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MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. Mobile gifting service.

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JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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MAY 7, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , a firm developing avatar creation technology, launched an alpha of its web site this week, focused on helping consumers create their own virtual avatars. The site allows users to create what Nilles says are "breathtakingly accurate" versions of users, or to create fantasy characters. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

The Associated Press has reported traffic information for the firm's mobile service, the AP Mobile News Network, saying that it received more than 16 million page view for the month of August, with 948 news organizations providing content to the mobile offering.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

According to eGood, it is using the funding to develop its mobile and in-store check-in platform. eGood''s site also lets users look for local businesses supporting the causes they care about. egood venture capital angel funding social charity cause mobile checkin' READ MORE>>. The startup is led by Zack Swire.

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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JULY 1, 2010

-Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Geodelic develops free mobile applications to easily browse your surroundings (restaurants, banks, businesses, etc). Includes content mobile guides, ie. Site launched in October and CEO stated ad impressions are increasing ~200% month; now at 15 billion impressions/day.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Ideas posted on the site include "Pizza Bot" -- mobile app for pizza delivery; "Trashnado" -- mobile app for garbage removal; "Power Belt" - a wearable belt to charge your cell phone--and others. All of those ideas have a pre-commited amount of capital from investors willing to back those ideas. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2013

According to Greentoe, it will use the funding for marketing of the site, including a multi-platform advertising campaign across the web, television, and mobile. greentoe venture capital angel ecommerce retail retailer seed' The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Twenty20 said that existing, stock image sites have left a vacuum due to their "staged, dated photos". In an interesting twist, Twenty20 is offering up a mobile app which allows its crowdsourced creators to upload the photos from their camera phone. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2013

Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. This business suffers from what Paul Graham calls the ‘chicken and the egg problem‘ – no one wants to use a dating site with only a few users. Social networking” is really the new term for dating, with mega-sites like Facebook , and the hyperlocal site Foursquare.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

San Diego-based GoSite , which develops an online platform to help small businesses put up online and mobile websites, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Longley Capital, and also included Stage 2 Capital, Ankona Capital, Serra Ventures and SaaS Ventures, and angels.

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MARCH 19, 2015

The two, Los Angeles entrepreneurs behind online horse racing site YouBet.com -- David Marshall and Russell Fine --have launched a new startup, called b Spot , which is looking to bring legal, online wagering to a wider audience--and have so far raised $17M in funding to bring the startup to life. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2021

The fundinc ame from TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank along with Crosscut Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Next Play Capital and Owl Capital. According to the company, it is developing financial services, including a debit card and bilingual mobile app.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has made an investment in Indianapolis question and answer site ChaCha , ChaCha said Wednesday afternoon. According to ChaCha, it raised $3M in total funding, including $900,000 in outstanding warrants from Qualcomm Ventures, the venture capital arm of Qualcomm. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2013

Ayannah , a provider of mobile payment and commerce services for unbanked consumers in emerging markets, has raised new funding, the company said Friday. headquarters in Laguna Hills, said the funding came from Siemer Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures, as well as angels from the US, Russia, and the Philippines. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. SlideShare: VC signaling in seed rounds. Tesla is not. It's a great talk. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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JULY 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming media site Pluto TV has inked a deal to stream free content from Hulu, Jukin Media, and a number of others , to bolster the content lineup for the service. operates an online and mobile service which provides curated access to video streaming content, and is venture backed by U.S. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based eTailPet , a new startup which helps pet store owners create online e-commerce sites, has received a round of seed funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital. Size of the funding was not announced.

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MARCH 20, 2015

Rexter''s software--which runs across mobile platforms, tablets, and PCs--helps consolidate and manage their contacts from across social networking sites and email, and helps users manage those contacts and activities.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Venice, California-based Tecca , the online and mobile site providing articles, reviews, how-to articles, and other information about electronics products, said Monday that it is now reaching over one million unique visitors a month. The site says it is now the largest technology website specifically catering to women.

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APRIL 23, 2013

The world of search technology is constantly evolving, with new features like autosuggestion, "instant search", autocorrect, mobile support, and more constantly showing up in such services like Google. But, if you''re not one of the giants in search, how do you keep up with the constantly evolving features in search?

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APRIL 7, 2011

Many local entrepreneurs might know Todd Jerry , formerly a venture capitalist at Anthem Venture Partners. Todd has a unique view, having worked both on the venture and high technology investing side at Anthem, as well as the architecture and construction industry now. It's a truly interesting product.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

As part of the funding, March Capital's Gregory Milken joins Knock Knock's board of directors. Knock Knock develops "chat" games, which run on social media sites and through chat platforms, which it calls "chat-native" games. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Tweetup said its bid-based marketplace allows Twitter users to bid on keywords to show their Tweets on top of Twitter search engines and web sites, as well as certain Twitter mobile clients. Tags: tweetup venture capital idealab twitter marketplace bill gross. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Tapiture's site centers around a visual tableau of different products, photos, videos, and more, which can be browsed, voted up and down, and which users can interact with. Tapiture said it will be using the new funds to expand its engineering team, and further development of its mobile apps. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

is a subsidiary of Chinese company Cheetah Mobile. Live.me's site appears to focus a lot on "cam girls" interacting with viewers for "virtual tips". Bytedance also bought LA's Flipagram earlier this year.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based Pagewoo , the mobile advertising startup founded by Holden Steinberg and Jason Crilly, has quietly scored a round of funding, which was disclosed by the Tech Coast Angels this morning. Financial details of the angel funding round, which closed earlier this year, have not been announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe said the funding round was led by Incubic Venture Capital, and also included Monitor Ventures, in addition to Steamboat Ventures.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe said the funding round was led by Incubic Venture Capital, and also included Monitor Ventures, in addition to Steamboat Ventures.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Los Angeles-based Border Stylo , the developer of the Glass browser add-on and GlassThis web site for sharing and conversing about web sites, plus the Retrollect mobile app for social sharing, has raised $20M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. Border Stylo is headed by Oscar Guido.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with $17 billion from North America alone, and VCs poured another $100 billion more into small growth companies last year. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

TechZulu will be streaming Digiday : Mobile live from 8:00am - 5:00pm PST Monday 3/8. Scott will share data and results from both ChaCha and other industry sources that will highlight the compelling opportunity that brand advertisers now have in the mobile arena. Presenter: Scott A.

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