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Riot Games Commits $10M To Minority Owned Game Studio Investments

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Los Angeles-based Riot Games is looking to help patch up rocky race relationships in the United States, saying over the weekend that it will invest $10M in minority-owned game studios, in addition to providing $1M to the Innocence Project and the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), via is Social Impact Fund. READ MORE>>.

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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

TechCrunch LA

The pandemic also helped as artists who were cut off from their audiences began to explore alternative ways to reach fans — and make money. “ We’re helping creators make money and build a business on top of video. “ We were targeted to a small number of very premier customers. ”

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LA-based gaming studio Scopely raises $200 million at a $1.4 billion valuation

TechCrunch LA

The new investment follows Scopely’s milestone of achieving more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue. Indeed, part of the reason for the financing is to accelerate the pace of its acquisitions and investments into new game development studios, according to chief executive, Walter Driver.

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LA-based Maslo pivots to professional services, launching an AI product for executive coaching

TechCrunch LA

“I’m quite excited about the opportunity here to transform technology into products and services that help us become holistically, better humans,” said Muzyka, in a statement. Maslo’s] recent focus has validated my original interest, which led me to invest.”

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

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► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! I guess this is how a world-class firm like Sequoia Capital finds and invests in world-class companies such as Google, Yahoo!,

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group. ” And at least I’ll draw the line at that point, and if it ever gets too close, I can always go back and work at Electronic Arts. [00:24:26] That means I do one or two investments per year, and I see a lot. My guess. [00:39:34]

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