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Siemer Ventures Backs Japanese Mobile Video Firm

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Santa Monica-based venture capital investor Siemer Ventures is one of the backers of a new, Japanese mobile video entertainment startup, Breaker. According to Breaker, it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, to help bolster its efforts to produce and distribute mobile video entertainment in Japan. READ MORE>>.

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Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood, LA Tech Summit, and Idea to Screen | Why You Need to Attend Any or All

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Hard to believe another Digital LA Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is happening this week back-to-back with the new LA Tech Summit produced by Cornerstone. The intersection of entertainment and technology has been a long time coming. Time sure flies when you’re having fun, or building a startup.

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Warner Launches Startup Accelerator In Los Angeles

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It looks like there's a new startup accelerator in town today: MediaCamp , an entertainment-focused startup acceleration program backed by Turner Broadcasting, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. According to Warner Bros., According to Warner Bros., READ MORE>>.

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Be Great Fest | Celebrating Los Angeles’ Startup Ecosystem

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17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. Their mission: to support a charity, savor the hot SoCal nightlife, and transform Los Angeles into the startup capital of the world.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

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Think of the old days when a young woman got off the bus at Hollywood & Vine and said ‘where do I go to be a star?,’” Robertson, the chief executive officer of Influence, said. Another company, Tribe , has similarly raised VC to grow its American footprint. million Series A in March. invests exclusively in the space.

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Silicon Beach Fest: Catching Up With Kevin Winston

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For example, we had a keynote from Patrick Soon-Shiong, who talked about his new health incubator, and Frank Addante, at Rubicon Project, talking his ad-tech services. We''re showing people that we have the cool media-entertainment stuff, which is cool and great, and we love that. There are a lot of women entrepreneurs and VC.

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Creating the 21st-Century Fashion Brand, with Brett Markinson, Sole Society

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I started in media technology, and built a number of companies, which I was able to build out and get the ball rolling, in digital, nonlinear editing and special effects technology in Hollywood. I've been engaged in about thirty startups, anywhere from in incubators, being an angel investor, to leading the charge.