socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2013

One of Southern California''s hottest Hollywood-meets-Internet companies is Maker Studios , the provider of content to YouTube. The company just raised $26M more in venture fund last month. maker studios lawsuit legal content youtube hollywood executive danny zappin' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. The firm is also one of Southern California's upcoming IPOs, expected to debut soon on the public markets. .

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2018

Three, Southern California investors--Qualcomm Ventures, Disney, and the United Talent Agency--have backed the developer of a network of "experience centers" focused on virtual reality entertainment, as part of a newly disclosed Series A Funding. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Earlier this week, Good Growth Capital (www.goodgrowthvc.com) announced it has started looking at investments in Southern California, adding Krisztina Holly as West Coast Venture Partner for the firm. What kinds of areas does the fund make investments in? It looks like there's some link to MIT with the fund?

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Southern California Capital Technical Review Startup 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

It looks like Google's YouTube intends to pull at least 60 percent of its programming deals for online content providers, a move that may have a huge impact on Southern California's emerging video content startups. Those companies include Maker Studios , My Damn Channel , Big Frame , DECA , Katalyst , Machinima , ZEFR , and others.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Greg Bettinelli and talk about Upfront Ventures, investing in Los Angeles, high performance cultures, building legacy, helping/funding/nurturing entrepreneurs and the future of the Los Angeles tech scene. Media Sponsor: SOCALTECH - High Tech News and Information for Southern California.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

TechZulu is helping the Southern California tech community out by listing all the great panels. If you do not see your panel listed and are from SoCal let us know in the comments below and I’ll get it listed. Digital Dailies: Reinventing Hollywood’s Workflow. Funding: The New Indie: BONA FIDE film.

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Southern California SoCal Guide Mixergy 89

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2013

One of the hottest sectors in Southern California's high tech world in the last couple of years has been video--namely, Internet video and content creation. Other investors in the funding include Greycroft Partners , Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , Advancit Capital, Allen DeBevoise, Ynon Kreiz , among others.

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Bertelsmann Downey GRP Partners Southern California 191

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2010

in a new funding round, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels. According to the TCA, it joined in a second round of funding worth $1.6M Pikover was founder of Access360 and a co-founder at Xylan and is an active angel investor in the Southern California area. in Hitfix, led by investor Yuri Pikover. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California News Entertainment 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2009

In our Friday Southern California technology news roundup: The economy continues to be in the news this week, as Broadcom is cutting 200 employees as it sees a glum Q1. Turning to venture capital, it looks like Southern California venture capitalists are mostly missing from the Forbes Midas List this year.

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Southern California Layoffs Mixergy News 100

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2010

On the heels of the announcement this morning by Facebook that it has officially hit 500 million users, socalTECH has mined its database of high tech companies , and identified a few of the firms here in Southern California hoping to ride Facebook's coat-tails to success and fortune. Backed by Facebook's fbFund. Headed by Ian Swanson.

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Westlake Village Steamboat Ventures Southern California SoCalTech 178

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood. At the closing party, attendees kept saying "This is great! When's the next one?" READ MORE>>.

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Santa Monica-based Atom Tickets , the developer of a mobile app which lets users find and buy movie tickets for groups, has raised $50M in a funding round, the company disclosed over the weekend. The funding came from Lionsgate, which led the investment, along with The Walt Disney Company and Fox. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Southern California Santa Monica Funding 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We can also write checks as large as $35M out of the Omega Fund. We've created over a billion dollars in public market capital created by our investments here.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 27, 2014

In addition to the lack of go-to-market assistance provided by celebrity investors, VCs discourage the involvement of celebrities because such investments often come with egregious demands for Hollywood-style "sweeteners," such as "advisor options," which reduce the cost of the celebrity''s investment while diluting the other investors.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Hollywood Southern California 193

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. When we first started in 2012, panel programming focused on how to fund your startup, find a CTO, etc. In the film industry in the 20s to 40s, there were lots of movie companies churning out Hollywood films.

