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OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5 What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA? . billion.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach). That’s our great gain as Snapchat has also raised a lot of money at a monster valuation ($10 billion reported) and has been scooping up talented Stanford engineers and relocating them to LA. Local mentors matter.

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JUNE 8, 2014

I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. It’s worth having a quick read of the first few paragraphs of their annual report. Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. All great communication companies.

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