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AUGUST 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based StartEngine is being used to help fund an alt-right, social network called GAB , started by Andrew Torba, an outspoken Trump supporter who was kicked out of Y-Combinator for harassing other YC founders, according to a report on Thursday.

Social Network 113

Social Network Networking Los Angeles Report 113

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 5, 2019

TECH: Startup MeWe sees 30 million users by year end

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2016

Bombd , a startup which develops a social networking and messaging app revolving around sharing instant photos with others, has set up shop in Venice Beach. in total, valuing the company at $10M; the company is apparently currently talking with venture investors both locally and in Silicon Valley about a new funding round.

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Social Network Venice Networking Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

They “don’t care what people ate for lunch.&# They’re fine on their existing social networks, which these days mostly means they’re happy with Facebook. Traditional social networks are more restricted to people whom I already know and information and updates are less discoverable.

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Social Network Networking Blogging RSS 347

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 27, 2018

K-Swiss will introduce an esports shoe in a partnership with esports group Immortals; a new social network for girls founded by former Disney execs gets $2.7M in seed funding; and WME expands its podcast portfolio.

Social Network 100

Social Network Seed Funding Networking Report 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based Villiger , a startup developing a mobile app to help parents book tutors, baby sitters, and other services, has raised a seed round of funding, the company said this week. Size of that funding round was not announced. Villiger's CEO is Walton Goggins.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Jason Calacanis , the high profile founder of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is one of the angel investors in a mobile social networking service, Gowalla , the company said today. Series B funding for the firm. Series B funding for the firm. Calacanis is also an investor in Gdgt.com and ChallengePost.com.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Stockr , the social networking service aimed at financial investors based in Los Angeles, has raised $1.5M in a seed funding round, the firm said yesterday. The company said the round came from Personal Capital, The Doyle Investment Group, and Adam Townsend.

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Social Network Networking Sites Seed Funding 154

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Pushup Social, a startup that lets you add a social network to an existing website, has raised $300,000 to build out its technology and launch this Spring. Our early investors saw the potential right away,” said Pushup Social CEO Dan Lohman. “As Integrating a social network into an existing website.

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Social Network Networking Advertising Sites 105

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. is providing funds for food, AV, security and an amazing venue at their HQ complete with every amenity one could ever need to pull off a successful meetup.

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Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2014

Santa Monica-based Stockr , the online stock-focused, social network which was founded by Vinny Jindal, Tim Symington and Brendon Crawford, has scored a new round of angel funding. The funding included STAR Angel Network, the New York City angel network founded by the NBA''s Jared Jeffries. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The UCLA School of Public Health is looking to tap into the power of social networks, in an attempt to encourage adolescents from 13 to 17 to take better care of their health. UCLA and Health Net said the effort is being funded by a $1.1M

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UCLA Social Network Networking Social Media 178

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat is in the midst of raising a new round of funding, led by storied venture capital investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which valued the company at close to $10 billion, according to a report. snapchat venture capital rumor valuation kpcb investment messaging social networking' READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Report Social Network Funding 168

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. What is LAGbook? Why the name? How does LAGbook work?

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? Is it limited to login and Like buttons, or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Tell me about the business.

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APRIL 30, 2014

Social networking site MovieLaLa --which focuses on upcoming movies--said Tuesday that it has raised an angel investment from Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff. movielala venture capital angel investment mark benioff salesforce movie social networking marketing content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

Social Network 160

Social Network Funding Hollywood Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Trousdale Ventures announced this morning that it has made an investment in Preamble, a startup offering up "ethical artificial intelligence" moderation to social networks. Size of the seed funding round was not announced.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Seed Funding Tool Social Network 113

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. is providing funds for food, AV, security and an amazing venue at their HQ complete with every amenity one could ever need to pull off a successful meetup.

Social Network 180

Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based venture fund Siemer Ventures , the early-stage, venture capital investor run by David Siemer and Eric Manlunas, has funded Tradesparq , the operator of an Asian, B2B marketplace that matches volume buyers and suppliers. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Social Network Venture Capital Email 133

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JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles investor Baroda Ventures , the venture capital arm of David Bohnett, has re-upped on online fashion and e-commerce site Fab.com , in a big, $105M third round of funding for that site. Baroda has been an investor in Fab since its seed funding back in June of 2010. Bohnett is the founder of Geocities.com. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Goodreads , an online social networking site focused on book readers, said today that it has raised its Series A funding to $2M. The firm said the new funding will go to expand the services and features of its social networking site. The firm said the round was led by True Ventures.

