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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Japanese entertainment firm Akatsuki has launched a brand new, Los Angeles-based entertainment fund, called the Akatsuki Entertainment Technology Fund (AET Fund) , which will invest in augmented reality and other entertainment technology, the Japanese company announced on Tuesday.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Los Angeles-based Geenee , a company developing mobile software that allows physical objects to trigger mobile, augmented reality (AR) experiences, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company said on Tuesday morning. The company said the funding was led by IDI Partners.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Los Angeles-based First Access Entertainment , and entertainment firm which provides music recording management and publishing, film and TV development, and acting and model management, said this morning that it has launched a new investment fund, called The Fund by First Access Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2014

in a seed funding. The company disclosed Monday that the funding came from 500 Startups, Siemer Ventures, Archer Gray, Rubicon VC, Wefunder, Be Great Partners, Rosepaul Investments, Mogility Capital, Sierra Maya Ventures, and Warner Brothers, along with angels. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Boulevard , a spa management and payment platform, has raised $27 million in a new round of funding despite a business slowdown caused by the COVID0-19 pandemic. They spoke with salon owners in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other trendy neighborhoods trying to get a sense of where software and services were falling short.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Think Southern California''s tech industry is all about fashion, Hollywood, and content? Yesterday, TigerText , a developer of enterprise, secure texting tools, raised a big $21M funding and last week, the big funding round was for Kareo , which raised $29.5M for its cloud-based medical offices software.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Los Angeles-based MACRO , which says it is developing content for the African American, Latino, and multicultural market, says it has raised a initial round of funding. The funding was led by Emerson Collective, and also included MNM Creative, MediaLink, and angels Raymond J. Size of the investment round was not announced.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Culver City-based MiTu , a developer of digital content for the Latino market, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The new funding was led by Upfront Ventures. mitu latino content venture capital hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based TeamDom , a new startup started by 19-year old social media star Jake Paul, disclosed today that it has raised $1M in a funding round. The round was led by Danhua Capital, and also included Eward Lando, Gary Vaynerchuk, Abe Burns, and Adam Zeplain. million followers.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

GeekChicDaily said the funding will go towards infrastructure, further brand extension and marketing of the daily publication. The round came from Revolution Studios' Joe Roth, Seattle investor Mike Slade, as well as Gamespy founder Mark Surfas, Legendary Digital President Kathy Vrabeck and Machinima Chairman/CEO Allen DeBevoise.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Los Angeles- and New York-based PlaceVine , which operates a web-based service to connect brands and agencies to product placement opportunities in film, television, and new media, said Wednesday that it has scored a round of seed financing from a New York-based angel fund, NYCSeed. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

For over 100 years entrepreneurs have come to Hollywood to try their luck in the dream factory and build an empire in the business of storytelling. Sitting at the intersection of these two market forces are companies like AmazeVR, which is hoping to beat the odds.

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MARCH 26, 2019

The company--which has offices in both LA and San Diego--said it is launching in Venice, Hollywood, Brentwood, West LA, Westwood, Miracle Mile, Mid City and other local LA markets. So far, the company has raised $37M in total funding. The startup is led by Wag co-founders and brothers Jonathan and Josh Viner. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2012

Hollywood-based Big Frame , a new startup focused on providing content programming and marketing of YouTube talent, has raised $3M in a funding round, the firm said Tuesday.

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MAY 15, 2017

San Diego-based Scientist.com , a startup which operates a marketplace for outsourced research, has raised $24M in a funding round, the company announced Monday morning. The company--previously known as Assay Depot--is led by President and CEO Kevin Lustig, PhD.

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JUNE 23, 2011

The firm said it has raised $15M in a Series A venture capital funding from InterWest Partners and Granite Ventures. In addition to UCLA, entertainment and sports agency CAA is intimately involved in the effort, saying that it will be providing its resources to market the new Encore program nationally. Encore is based in Los Gatos.

