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe said the funding round was led by Incubic Venture Capital, and also included Monitor Ventures, in addition to Steamboat Ventures.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe said the funding round was led by Incubic Venture Capital, and also included Monitor Ventures, in addition to Steamboat Ventures.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company says it is acquiring a 33 percent stake in BAMTech , the new technology services and video streaming spinout of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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MARCH 27, 2013

Burbank-based eSolar is developing utility-scale, solar thermal power technology used for generating power on a large scale. Idealab-based solar energy startup eSolar has just raised $12.8M in a new funding, part of an ongoing $30M funding for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The funding came from Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company, Evolution Media Partners--the investment joint venture which involves the CAA's Evolution Media Capital, TPG Growth and Participant Media--and Chine Media Capital (CMC), along with ProSiebenSat.1

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Health Data Vision , a new startup based in Burbank, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding round, to go towards its software-as-a-service platform for medical records analysis. The round was led by GRP Partners and Redhills Ventures.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures has seen a big exit in one of its portfolio firms, San Francisco-based Pure Digital , with the announcement this morning that Cisco will pay $590M in stock for the video camera maker. Steamboat is a venture capital firm whose primary LP is the Walt Disney Company.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Burbank-based 3ality Digital , a developer of 3D production technology and services, has scored a new funding from Clearlake Capital Group. According to Clearlake, it led and sponsored a recapitalization of 3ality, acquiring the majority of newly issued preferred stock of the company.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

The accelerator is the second, startup accelerator being run by Techstars in Los Angeles: the first was the Disney Accelerator, in Burbank, which was run in conjunction with the Walt Disney Company, and which recently had its second class and demo day. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Scrapblog , an online scrapbooking service backed by Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , has been sold to personal photo publishing firm Mixbook. Scrapblog as venture backed by Steamboat Ventures and Longworth Venture Partners, and allowed users to create a digital scrapbook of personal photos and other information.

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MAY 5, 2011

GoPro , the maker of wearable, action sports cameras, which has operations in San Diego, has scored a strategic investment which includes the involvement of Burbank Steamboat Ventures , GoPro said today.

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