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Disney to Launch New Entertainment Technology Effort, Disney StudioLAB

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Walt Disney Studios and Accenture are in an effort to harness emerging technology in the area of entertainment, with a new effort they are calling Disney StudioLAB , the two said on Tuesday. READ MORE>>.

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Next 10 Ventures is launching an incubator for YouTube personalities

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Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. Looking ahead over the next 10 years, this is going to be the way consumers are [being entertained], accessing insights and knowledge, and connecting.”

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Mammoth Media Finds $13M For Mobile Entertainment

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The company, co-founded by CEO Benoit Vatere, and incubated at venture studio Science Inc., 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.

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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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Be Great Partners Boots Up $6M Accelerator Fund

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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. The startup accelerator/incubator is headed by Lin Miao. READ MORE>>.

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Petco Names Digital, E-Commerce Head

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MacDonald was most recently at Walmart, managing that company's e-commerce entertainment business; he also was founder and CEO of Ingress Capital Incorporation, an online private placement marketplace; and also served as CEO of the Pronto Network at IAC, a shopping comparison engine. MacDonald also has served at Avery Dennison.

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Going long on LA, India, AI and tech infrastructure March Capital raises $300 million

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” Those two themes are borne out in the support March Capital has provided for The Hive , an artificial intelligence-focused incubator, and The Fabric , an infrastructure and internet of things-focused incubator. We also like infrastructure for the internet… the majority of the portfolio will be around those two themes.”