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IVP: We Love LA, So We Invested In Snapchat

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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. Why did lead investor IVP invest in what most local investors shied away from? snapchat venture capital investment valuation jamdat'

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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

TechCrunch LA

As video commerce becomes the norm and entertainers, brands, businesses, and franchises of all sizes and stripes look to cut out the middle man, the array of services on offer from Maestro may be the scissors these entities need to cut the cord. “ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers. .”

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MarketShare Partners Gets Investment From Elevation

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Los Angeles-based MarketShare Partners , a provider of marketing analytics software said Wednesday afternoon that it has scored an investment round from Elevation Partners. According to MarketShare Partners, Elevation made a minority equity investment in the firm. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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LA-based Maslo pivots to professional services, launching an AI product for executive coaching

TechCrunch LA

Like the original Maslo, the new product is a service for journaling and personal growth, but this time it includes dashboards and visualization tools for the life coaches and training professionals that are molding the minds and leadership habits of tomorrow’s executives.

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LA-based gaming studio Scopely raises $200 million at a $1.4 billion valuation

TechCrunch LA

Scopely said it would use the capital to continue its strategy of developing and acquiring new games as it looks to continue its run of six consecutive mobile games that will gross $100 million or more in lifetime revenue. The new investment follows Scopely’s milestone of achieving more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?” But I feel pretty good about how we’re doing, I feel good about our chances of raising more capital.

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