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Riot Games Raises $8M

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Los Angeles-based Riot Games , a developer of online video games, announced today that it has raised a new, $8M round of financing. The round came from Benchmark Capital, FirstMark Capital, and Chinese online services firm Tencent. READ MORE>>.

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March Capital Backs Video Game Developer Wavedash Games

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Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in video game developer Wavedash Games , which announced a $6M Series A funding round on Tuesday morning. According to Wavedash, the new funding will go to grow its team and complete the development of its game, Platform Fighter.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? How our VC Firms Like Ours Organizing to Meet the Challenges?

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Three Good Snags Seed Funding

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Los Angeles-based employee wellness and artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Three Good announced that it has raised a seed funding round. The company says it is raising $2.5M in that funding. The company says it is using both artificial intelligence and traditional psychology to help companies beat employee burnout.

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Battlefy Finds $1.3M

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Battlefy , a startup developing an online platform for managing e-sports tournaments, leagues, and content--which is a graduate of the Amplify LA accelerator--said this week that it has raised $1.3M The company--now based in Vancouver, BC--helps organizers of professional video game tournaments and leagues.

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Looking At LA's Technology Future with Derek Norton

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Watertower has been involved in a number of high visibility exits and fundings in recent months, including Riot Games (rumored to be $400M+), Machinima, and ExtendMedia. I think you know Riot Games, where we put together their first institutional money. Those are two big gaming companies.

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Twiistup 007: Date, Speakers, Early Bird Special

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Before launching his own publishing venture, Om was a senior writer for Business 2.0 He is also a Venture Partner at True Ventures. In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. magazine covering telecom and broadband stories. gigaom.com. .