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APRIL 11, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tinder , the mobile dating app developer led by Sean Rad, is now worth over $5 billion, according to a report Friday from Bloomberg. tinder venture capital investment social networking dating mobile snapchat' Bloomberg cited "people with knowledge of the deal." READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

GraphEffect today unveiled the latest version of its social network for marketers with an open API for developers. GraphEffect is a collaboration platform for social marketers which had only been available to large marketing partners including American Express, Toyota, Estee Lauder, Clorox, and Samsung. Venture Funding.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in a new, Series A $4M funding round for a new, video game developer called Knock Knock Games , according to the company on Thursday. As part of the funding, March Capital's Gregory Milken joins Knock Knock's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based Villiger , a startup developing a mobile app to help parents book tutors, baby sitters, and other services, has raised a seed round of funding, the company said this week. The company said the funding came from Mangrove Capital, Nir Zohar (President and COO, WIX), and Stephen Stokols (CEO, FreedomPop). READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

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.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2011

Venice, California-based Viddy , a new startup developing mobile video tools, said today that it has raised $1.6M in a first round of financing, and launched a mobile video creation and sharing tool for the iPhone. The firm said it is creating a "Twitter-style feed of videos from friends, family, celebrities". READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

” Genies last earned a $1 billion valuation from heavy-hitting tech investors including Silver Lake and Mary Meeker’s Bond Capital during its most recent raise, a $150 million Series C round announced in April. There’s one trend, which is the virtual trend, which is … I mean, it’s obvious. .

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APRIL 4, 2013

whispertext venture capital mobile texting secret social networking' No details on the funding or company have been announced. The filing indicates 22 investors participated in the funding. WhisperText released its app on March 22nd. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Brown is suing Bobby Murphy, Evan Spiegel, as well as all of Snapchat''s investors, which include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, General Catalyst, SV Angel, and others. snapchat legal lawsuit social networking mobile' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

iSkoot Technologies includes substantially all of the assets of San Francisco-based iSkoot, a developer of social networking and Skype-compatible voice-over-IP software for mobile phones. iSkoot was backed by Charles River Ventures, Jesselson Capital, Khosla Ventures, Vision Opportunity Master Fund, and ZG Ventures.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based Naritiv , a new startup developing a network of content creators for Snapchat, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The startup--founded by Dan Altmann and Eric Posen--says it is enabling the creation of mobile-first content for Snapchat and other social network platforms.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based At The Pool , the social discovery service headed by Alex Capecelatro, has launched a brand new, mobile app it says is targeted at helping people to connect and interact. At The Pool is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Canyon Creek Capital, and angels. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. The Spark Capital website (it’s one of my favorites). Current round: $10mm in Series B by Norwest (lead), Storm Ventures and Adams Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. But I made it for a reason.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2011

La Jolla-based Nettle , the mobile and social apps developer founded Brian Dear and Dan O'Neill, has launched its first app, MovieGoer , on the Apple iTunes App store. The company is backed by Google Ventures, Advancit Capital, 500 Startups, and angel investors. Dear was the founder of Eventful, and O'Neill has been at MP3.com

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

When uncertain of what to do next, social proof kicks in to see what others are doing, or have done. Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perhaps the greatest asset in social capital is that of benevolence.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2012

The firm said the firm will go to support building the largest, social casino game publisher on both social networks and mobile platforms. Los Angeles-based Playsino --which, until recently, was known as Titan Gaming--said Friday that it has raised $1.5M in a new funding round.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Rexter''s software--which runs across mobile platforms, tablets, and PCs--helps consolidate and manage their contacts from across social networking sites and email, and helps users manage those contacts and activities.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2011

Palo Alto-based Color , the new Silicon Valley startup developing mobile photo sharing and social networking software which appears to have gained unprecedented attention from the press this week at its launch, has a Southern California connection. The firm's SoCal connection?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the finalists in its second annual QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the firm's global venture capital competition for investment dollars. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Zya , the mobile music game developed by Music Mastermind, said Friday that it will offer players of the game an opportunity to win a recording contract and $10,000 in cash. Music Mastermind is venture backed by Intel Capital and Liberty Global. Do you have what it takes to score a major label record deal?

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MAY 18, 2011

TuneWiki's new Android app also includes a number of features around music discovery, including ability to view and sample songs other users are listening to, connecting with friends via social networks, and more. TuneWiki is venture backed by Benchmark Capital and NTT Docomo. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Los Angeles- and Sydney, Australia-based Clapit , a startup developing a social media crowdsourcing app, said it has raised AU$2.57M ($1.94M US), to bring its mobile app to market. operations in Los Angeles, says it has created a social media app which crowdsources video, music, images, and rich media. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Venice-based Viddy , the developer of a mobile app used to share videos over social networks, has added a number of celebrities to its list of investors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2017

In the world of social networking, there are lots of apps and services which connect you with people you know, but not so many which help you connect with others like you. Is there a need for yet another social networking app? This is the year, according to all the data, where mobile messaging will surpass social.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

View the Slideshow The technology for online social networks arrived practically hand-in-hand with the Internet. Since the advent of the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s, we’ve seen such networks proliferate, from the Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link (remember The WELL?)

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. Internet users in US – 225 million, mobile 260MM. China Internet: 340MM, Mobile a staggering 650MM. Don’t bet that China won’t innovate in mobile. Way ahead of the US on mobile gifting.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Last year the company scored at least $6 million from investors, including Sequoia Capital , BoxGroup and other, undisclosed, investors. Or, depending on your definition, perhaps as early as Space Ghost Coast to Coast , the mid-1990s Cartoon Network series featuring an animated superhero interviewing real celebrities.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?&# … 1. With the iPhone, Apple finally broke the hegemony that the telecom carriers had over mobile applications and that has stifled innovation for too many years.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Since its inception into the mainstream fabric of people’s lives, social media and the concept of social networking has gone through a rather peculiar evolutionary transition. It is now a standard with any new social network to be able to cater to both the consumer and the brand; the person and the product.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2017

Last week, Los Angeles-based iExhale (www.iexhale.com) announced a seed funding round, to bring its mobile, mental health service to life. We've combined online therapy with phone calls with licensed professionals, and also added an online social networking aspect and mood checkup. What's iExhale all about?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Mobile first is becoming an important part of our daily lives. We interact with the world through our mobile devices, and they are quickly becoming our main vehicles for accessing and sharing information. Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. How do you discover the right people to follow?

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2018

The company had originally been focused on social video sharing, but now says it has working with a dozen graphic designers in Mexico, and has creaed more than 10,000 video templates ready to be customized and shared in social networks. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

When uncertain of what to do next, social proof kicks in to see what others are doing, or have done. Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perhaps the greatest asset in social capital is that of benevolence.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2018

Tech startups are always looking to capitalize on the next big thing. market capitalization, and tech is a growing target for corporate research and development dollars. Also on the rise: Forms of digital payment, from mobile payments to in-app purchases to smart home device buys. Tech Incumbents Are Essential. In the U.S.,

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