socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The firm, which is led by Alex Reinlieb, said it will use the new funds to expand its team, develop its product, launch new services, and improve community support. Plug.dj''s social service lets people curate video and music content, sharing that with friends and others, working with a user''s Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus accounts.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The Investment Group of Santa Barbara is the primary backer of a developer of online training software for corporations, which announced a funding round Thursday. Mindflash , a Silicon Valley-based developer of online software for learning management and developing corporate training, said it raised $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The race to get your SXSWi panel to as many votes as possible so that you will be selected to present at the coming 2012 SXSW. Design: Developing for a Consumerized Enterprise World (BetterWorks). Content: Tricking People into Reading Again (Cracked.com, CollegeHumor). Its that time again!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Glendale-based Disney Interactive Media and online video sharing site YouTube , which is part of Google, announced today that they are spending up to $15M on developing original videos series. The content will be produced by Disney and distributed via YouTube and Disney.com.

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Glendale Google Content Sites 159

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Hear from key influencers and investors about trends shaping the connected TV market, mobile and web apps, iPad, content discovery and hybrid TV standards and opportunities for advertising and marketing campaigns. Share their perspectives for trends shaping the connected TV market, mobile and web apps, iPad, content discovery.

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Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -- Entertainment Apps Conference + Entertainment App Awards. From social viewing and second-screen apps to content discovery to streaming and games, apps are becoming an integral piece of the content monetization puzzle.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Machinima , the Los Angeles animated videogame content developer and publisher, and Agoura Hills-based game developer THQ said today that they have teamed on a new, downloadable shooter game called Nexuiz. The firms said they will publish and promote the new title for the Xbox 360, Windows PC, and PlayStation 3. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Other than the occasional NBA game, he consumes his video content via our iPad and Xbox. Its evolution has resulted in a new class of entertainment entrepreneur, the creators of professional YouTube content, affectionately known as YouTubers. My son is similarly unacquainted with cable TV. He is not alone. Feeding The New Networks.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2015

Diffbot , the developer of artificial intelligence, visual recognition, and natural language processing software for interpreting web pages which is backed by Sky Dayton , has scored $500,000 more in funding, the company said this week. The funding--a continuation of the firm's seed funding--came from Bloomberg Beta.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Long Beach-based Cie Games , the developer of the branded, social automotive game Car Town for Facebook, said today that it has partnered with Car and Driver , the automotive magazine published by Hearst Magazines.

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JUNE 5, 2013

Glossi , which develops tools to help publishers create digital magazines for the web, said today that it has launched a brand new set of features aimed at rich media content publishers. Glossi was originally started as a project at ThisNext; the company is now independent of ThisNext, having spun out independently in December of 2012.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

We caught up with Debra Baker , Senior Vice President, Global Business Development at Warner Bros., Our sister company, Turner, began Media Camp San Francisco in 2012. warner bros media camp mediacamp technology startup content hollywood accelerator incubator interview' Warner Bros. What''s your big goal for the program?

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Startup Technology Hollywood Media 159

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Gapingvoid provided a variety of content (in addition to the live-tooning) for the event, from the official event’s t-shirts, to the animations that launched each day’s events. Lit Motors is a San Francisco, CA based company that designs and develops environmentally-conscious transportation solutions. Lit Motors.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 -- Mobility: Exceeding Your Customers? And yet developers spend countless hours and dollars to create those apps. This presentation will examine strategies and tools to select the content and features, design for cross platform solutions, and evaluate the technology for your current and future applications.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Friday, November 9, 2012 -- Silicon Beach Fest. Check out panels on What Accelerators Want, Meet the Junior VCs, Music, Games, Social TV, Arts Education, PR for Startups, Women Developers, Ad Tech, Telling Your Story: Script to Startup, Film Financing: Crowdfunding and VCs. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and beyond.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

As you may know we co-lead the first round of financing of Maker Studios, the largest overall producer for online video content, along with Greycroft Partners. So they began signing up Spanish-language content producers in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and so forth. In fashion and shopping you have StyleHaul.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

Culver City-based Enplug (www.enplug.com) is looking to change those one way digital displays into social, interactive content. Nanxi Liu: Our goal is to be the software that powers content on any kind of digital display that you see anywhere, whether that''s in a restaurant, hotel, or bar. Talk about what your product is all about?

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Social Media Media Startup Culver City 178

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do you get technology developed by researchers deep within a university, and make that visible to to the public? By combining new interview content with advanced filming, voice-recognition processing, and display technologies, New Dimensions in Testimony will allow students to engage in dialogue with virtual survivors for years to come.