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Funding Social Network Venture Capital Networking 157

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based wellness app developer Blue Fever, a startup which is backed by Amazon's Alexa Fund, said on Tuesday that it has acquired Trill Project, a developer of a social network built focused on self-care for teens. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Social Network 113

Social Network Acquisition Los Angeles Networking 113

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based MySocialNightLife.com , an online site focused on the nightclub scene, said Tuesday that it has landed a seed round of funding. The funding came from an un-named angel investor. The firm said it is providing a way for nightclub venues, to help promote their offerings in a social networking environment.

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Seed Funding Funding Social Network Los Angeles 165

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2012

The funding came from Anthemis Group, Firstmark Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, and others. Payoff.com uses social networking and gamification to help users pay off debt and improve their finances. The funding first came to light in a regulatory filing Monday.

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Funding Social Network Venture Capital Startup 157

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

CHNL aggregates content from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, SoundCloud, Tumblr, Instagram and Flickr into one place making it fast, easy, and a beautiful way to discover content as well as to easily share it back out to my social networks, or engage in the conversation happening around that content. Any Funding Yet?

Social Network 104

Social Network Networking Content Web 104

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Baroda Ventures , the venture capital arm of GeoCities founder David Bohnett, has re-upped in an investment round in New York-based Fabulis , a gay social networking site. The funding came along with the renaming of the site to Fab.com.

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Funding Social Network Venture Capital Los Angeles 145

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Venice-based social networking app developer Snapchat looks to be on the prowl for employees, based on a new recruiting video released onto YouTube by the company Wednesday morning. Snapchat--which is reportedly valued at $2 billion --recently raised a big, $50M funding round. video embedded below). READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Venice Social Network Networking 216

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

In a bid to help research from the University of Southern California reach the market, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday afternoon that it is awarding $439,000 in gap funding to seven projects from USC, which have a high potential to spin out of the school. READ MORE>>.

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USC Funding Southern California Technical Review 170

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

GraphEffect today unveiled the latest version of its social network for marketers with an open API for developers. GraphEffect is a collaboration platform for social marketers which had only been available to large marketing partners including American Express, Toyota, Estee Lauder, Clorox, and Samsung. Venture Funding.

Social Network 65

Social Network Marketing Networking Social Media 65

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

ResearchGate has completed two rounds of financing, led by Founders Fund partner Luke Nosek, co-founder of PayPal, and Matt Cohler of Benchmark Capital, co-founder of Linkedin and early employee of Facebook and is now embarking on expansion.

Social Network 78

Social Network Networking Research News 78

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab has led a round into LA-spawned Mingly , a developer of software which connects Gmail with a user's social networks. Mingly said it raised $500,000 in a seed round of financing from Idealab, Allen Morgan, Alex Karelin, and other angels Wednesday. and Startup Nights here in LOs Angeles.

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Idealab Funding Social Network Pasadena 140

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The network is headquartered in Berlin Germany, employs more than 80 full time employees and is funded by Founders Fund, Benchmark Capital, Joachim Schoss and Accel Partners. The post ResearchGate | Social Network For Researchers Only appeared first on TechZulu.

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Social Network Research Networking Metrics 66

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in a new, Series A $4M funding round for a new, video game developer called Knock Knock Games , according to the company on Thursday. The funding also included Raine Ventures, London Venture Partners, and Ludlow Ventures.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Baroda Ventures , the venture capital firm of GeoCities founder David Bohnett , has invested in gay social networking site Fabulis. Bohnett is well known for his activism in the gay and lesbian community, and through the The David Bohnett Foundation, has funded computer centers focused on the LGBT community.

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Beverly Hills Funding Yahoo Social Network 150

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2010

in a funding round, and acquired online social networking site WEvolt , focused on comic books and creative content. WOWIO said the funding was led by CEO Brian Altounian. Los Angeles-based WOWIO said this morning that it has raised $1.7M

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Funding Hollywood Social Network Content 140

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2021

OneRoof is building a social network for residential buildings. The app has raised a small $1.25M seed raise to carry out this vision, led by General Catalyst with participation from Kleiner Perkins’ discovery fund, Dream Machine, Script Capital and Urban US.

Social Network 186

Social Network Organization Los Angeles Startup 186