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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. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

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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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Innovation and Geography

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LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. Probably the biggest drawback of Los Angeles is the distance and traffic that makes networking more difficult.

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Interview with Jonathan Lehmann and James Chung, KarmaGoat

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We also pitched at the finals of the Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch, and got a very warm reception there. As you probably know, that is a big nonprofit that buys goats for families in Ethiopia and Uganda. That gift of livestock can help families out of extreme poverty.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

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We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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Interview with Matthew Graczyk, Zubican

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It's a full-blown, B2B social network. it combined the metrics of how a company is rated, if a company has taken control of their profile, how much data we have, and how recently it was updated, and how often that profile is used by users. When we thought we had the right mix, we went to look for angel capital, and raised $1.3M

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