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JUNE 18, 2013

The company said today that Netflix co-founder Mitch Lowe has been appointed CEO of the company, to help grow and expand the company''s offerings. Lowe helped co-found Netflix, and also was Chief Operating Officer and President of Redbox Automated Retail; according to the company, Lowe has more than 25 years in the video and rental industry.

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JUNE 25, 2020

San Diego-based ClickUp , a startup which develops "remote work" software aimed at helping organizations collaborate on projects, has raised $35M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Craft Ventures, and also included Georgian Partners. As part of the funding, David Sacks has joined the board.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 17, 2019

Netflix subscriptions drop; Techstars begins new L.A. class; Fifth Wall completes huge fund raise

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2021

San Diego-based productivity software developer ClickUp said this morning that it has raised a huge, $400M Series C funding round, which gives it a valuation of $4 billion. The Series C funding was co-led by co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Meritech Capital Partners.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based Perch , a startup which helps users grow their credit by allowing them to pay for such things as Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, and other services on credit, has raised $2.5M in a seed funding, the company said this week. The company was founded by CEO Michael Broughton.

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MARCH 29, 2011

Los Angeles-based Toygaroo.com , a new startup that allows families to rent toys, has raised $200,000 in a funding round, the firm said late Monday evening. The funding came from Mark Cuban and Kevin O'Leary. The funding came through the firm's involvement in the ABC show "Shark Tank".

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Netflix tries mobile-only subscription; Snapchat drops prices for AR ads; ServiceTitan brings total funding to $326 million

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 21, 2018

Otter Media leads funding round for Mars Reel Media; Netflix pilots payment change; Postie taps Gollander as head of sales

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. Why no winter?

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Founded by a former Pixar and DreamWorks animator, Rex Grignon, Nimble launched in 2014 and has raised just under $10 million from investors including the UCLA VC Fund and New Enterprise Associates, according to Crunchbase. We afford this pathway between the studio in LA and the studio in Bangalore. We open these doorways.”

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Netflix is, Spotify is and we think FabFitFun is a no brainer,” said Daniel Broukhim co-founder and co-chief executive of FabFitFun. . ” eCommerce TC business curator economy Electronic Arts entertainment fabfitfun Fashion Jennifer Lopez Los Angeles macy's Marketing media merchandising Netflix retail Spotify summer

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JULY 7, 2020

According to Grow Credit, Commerce Ventures will join its seed funding round alongside lead investor Mucker Capital, as well as Minal Hasan, founder of K2 Global Ventures. Grow Credit's service lets consumers establish or re-establish their credit by paying for subscriptions to such services as Netflix, Spotify, or Disney Plus.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

for about $200M to help fund program purchases, according to a report this morning from the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, the move comes as Hulu is looking to keep up with the big investments that competitors NetFlix and Amazon are making to obtain and create content for their own video streaming services. Comcast Corp.,

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 17, 2016

CheckAlt picks up Klik Technologies, Activision Blizzard announces Netflix series, Los Angeles venture capitalist secures startup funds, and more.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The rush by technology sites to create their own shows has greatly benefited the Los Angeles movie, television, and content business, particularly with original programming being funded by Amazon (for Amazon Prime Video) and Netflix; the city has also benefited from YouTube and a very active program engaging creators in the LA area.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

Now, a gaming startup that’s building a new kind of platform that it thinks will be a — wait for it — game changer in the category is announcing some funding as to ride that wave of attention. Gaming has been one of the most popular entertainment categories in the last two years of pandemic living.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Joe Bayen: Grow Credit is the first platform to allow consumers to establish their credit, for free, using their subscription payments for services such as Netflix, HBO, or whatnot. Joe Bayen: The free plan restricts consumers to $15 a month that they can use towards their Netflix or their Spotify accounts.

