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LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M

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Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. Signal Sciences secures $35 million investment to protect web apps. Morgan Stanley & Co.

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Prime Focus Technologies Gets Private Equity Investment

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Size of the investment was not announced. Global Eagle Entertainment, Cricket Australia, CBS Television Studios, 20th Century Fox Television Studios, and many others. Global Eagle Entertainment, Cricket Australia, CBS Television Studios, 20th Century Fox Television Studios, and many others. READ MORE>>.

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Cast & Crew Completes Caps Payroll Buy

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Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , the provider of technology and payroll, and production management services for the entertainment industry, said on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Culver City-based CAPS Payroll.

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Fullscreen Grabs $30M More For YouTube Network

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Culver City-based Fullscreen , which operates a multi-channel youTube network, and is led by George Strompolos (formerly of YouTube/Google), has raised $30M in a new round of funding, according to reports today. fullscreen entertainment youtube network venture capital content studio hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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Jukin Media Gets Strategic Funding

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Los Angeles-based viral video company Jukin Media has raised a strategic funding round, for that company''s video entertainment network on YouTube, according to the company. The company says it has more than 40 employees in Culver City. Jukin Media was founded by Jonathan Skogmo. READ MORE>>.

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Founders of Sony's Crackle Start Venture Fund

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The founders of Crackle , the online streaming video and movie site owned by Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment , have announced a new venture capital fund. According to Josh Felser and Dave Samuel, the founders of Crackle, they have started a new venture fund called Freestyle Capital , with $27M in a Fund I close.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. Maker Studios, leading YouTube producer, generating hundreds of millions of video views every month [Los Angeles, near Culver City]. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC.

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