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Shamrock Capital Invests $25M In Video Licensing Firm

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Los Angeles-based private equity firm Shamrock Capital has invested $25M in Thought Equity Motion , a provider of video footage licensing services, Thought Equity Motion said today. Shamrock focuses on investment in the media, entertainment, and communications areas. READ MORE>>.

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Fair Boosts Executive Team

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In a hint towards Fair's intentions, the company pointed out that Pierantoni also had served as VP of Finance at Cornerstone OnDemand (through its IPO), Chief Accounting Officer of Ticketmaster Entertainment, and also served at Paramount Pictures.

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StyleHaul Names Content Head

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Goldwyn was most recently Vice President of Business Development, Digital and Insurge at Paramount Pictures, and spent 13 years with the studio. StyleHaul said Goldwyn most recently had re-launched Paramount Digital Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Sara Bordo, NowLive

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Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. NowLive is trying to do just that, leveraging both technology and the entertainment world to build its business. What is NowLive all about?

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Interview with James Citron, Mogreet

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This latest round gives us the capital to expand and build our business domestically, as well as internationally. As I'm sure you've seen, it's a incredibly difficult time to raise capital, and we're excited to bring in the quality of investors, and with the size of the round, which was fully subscribed. James Citron: It just closed.

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Initiative to Boost SoCal’s Startup Scene Teams With GV Founder

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A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has set out to boost the startup ecosystem in San Diego and the rest of Southern California—and he already has scored a coup by partnering with Bill Maris, the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures, now known as GV.

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Beyond the Demo: 2018 Could Be Year for Longer, Profitable VR Content

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René Pinnell says he and his wife Selena Pinnell were “blown away” by the virtual reality projects their friends were creating in 2014, so they looked for an entrepreneurial niche that would allow them to support such artists. That year the couple, both trained in design, founded a startup in San Francisco, then called KaleidoscopeVR.

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