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Loot Crate Raises $18.5M, Tops $100M In Sales

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Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC. Los Angeles-based Loot Crate announced this morning that it has raised $18.5M in a Series A funding round, for the company's subscription, "fan boxes"--which feature custom, tailored mystery boxes delivered to fans from their favorite entertainment and pop culture brands, every month.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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This investment started with Dana Settle (Greycroft) and I each putting in $750,000 into a young company doing less than $1 million in sales and has blossomed into one of the fastest growing companies in Los Angeles if not the entire country. Disney Acquires Maker Studios f0r $500 million and with earn-out potentially up to $950 million.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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The team from Epoxy spun out of Robert Downey Jr.’s One of the best I have seen in the market is Epoxy.TV. And while I’m an investor so I may seem biased, I’m an investor there for a reason. ’s digital studio. It’s a team of Stanford engineers with direct video distribution skills.

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