VersusGame Scores $3M From Music, Entertainment Names
socalTECH
AUGUST 4, 2021
A number of Southern California music and entertainment names are backing a Silicon Valley prediction startup, VersusGame, in a $3M funding.
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socalTECH
AUGUST 4, 2021
A number of Southern California music and entertainment names are backing a Silicon Valley prediction startup, VersusGame, in a $3M funding.
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million in seed funding. The money came from heavy hitters in the Los Angeles entertainment and investment scene including Scooter Braun, Troy Carter, Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew and Jared Leto. Patreon chief executive Jack Conte and Sequoia Capital partner Jess Lee also participated in the round.
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in a seed funding round, to go towards its development of tools to power apps and games for 5G and augmented reality (AR), the company said on Tuesday. Smith--said that the funding was led by SIP Global Partners (SIP GP), which invested $2.0M in the seed funding. The startup--led by CEO and founder David A.
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Drivetime , a developer of interactive, voice-driven audio entertainment apps for drivers, has raised $11M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. According to the startup, the funding was led by Makers Fund and also included the Amazon Alexa Fund and Google. The company's titles include JEOPARDY!,
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Beverly Hills-based BioBeats , which develops healthcare apps which says it combines entertainment with healthcare, by generating music from your heartbeat, has raised $650,000 in a seed funding round. The company says it is developing mobile apps for the entertainment, consumer health and wellness and clinical medicine areas.
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Los Angeles-based Fliptu , the developer of social aggregation tools for music and entertainment brands, has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round, the company said Friday. tool aggregation social gocke jeremy startup funding seed capital venture fliptu' READ MORE>>.
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in a seed funding round, for its interactive mobile magazine. According to the firm, the funding was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and also included the Desert Angels, Pasadena Angels, and other independent angel investors. The company said it will use the funding for continued platform expansion and sales and marketing.
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APRIL 18, 2013
The Hunt said the new funding will go towards its engineering team, for marketing, and for runway for continued growth. thehunt online shopping fashion hollywood ecommerce visual photo social venture capital' READ MORE>>.
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JANUARY 9, 2012
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Nexstar will add a member to VENN's board as part of the funding round. The new funding comes on top of an earlier $17M in seed funding announced last year, bringing the company's total raised to $43M. Nexstar is a major owner of U.S. television stations. READ MORE>>.
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Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. Looking ahead over the next 10 years, this is going to be the way consumers are [being entertained], accessing insights and knowledge, and connecting.”
socalTECH
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ShareSquare develops a service which allows users to create their own QR codes--3D barcodes--which are being used for promoting musicians, bands, and other entertainment. Galica did not disclose investors in the round, and did not detail how far along to closing the firm is for the seed funding. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
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Los Angeles-based ShareSquare , a new startup focused on the QR Code creation area, has launched its services this week, focusing on helping musicians and entertainers create QR codes. QR codes are three dimensional barcodes which can be recognized by mobile phones to connect users with web sites and other information.
TechCrunch LA
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socalTECH
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in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by SignalFire, and also included Sapphire Sports and Founders Fund. Calabasas-based GreenPark Sports --a new startup founded by Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube; Nick Swinmurn, founder of Zappos; and Ken Martin, co-founder of Blitz--has raised $8.5M
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Bain Capital Ventures' Jamison Hill. We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. In fact, new funds have launched there with expertise in the category.
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I told David, “Look at the changes we’ve seen in the VC / funding market. The whole movement to seed funds / early investments happened for a reason. And a fourth partner – Jennifer Massey – will join from an entertainment background. He was the guy I wanted but couldn’t afford.
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Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2018
in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch. We caught up with Catalog's co-founder and CEO Patrick Ip , along with co-founder Jacobo Lumbreras , to learn more about the startup. That reflects heavily in our hiring.
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A very big thanks to Alexandra Harris, the founder of FanCause , a company that aims to connect entertainment brands with their fans to raise money. At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. Sounds like a noble cause.
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