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Tech Zulu Event

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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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2023

If you ask them for a reason, most will insist that they couldn’t get funding, or they ran out of money too early. It’s tempting to believe that one more new platform will win for crowd funding or video games, like Indiegogo and Wii. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Extrapolating you as the target customer.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

link] Why (and who) she thinks will pay for premium Quibi content In a world of Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and YouTube, why would a customer choose to pay the $4.99 Why they raised so much initial funding As I said in the interview, we at Upfront come from the land of small first rounds of financing. But Quibi has raised $1.4

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

allocate 98% of their funding to startups helmed by men. Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show. It’s no wonder, then, how we’ve ended up with the paradox of the “girlboss.” .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

He won the battle (the lawsuit) but lost the war (went bankrupt, with pending litigation he couldn’t get funded. What the NetFlix changes were all about and the economics behind this. The last startup he did raised $70 million for the online video space before being sued for more than $1 billion by Universal. Or does he?

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The company also plans to add a Netflix-style training platform, where “unlimited relevant training plans” will be available to paying users, as well as nutritional guidance to help people stay fit. The startup, however, has no plans to expand into hardware. “ Or they are turning to books or very restrictive diets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

By definition, new startups have to do this to even have a shot at funding from venture capitalists and survival, but I find that existing companies often rest on their laurels far too long. Why else would name brands with huge resources, like Blockbuster and Kodak , get overrun by upstarts like Netflix and Apple.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

What if an influencer collective could be truly collaborative, rather than fodder for a depressing Netflix reality show ? Currently, the studio is funded in part by partnerships with Monster Energy and Snap’s 523 program , which supports small content companies and creators from underrepresented groups.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

Connexity the online advertising startup headed by former Fastclick co-founder Dave Gross, announced this morning that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. Connexity, according to Gross, does to online ads what Amazon and Netflix do for products and movies. Gross said the funding will go towards sales and technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists. Founded by Tasso Argyros and Stamos Venios , the lab is Silicon Valley’s first venture lab and early stage fund for big data startups and scientists, complete with working space, support staff That will help build disruptive big data firms.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

We see no reason that VR content shouldn’t be compelling enough to support a Netflix model. The company was formed and financed with $6.3 “What we saw as the problem is the content creation itself,” says Lee. To get there, we must devise mechanisms to inspire, assist, and reward content creators,” said Steve Lee, CEO of AmazeVR.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

YouTube didn’t kill television, it just became Netflix… T hings can move in two different directions at the same time. The NBA star and studio analyst also committed capital to Toonstar’s recent seed funding, a round led by Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister. “And I don’t see it as zero sum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2020

If you ask them for a reason, most will insist that they couldn’t get funding, or they ran out of money too early. It’s tempting to believe that one more new platform will win for crowd funding or video games, like Indiegogo and Wii. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that. Extrapolating you as the target customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2022

I remember too many once thriving and growing companies, such as Blockbuster and BlackBerry, who somehow changed their way of thinking, and were overtaken by more nimble and astute peers or newcomers, like Netflix and Apple. As the pace of change is growing, it can happen very quickly.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

The firm said its customers now include such companies as Netflix, U.S. Central Desktop is headed by Isaac Garcia, and has raised venture funding from OpenView Venture Partners. Department of Health & Human Services, Empowered Media, CBS, Powertek, DIRECTV PanAmericana and University of Wisconsin-Madison. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In many cases, the ideas may be small ones, such as starting a promotion to kick-start sales on a stalled item, or suggesting a huge strategy move to acquire Netflix and supplement an already healthy Blockbuster DVD rental business. We don’t have the funding for any changes right now.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

It's a talent marketplace that connects marketers with customers, from big boys like Netflix, to startups like Allbirds, and all kinds of other companies. How are you funding the business? Darren Litt: We just closed a round of funding. That's why we built MarketerHire.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2011

Join us for a program which explores such questions, and the use of crowdsourcing to match specific needs to an available community.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Matt Know: It's interesting, because the demographics are the same as Netflix, and it's pretty spread out between those demographics. Where are you in terms of funding the company? We'll be looking for additional funding down the line. Netflix is now in 190 countries. We're excited to watching it grow.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2011

An entrepreneur can utilize crowdsourcing tools for funding and monetization, task execution, and market analysis; or implement crowdsourcing as a technique for data cleansing and filtering, derived intelligence, etc.

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