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USC Research Training Southern California 197

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

To top it all off, the AI startup recently partnered up with Getty Images, one of the largest repositories of paid stock imagery, to develop a new generative AI model ‘Runway’ geared towards the film and advertising industries. What started as a weekend project in 2012 is now a global marketplace that attracted 55.2 Gumroad homepage.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Last week, San Diego-based Kidzui --the kid's website and kid-friendly browser developer, announced another round of funding, and also launched Zui Studios, a new effort to create original content for the portal. It looks like you now have a search engine, a browser, and now a content studio? Give us an overview on KidZui.

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JULY 20, 2012

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. in the quarter, then Sonos , the whole home music system manufacturer, which raised $45M in funding; followed by YouTube content producer Machinima , with $35.0M Mobile video sharing app developer. Viddy , with $30.7.M

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socalTECH

MAY 31, 2011

The new studio, also based in San Diego, is expected to launch its first game in 2012. Mad Catz has been making some moves in the flight simulation area recently, having acquired flight simulation and accessory developer V Max Simulation in February. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based D3Publisher , a developer of interactive entertainment software for the Wii, DS, and 3DS, Playstation, Xbox360, and the PC, said it has inked a deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Entertainment Los Angeles Software Angel 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. Why Middle Tail Content Means Big Business. The Future of the Digital Living Room.

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Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2012

After the very successful 3-day Silicon Beach Fest this past June 2012 which attracted over 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London, Digital LA is bringing it back for a 1-day packed event on November 9 th. Who ever said you can only have a beach fest in the summer?

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Santa Barbara Social Media San Diego Venture Capital 83

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Don’t start podcasting, blogging, tweeting, “friending” on Facebook, and posting YouTube videos until you know what your messages are, who will manage them, who your audience is, and how they and you are going to benefit from the content and relationship. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content. small businesses.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The company was founded in 2012, developed by an all-Trojan team and has already made a big splash with this first-of-its-kind travel website. Travelers can earn the right to become an Ambassador on the site by consistently providing the best content, recommendations, and of course Itineraries. “We

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Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 29, 2013

The inaugural Silicon Beach Fest in June 2012 attracted 2,000 attendees to the fest and related events. A one-day Silicon Beach Fest was held in Hollywood in November 2012. Parties are cash bar unless otherwise indicated. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international. TechZulu Penthouse @ ROC June 19 – 21.

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Santa Monica Startup Entertainment Los Angeles 89

Xconomy

JULY 18, 2016

The company is developing a nasal formulation of metoclopramide, , an already-approved treatment for digestive pain and other symptoms related to the stomach being unable to empty its contents. Others have had trouble developing a treatment for diabetic gastroparesis, too. per share as of 11:30 a.m. in New York.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The REACH event will bring together some of gaming’s most influential thinkers, creators, and developers who will guide us through their vision of the next evolution of gaming. At G4, Scot served as VP of Program Editorial and Internet, and developed, Produced, and Hosted G4TV.COM, the network’s interactive talk show.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. Right from the beginning, we also partnered with a young web development agency for development and technical consulting – they are now more than business partners, they are friends and part of the team. Who are its founders? How many users so far?

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Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

And our belief is that consumer applications — almost all of the things consumers DO on the Internet — that ride on this Internet infrastructure layer fall into just three buckets we call “the three c’s”: content, commerce and communications. These are industries ripe to succeed in LA & NYC.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. In 2012 over $3.2

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Well, that’s easy – we deal in African content, created by Africans, for (mostly) Africans. They saw our passion for content, the Diaspora’s thirst for Nollywood movies, the site traffic and our plans to grow the company and we went from there. Why Africa in terms of why did we set the company up there?

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Netflix Marketing Technical Review Content 82

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

When we first started in 2012, panel programming focused on how to fund your startup, find a CTO, etc. This year's fest has expanded to included panels on how to grow your startup internationally, maintain your company culture, manage developers in multiple countries, and reach mainstream audiences using TV advertising combined with digital.

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Marina Del Rey Dollar Shave Club Beverly Hills Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

By partnering with Javelin Venture Partners for their $1.25M seed round, they’ll be looking to support future product developments to grow and provide support for international growth. was founded in February 2012 by a team of three passionate music fans. and their user-curated music sharing platform. About Plug.DJ.

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Startup Platform Entertainment Sites 101

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

When the mystartupXX accelerator started in 2012, we had a very small class of startups in the program. One student in that first group, Rady alum Ashley Van Zeeland, launched the life science startup Cypher Genomics in the accelerator and later developed it into a very successful business. Next, demonstrate your success.

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