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Marina Del Rey Dollar Shave Club Beverly Hills Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

But, despite these advantages, the region is finding itself in the unusual position of watching qualified graduates flee Southern California for the sheen of Silicon Valley, Seattle and Austin. Most intriguing, at least to me, however was the idea of tapping into the one thing other tech hotbeds can’t replicate: Hollywood.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle).

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. with the clips.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We will never be Silicon Valley in the way that Toronto will never be Hollywood. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

SBF is for entrepreneurs uniting and getting the answers they need so that they are no longer in the dark making lone ranger decisions. Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 included 17 panels ranging from ‘Public Relations for Start Ups’ to ‘How to Find and Hire a Developer’.

Entrepreneur 71

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Southern California 71

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. The company plans to give creators and influencers more independence from existing platforms by allowing them access to funding from a team well-versed in their unique capital needs. Naturally, these were also the first business to get funded. focused fund.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

I then went back to Stanford for business school, and ended up coming down here to Southern California to run a design studio for an Ideo competitor, Continuum. Why get some funding and make this into a separate company? hollywood content interview startup robert downey team teamdowney marketing tools social video epoxy'

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Downey Content Help Startup 215

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. Their mission: to support a charity, savor the hot SoCal nightlife, and transform Los Angeles into the startup capital of the world. Be Great Fest is intended to unite them.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Venture Capital 101

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. Deviant Art, led by Angelo Sotira, which is one of the largest online communities on the Internet [Hollywood]. So many had names of partners (Kleiner Perkins) or local favorite identifiers like trees (Sequoia). But consider the following: 1.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

Bauckhage talks about the firm's recent funding from DFJ Espirit, T-Venture, Grazia Equity, and others, and how the company has been helping studios like Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Disney and Paramount market their upcoming releases. MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S.,

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Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

And, how do programs like YouTube's recent push to help fund original content channels on the site helping? In addition, all of that content, those two thousand games, all feed back to our studios in Southern California, where we continue to slice and dice and enhance that content for further distribution.

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Content Google Southern California Orange County 212

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Where are you in terms of funding the company? We'll be looking for additional funding down the line. We started the company on January 1st, and were super excited about what we were doing and started going to look out for funding in Februray. That gave us the ability to build the app and market it, and have it out there.

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Startup Netflix Ideas Content 113

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 29, 2014

Homegrown in our backyard by Southern California based Go Green Solar, SunJack promises to deliver personal solar energy to consumers in a portable package. Homegrown in our backyard by Southern California based Go Green Solar, SunJack promises to deliver personal solar energy to consumers in a portable package.

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Southern California Social Network Hollywood Product 94

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2013

It can be a confusing world to seek funding when you’re just starting out and Silicon Beach Fest (#SBF) was a great place to learn what investors are looking for, meet investors of all levels in a collaborative environment, network with like-minded entrepreneurs, and develop relationships to further your dream and business.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Invest Venture Capital 87

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing engineer and PageWoo ’s CEO and co-Founder Jason Crilly about his side project, the new hacker news site for the Southern California tech community called Develop.la. Hollywood is built on ideas and lawsuits. So is tech. Jason is a passionate advocate for.

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News Los Angeles Ideas Startup 95

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Southern California--and particularly, Los Angeles--has always been a center of the music business, which makes it unsurprising that there are many, music-focused startups which end up starting here. We're also self funded, and absolutely have no need for venture capital.

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Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based Victoroius , which develops mobile apps focused on YouTube creators and celebrities, has raised $25M in a funding round, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The funding came from Marker Ventures, Dentsu Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Redpoint Ventures.

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Redpoint Santa Monica Mobile Funding 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based The Virtual Reality Company , the startup which is developing a virtual reality version of The Martian , has raised $23M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Hengxin Mobile Business Co, Ltd, and also included Metallica lead singer James Hetfield, Rothenberg Ventures, and Elementum Ventures.

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Company Companies Content Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

This morning, Los Angeles-based Mogreet (www.mogreet.com) announced it had raised a Series B funding round for the firm's mobile greeting services. We caught up with James to hear more about the company, how he managed to get funding even in this economy, and his view on the mobile market. So tell us about this new funding round?

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