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Mayfield Eyes Los Angeles Startups, Taps Ticketmaster's Moriarty

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Bay area venture capital firm Mayfield Fund appears to be eyeing more investments in the Los Angeles area, with the addition of Sean Moriarty , the former CEO of Ticketmaster, as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the firm. billion under management, and has investments in such firms here as Rubicon Project and Inphi.

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Why Hopscotch Is Behind Your Favorite Mobile Sports App, with Laurence Sotsky

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Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans. We caught up with Lauren to hear about Hopscotch, and why teams and schools are turning to the company to power their mobile apps. What is Hopscotch? What do your apps do?

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Digitzs: Taking On The Pain Of Payment Processing

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Those are the single merchants, who use Stripe to build a website, and also for mobile apps. The example is, there might be a platform that processes ticket payments for a marathon race, or one for a concert�such as Ticketmaster. The reason we are on Crowdfunder, is because people are interested in following on to their investment.

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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carter’s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

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SMASHD’s first Cohort brought four early-stage + one mature company into the fold: Sidestep : Mobile platform for live events that allows fans to order merchandise before, during and after an event for VIP pickup and delivery, who has relationships in place with Ticketmaster, and is a merch partner on Beyonce’s latest tour.

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