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Snapchat Eyes IPO

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Venice-based Snapchat , the high flying, high profile startup led by Evan Spiegel, is planning an IPO, according to Spiegel, who talked about the company's IPO plans at a conference on Tuesday. Spiegel said that an "IPO is really important" to the company. Spiegel did not give a timeframe for any IPO effort.

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JibJab's StoryBots Takes On Kids' Entertainment

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What do you get when you take the creative minds behind JibJab.com , the Venice-based online humor content developers--known for its hilarious videos of everything from politics to everyday life--and apply that to kids entertainment? READ MORE>>.

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Philz Coffee Gets $15M For Expansion

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The new funds will go to open a new set of stores nationwide; it''s unclear if any of those new stores will be in other pockets of Southern California''s growing technology industry, such as Venice, Pasadena, or Playa Vista. Photo: Philz Coffee at last year''s Oasis Conference in Santa Monica READ MORE>>.

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SideCar Debuts Ridesharing App In LA

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SideCar's service uses your phone's GPS capability to locate people who are nearby who would be willing to give you a ride for a donation; the company said it's initially launching here in LA on in West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City, with expansion to the remainder of LA soon. READ MORE>>.

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Silicon Beach Fest: Catching Up With Kevin Winston

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The third thing, is it''s not just Santa Monica and Venice. What is the biggest thing you''ve learned about the startup business from running these conferences? In fact, this conference connects people who might not have met, it might connect a designer with a bizdev person with a developer. It goes both ways.

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Digest 5/23-30: Snapchat’s $1.8B Raise, March Capital’s $240M Fund, Victorious $25M Series B

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Tour RYOT ‘s Venice HQ ( link ). FAST COMPANY Hosted Its Creative Conference. Students & Educators — Win $25k in THE MAYOR’S CUP ( link ). BELKIN Launches PHYN to Apply Water Conservation to IoT ( link ). TASKUS Makes Inc’s 30 Under 30 ( link ). EVA HO Featured in LA Times ( link ).

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Coincident.TV Is “CREATE”-ing Second Screen Transmedia Producers Out Of Everyone [Beta Invites]

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Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. A technology that will surely revolutionize how viewers interact with content and television in the very near future.

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