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AUGUST 15, 2012

Venice-based Movieclips , the online movie clips site and content site founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, said today that it has raised $18.9M in a Series C funding round, and has rebranded itself as ZEFR. The new funding round was led by U.S. 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.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Venice-based Tapiture , an online, male-focused site which bills itself a "Pinterest for Men", has raised $450,000 in what looks like a convertible debt funding. Tapiture launched in October, with a male-focused site which lets uers "tap" things they like. The funding came via an SEC filing. and looks to be still in progress.

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APRIL 13, 2012

Venice, California-based StyleSaint , an online site which allows users to create their own collections of styles, photos, and other fashion information, has scored funding from Crosscut Ventures. StyleSaint's web site is similar to Pinterest, allowing users to create their own collections of photos which they can share with others.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Altly detailed its plans to create an alternative to Facebook last week, complaining in a lengthy manifesto from Shapiro that an alternative to Facebook was sorely needed due to privacy and other issues with the social networking site. Shapiro was the former founder of Veoh Networks and head of MySpace Music. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Venice-based Tecca , the online consumer technology information site focused on women, said Thursday that it has relaunched and redesigned the site's iOS application. The firm said the new app includes local deals, personalized content recommendations, a new knowledge base, and more.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Venice-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing and services firm headed by James Citron, has launched a new, mobile service today called moShare. Mogreet said its clients, who include Fox Broadcasting, ABC Family, Red Bull, and Cox Media Group, intent to use its moShare service on their sites. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2013

Online publisher Resignation Media , the publisher of the humor site TheChive is leaving Los Angeles, and is moving its operations to Austin, according to a report Tuesday. Resignation Media was based in Venice Beach, and publishes a series of mostly male-focused (women, funny videos, humor) websites. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat is facing another big crisis Friday, as word spread that at least 100,000 compromising, Snapchat photos and videos have been leaked to online hacking sites. The company said that Snapchat''s servers "were never breached and were not the source of these leaks."

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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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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

However, I got to set up and run the sales team in Venice Beach, and was running technology for cross platform at the Venice Beach office, because they relocated me back here at my request. On average, we''re doubling the time on a site where our platform is embedded. The metrics are very solid.

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AUGUST 27, 2010

Venice-based CitizenGlobal , an online web site which allows producers to crowd-source video content, has raised $6.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Friday. No details on the funding have been announced.

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JULY 19, 2012

Venice-based MovieClips , the online site which allows people to share and view clips from movies, has raised a Series C funding round, according to reports. No details on the funding, which was first reported by Dan Primack at FORTUNE, have been released. The report said the valuation of the roudn was around $80M.

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MAY 21, 2012

Venice, California-based StyleSaint , the new fashion-meets-Pinterest startup headed by Crosscut Ventures' Brian Garrett, has been fairly mum about its recent funding. StyleSaint's web site allows users to create their own collection of fashion and styles, in an online "Stylebook." StyleSaint closed a round somewhere in early April.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Venice-based JibJab , the online entertainment site known for its humorous animated videos, has expanded into the children's book market, saying this week that it has launched a new brand which will create interactive children's books. JibJab said its new brand, JibJab Jr.,

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

company operates a number of content-focused sites, including LIVESTRONG, eHOW, Cracked, and a domain name registration business, eNOM. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers.

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JUNE 27, 2012

Venice-based Mogreet , the developer of mobile messaging and marketing related products and services, said today that its moShare web-to-mobile sharing services has partnered with ShareThis. ShareThis is the provider of widgets which make it easier for web site visitors to share their content across a wide variety of social services.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Venice, California-based social sharing site Tapiture said this morning that it has raised $2.25M in a seed funding round, which was led by JUMP Investors, along with angels Barry Sternlicht, Herb Simon, Brad Keywell (Lightbank), Brian Lee, Sam Bakhshandehpour, Dave Leyrer (Boulevard Capital), Happy Walters, Hilary Swank, Dwight Howard, and Amar''e (..)

