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Midnight Lights Up With $7.5M

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The funding came from Shima Capital, blockchain platform Forte, gaming community SNACKCLUB, guild and mod platform Overwolf, plus the founders of gaming companies Illuvium and investors Woodstock Fund, FJ Labs, Bixin Ventures, among others. Los Angeles-based gaming startup Midnight announced this morning that it has raised $7.5M

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Miso Robotics Picks Up $10M More

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The funding was led by Acacia Research Corporation, and also included entertainment and sports hospitality firm Levy, Joseph Essas, the chief technology officer of OpenTable, as well as investors associated with CaliBurger.

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TAPP Scores Funding From Eric Schmidt For Subscription Video

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According to TAPP, it will offer up a subscription video platform featuring "thought leaders" in the areas of sports, politics, religion, relationships, entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, and fitness, offering up daily content and subscription-only access to those thought leaders. READ MORE>>.

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Gaikai Bolsters Exec Lineup

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Los Angeles-based cloud-based game streaming service Gaikai has bolstered its executive staff, saying today that it has named Robert Stevenson as Senior Vice President of Interactive Entertainment, and Tim Wilson as Executive Vice President, Strategic Relationships. READ MORE>>.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal). Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. 15mm in Series A. OpenCandy.

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Nirvanix Names New Engineering VP

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Before that, Nirvanix noted, he was chief technology officer and a general manager for DivX Inc. Russell has also held leadership roles for the Motion Picture Association of America, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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Join Us At Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit

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TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Yup That’s the one!