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MARCH 19, 2019

West Hollywood-based venture investment firm Backstage Capital is shifting entirely to an accelerator model, according to reports today, after failing to raise a new, $36M venture capital fund. Backstage Capital focuses on focuses on minorities, including women, People of Color, and LGBT founders.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Japanese entertainment firm Akatsuki has launched a brand new, Los Angeles-based entertainment fund, called the Akatsuki Entertainment Technology Fund (AET Fund) , which will invest in augmented reality and other entertainment technology, the Japanese company announced on Tuesday.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Over their longtime personal and professional relationship, the two Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneurs have invested in each other’s companies and investment firms, but never worked together until now. These opportunities are creating an opening for Watertower Ventures in markets far beyond the Hollywood hills.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Los Angeles-based First Access Entertainment , and entertainment firm which provides music recording management and publishing, film and TV development, and acting and model management, said this morning that it has launched a new investment fund, called The Fund by First Access Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2014

Dubset Media Holdings , a developer of technology used to help DJs monetize their music, and helps identify music for music rights holders--which has offices in Beverly Hills--has scored a strategic round of funding from Rhapsody International. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

West Hollywood-based LaserAway, an aesthetic dermatology business which offers laser hair removal, laser tattoo removal, laser skin rejuvenation services via a series of clinics, has scored private equity funding. According to the company, it raised funding from the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

North Hollywood-based Yapi , a provider of paperless communications and account management software for dental practices, says it has raised a round of growth investment from M33 Growth. Financial details of that investment were not announced.

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APRIL 18, 2013

In a turn from the usual formula of Silicon Valley investors backing a Hollywood, celebrity-driven startup, a Silicon Valley startup has scored the backing of a group of Hollywood insiders. The Hunt said the new funding will go towards its engineering team, for marketing, and for runway for continued growth. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Earlier this week, Good Growth Capital (www.goodgrowthvc.com) announced it has started looking at investments in Southern California, adding Krisztina Holly as West Coast Venture Partner for the firm. What kinds of areas does the fund make investments in? What kinds of areas does the fund make investments in?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Crush Capital, a startup founded by Darren Marble and Todd Goldberg, said on Wednesday that it has raised $3.25M in a seed funding round, which will go towards its own, online streaming series called "Going Public".

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JULY 16, 2013

Hollywood-based gift delivery firm Quarterly has raised its funding up to $2.2M, according to a regulatory filing by the company. funding round. Quarterly has previously announced funding from True Ventures, SV Angel, Initialized Capital, and Collaborative Fund. out of an ongoing $2.5M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based viral video company Jukin Media has raised a strategic funding round, for that company''s video entertainment network on YouTube, according to the company. The company said the funds will go towards bolstering its technology and infrastructure. The company says it has more than 40 employees in Culver City.

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JULY 18, 2013

Hollywood-based Quarterly Co. , the subscription-based gift delivery service, has raised $1M in new funding, the company announced today. The company said the funding brings its total raised to $2.2M. According to Quarterly, the new funding will support expansion of its subscription service. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Hollywood-based FastCall411 , the developer of pay-per-call technology headed by Richard Rosen, has scored funding from Dave McClure's 500 Startups fund. FastCall411 was one of seven recipients of funding from the Twilio Startup Fund, a fund which looks to invest $250,000 in startups that use Twilio's telephony API.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Toggle , a new startup creating HDMI-based dongles to allow consumers to purchase movies and other videos using UltraViolet, has raised a seed round of funding from Warner Bros. , Size of the seed funding round--which came on top of an investment in Toggle as part of Warner MediaCamp--was not disclosed by the company.

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MAY 30, 2013

Online video advertising firm TubeMogul , which has operations in Los Angeles, said today that it has raised $10M in the second tranche of its Series C funding. According to TubeMogul, the funding was led by SingTel Innov8, and also included Cross Creek Capital, Digital Advertising Consortium, Foundation Capital and Trinity Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Online talent management agency Digital Brand Architects , a company focused on talent management of online influencers, has raised a round of funding from Azoff Music Management. Size of the funding was not announced. As part of the funding, Azoff Music Management''s Allison Statter will join DBA''s management team.

