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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Santa Monica-based GumGum , which develops artificial intelligence software for the advertising and media market, has raised $22M more in a funding round, the company said on Thursday. According to the firm, the new $22M funding came from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, NewView Capital, and Upfront Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Santa Monica-based social media app startup Mayk.it The funding came from Greycroft, Chicago Ventures, Slow Ventures, firstminute, plus angel ivnestors Steven Galanis, Randi Zuckerberg, Mr. Beasts' Night media, Sophia Bendz (Spotify), Cyan Banister, T-Pain and Zach Katz, plus others.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In a surprise move, Santa Monica-based Demand Media said Tuesday afternoon that it plans to explore separating its domain name and content businesses into two, independent, publicly traded companies.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Focused Labs , which provides social media marketing services, said Thursday that it has renamed itself GraphEffect , and raised $2M in funding. GraphEffect provides a social advertising platform which helps advertisers gain Facebook fans and Likes.

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JANUARY 13, 2016

Santa Monica-based digital media firm mitu , which focuses on the Latino youth market, is announcing this morning that it has raised $27M in a Series C funding. mitu says it now has a network of more than 2 billion, and 6,000 Latino creators offering up social media feeds on YouTube, Facebook, and elsewhere.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it received approximately $77.2M per share, with 5,175,000 shares of the offering coming directly from Demand Media itself, and the rest from other shareholders. in net proceeds from the firm's IPO last week. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , which develops social marketing software, is tapping a bank of experts in the social media industry for its advisory board, the company announced today. Menon was most recently at Collective Media, after serving as Founder and CEO of Tumri, among other companies. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said today in an S-1 filing that it expects its IPO to be between $14.00 Demand Media runs such sites as LiveStrong and eHow, along with a network of other media and content focused sites. and $16.00 READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has finally filed for its long awaited IPO. Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing network run by Richard Rosenblatt, had a huge reception in the public markets Wednesday, closing up 32 percent in its initial public offering. Demand Media's IPO was well above the firm's initial estimated range of $14.00 The firm closed at $22.65

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 The firm's investors include Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops mobile marketing software which lets marketers understand correlate the activities of mobile users with the physical locations of those consumers, said this morning that it has raised $5.5M in a Series A funding round. MomentFeed is led by Robert Blatt. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Santa Monica-babsed Tyffon , a developer of immersive entertainment technology started in Japan, said this morning that it has raised $2.17M in a funding round, to set up its first location in Los Angeles. media and entertainment companies to bring "brands, content, characters and intellectual property to life".

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect has become an official partner of Facebook, the firm said this week. The company said it has become a Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) by Facebook, which it says is the "highest distinction" offered by Facebook to its marketing partners. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the social media firm headed by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said this morning that it has made a minority investment in Toronto-based CoveritLive. Tags: demand media coveritlive venture capital social blogging. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Santa Monica-based advertising analytics startup SHIFT launched a new product Wednesday, aimed at helping marketers analyze social advertising campaigns. The startup, led by James Borow, said its new product, SHIFT Media Analyzer, is aimed at helping marketers with in-depth analysis of their paid social campaigns.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-based VY Esports , a new startup focused on connecting esports, brands, and media companies, said on Thursday that it has raised a seed funding round. Size of the funding was not announced. Blair Ford of Raine Ventures joins the company's board as part of the funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Santa Monica-based Heal , the on-demand doctor's house call startup, said this morningg that it has raised $26.9M The funding was led by Tull investment Group, and also included Breyer Capital, Paul Jacobs (Qualcomm), David Ellison (Skydance Media), Hashtag One, and Slow Ventures. in a Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2013

Santa Monica-based location analytics software developer MomentFeed announced Tuesday morning that it has signed on some big brands as customers of the firm. MomentFeed is backed by Gold Hill Capital, DFJ Frontier, DFJ-JAIC Venture Partners, Double M Capital, Daher Capital, as well as a long list of local angel investors.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , the provider of Facebook and social media marketing services, said over the weekend that it has hired Stephano Kim as its President and GM, New York. Kim was previously COO and President of [x+1], and was a co-founder of Blackboard. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Pathmatics , a startup developing analytics software for analyzing the programmatic advertising market, has raised $3M in a Series A funding.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Santa Monica-based social marketing firm GraphEffect said this morning that it has opned up new offices in both New York City and Chicago, as the company continues to expand its staff. GraphEffect's software helps companies measure the impact of their social media marketing on Facebook and other platforms.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. One example is Santa Monica-based hardware company, Ring, who transitioned to a hybrid business model that now includes recurring revenue. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

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DECEMBER 16, 2008

Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, the new startup founded by Userplane founder Michael Jones, has launched a new division, focused on search engine marketing. The new unit comes shortly after Tsavo Media's acquisition of Better Inc, which runs the DONE! search engine marketing business. READ MORE>>

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JULY 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , a provider of location-based marketing software and services, said today that it has raised $1.2M The round was led by DFJ Frontier, and also included DFJ JAIC, Gold HIll Capital, and angel investors Gil Elbaz (Factual), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), and Walter Kortschak (Summit Partners).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Sam Friedman , ParkMe (Santa Monica, mobile apps). Josef Gorowitz , Swagbucks (Torrance, online marketing/rewards). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps).

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APRIL 15, 2013

the investment banking firm which got its start in Los Angeles focusing on high tech companies--and as a onetime venture capital investor--has exited the investment banking and advisory business, the firm said today. Montgomery''s current investments in Southern California includes such firms as FindTheBest, Specific Media, and Vantage Media.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand debuted on the markets Thursday in a strong showing, trading as high as $20.25 Cornerstone is trading on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD. Cornerstone OnDemand was venture backed by Bay Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Meritech Capital. after its IPO debut a $13.00

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Santa Monica-based Beats Electronics , the headphone and audio equipment maker co-founded by Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen's Jimmy Iovine, has snagged high profile CEO Ian Rogers away from Topspin Media. Topspin Media said that Beats will integrate its direct-to-fan marketing and retail software in "Daisy".

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

So, if you're a marketer, how do you track and encourage those word-of-mouth recommendations? Wildlink is backed by Mucker Capital. When you look at social messaging, and talk about social messaging, we're talking about social media, text messaging, email, and chat applications. How does this work?

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JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media. I’ll wait.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

Santa Monica-based Zag, a venture-backed developer of online car buying software, said this morning that it has made. Brenner has served at 1-800-CARSEARCH, PromiseMark, and CARFAX; Pributsky joined Zag in 2006 and served at eVox Productions and Malldecker Media; Easterby was most recently at Yahoo!; READ MORE>>

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital.

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MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We have 35 POPs all over the world, in every major market, and we have more than 6,000 customers today. I think there's a couple of things happening.

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JULY 24, 2012

And over the past few years I had been egging him on from LA to get Cooley to take our market more seriously. I told him that our market was absolutely booming and was worthy of a commensurate investment. I told David, “Look at the changes we’ve seen in the VC / funding market. And I know that Mike agreed.

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