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Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. Melinda Moore: One of the things required to create, build, and scale a company is capital. What is TuesdayNights? The third thing, is know your number.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. The funding came from Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, PROfounders Capital, Lowercase Capital, Michael Birch, Tekton Ventures and Knight & Bishop, along with Kamran Pourzanjani, Brian Lee, Brad Jones, and other local angels. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2014

Santa Monica-based movie and entertainment company Lionsgate said late Wednesday that it is expanding into a new line of business, and has launched a new, interactive and game arm. He also had been at Creative Artists Agency, Walt Disney, and Bellrock Media. READ MORE>>.

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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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AUGUST 31, 2021

Santa Monica-based H Code, which provides digital advertising services to the Hispanic market, said Monday afternoon that the company has received a new, capital investment. The funding came from private equity investor Falfurrias Capital Partners (FCP), which invests in growth-oriented, middle-market companies.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Santa Monica-based Luxury Travel Hackers said today that it has launched a new company, focused on helping the "mobile millennial" book "influencer-curated" trips via social media, with a seed funding. Managas of Centerfire Capital, LLC; Mangas apparently is the former CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

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JUNE 14, 2012

Santa Monica-based online publisher Demand Media reported Thursday that it is shuffling its CFO, and is promoting its Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer Mel Tang to the CFO position. Current CFO Charles Hilliard becomes a Special Advisor to Demand Media's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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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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AUGUST 12, 2013

Santa Monica-based Entangled Media Corp. The funding came from Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, PROfounders Capital, Lowercase Capital, Michael Birch, Tekton Ventures and Knight & Bishop, along with Kamran Pourzanjani, Brian Lee, Brad Jones, and other local angels. READ MORE>>.

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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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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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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 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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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 million shares.

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MAY 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based advertising startup VideoAmp said on Wednesday that it has raised a big $70M funding round, led by the Raine Group, and also included Ankona Capital, Mediaocean, and RTL Group. As part of the funding, Peter Liguori (former CEO of Tribune Media) joins the company's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, is expected to hit the public markets late next week, according to a report today from AllThingsD. Demand Media priced its IPO on January 12th, saying it hopes to debut on the NYSE at between $14.00 and $16.00 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Santa Monica-based ad technology developer GumGum --which injects contextually relevant ads into images on publishers' websites, said today that it has signed a renewed partnership with Wenner Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone , Us Weekly and Men's Journal. Financial details of the renewal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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.,

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JUNE 6, 2018

The company said it is opening up a nine new centers, including one in Hollywood and one in Santa Monica, as a result of that earlier funding. The VOID says its centers include everything from virtual reality to "multi-sensory effects" for interactive entertainment and storytelling. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based Culture Genesis , the venture-backed "digital studio" funded by Mucker Capital, betaworks, plus actor T.I., Grand Hustle founder Jason Geter, and NBA star Baron Davis, has acquired All Def , the media and content company which was founded in 2013 by hip-hop's Russell Simmons. READ MORE>>.

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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 25, 2018

Santa Monica-based Freenfly , a startup that helps brands tap into a network of content creators and brand advocates on social media, has raised $8.5M According to Greenfly, the funding round was led by Alpha Edison, and also included Iconica Partners, Elysian Park, and Corazon Capital. in funding.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Santa Monica-based virtual reality content developre Jaunt , and Santa Monica-based online food and travel lifestyle content provider Tastemade said today that the two have tied together for a new, virtual-reality trip through Los Angeles, featuring Ryan Seacrest and Conan O'Brien, along with a host of others.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Santa Monica-based Leaf Group , the publicly traded consumer Internet company best known for running such sites as Saatchi Art, Society6, EHow, and Livestrong, said it is looking to offer and sell approximately $22M in shares of its common stock. Leaf Group was last known as Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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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 26, 2016

Santa Monica-based Mobcrush , which operates a live streaming platform and community focused on mobile games, has raised $20M more, in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Evolution Media, and also included Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Raine Ventures, Lowercase Capital, First Round Capital and others.

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JUNE 14, 2017

the domain name spinoff of Santa Monica-based Demand Media, the company announced on Wednesday. Rightside was advised by Barclays Capital and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in the deal; Donuts' was advised by Perkins Coie LLP, with a credit facility being provided by Silicon Valley Bank to help finance the transaction.

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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 momentfeed venture capital location analytics software retail marketing social media'

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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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JANUARY 15, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software tools that helps multi-location brands manage the customer experience of mobile consumers, says it is making it easier for its customers to build landing pages for their locations. MomentFeed's CEO and Chairman is Robert Blatt. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Santa Monica-based investment banking firm Siemer & Associates , which has focused on the technology and media sector, has been acquired by Chinese investor CEC Capital Group. CEC Capital Group (formerly known as Chine eCapital) says it focuses on tech, media, telecom, consumer, and healthcare investments.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Santa Monica-based KIN , which operates a female-focused lifestyle YouTube network, has raised $12M in a funding round, the company said last week. The funding came from Corus Entertainment, Emil Capital, Mayfield Fund, General Catalyst Partners and Rustic Canyon Partners. The company is led by Michael Wayne. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Kittyhawk , a drone software developer backed by Santa Monica-based Bonfire Ventures, has scored new funding from insurance company Travelers, the company said today. The startup, based in San Francisco, says it has now raised $9.5M The startup, based in San Francisco, says it has now raised $9.5M READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Santa Monica-based Snap says it is looking to raise $1.0 billion in new funding, through a convertible senior note offering and private placement. According to Snap, the convertible senior notes will be due in 2026, and will be a private placement to qualified institutional buyers. million principal amount of notes.

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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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