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MAY 23, 2018

Appetize's point-of-sale products are aimed at use at business dining campuses, education campuses, zoos, convention centers, chains, theme parks, and entertainment arenas. The company received a large, $20M funding round in January. Appetize is backed by Shamrock Capital. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2011

A new, venture backed online education company, Encore Career Institute , headed by Steve Poizner, said today that it has linked with the UCLA Extension to offer up professional certificates and career counseling online. The firm said it has raised $15M in a Series A venture capital funding from InterWest Partners and Granite Ventures.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

San Diego-based Zeebo , a developer of a wireless, digital entertainment and education system, initially targeted at the global market, has raised $17M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Zeebo has previously raised funding from Qualcomm.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

There's a big disconnect between their education and employment. Deborah Ramo: It's interesting, but my background is actually in the entertainment world. A number of years ago, myself and some of my colleagues in the entertainment industry developed a nonprofit workplace in Hollywood. The same thing goes for job listings.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. The firm's products are an example of what applying technology, and smartphones and tablets, can do for music education. Music Mastermind.

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , the producer of STEM-related, experiential entertainment led by Brent Bushnell, has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Techstars Ventures, Foundry Group, and Intel Capital. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles�as the center of the entertainment industry�has begun to adopt a new role as the center of online video in recent years�and has also with the e-commerce industry and expertise here from the technology industry. Before that, I was heading up global consumer marketing for entertainment, sports, and video at Yahoo.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. In 2012 over $3.2

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Our online solution combines both scientific methodology, as well as highly produced, entertaining, professional development content around education and awareness of unconscious bias. It's education, measurement, analysis, and ongoing mitigation strategy. That's what we do over the course of our two year contract.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Appetize is backed by the Guggenheim, the 49ers Family Office, WME SVP of Music Marc Geiger, Roar Entertainment and others; the company recently announced deals with Live Nation and the Sacramento Kings, and is part of the Dodgers Accelerator. For hotels, for cruise ships, for sports and entertainment, and for restaurants.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co., Third Wave Digital (Allen DeBevoise), Dream Maker Entertainment Ltd. Entertainment Co., That was how it started out.

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JUNE 8, 2020

in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures, and also which also included Experian Ventures, Cherry Tree Investments, Dig Ventures, Mucker Capital, Unlock Venture Partners, TechStars and Wavemaker Partners. Moving forward, this recent funding is going towards creating more personalization around that text experience. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2010

Is this meant as a personal tool, or a corporate tool--it looks like you've got a number of entertainment clients adopting your tool? Kieve Huffman: My background, and that of my business partner is digital entertainment and digital media. How is the firm funded? We'll expand beyond to other verticals as we start to grow.

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MAY 2, 2013

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. How did the new fund come about? Do you have institutional LPs in your fund, or is this your personal capital? David Waxman: This fund is a new company, the way I see it. David Waxman.:

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Max Fischer: I''m a former investment banker and investment professional, and I have worked a little bit in the entertainment space as well. Max Fischer: We''re in the process of fundraising right now, to fund our future growth and marketing. What''s your own background? Why LinkedIn? What are the next steps for you?

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Nichols is a former Kauffman Fellow and investment director at Intel Capital, and tells us how his fund--which he co-founded with Atom Factory's Troy Carter--is looking to find companies solving large problems outside of the typical Silicon Valley bubble. How did the fund get started? I led a number of investments for that company.

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MAY 11, 2011

Elizabeth Amini: My first company was in graphic design, and provide both graphics for the entertainment industry, but also buildling websites for UCLA and all kinds of places around science, astrophysics, and those types of departments. How is the firm funded? Elizabeth Amini: We're privately funded by the founders.

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JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. Dave Terry: We originally were self funded until 2012, when we took a very low investment.

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JUNE 2, 2014

It''s going to be at least a three year program, and is being funded by Ernst & Young for those three years. A lot of people think of Los Angeles--rightfully so--as a creative hub, and just equate us with media and entertainment. The other EIR with me, Amir, is also going to experiment with this over the next year.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based MOVIECLIPS.COM (www.movieclips.com) announced the firm's Series A funding round, worth $3M, from Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and a number of Silicon Valley angels. Rich Raddon: When Zach and I came together, I had been working in LA for fifteen years in entertainment and traditional media.

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