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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

TechCrunch LA

The group says they took inspiration from similar community-oriented tech incubators in Atlanta like the Russel Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs , PROPEL Center and Gathering Spot , but Collab Studio will focus more specifically on the entertainment industry. ” Once again, TikTok apologized.

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

TechCrunch LA

The 10 startups in Yellow’s third batch include: Brightly : a media platform and community that promotes ethical and sustainable brands. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API. Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. Snap investment Hardworkers. ”

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine. Social Media: Snapchat.

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How ZEFR Is Helping Hollywood And Brands Understand YouTube

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But, what that really did, is it allowed us to use that network to incubate the software we are building now for YouTube. They came to LA, and they''ve invested in companies like Honest Company and Snapchat, and a few others, hosted dinners for Los Angeles entrepreneurs, and they''ve made a serious investment in the community.

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