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APRIL 30, 2014

Social networking site MovieLaLa --which focuses on upcoming movies--said Tuesday that it has raised an angel investment from Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff. MovieLaLa said that Benioff''s investment brings the company''s total raised to $750,000. The company is led by Dana Loberg, and is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

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.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Wallach on investments out of a new fund, Inevitable Ventures. How did you end up here in Los Angeles doing investments? My only relationship with LA was through the movies, so I naively synonymized LA with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and never really gave it a chance. Ron chose me to manage those investments.

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JULY 12, 2018

Sound Ventures , the venture capital firm run by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary , has filed to raised a new, $150M fund called Sound Ventures II. According to a regulatory filing, no commitments have yet been made to the new fund, which will be managed by Effie Epstein, Kutcher, and Oseary. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

San Clemente-based Poptent , an online site for crowdsourced video content for advertisers, has raised $3M in a Series A investment round, it new investor has confirmed. According to Los Angeles-based MK Capital, it made the investment in Poptent, led by partner Yair Landau. The firm had previously been known as XLNTads.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Beverly Hills-based Vision Esports has raised $38M in a funding round, and said it invested in 3 Esports companies--Echo Fox, Twin Galaxies and Vision Entertainment. Vision Esports says it will specifically target and invest in complementary companies spanning the entire esports ecosystem. the New York Yankees, the St.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Taltopia , an angel backed, online social networking site focused on Hollywood, said today that it has launched both Apple iPhone and Google Android applications. Taltopia is backed by $800K in angel funding; the firm said it is now actively seeking investors in a second round of funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

El Segundo, California- and Austin, Texas-based Slingshot Aerospace said this morning that it has received $2M in funding to go towards developing of a new, space training simulation tool for the U.S. Space Force.

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JULY 21, 2014

in a seed funding. The company disclosed Monday that the funding came from 500 Startups, Siemer Ventures, Archer Gray, Rubicon VC, Wefunder, Be Great Partners, Rosepaul Investments, Mogility Capital, Sierra Maya Ventures, and Warner Brothers, along with angels. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Philz Coffee , the Silicon Valley coffee chain which has been in a massive expansion in Southern California in the last few months, announced on Tuesday a $45M Series C funding round. The company said the big investment round was led by TPG Growth.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Size of the funding round was not announced, however, a regulatory filing indicates around $11.36M was raised in the round. The funding was led by Bold Capital Partners, the investment firm run by Peter Diamandis, and also included Warner Bros.,

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JUNE 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Worlize , a new startup focused on social gaming and chat, said Wednesday that it has scored initial angel funding for the firm, and opened up a private beta. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed. The firm said it expects to launch into public beta in the fall. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2014

Venice, California-basd Epoxy --which was built by former executive from Team Downey--has launched a brand new set of tools aimed at helping online video creators use social media, and also disclosed a funding round. The company did not provide other details on the funding round. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Culver City-based Maker Studios confirmed today that it has raised $26M in additional funding in its Series C funding. According to the company, the new round was led by Time Warner Investments, along with Canal+, Astor, Singtel Innov8, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Partners, and Downey Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm DFJ Frontier is bolstering its ranks, and has snagged an entertainment and media veteran as a new Venture Partner at the company. DFJ Frontier invests in media and technology companies, and focuses on the seed and early stage; the fund has approximately $80M under management.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

Los Angeles-based WndrCo , the investment firm founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, said this morning that it has closed on $1 billion in a funding round for a new startup called NewTV. Liberty Global, and Madrone Capital. Liberty Global, and Madrone Capital. The round was led by Madrone Capital. JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

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JUNE 6, 2018

Three, Southern California investors--Qualcomm Ventures, Disney, and the United Talent Agency--have backed the developer of a network of "experience centers" focused on virtual reality entertainment, as part of a newly disclosed Series A Funding. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2014

The CAA has put its funding behind a new, online content discovery site called Distractify , as part of a Series A funding round announced this week. It''s unclear who at the CAA led the Los Angeles company''s investment in Distractify. content hollywood capital venture visual discovery distractify' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. Especially when he’s surrounded by Danny Rimer (who funded Skype, MySQL, Last.FM I won’t belabor this – I have an investment in this space ( ad.ly ) so I’m biased. PLUS RELATED FUNDING …. M&A Discussion.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Culver City-based Fullscreen , which operates a multi-channel youTube network, and is led by George Strompolos (formerly of YouTube/Google), has raised $30M in a new round of funding, according to reports today. The funding round reportedly values the company at $110M pre-money. The funding comes from The Chernin Group and Comcast.

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