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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

TechCrunch LA

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.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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Genies is partnering with a handpicked group of creators to design the first set of collections available on the platform, Nigam said. On Genie, only approved sellers on the platform will be able to launch collections to start, though the company says it eventually wants to empower all its users to create unique 1-of-1 fashion items.

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Disney Accelerator Shows Off First Class Of Startups

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disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

TechCrunch LA

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. version of this new breed of entertainer, the collective behind the account is far from the only one.

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Reflections on 2016: Brad Brooks, TigerText

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Brad Brooks: The biggest news from TigerText this year is that we're evolving from what was a pure secure messaging product to a comprehensive clinical communications platform. Brad Brooks: Locally, I think Snapchat's IPO is going to spawn a massive ecosystem in the Southern California tech community.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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I would see this many times of the next decade where I learned that nearly every part of the web that involved monetization was immediately gamed and arms races emerged between platforms to combat abuse and people looking for a quick buck. In fact, the platforms weren’t always so quick to crack down as many of them benefitted financially.

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