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Truepic Takes $26M For Photo Verification

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San Diego-based Truepic, a startup that provides photo verification technology, said today that it has raised $26M in a Series B funding round. The company said its technology is being used by such customers as Accion Opportunity Fund, Equifax, EXL Service Inc, Ford Motor Company, Palomar Holdings Inc.,

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Los Angeles Startup Community

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I was just talking with someone who's new to Los Angeles and wanting to connect into the Los Angeles Startup Community. I will do my best to keep this up to date. Los Angeles Startup Community Posts/Articles Here are some interesting articles and posts on the ecosystem around startups in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Startup Community

SoCal CTO

I was just talking with someone who's new to Los Angeles and wanting to connect into the Los Angeles Startup Community. I will do my best to keep this up to date. Los Angeles Startup Community Posts/Articles Here are some interesting articles and posts on the ecosystem around startups in Los Angeles.

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Ace Metrix Targets TV Advertising

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The firm, which is funded by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures, said that the software-as-a-service product is aimed at advertisers and agencies looking to understand and compare the performance of competitive ads across their own market and other industries, and to gain feedback on their ads. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures

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The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. Let's start with an overview of the fund. Brian Garrett: We started Crosscut Ventures about a year ago. How tough was it to start up a new fund? What do you invest in?

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Interview with Steve Goldman, Ace Metrix

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Ace Metrix is venture backed by Hummer Winblad, and Palomar Ventures. We can up with the initial idea of a standardized, effectiveness and scoring system--just like a FICO score for credit, or the SAT for college admittance, or the Robert Parker score for wine. Tell us a bit about your company? Why haven't people done this in the past?