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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

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“The way I look at it… a lot of it is going to be like any kind of content studio,” says Peter Rojas, a partner at the New York investment firm Betaworks Ventures. “We understand how much money you can make from the IP. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. We have invested $17.3 All great communication companies. KickStarter? CincyTech today has $28.5

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