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Image Metrics Buys Big Stage

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Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation technology, announced Thursday morning that it has acquired Big Stage , the developer of avatar creation software. Image Metrics said it would merge Big Stag's avatar creation platform into its existing, real-time video animation technology.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. So we largely sat out fundings of NFTs or other areas where we didn’t feel like we were the expert or where the valuation metrics weren’t in line with our funding goals.

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Tastemade: Our Content Better Than Ads

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Santa Monica-based food show producer Tastemade , the venture-backed Youtube show developer, said that it has conducted a brand research study, which finds that brands that integrate into content do far better with viewers than those who use typical advertising. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

SoCal CTO

In other words, it uses what is happening: with the content out in the network with searches that land on the site, what happens when people visit the site, and various other kinds of behaviors. There are some very cool new features being released all the time as part of the software that powers this system.

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Interview with Clark Landry, GraphEffect

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For today's interview, we caught up with Clark Landry , the chairman of GraphEffect (www.grapheffect.com), a Santa Monica company which is helping other companies to hone their advertising on Facebook. I was a co-founder of a company called TagWorld, which was a social networking website we ended up selling to Viacom.

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Interview with Matthias Galica, ShareSquare

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In that market, there are literally no ROI metrics. The best metrics are estimated impressions. Once we get to scale, it will start generating a network effect. An example of that is, we might be able to show you the hottest concerts in West Hollywood, or the hottest acts in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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Siemer Summit: Connecting Global Digital Media & Technology Leaders

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This month, Siemer and Associates hosted its 4th Annual invitation-only Silicon Beach Summit at Casa Del Mar and Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica, California. Presenting companies included: Add This, Cognitive Networks, TrueCar, Trunk Club, Invidi, ID.me, Datacratic, BeyondCORE, ParkMe and many more. Ninja Metrics.

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