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MAY 20, 2014

Venice, California-basd Epoxy --which was built by former executive from Team Downey--has launched a brand new set of tools aimed at helping online video creators use social media, and also disclosed a funding round. The startup is led by Juan Bruce, and was co-founded by fellow Team Downey executive Jason Ahmad. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 21, 2014

Los Angeles-based Epoxy (www.epoxy.tv) launched yesterday to help content creators do just that. We spoke with co-founders Juan Bruce and Jason Ahmad about Epoxy''s mission, its roots from projects at Team Downey, the production firm of Robert Downey Jr., where we were helping to figure out the digital side of the company.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Fullscreen, AwesomenessTV, BroadbandTV, BentPixels, Whistle Sports, The BPM Network, The DanceOn Network, GTChannel, INDMUSIC and others, to help them measure, manage, and monetize the social footprint of their creators. s Downey Ventures. Epoxy''s founders came out of Team Downey. Epoxy''s founders came out of Team Downey.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Connectifier was developing automated software to help companies with their recruiting, and had raised around $12.0M Connectifier's angel investors also included Sean Ellis, Andrew Chen, Jonathan Downey, and James Hong. in funding from such investors as Galeo Ventures, Goldcrest Investments, Okapi Venture Capital, and True Ventures.

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JUNE 16, 2015

According to Connectifier, the funding was led by True Ventures, and also included Galeo Ventures, Okapi Ventures, and angels, including Sean Ellis, Andrew Chen, Jonathan Downey, and James Hong. Connetifier is developing tools which use search software and artifial intelligence to better help recruiers find and locate talent.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2013

To that end, Venice-based Epoxy announced this morning that it has raised $2M in a funding round, to help build out its product suite to help grow, engage, and monetize online video channels. The new round was led by GRP Partners, which adds Mark Suster to Epoxy's board of directors.

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MARCH 24, 2014

Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. I helps me be even longer in the positions I am still in. Since then? This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010.

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