socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2015

Los Angeles-based Fliptu , the developer of social aggregation tools for music and entertainment brands, has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round, the company said Friday. The company said it will use the funds to bolster its product team and expand into new verticals. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

in a seed funding round, for its interactive mobile magazine. According to the firm, the funding was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and also included the Desert Angels, Pasadena Angels, and other independent angel investors. The company said it will use the funding for continued platform expansion and sales and marketing.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

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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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

million in seed funding since its founding in 2012. The curated design and photography-driven entertainment site is where GIFs and memes intermingle with stunning photography, video and the ability to purchase in app. “We Santa-Monica based Tapiture has grown in traffic by 300%, monetized from year one and raised $2.25

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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. “At YouTube, I saw over 5x growth in watch time, commercialization and really, globalization of the platform,” Grubbs told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. If a fan know they can get their entire brand fix there, rather than having to jump across multiple profiles, multiple social media platform, and networks, that's very compelling.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch. We put all of that into our system, and distribute it among our network through our logistics platform. That system allows us to arrange shoots and coordinate with contracted talent to produce that content.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2009

Vicon became the largest motion capture hardware and software company and our primary markets there were entertainment, computer games, film, and also life sciences and engineering. We got started after our seed funding on August first of last year and immediately went to work with platform companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong is obviously doing something right since they are now the preferred mobile payment platform for Facebook’s mobile credit offering but will compete against some serious guns – Boku has raised nearly $40 million from Benchmark, Index, DAG and Khosla Ventures – the A list of who’s who VCs. 15mm in Series A.

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