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Genies Finds $65M For NFT Avatars

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Los Angeles-based Genies, a startup that helps people create their own avatars--which they can decorate by buying special NFTs (non-fungible tokens)--has raised $65M in a Series B funding, the company said this week.

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Crew32, Led By Jason Nazar, Gets $5.2M In Funding Round

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Santa Monica-based Crew32 , a stealth startup founded by Docstoc founder Jason Nazar, Betterworks, Geni, and Yammer co-founder George Ishii, and InvestedIn and MySpace co-founder Yadid Ramot, has raised $5.2M, as part of an ongoing $6.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm on Thursday.

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Pocket Change Finds More Funding

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A virtual currently startup, Pocket Change , with links to Southern California has just raised $5M more in funding. The firm, which provides virtual currency handling for Android game makers, is the startup of Ari Mir, who formerly co-founded GumGum, and Amos Elliston, who served as CTO at Geni and SVP of Engineering at Yammer.

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Comparably.com, Led By Jason Nazar, Raises $6.5M For Pay Transparency, Culture

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Santa Monica-based Comparably.com , a new startup led by longtime entrepreneur Jason Nazar, has raised $6.5M in a funding round, and launched a new platform to help people compare pay and culture between companies. Comparably's website lets users see what people are getting paid for jobs, across different companies. READ MORE>>.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

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Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. Her newest venture, Moe Assist, claims to be the first project management and payments tool for influencers. million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. Karat, a startup building a bank for creators.

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Never Hire Job Hoppers. Never. They Make Terrible Employees

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This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. Tools like Identified.com haven’t existed for me to do this in an automated way as they are starting to emerge. Yes, if you were a startup CEO I would probably cut you some slack.

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The makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon Valley

TechCrunch LA

Last week, the Los Angeles-based startup led by Trevor McFedries , outed itself as the collective consciousness behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela and her less well known contemporaries Blawko22 and BermudaisBae in a choreographed melodrama worthy of Los Angeles’ best reality television.