socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2019

Techstars Music--led by Bob Moczydlowsky--also said that a total of 17 Techstars Music startups have now raised $67M in post-Techstars funding. The new class of the accelerator is being backed b Warner Music Group, Q Prime Management, Bill Silva Entertainment, Sony, Concord, Royalty Exchange, RecoChoku, AVEX Inc., READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based 60Frames , an online entertainment studio developing professionally produced, online content, has reportedly shut down , according to The Hollywood Reporter. in funding in 2007, from Tudor Investment Corporation and the Pilot Group, and was apparently unable to raise a second round of financing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

The new app is the first application launching out of TouchFrame , a new startup out of the MuckerLab incubator in Los Angeles. TouchFrame has teamed with 51 Minds Entertainment, part of Endemol, to develop what it says is a TV-quality play along game show. The Braindex game is free on the App Store, and runs on iOS 6.

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Class Los Angeles Incubator Venture Capital 176

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

Currently, the studio is funded in part by partnerships with Monster Energy and Snap’s 523 program , which supports small content companies and creators from underrepresented groups. Image Credits: Robiiiworld (Brandy Merriweather via BStarPR). “Some of these programs are cool, but it’s like, what’s after that?

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Platform Social Media Netflix Content 210

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

startups attracting over $847 million in investment funds in 2012 alone, the city’s diverse resources are often too separated. s tech scene by the city’s own incubator-accelerator Be Great Partners. The star of the upcoming Jobs biopic has funded numerous tech companies through his venture firm, A- Grade Investments.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Venture Capital 101

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2015

The LA Dodgers has opened the doors on its first, startup accelerator program class this morning, unveiling the 10 companies included in the first LA Dodgers Sports & Entertainment Accelerator. The accelerator begins today, and runs through a Demo Day in November at Dodger Stadium. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Bricault is a Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners, and Wolpert was most recently at the Mailroom fund. Amplify said it will invest in companies at the intersection of technology and entertainment. in its own fund, and plans to invest $50,000 in seed funding to companies accepted to its program.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 30, 2015

In a venture’s early stages, it equates to an additional dollar that must be raised in a future funding round, thereby diluting every shareholder. You cannot afford to speed, gun the engine, take detours, or spend your precious cash on a killer stereo to entertain you during your trek. However, do not count on it.

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Startup Pricing Coach Incubator 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

You have to start and end with our ownership, particularly Mark Walter of Guggenheim Financial, Magic Johnson, who needs no introduction due to his brand and businesses in sports and entertainment; and Peter Guber, one of our co-owners, who also is an owner of the Golden State Warriors, and the new Los Angeles Football Club. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors. Los Angeles is an amazing place, and we have fashion, e-commerce, advertising, games, media, entertainment companies which I think make Los Angeles a phenomenal place. Finally, what's the next big goal for StartEngine?

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. Bitcoin and the closure of nefarious exchange site, Silk Road.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. After BITSource was successfully acquired, I moved to L.A. Details coming soon!)

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002.

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Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Sam Rogoway: I'm an entertainment attorney by trade, and have represented a number of the largest reality production companies, as well as award winning filmmakers, both scripted and documentark filmmakers. How is the company funded? What's your background, and where did the idea for the business come from?

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. TouchFrame’s interactive video platform allows content creators to turn game show formats into engaging apps.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Dinesh earned his B.S. Event Details.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries. You folks are just that awesome that we try and hook our readers up whenever we can so you are Welcome!

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

Plans for new incubators were announced in two different cities. Guardant is funding a series of trials around the country in people whose genetic or lifestyle profiles put them at high risk of five types of cancer. We’ve got those stories, plus a spate of financings and deals, a legal feud, and other news below.

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Incubator Thousand Oaks Screening Pricing 67

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

I helped them raise a few rounds of funding, ran their European operations. I've also worked with startups in Southern California, including TouchCommerce, and I was with them when they were on their first round of funding. The incubator isn't really as focused, and sometime might be more focused on low cost space.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

You cannot afford to speed, gun the engine, take detours, or spend your precious cash on a killer stereo to entertain you during your trek. Future funding should be discretionary to propel prospective growth, not a matter of survival. However, do not count on it. His argument was, “What’s the risk?

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Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. Companies in the accelerator can walk upstairs, talk to someone who's already been funded, and get counsel on how they went through that process.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

LATechDigest

OCTOBER 26, 2016

LACIncubator is now the largest clean tech incubator in the world, we're working to make it cheap & easy to launch a biz #latechsummit pic.twitter.com/5GbAI1D3bR. LACIncubator is now the largest clean tech incubator in the world, we're working to make it cheap & easy to launch a biz #latechsummit pic.twitter.com/5GbAI1D3bR.

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Snapchat Lootcrate Riot Games Downey 40

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). Behzad Kianmahd: There's a bit of a history there.

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El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This morning, Techstars (www.techstars.org), the startup accelerator which has had great success in spreading its approach to helping to get startups to the next stage of their life�usually, funding�announced it has opened up its third accelerator in Los Angeles, Techstars LA. There is still amazing growth in that sector.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

Yeah, Valence announced > $5 million in funding led by GGV and Upfront. It is a company with a mission to create better access and more funding for Black entrepreneurs and executives. Announced their Series A funding round , which Upfront participated in and which was led by Hans Tung from GGV. I’m so fricking pumped today.

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Funding Venture Capital Entrepreneur Networking 314

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . There are now many resources to help company founders get funding and launch a startup. Birds of All Feathers: Creative Industry Incubators.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. The company plans to give creators and influencers more independence from existing platforms by allowing them access to funding from a team well-versed in their unique capital needs. Naturally, these were also the first business to get funded. focused fund.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44