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General Assembly Raises $35M In Funding Round

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General Assembly , which conducts classes on web development, Photoshop, Javascript, digital marketing, and all kinds of other topics through its location in Los Angeles, has just scored a $35M funding round, a Series C for the company. IVP''s Todd Chaffee joins the company''s board.

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Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

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Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content.

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Vision Internet Gets Private Equity Investment

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Santa Monica-based Visio Internet , which develops Internet sites for governments, has raised a round of growth capital, according to the company. The funding came from Caltius Equity Partners. As part of the funding, Vision Internet said it has named David M. Size of the investment was not disclosed. Nachman as its CEO.

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What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

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The firm operates an online video education service helping people to learn how to use all kinds of software, ranging from Adobe Illustrator to AutoCAD and more. To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. What's next for the firm now you have this funding?

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What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

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The firm operates an online video education service helping people to learn how to use all kinds of software, ranging from Adobe Illustrator to AutoCAD and more. To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. What's next for the firm now you have this funding?

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Taylor Freeman of UploadVR on Building a Passionate Culture for Good

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Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. The company caught the attention of investor from China and secured a seed-funding round around $1.5

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CreatorUp Links You With Top Filmakers & YouTube Creators To Make Awesome Web Series

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Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Any funding yet?

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