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JUNE 11, 2018

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. Influencers and creators are small businesses and if you think about all the things that small businesses need these days to succeed, they will be repurposed for the influencer marketing space.”. Last month, the product launched with $1.2

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MAY 21, 2010

Hollywood-based Cocodot , an online site which provides online invitations and stationery, has raised $2.0M more in funding, according to reports. The funding comes from Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, and Rincon Venture Partners.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Hollywood-based Cocodot , the online invitations startup headed by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, has made a subtle shift into the e-commerce sector in recent days, adding jewelry, chocolates, gifts, and more to the site. Cocodot has previously gotten funding from Anthem Ventures, Mailroom Fund, and Rincon Venture Partners.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The firm--which the Tech Coast Angels revealed last week that it had funded in 2010--also has the backing of well known angel investor Paige Craig, who also sits on the firms advisory board. No details on the angel funding for LaughStub have been announced. The firm is headed by Scot Richardson. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 18, 2008

Machinima is venture backed by MK Capital and other investors, and recently scored $3.85M in funding. Machinima will handle all production, marketing, and distribution of the content, through its own site and sites such as YouTube. Machinima's content uses video game animation to create online movies and videos. READ MORE>>

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

West Hollywood-based Hutch has launched a new mobile app, designed to help people with a new space immediately get ideas on how to remake them into the exact style they love--and helps to connect those users to shops to help fill that space with the right furniture for that style.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

in a recent funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Wednesday. in an equity funding, and added two directors to its board from MK Capital. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. in equity, but it's unclear when those funds were actually invested in the company.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Njoku in April this year closed an $8m funding investment round from Tiger Global and another $2m from a Swedish firm, Kinnevik and still he says more is yet to come. Tell us about funding rounds you have had? We closed on the final round of funding earlier on this year with Swedish-based hedge fund, Kinnevik.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Hollywood-based Cocodot , the online invitations site run by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, said this week that it has partnered with DKNY , for a collection of fashion cards and invites. Gold was SVP Marketing and Content at MySpace, and Cocodot is venture backed by Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, and Rincon Venture Partners.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

In instances when the celebrity''s brand is aligned with the target market, such as Kim Kardashian''s promotion of ShoeDazzle, this approach works. Steer clear of high-overhead investors, whether they be Hollywood celebrities, high-profile tech investors or total nobodies. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by SignalFire, and also included Sapphire Sports and Founders Fund. According tot he company, the new funding will go towards hiring, including creative arts professionals, engineering and development, go-to-market, and gaming industry specialists. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

But, most significantly, we have a different funding model, including subscription-based funding, which allows people to set up recurring, rather than one-off, 30 to sixty day campaigns. For crowdfunding, seventy to eight percent of your funding will come from your primary and secondary social network. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

The financiers funding the company’s plans are a mix of Silicon Valley venture capital firms and members of Hollywood’s elite, which is only fitting for a company whose headquarters are in Los Angeles, but whose business takes it to the far flung research centers and launch facilities which support the U.S. space industry.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

UK-based augmented reality technology developer Blippar , which had been backed by Qualcomm Ventures, has gone into administration in the UK--their equivalent of bankruptcy--after failing to obtain new funding for the company.

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MAY 21, 2014

But, we had one really nice advantage, because we were at Team Downey, which allowed us to reach out to the most innovative people in the business, to try to understand what they were doing, what they were thinking, what their strategy was in the market, and to understand the tools they were using. Jason Ahmad: That''s a unique story.

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MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? We work with studios to understand those early audiences, and give them feedback on social marketing and making their marketing more effective.

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JULY 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based Brat , which operates a content production studio that creates teen content for the online, streaming market, has raised $30M in funding, the company deta‎iled on Wednesday. The funding came from Anchorage Capital.

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. Writers can log into our site, upload their project, and select from over 4,000 markets, and send their work out to the world physically with a single click.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Wallach on investments out of a new fund, Inevitable Ventures. My only relationship with LA was through the movies, so I naively synonymized LA with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood and never really gave it a chance. Growing up in Atlanta, having no involvement with LA, you always synonomize LA with Hollywood.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based TYT Network , the online news empire run by Cenk Uygur, said this morning that it has raised $20M in a round of funding, to expand the company's management, creative talent, subscription offerings, marketing, and content and community. Shawn Colo of 3L will join the company's board as part of the funding.

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