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MARCH 3, 2020

That’s what the Los Angeles-based extended reality technology developer Talespin did — and it just raised $15 million to grow its business. . It turns out the virtual and augmented reality companies aren’t dead — as long as they focus on the enterprise.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

The Los Angeles Dodgers , along with Elysian Park Ventures , the private investment firm created by the ownership group behind the Los Angeles Dodgers specifically for investments in entrepreneurs in the areas of sports, technology, and entertainment, have launched and funded a new venture called E|L1.

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JULY 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based private equity investor The Gores Group said on Thursday afternoon that it has acquired AMI Entertainment , a maker of digital jukeboxes and video systems, which are installed in bars, restaurants, and other locations. AMI Entertainment was founded in 1909, as the National Automatic Music Co.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based Electric Monster, a new startup which focuses on digital entertainment, said on Thursday that it has raised a "major round" of funding, and acquired React Media. Size of the funding was not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

Over their longtime personal and professional relationship, the two Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneurs have invested in each other’s companies and investment firms, but never worked together until now. The plan, even at the time, was always to raise a larger fund. “I see two things happen.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

Making money on livestreams has never been easier thanks to a suite of tools from the Los Angeles-based startup Maestro , which just nabbed $15 million in financing to grow its business. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. .

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Mammoth Media , a startup that says it is developing mobile-first media, has raised $13M in a Series A funding round, the company disclosed on Tuesday. said the funding was led by Greylock Partners and also included Science Inc. Greylock's Josh Elman joins the company's board as part of the funding.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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JULY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , the startup which combines entertainment with education and immersive technology, said it has received a strategic round of funding, which it will use it will open up its very first "micro-amusement park" this fall in downtown Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based Arktos Entertaiment Group , a firm which says it provides investment, creative and production management support, and other services to interactive and online entertainment firms, said today that it has led a $5M investment round in firm Online Warmongers.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Los Angeles-based Watertower Ventures has raised a new, $5M investment fund, which will focus on companies in the Internet infrastructure, next-generation e-commerce, digital media, gaming, augmented reality and artificial intelligenec, and consumer Internet areas. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2018

Seed stage investments in Los Angeles area startups was up, year-to-year, according to the Q1 2018 LA Seed Deal Report from investor Amplify LA. in seed funding in Q1, which was up 2.5 According to the report from Amplify, 23 LA startups raised a total of $52.9M percent from Q1 of 2017. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , the provider of cloud-based business and telephony services, said today that it has acquired IGN Entertainment , the video game, entertainment, and men's lifestyle publisher, via is Ziff Davis subsidiary. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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JULY 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based media brand Pocket.watch , which creates content for kids, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, led by Viacom, the company said today. As part of the funding, Viacom Media Networks COO Sarah Levy joins the company's board of directors.

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MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe.com , which operates an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics and other items, has raised a round of angel funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 13, 2020

That applies to startups like the retail chains b8ta and Neighborhood Goods , the beauty brand, Glossier , the Los Angeles-based arcade chain for the new millennium, Two Bit Circus ; and the most celebrated of the direct to consumer startups, Warby Parker. billion emergency funding package.”

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based AmazeVR , a distributor of virtual reality entertainment, said on Monday that it has raised $2.5M in new funding. The company said the funding came from Partners Investment and YG Investment, part of Korean company YG Entertainment.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Los Angeles-based Woven Digital , which develops original video content aimed at the pop culture and millennial male market, has raised $18.5M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by WPP Ventures, along with Institutional Venture Partners and Advancit Capital.

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AUGUST 27, 2013

Meet the next generation of startup success stories at Be Great Fest in Los Angeles. Their mission: to support a charity, savor the hot SoCal nightlife, and transform Los Angeles into the startup capital of the world. Although the Startup Genome Project named Los Angeles the No.

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MAY 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based Curio, which says it is partnering with collectible brands to product NFTs ("non fungible tokens"), has raised $7M in a seed funding round. Curio says it has partnered with trading card brand Topps to produce NFTs from iconoclastic, cult classic Mars Attacks!,

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

Gaming has been one of the most popular entertainment categories in the last two years of pandemic living. Now, a gaming startup that’s building a new kind of platform that it thinks will be a — wait for it — game changer in the category is announcing some funding as to ride that wave of attention.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A pitch to offer artists a way to give geo-fenced, live events to fans around the world has brought the new Los Angeles startup Moment House $1.5 million in seed funding. For its first foray into live entertainment, Moment House is going to host a geo-fenced, location-specific tour for the musician Yungblud.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Los Angeles-based entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has launched itself into the startup business, saying that it has created a new startup studio it calls Creative Labs , according to the company. The new effort is funded by $12.5M

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JUNE 21, 2011

A new Los Angeles investment group, AngelVision Investors , said this morning that it has launched, and is looking to invest in startup and emerging growth-oriented companies, in the entertainment, marketing and new media.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. Los Angeles County Technology Week (Tech Week) is the premier celebration of and showcase for technology innovation and leadership in LA County.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Los Angeles-based point-of-sale technology developer Appetize said Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a new funding round, led by private equity investor Shamrock Capital Advisors. Appetize develops tablet-based point-of-sale systems, which are being used to replace legacy systems in the sports, entertainment, and other areas.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming behemoth Scopely has raised $340 million in its latest eye-popping round of funding. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.” valuation. .”

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MAY 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based viral video company Jukin Media has raised a strategic funding round, for that company''s video entertainment network on YouTube, according to the company. The company said the funds will go towards bolstering its technology and infrastructure. Jukin Media was founded by Jonathan Skogmo.

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JULY 2, 2013

Los Angeles-based Be Great Partners , one of the many startup incubators and accelerators now populating Los Angeles, said Tuesday that it has launched a new, $6M investment fund, which it intends to spread across 250 promising startups. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. The post The Talent Tourniquet | Making Los Angeles Startup Friendly appeared first on TechZulu.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Los Angeles-based gaming startup Midnight announced this morning that it has raised $7.5M in its seed funding round.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

DGene, a content creation company which has a team in Los Angeles, but is based in San Jose, says it has raised $20M in a Series A funding. The company said it is building software "to expand creativity and redefine virtual production and immersive entertainment". The funding was led by Alibaba Group.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Los Angeles-based Audio Up, a podcasting and audio entertainment production studio, has raised $12M in funding, led by SiriusXM, according to SiriusXM Holdings. The deal calls for Audio Up to produce content fro the SXM App, Pandora, and Stitcher, among other efforts.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Just in time for the holiday season, a group of prominent Los Angeles entertainment and technology executives have come together to back the new startup, Enjoius, which aims to make it easier for hosts to plan their perfect party.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Just in time for the holiday season, a group of prominent Los Angeles entertainment and technology executives have come together to back the new startup, Enjoius, which aims to make it easier for hosts to plan their perfect party. Read More.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Machinima.com , an online entertainment site focused on video gamers, has raised $9M in a investment from Redpoint Ventures, the firm said this week. The firm said the Series B funding round will go towards accelerating further growth at the company.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Los Angeles-based e-sports brand FaZe Clan said this morning that it is in the midst of becoming publicly listed, via a merger with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). According to the company, it expects to list on the NASDAQ, via a merger with B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp.,

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