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AUGUST 8, 2016

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , which develops cloud-based software for managing leads, trial subscriptions, and billing, has been acquired by Google , Google said on Monday. Orbitera was backed by only $2M in a seed funding it received a year ago from Resolute Ventures. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Tags: hollywood content product venture placevine capital advertising placement.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based Seed&Spark , an online crowdfunding platform aimed at independent filmmakers, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. film independent content hollywood capital venture crowdfunding seedspark seedandspark' The company is led by Emily Best. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2015

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2015

West Hollywood-based Laurel & Wolf , a startup which offers up an online marketplace to connect people with top interior designers, disclosed Wednesday that it has raised $5.5M in funding. The funding included $4.4M in a Series A funding, along with $1.1M in seed funding.

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JUNE 7, 2012

According to Ringadoc, it raised $750,000 in a seed funding round, led by FF Angel, and which also included Ryan Howard of Practice Fusion, and Los Angeles technology incubator Curious Minds. Ringadoc is based in San Francisco.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

in a seed funding, which came from TrueSight VEntures, along with Day One Ventures, plus such angels as Agnetha Faltskog (ABBA), John Bonten (Spotify), Samanta Hegedus Stewart (William Morris), Jesper Theil Thomsen (Soundboks), and Nicholas SHekerdemian (Headstart.io). The company, founded by Ankit Desai, said it raised $2.9M

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based Artie, a new startup developing mobile games which can be played inside social media, video, and messaging platforms, said this week that it has raised $10M in a seed funding round.

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AUGUST 25, 2020

in a seed funding round. The funding came from Equal Ventures, Uncork Capital, Steve Sarowitz (founder of Paylocity), and 4S Bay Partners. Los Angeles-based Wrapbook , a startup developing payroll, compliance, and insurance software for the entertainment industry, said it has raised $3.6M

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based Vrse , a new virtual reality content company, said Thursday that it has raised a round of funding, and appointed Drew Larner as Chief Operating Officer. The company did not disclose the amount of the seed funding, which occurred back in April. Vrse has a collection of story-driven, virtual reality content.

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MAY 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based Eyellusion , which conducts "hologram music tours" that feature such deceased celebrities as Frank Zappa, Ronnie James Dio and others, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Thomas Dolan, part of the family that owns Madison Square Garden and AMC Networks.

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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. Calabasas-based GreenPark Sports --a new startup founded by Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube; Nick Swinmurn, founder of Zappos; and Ken Martin, co-founder of Blitz--has raised $8.5M

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The startup--which says it has been in "stealth" mode for over two years--says it is backed by $10M in seed funding. That funding came from angel investor Dianne Berry plus other private investors from California, Tennessee and Florida.

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MAY 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based Donut Media , a startup generating social video content focused on car enthusiasts, announced this morning that it has raised $800,000 in a seed funding round. The funding came from Techstars Ventures, 3311 Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and professional driver Ryan Tuerck.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

We''re currently raising a seed funding round, and raising $2 million. interview bubbl content clip hollywood studio sharing instagram vine warner mediacamp' Why are you in LA? Los Angeles has a lot of content and content providers, and it''s been helpful to be near those people. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

According to Serious Business , it has raised a second round of seed funding from Brave New Ventures to fund the effort. A trio of United Talent Agency execs said Friday that they have launched a new, media company focused on the intersection of Internet and entertainment. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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JULY 10, 2019

in seed funding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. We all went to Oakwood High School, in North Hollywood in Los Angeles. For this morning's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Halla , a venture backed startup, focused on personalized recommendations for the food ordering industry. The company has raised $1.9M

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MAY 12, 2017

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Donut Media (www.donut.media) announced a seed funding round, for its efforts to create a online, video-focused brand centered around car enthusiasts.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Think of the old days when a young woman got off the bus at Hollywood & Vine and said ‘where do I go to be a star?,’” Robertson, the chief executive officer of Influence, said. The program, called The EduCator Incubator, planned to seed 25 to 40 “emerging video creators” with $25,000 to $75,000 in seed funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

What I loved about the founding team from day 1 was that the founders were all people who tried to break into Hollywood and found the system closed. You raised your seed funds. You build a team, ship your product, more tech press, more funding. Take Maker Studios. But reality sets in after the first few battles.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

My 1,000th Post on This Blog - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , July 21, 2010 HTML5 video markup, compatibility and playback - Niall Kennedy's Weblog , February 8, 2010 Your Product Needs a Soul - ArcticStartup , February 12, 2010 Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG.

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