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Greycroft, WndrCo Back Glow For Podcast Subscriptions

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According to Glow Technologies , it has raised $2.3M in a seed funding round, which came from Greycroft, WndrCo, Norwest Venture Partners, PSL Ventures, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund as well as rap artist Nas and Ken Moss, the CTO of Electronic Arts.

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Gaikai Bolsters Exec Lineup

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Wilson joins the company from Electronic Arts, where he was most recently CTO of EA Redwood Shores. Gaikai is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners and Intel.

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Gaikai Names Strategy Head

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Reeves joins the firm from Electronic Arts, where she was Senior Vice President/COO Global Online. Gaikai is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital. She also served as SVP of JAMDAT Mobile.

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

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Existing investors like SeventySix Capital, The Strand Partners, Stadia Ventures, Hersh Interactive Group, and Transcend Fund, as well as early Zoom employees Richard Gatchalian and Aaron Lewis, also participated. . “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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Gaikai Powers Game Site

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Los Angeles-based Gaikai , the cloud-based game streaming service backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital, said Thursday that it is powering a game site, "The Escapist". Financial impact of the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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

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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.

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

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The new product launch follows a $1 million capital commitment from Saki Georgiadis , who was an early investor in Calm, and Dr. Ray Muzyka, the founder and former chief executive of Bioware. The research will look to provide insights on the effects of personification in computing products on people and their relationships. “We

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