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Solve, the startup creating an interactive “Law & Order” for social media, raises $20 million

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Mining that same well of a demand for whodunnits, a roughly one-year-old Los Angeles-based startup called Solve has raised $20 million in financing to update the genre for a new generation of media consumers. Solve began as a series developed within the mobile-focused entertainment studio, Vertical Networks. ” .

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Triller Buys Two Companies

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Los Angeles-based TrillerNet, the parent company of social video app developer Triller, has acquired two companies, including a live event and pay-per-view (PPV) company, and a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) company.

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Games & Esports Experience Acquisition Corp. Raises $175M In IPO

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a newly formed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), says it is raising $175M in an intial public offering (IPO). The company is offering up 17,500,000 units of its stock at $10.00 The company began trading on Thursday on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol GEEXU.

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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

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Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Facebook has created an environment where millions of people can hold billions of conversations with people and companies, transforming how people expect to interact with each other and the world. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors.

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GumGum Sports Adds New Sponsorship Analysis Module

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According to GumGum Sports, the new module was tested in beta by Premier Lacrosse League, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, Scout Sports and Entertainment and a professional Belgian football team.

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Artie Takes $10M For Mobile Games

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Los Angeles-based Artie, a new startup developing mobile games which can be played inside social media, video, and messaging platforms, said this week that it has raised $10M in a seed funding round. The company's founders are Ryan Horrigann and Armando Kirwin.

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AEG, Fuelster To Offer On-Demand Fueling At Staples Center, L.A. Live

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Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment venue operator AEG , and on-demand, mobile fueling provider Fuelster Technologies , which is based in Porter Ranch, said this week that the two are in a new partnership where Fuelster will offer up on-demand mobile fuel delivery to fans at Staples Center and L.A. READ MORE>>.

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