Remove Commerce Remove Entertainment Remove Platform Remove Technical Review
article thumbnail

SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. With the new capital, SpotOn has raised $628 million since its inception.

article thumbnail

Disney Taps Square's Dorsey For Board

socalTECH

Disney said the move will give it a perspective into the "latest technologies and platforms" to reach more people, due to his influence in the social media and commerce space. twitter executive studio hollywood entertainment disney walt square' READ MORE>>.

Burbank 113
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Future of Shopping | Vidzey Interactive Videos

Tech Zulu Event

Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. We discuss advertising, Vidzey’s story, technology, business, interns, and entertainment. Valuable personality traits in his previous life working in entertainment, no doubt. FROM THE BEGINNING.

article thumbnail

This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Competes with HauteLook , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , Billion Dollar Babes , ideeli , Glam List. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. OTHER DEALS: 1. Employees: 20.

article thumbnail

Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

socalTECH

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. In 2010, we sold the game assets and name PlayScreen, which we had acquired, and formed a new company with some solid financial and technology guys.

Mobile 216
article thumbnail

How to Solve the Biggest Frustration Marketers Have With Social

Both Sides of the Table

But if you want to be able to repeat your success on your next campaign you need to know more about how you drove those clicks: Which social platform were they published on? It was built in pilot with BMW, HP and one huge, beloved entertainment company here in LA that I guess was a bit gun shy to include their name in our announcement.

Marketing 307
article thumbnail

How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

We use gestures or our voice to control our engagement with our technology. We watch our news and entertainment anywhere we want to on any kind of device we choose. The principal drivers of this re-imagination are the hyper-growth of the mobile Internet, consumer-controlled commerce, the rise of big data, and “globality.”

Mobile 156