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APRIL 18, 2013

In a turn from the usual formula of Silicon Valley investors backing a Hollywood, celebrity-driven startup, a Silicon Valley startup has scored the backing of a group of Hollywood insiders. thehunt online shopping fashion hollywood ecommerce visual photo social venture capital' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2014

Santa Monica-based entertainment company Lionsgate has made an investment in a Finnish game developer, Next Games , as part of a strategic partnership, the studio said this morning. According to Lionsgate, the investment comes as part of an extended Series A financing round for Next Games. Size of the investment was not disclosed.

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MARCH 24, 2015

It looks like all the grand plans by the Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss to set up an investment outpost in Los Angeles have faded away, on news that the twins are now leasing out their Hollywood mansion, asking for $150,000 a month for the 8,000 square foot mansion in the Hollywood hills. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

West Hollywood-based LaserAway, an aesthetic dermatology business which offers laser hair removal, laser tattoo removal, laser skin rejuvenation services via a series of clinics, has scored private equity funding. According to the company, it raised funding from the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation.

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MAY 22, 2012

One of the newest accelerator and incubators to open in the Los Angeles area, io/LA , is planning to invest $500,000 in local startups as part of its efforts to incubate 25 companies in its new space in Hollywood. Io/LA launched its accelerator last month, saying it will invest $25,000 and offer up office space to firms in Hollywood.

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MARCH 19, 2019

West Hollywood-based venture investment firm Backstage Capital is shifting entirely to an accelerator model, according to reports today, after failing to raise a new, $36M venture capital fund. Backstage Capital focuses on focuses on minorities, including women, People of Color, and LGBT founders.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles- and Atlanta-based Mighty Oak Entertainment , which produces sports clips for traditional, digital, and streaming, has received an investment from former MGM Television President John Bryan and entrepreneur and KDOCTV (Los Angeles) owner Bert Ellis, Jr., the company said last week.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Wallach on investments out of a new fund, Inevitable Ventures. How did you end up here in Los Angeles doing investments? 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. Ron chose me to manage those investments.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm DFJ Frontier is bolstering its ranks, and has snagged an entertainment and media veteran as a new Venture Partner at the company. frontier venture capital partner executive investor media hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

According to the company, $1M in the funding came via a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 contract from the United States Space Force, and the other $1M came from venture capital investment firm ATX Venture Partners.

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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 said that Benioff''s investment brings the company''s total raised to $750,000. The company is led by Dana Loberg, and is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. For venture capitalists this isn’t troubling. It was an investment management class.

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JULY 21, 2014

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. in a seed funding. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

According to the company, the new round was led by Time Warner Investments, along with Canal+, Astor, Singtel Innov8, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Partners, and Downey Ventures. The new investment comes only a week after Maker announced it was buying Blip. READ MORE>>.

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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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MARCH 8, 2010

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the online local business guide owned by IAC, announced today that it has launched a new online advertising service for local businesses called CityGrid Complete. According to Citysearch, it made an investment in OrangeSoda to build the new service. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 14, 2019

West Hollywood-based Backstage Capital , a venture capital investor which focuses on minorities--including women, People of Color, and LGBT founders, said recently that it has launched the Backstage Accelerator , a three month, startup accelerator which will provide in-person resources and support to its portfolio of companies.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Los Angeles area YouTube and content startups have seen a significant amount of investment from the media industry--Machinima and Maker Studios, among with others, have all scored very large investment rounds for their YouTube content creation efforts. fullscreen entertainment youtube network venture capital content studio hollywood'

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Over their longtime personal and professional relationship, the two Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneurs have invested in each other’s companies and investment firms, but never worked together until now. These opportunities are creating an opening for Watertower Ventures in markets far beyond the Hollywood hills.

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MAY 30, 2013

According to TubeMogul, the funding was led by SingTel Innov8, and also included Cross Creek Capital, Digital Advertising Consortium, Foundation Capital and Trinity Ventures. TubeMogul said the new investment will go towards expansion of its services in Asia. TubeMogul is based in Emeryville, California. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2013

Hollywood-based gift delivery firm Quarterly has raised its funding up to $2.2M, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Quarterly has previously announced funding from True Ventures, SV Angel, Initialized Capital, and Collaborative Fund. quarterly venture capital investment funding ecommerce subscription curated'

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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.

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JULY 18, 2013

Hollywood-based Quarterly Co. , The new funding was led by True Ventures, and also included the Collaborative Fund and VegasTechFund, the venture fund led by Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh. quarterly venture capital investment funding ecommerce subscription curated zappos vegastechfund' READ MORE>>.

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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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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

North Hollywood-based ConsejoSano , a developer of patient experience and engagement software, aimed at payers, providers, and health care systems, has scored a round of "impact" funding, the company said this week. According to the company, it received an equity investment from the Bernard J. Size of that investment was not announced.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Nearly four months ago we rebranded at Upfront Ventures. You can watch the video above for a very brief overview of why we rebranded and where we see our place in the VC ecosystem along with what has changed in our industry. Relaunching our brand is part of our larger initiative to build a VC firm of the future.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Size of the investment was not announced. Los Angeles-based Prime Focus Technologies , a developer of ERP software for the media industry, says it has received its first round of funding from private equity investor Ambit Pragma.

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MARCH 3, 2012

I had this ethical dilemma pop up on one of the first deals I even did as a VC. ” I was learning which VCs I wanted to work with, what stage & check size I wanted to commit do and what teams would be a good fit for me. .” The call from a fellow VC to “look harder” made me decide to request a site visit.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Taltopia , an angel backed, online social networking site focused on Hollywood, said today that it has launched both Apple iPhone and Google Android applications. Tags: taltopia casting calls hollywood entertainment content jobs venture capital angel investment. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2010

Hollywood Walk of Fame. Current round: $7.0mm Series-B led by MK Capital, withClearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. -Fast-growing application store with more than 1billion apps downloaded (second in size only to Apple). Investing much of new cash to build presence in Android platform.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Los Angeles-based The Chernin Group , the media holding company and investor led by Peter Chernin, said Thursday afternoon that it has received a "significant" equity investment from Qatar Holding LLC. Size of that investment was not disclosed.

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JULY 12, 2018

Sound Ventures , the venture capital firm run by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary , has filed to raised a new, $150M fund called Sound Ventures II. Sound Ventures is a follow on venture investment firm to A-Grade Investments. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The company said the seed funding round came from over 30 investors, including Arlan Hamilton, managing partner of diversity-focused VC fund Backstage Capital, Chris Burch, co-founder of iconic fashion brand Tory Burch, and Walter Cruttenden, the co-founder and chairman of micro-investing app Acorns.

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APRIL 23, 2017

The perverse nature of raising capital is that “no’s” almost always precede “yeses” because it’s very easy for a VC to tell you that you’re not a good fit without doing any real work to evaluate your company so you hear “no” far before others start doing more work. The best VCs follow up but then so, too, to the best entrepreneurs.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

San Clemente-based Poptent , an online site for crowdsourced video content for advertisers, has raised $3M in a Series A investment round, it new investor has confirmed. According to Los Angeles-based MK Capital, it made the investment in Poptent, led by partner Yair Landau. The firm had previously been known as XLNTads.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Interlude , a video-based, media and technology company with operations in Los Angeles, which says it has created a video technology which responds to a person's emotions and interests, has raised a strategic funding from Samsung Ventures. Size of that investment were not disclosed.

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