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MAY 15, 2013

Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. The new digital media venture from Manatt was created by Los Angeles partner T. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2015

Los Angeles-based print and newspaper distribution provider ACI Media Group said Tuesday afternoon that it has made an investment in software company MyDistrict.net. MyDistrict.net develops software used to manage the distribution of newspapers. Financial terms of the minority stake acquisition were not announced by the companies.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Los Angeles-based Watertower Ventures has raised a new, $5M investment fund, which will focus on companies in the Internet infrastructure, next-generation e-commerce, digital media, gaming, augmented reality and artificial intelligenec, and consumer Internet areas. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2019

Los Angeles- and New York-based 3L Capital , a new venture capital investment fund co-founded by former Demand Media CEO Shawn Colo, has raised $217M in a new investment round, the firm said today. Colo co-founded the firm with Dave Leyrer (Nexus Group, Boulevard Capital Management) and Kerry Kellogg (RSE Ventures).

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JUNE 21, 2011

A new Los Angeles investment group, AngelVision Investors , said this morning that it has launched, and is looking to invest in startup and emerging growth-oriented companies, in the entertainment, marketing and new media. The firm said it is looking to make investments of between $100K to $2.5M.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Beverly Hills-based Catch Media , a provider of software used for digital rights management, has scored a strategic funding from Motorola Mobility Ventures , the strategic investment arm of Motorola, the firms said Thursday. Catch Media provides rights registry, tracking, routing, and other technology for digital content.

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MARCH 5, 2019

According to the startup accelerator, which is focused on technology and digital media, it is looking for applicants for its "Class 12", which will start on May 6th. The Preccelerator invests $25,000 in each company, and provides up to $25,000 in non-billable legal advice and legal services, plus 24/7 access to its own coworking space.

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JULY 29, 2011

Irvine-based Specific Media has recruited an investment banker to head up its business development efforts, fresh off its acquisition of onetime social networking king MySpace. According to Specific Media, it has hired Scott Schopen , former investment banker at Piper Jaffray, as Vice President of Corporate Development at the firm.

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APRIL 30, 2020

West Hollywood-based Dear Media , which is developing a podcasting network focused on female voices, said on Thursday that it has raised $8M in a funding round. Dear Media is led by CEO Michael Bosstick, and the company was co-founded with Raina Penchansky. The funding came from private equity investor Magnet Companies.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

The United Talent Agency is ramping up its outreach to early stage, digital media companies, with a new hire from the Los Angeles technology industry. united talent agency hollywood content venture capital investment betterworks docstoc' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media has just raised $2.5M more, according to a regulatory filing from the company, in the form of debt funding. No details on the new funding for the company have yet been announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 billion invested in Q2.

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MARCH 11, 2019

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management has acquired Digital Pharmacist , a software development firm which helps pharmacists manage refill reminders and other marketing. The deal was worth $125M. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Los Angeles- and Boston-based Shift Media Holdings , a developer of software tools used for collaboration by entertainment enterprises, brands and agencies, has been acquired by Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm Marlin Equity Partners.

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MAY 23, 2018

The accelerator said it will invest $150,000 into ten different "creators" and startups focused in the media area. According to reports, the company's accelerator is specifically focused on people building media projects for mobile devices.

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MAY 6, 2014

Dubset Media Holdings , a developer of technology used to help DJs monetize their music, and helps identify music for music rights holders--which has offices in Beverly Hills--has scored a strategic round of funding from Rhapsody International. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Santa Barbara-based apartment leasing software suite developer Yardi has expanded its software to handle social media marketing, according to the firm. Yardi said it has expanded its Yardi Marketing Suite to now handle social media marketing, including a Facebook application and links to Twitter. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2021

Hawke Ventures, a new, venture capital fund that is part of marketing company Hawke Media, said Friday that it has raised $5.6M for its first, venture capital fund. The new fund is being managed by Erik Huberman, Tony Delmercado, and Managing Partner Drew Leahy, along with angel investor Paige Craig.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of in-flight broadband equipment, announced today that it has linked with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) in an in-flight live streaming television and on-demand video entertainment effort. As part of the deal, the two said that MLB Advanced Media will take an equity stake in Row 44.

