Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

This investment started with Dana Settle (Greycroft) and I each putting in $750,000 into a young company doing less than $1 million in sales and has blossomed into one of the fastest growing companies in Los Angeles if not the entire country.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 24, 2021

The Los Angeles-based company, which has raised roughly $250 million from investors including the celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr.’s ’s Footprint Coalition, and Orlando Bloom and more traditional institutional investors like AlphaEdison, Capricorn Investment Group, the Omidyar Network, and Allen & Co.,

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based Carrot Group, which develops an e-sports based product to engage students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) skills, says it is in a collaboration with Lenovo to expand adoption of its product in school districts. Financial and other details of the partnership were not announced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based subscription box service Loot Crate said today that it has hired its first CTO, John Williams. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC. Williams was most recently at TrueCar, where LootCrate said he created the unified data platform and technology strategy behind the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

He initially started by becoming an investor in the company along with many of the good & great of our industry including Shari Redstone, Elisabeth Murdoch, Jon Miller & Robert Downey, Jr. Los Angeles Tech Market Analysis' The media world now has its own leader running the largest YouTube multi-channel network startup.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Connectifier's angel investors also included Sean Ellis, Andrew Chen, Jonathan Downey, and James Hong. Connectifier was developing automated software to help companies with their recruiting, and had raised around $12.0M in funding from such investors as Galeo Ventures, Goldcrest Investments, Okapi Venture Capital, and True Ventures.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2015

According to Connectifier, the funding was led by True Ventures, and also included Galeo Ventures, Okapi Ventures, and angels, including Sean Ellis, Andrew Chen, Jonathan Downey, and James Hong.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Loot Crate announced this morning that it has raised $18.5M Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures, and also included Breakwater Investment Management, Time Inc.,

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Sidevision (www.sidevision.com) has developed a set of tools--aimed at content creators, multi-channel networks (MCNs), and others--to help connect online videos with e-commerce. This year, after working with Team Downey, and several other accelerators, our idea became more developed.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 2, 2016

This week the popular Los Angeles, CA-based ecommerce subscription company Loot Crate announced the successful close of a $18.5 Downey Ventures, M13, and Sterling.VC. million Series A fund. Loot Crate is monthly subscription that provides toys, accessories, swag and apparel based on pop culture, games, and other nerd related brands.

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