Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis.

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

There's a lot of startups being built in Los Angeles around content, and it appears the consensus is that you indeed, can create a big business around video for the web. Calacanis said that it didn't make sense to invested in a business which had "limited upside." READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Gaikai , a startup developing technology to play computer games online in a web browser, has raised $5.0M Source of the new funding was announced, however, the firm now lists Mitch Lasky, former founder of JAMDAT, and now a General Partner at Benchmark Capital, on its board of directors.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures has set its sights on the celebrity web space, and is the lead investor in a new round of funding for Fanzter , which operates the celebrity products site Coolspotters.com. Coolspotters is a web site which highlights which products celebrities are buying and wearing.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In a world of digital video, whats the best way to distribute and monetize that streaming video content? San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. Thats what uCast is all about.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Altadena-based Perfect Market , which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their long tail content, confirmed today that it has raised $6M in a Series C funding round. Perfect Market said that the Tribune Company has been using its product on a number of its web properties. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

Los Angeles LA Tech 101: The Company We Keep A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA Los Angeles Startup Networking Here are some guides to many of the different networking events around startups, technology, etc.:

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MARCH 16, 2010

Jacked developed software which provided real time information--statistics, data, web content, and other information--synchronized with sports and other broadcasts. Roundbox said it would integrate Jacked's technology into its products. Tags: jacked roundbox merger acquisition television content software. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

Los Angeles LA Tech 101: The Company We Keep A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA Los Angeles Startup Networking Here are some guides to many of the different networking events around startups, technology, etc.:

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. We see the web having untapped potential for creating its own medium for artistic expression.

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JUNE 13, 2019

I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. That gave me the general landscape view and understanding of online technology businesses. We built a prototype, and plugged into the Youtube API, and started curating content into channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. More on both trends later. acquired Overture for $1.63

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

NowLive is trying to do just that, leveraging both technology and the entertainment world to build its business. I founded NowLive a year ago, dedicated to producing and streaming live, professional events for the web and mobile, and anchored interactive. Additionally, they are syndicated widely across the web.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

intersection of technology and music. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. The firm's apps are revolutionizing sheet music, applying modern technology to what has--until recently--been stuck in the era of pencil and paper. Miso Media.

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Technology Council

MARCH 31, 2009

The Technology Council of Southern California and TechEmpower are happy to announce the launch of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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JULY 11, 2012

The two things that are mostly lacking from people's investment experience are the lack of a wide network of people to refine investment ideas with, and the best available content about companies they are considering investing in. In that network, we bring in content from all over the web. They all go hand-in-hand.

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OCTOBER 12, 2015

That's the story behind Los Angeles-based Kixer (www.kixer.com), which saw a great exit last week as it was acquired by content management software developer Lakana. The startup was co-founded by Keith Bonnici, Omar Nicola, and Jake Moilanen, and was venture backed by TenOne Ten Ventures, Lowercase Capital, and local angels.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. Meritech Capital also participated in the funding. Lynda.com offers up online education courses on things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and much more.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The intersection of entertainment and technology has been a long time coming. Top CEO’s, entrepreneurs, technology gurus, venture capitalists and executives will be looking at the tech ecosystem from different perspectives, including e-commerce, enterprise software, digital media and consumer technologies.”

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JULY 7, 2010

Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

“The Ruin stirs, and the Five Realms rumble,” a now-archived web announcement read on Thursday morning. For example, when Tumblr announced it would roll out Post+, a paid subscription product, the company used fan fiction writers as an example of a content creator who could profit from the product.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Gaikai is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners and Intel. The firm's technology allows users to play any videogame inside their web browser, without the requirement for game installs or downloads. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Back then were were looking for the same things users look for today – the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences. Social Networking in Web 1.0.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content. I joined about a year ago--a bunch of us did--and looked at where Sidebar was as it was gearing up for a full consumer launch of its personalized content portal. What is Sidebar all about?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Inspired by the vast amounts of data from videos, photos, music, websites and blogs shared by the many friends and people they follow online and seeing how much time it takes to check all the content across many platforms, friends set out to come up with a solution and CHNL was born. In addition, Web 2.0 In addition, Web 2.0

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

In the quest to own the world of Internet content, there has been a huge amount of focus given to the world of consumer Internet content. For that reason, more and more content is going online. However, as these are relatively niche focuses, it's difficult for those content providers--often times bloggers--to build an audience.

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MAY 7, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , a firm developing avatar creation technology, launched an alpha of its web site this week, focused on helping consumers create their own virtual avatars. The firm said it is backed by venture capital, but has not disclosed its backers. Tags: evolver avatar virtual animation content software.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Los Angeles-based magnify360, a provider of software for personalizing and optimizing web content, has scored a win with virtual world provider ICYou. magnify360's technology will be used to tailor the experience of each "resident" of the virtual world, and also provide information on shopping habits of its consumers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. Your challenge is to provide credible content, sources, and assistance. Optimize your content for search engines to get attention.

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MARCH 11, 2014

There''s no better way than post thousands of pieces of content online and see what happens -- and realize that the tools weren''t there to truly figure out what was happening. We had gone out to all of the Hollywood studios, and licensed clip content, short segments of filmed. Want to understand the world of YouTube?

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JANUARY 22, 2013

This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally. I believe we'll also have opportunities to look at additional content.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally. I believe we'll also have opportunities to look at additional content.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

California's technology industry possible. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. Venture Partners , Rustic Canyon Partners , Binary Pulse Technology. Venture capital for innovators.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. Early on GumGum began to experiment with overlaying rich media ads through Flash with photos until technology progressed and they moved over to Javascript. The technology is a work in progress that continues to evolve. Matching ads to content is what they do.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Includes content mobile guides, ie. Current round: $4.2mm led by Spark Capital and Foundry Group.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Mobile Web America, Inc. We utilize the content of your existing website and create a mobile version on-the-fly. We write and create our own content for the game. Event Details.

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