TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. In fact, Appetize currently covers 65% of all major league sports stadiums, specializing in contactless payments, mobile ordering and menu management. Image Credits: SpotOn.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. in its seed funding round. disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2014

disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' Disney is providing $120,000 in investment capital to startups to help them develop their ideas, and also provide mentoring from Disney executives. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. Andrew was SVP of Mobile at Fox Digital Entertainment which launched the very successful Simpsons online game (curse you for wasting tons of my kids free time!) The results?

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 16, 2019

A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio, Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new funding to carry that out. Meanwhile, games are quickly becoming the go-to revenue driver for the entertainment industry. That number could reach $81.3

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Now the company is launching a true crime podcast, to tap into another potentially high-growth market, on the iHeartMedia and Apple platforms. Solve began as a series developed within the mobile-focused entertainment studio, Vertical Networks. But it was far from the only studio to see money in mobile-first entertainment.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

How do you keep up with everything that''s happening with your favorite interests, brands, and personalities on your mobile phone? Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. Former YouTube exec unveils Next 10 Ventures, a $50M fund to back online creators. The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults. “The

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MAY 2, 2013

Venice-based WemoLab --which has been developing entertainment products around an oceanic theme--announced today that it has launched its first, mobile product, a new interactive tablet app. WemoLab, which is led by Neville Spiteri, has been developing an extensive, educational platform focused on teaching kids about the oceans.

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APRIL 20, 2012

in a new funding round. The firm said the firm will go to support building the largest, social casino game publisher on both social networks and mobile platforms. As part of the funding, Playsino said it has named Brock Pierce as CEO. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Now you can experience that feeling again with Viddy, the mobile social video app. Some of the visual effects make for highly entertaining videos such as my recording from the beach. And you could share pictures with the world with filters making them look like they were from just about any camera ever made. million dollars.

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socalTECH

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. What does Appetize do? How'd you end up creating your products? We're really an enterprise solution.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne: FEM is a video discovery platform that provides quality, relevant video recommendations for any website, app, or content network that is seeking to drive more engagement around video. I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. What is FEM? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

When I first joined Crosscut Ventures five years ago, the firm had $20 million under management and was just starting to invest out of its second fund. We now have $250 million under management, are investing out of our fourth fund and have made more than 80 investments.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Los Angeles-based Emotive Communications, which is developing ringtone-based, entertainment products for the mobile market, said today that it has scored $6.25M in a second round of venture financing. The round was led by The Mayfield Fund, and also included prior investors D.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content.

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MAY 21, 2014

They''re similar to Ideo, in that they''re doing broad design and innovation, and consumer understanding and research, in areas from medical devices to mobile devices, cars, and digital. As part of that, I started working for entertainment studios and networks, and saw the shift in consumer behavior to online entertainment.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2012

Sam Altman: PartyEarth is a global media and entertainment company. Can you talk about your recent funding round? It was from a group of angel investors, and the funding is really to both support the continued build out of our content platform, but also to really expand our digital platform. What is PartyEarth?

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Max Fischer: BeLinked, formerly LinkedUp, is the first, mobile dating app that has the popular swipe left, swipe right feature, but which is based on the LinkedIn platform and LinkedIn API. Max Fischer: I''m a former investment banker and investment professional, and I have worked a little bit in the entertainment space as well.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Rob Freelen: The best lesson I learned in 2016 is that a well-managed company can succeed in any funding environment. Despite the Q1 correction in valuation, and subsequent drop in VC funding, we saw numerous LA companies not only survive, but thrive - despite the macroeconomic trends. What's the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Mr. Csathy’s career spans Internet, music, motion pictures/video, live entertainment, and technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. think Apple. Participation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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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. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? and entertainment as a whole is rapidly changing and growing.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. Andy Steuer: Punchcard is a mobile loyalty rewards app. While I was there, I was product manager leading efforts to include third party content into the platform. What is Punchcard?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2014

The light tunes, conversational tone, and laidback feel created a great environment for our tech innovators and hustlers to come together for great interviews, discussions, and showcasing of some of Indiegogo’s latest and greatest in crowd funded products. The post Breathometer | The Pocket-Sized Life Saver appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. How big of a fund is this? where he is Chairman.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. How big of a fund is this? where he is Chairman.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The 3-6 month program had several hundred applications from all over the country and abroad vying for the chance of $21,000 in initial funding, office space, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities with other startups. GetMeRated , a mobile app where teens and twentysomethings find new friends through photos and chat.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst: Cojoin is a data integration platform. We find that there’s all this really specialized software, software as a service, certain platforms, and different places you can do marketing; all of those have their own sets of data. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Photos that are prime real estate and have never been monetized before, until one very ambitious Silicon Beach startup, GumGum , recognized the opportunity and created the first and largest in-image advertising platform, and an entirely new market. Mobile accounts for 25% of their traffic. Photos…the final frontier.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 13, 2011

Are you funded? How did your company get its initial funding? How much funding do you currently have ? We’re very well funded. Mobile computing is blowing up right now, where do you see online ticketing and Mobile (Phones, Tablets, etc.) No one else is dealing with this issue head on. How big is your team?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets.

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