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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). He obviously believes this since he has become CEO of TopSpin Media – a firm designed to do just that.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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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. Current round: $8mm in Series B from RRE Ventures (Will Porteous)(lead), SoftBank, Hearst Interactive Media, SV Angel (Ron Conway), Founder Collective.Total raised: $11.5mm.

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Interview with Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks

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What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data. The other feature that sets us apparent, is our integration with social media. It's really helpful, particularly for companies who don't get social media. Kurt and I are pretty Web 2.0

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