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

We started the test in Venice Beach in Abbott Kinney… that’s where you’d find the best coverage. At launch, there will be nearly fifty retailers on the site including shops like Buck Mason, Le Labo, Parachute Home, the Venice Beach boutique, Coutula 12th Tribe, Timbuk2, Zadig & Voltaire, Supervinyl and Urbanic. .

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Venice-based ZEFR , which helps brands to better identify their fans on YouTube, said today that it has raised $30M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included U.S. Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital and Richmond Park Partners.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Venice-based Viddy , the mobile application developer founded by JJ Aguhob and Brett O'Brien, is powering a new social video app from Snoop Dogg. Viddy's app is free to download on iTunes. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2014

Venice-based music service Radical.FM says it compensates artists, composers, and labels for all the music streamed on the site using a "pay what you can" donation model. has rolled out a brand new Android app , saying Wednesday that the new app is commercial free, and has a catalog of 25 million songs.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. One of the more interesting new features is that the site now takes into account social signals. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Tech Gives Back , the tech communitys largest corporate service event, was held for the second year in LA on Thursday, October 18th, with 300+ volunteers attending from 60+ companies helping out at eight different volunteer sites: Plastic Oceans in Santa Monica, YearUp in Culver City, Temescal Gateway Park in Pacific Palisades, Harvest Home in Venice, (..)

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JANUARY 8, 2009

Venice, California-based JibJab, the online comedy site known for their politically-oriented, musical animations, said this morning that it has raised $7.5M The firm originally started as a developer of online content, and now offers online greetings cards and monthly subscriptions for accessing certain content on its site.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

An internal, 15-page memo issued by Evan Spiegel , the CEO and founder of Venice-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat , has been leaked to the press , bringing light to a significant number of Snap's plans to attempt to reach profitability in 2019. The memo--which was leaked to online site Cheddar-came as Snap's stock has set a new low.

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MARCH 26, 2020

. “Community underscores everything we do here at Bev, and as such, we will be producing hand sanitizer and distributing it free of charge to the homeless and elderly communities here in Venice, populations who largely have insufficient access to healthcare and essential goods like sanitizer.” Photo by John Moore/Getty Images).

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AUGUST 11, 2016

Venice, California-based OpenMail has completed its deal to acquire online search engine site Infospace , from owner Blucora. The deal, which was announced in July, was worth $45M in cash. Infospace has been around since 1996.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

The first, LA Tech Gives Back event was held this last week, on Thursday, October 19th, with 157 volunteers attending from 32 companies helping out Thursday at three different volunteer sites: Mark Twain Middle School in Venice, The Center at Blessed Sacrament in Hollywood, and LA Child Guidance Clinic in Downtown LA.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

A report, published Thursday by Bloomberg, says that Apple is working on a clone of the software from Venice, California-based Snapchat --in a bid to make a renewed push into the social networking area. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Venice-based FlipGloss Media announced this morning that it has launched a web site targeted at the fashion, design, travel, and lifestyle photography markets. The new site--funded by Forbes Media--said it is looking to create a "new visual discovery experience" for consumers.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

Venice, California-based ZEFR , which develops software to identify, filter, and organize content for brands and content owners on YouTube and other online video sites, said today that it has hired two new executives to its senior team.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the content monetization and protection provider, said this morning that it has named Tom Furukawa as its new Head of Product. The company's software and services helps content owners identify their content on such sites as YouTube, in order for them to monetize or control the usage of that content.

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MARCH 18, 2009

Venice, California-based Mota , a venture backed startup developing a web site to help users buy and sell used cars, announced this morning that it has hired two automotive industry executives. The firm said that Charlie Vogelheim has been named Chief Trust and Transparency Officer, and Steven J. McAuley as Chief Automotive Officer.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The company--which launched a pilot program in Santa Monica in August--said it now is offering up its service in Beverly Hills, Beverlywood, Brentwood, Century City, Culver City, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, Santa Monica, Venice, West LA, Westchester and Westwood.

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APRIL 3, 2018

The company says it is already opening up another location in Venice Beach. According to Work Well Win, its co-working spaces are different in others, in that it has a focus on "wellness" with such features as hallways architected for natural light, purified air, meditation rooms, on-site fitness, organic local food and so on.

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