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MAY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm DFJ Frontier has significantly bolstered the company''s team, saying Tuesday that it has added Merrill Brown --former founder of MSNBC--as a Venture Partner. msnbc media executive capital venture frontier' READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based PR0HBTD , a startup which says it is developing a "cannabis lifestyle media and brand platform", announced this week that it has raised a Series A investment round worth $8M, bringing its total raised to $12M.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor OCV Partners has received $200M from j2 Global--and added outgoing j2 Global CEO Hemi Zucker--to ramp up its investments in technology companies. j2 said that it is using OCV Partners to invest in promising businesses and technologies that were not a fit with j2's public company environment.

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APRIL 10, 2014

The parent company of Culver City-based hosting service Media Temple -- GoDaddy --is getting closer to an IPO, based on reports Wednesday that the company has hired on several investment bankers for its public offering. GoDaddy acquired Media Temple in October of last year. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based viral video company Jukin Media has raised a strategic funding round, for that company''s video entertainment network on YouTube, according to the company. Jukin Media''s YouTube channels include viral video channels FailArmy, JukinVideo, and CutiesNFuzzies. Jukin Media was founded by Jonathan Skogmo.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

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. Size of the investment was not announced.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the social media firm headed by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said this morning that it has made a minority investment in Toronto-based CoveritLive. Amount of the investment and other financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Los Angeles-based Fullscreen Media says it is shutting down its video on demand service , and instead putting its resources into its other efforts, after a two year run. According to reports, about 25 employees are being laid off as a result of the shutdown of the service, which had offered up access to subscription content for $6 a month.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Finn led March Capital's investment in ActionIQ. ActionIQ's customers include such customers as The New York Times, Conde Nast, American Eagle Outfitters, Vera Bradley, and Pandora Media. As part of the funding, March Capital's Meredith Finn, a Partner at the firm, will join ActionIQ's board.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Santa Monica-based investment banking firm Siemer & Associates , which has focused on the technology and media sector, has been acquired by Chinese investor CEC Capital Group. CEC Capital Group (formerly known as Chine eCapital) says it focuses on tech, media, telecom, consumer, and healthcare investments.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , the business, technology and digital media law firm which runs a startup incubator and accelerator called the Precellerator , announced on Tuesday that it has started an effort to make strategic investments in a larger group of digital media and technology companies.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based Crowdfunder , the online, crowdfunding site headed by Chance Barnett, announced this morning that it is in a strategic alliance with investment banking firm WestPark Capital. crowdfunder investment banking westpark capital financial strategic alliance crowdfunding' Financial details of the link were not announced.

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MARCH 27, 2014

Los Angeles-based Collective Digital Studio , a YouTube multichannel network operator (MCN), has raised a round of investment from German media company ProSiebenSat.1, collective digital studio investment youtube content hollywood prosiebensat.1 1, the company said today. READ MORE>>. 1 channel'

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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. TCG said it was advised by Allen & Co.

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JULY 31, 2015

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media , the viral, user-generated video clearing house, has raised $2M in a funding round from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, according to the company. Jukin said it will use the funding to give it "financial flexibility" and growth.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Google''s YouTube has created a huge upswing in content and media startups-and fortunes--in Los Angeles, with the rise of multi-channel networks. youtube hollywood channel content creator video funding investment' A new effort by YouTube to fund individual content creators-- announcd last week --might further fuel that fire.

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MAY 1, 2014

Lionsgate said that it has named digital media entrepreneur Peter Levin as President of its new Interactive Ventures and Games unit, which will help expand Lionsgate into video games and other interactive ventures. He also had been at Creative Artists Agency, Walt Disney, and Bellrock Media. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Woo Media , the operator of the online dating site WooMe.com, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Zoosk , the company said Thursday. Woo Media--which had offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London--did not disclose financial terms of the deal.

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