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FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA. It’s not just Snapchat, although there’s that. See we have JPL that designed the rockets that put men on the moon in the first place and Caltech, one of the two most prestigious engineering universities in the country.
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MAY 28, 2016
I began experimenting with time-of-day, number of Tweets, headline text, etc and learned a ton about usage patterns of Twitter and I even invested in a social media analytics company called Awe.sm, an influencer network called Adly and a data firehose company called Datasift (who now powers the Facebook Topics feed). Think about that.
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TechCrunch LA
MAY 12, 2020
The group occupies some familiar spaces for past investments, with a focus on niche social communities, mobile media tools and augmented reality. Snap investment Hardworkers. Wabisabi Design : an augmented reality game studio focused on bit-sized titles. Yellow investment SketchAR.
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AUGUST 11, 2021
Digital advertising spend is projected to grow 25% this year to $191 billion, and Google (69%), Facebook (59%), Snapchat (116%) and Twitter (87%) all just reported rapid growth in their year over year advertising revenues. Why Did I Invest in Trust? no surprise?—?that’s that’s where the customers are.
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OCTOBER 8, 2014
” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” No less than Fred Wilson has credited Carlota’s work with having a major influence on his investment strategy at USV.
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
Today Upfront Ventures is announcing that we’ve backed Rebecca Kantar ’s startup Imbellus , a company designed to assess human potential and ultimately change the way we teach children. We led a $4 million investment along with Thrive Capital, GLG and Sound Ventures. So Why Imbellus? Fundamentally the system feels broken.
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JUNE 8, 2014
I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. Cincinnati has had the accelerator The Brandery for several years, which caters to the great strengths of design and brand management that are dominant in this city. We have invested $17.3 All great communication companies. KickStarter?
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