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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Los Angeles-based Chill , the online video discussion website headed by Brian Norgard, has raised $1.5M in angel funding, according to the firm's angel investment backers. The funding was reported first by TechCrunch, due to Michael Arrington's investment involvement in the company.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

In another shift of focus, Los Angeles-based Chill , the startup headed by Brian Norgard and Dan Gould, has recast the site as a social video discovery site, and away from its live chat and video hangout focus. The site now highlights videos shared by members, aggregating those videos and allowing users to comment on them.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Machinima.com , an online entertainment site focused on video gamers, has raised $9M in a investment from Redpoint Ventures, the firm said this week. As part of the investment, Geoff Yang of Redpoint will join the firm's board.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based Chill , the social chat startup headed by Brian Norgard and Dan Gould, said today that it has launched a major integration of its site with Hulu. The site already allows users to interact while viewing content from VEVO, YouTube, Vimeo, and other services. Norgard and Gould previously founded Ad.ly

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has scored a quick exit at Redwood City-based Mertado , after Mertado said Friday that it has been acquired by daily deals site Groupon. in a round from Rustic canyon, Redpoint Ventures, Y Combinator, and Blumberg Capital. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , the online advertising firm run by Jay Samit, said today that it has launched a new, political advertising solution ahead of the 2012 elections. The firm is venture backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinnacle Ventures.

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JANUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder has acquired Chill , the maker of Tappy, a Snapchat-like instant messaging service which revolves around photo sharing. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. As part of the buy, Tappy will shut down. Norgard and Gould rejoin Sean Rad, who the two had worked with on founding Ad.ly

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , which was formerly a site focused on social media for brands and charities, has turned into SVnetwork , a new Internet advertising network. SVnetwork is backed by Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinnacle Ventures.

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MAY 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , the social advertising firm headed by Jay Samit, said Thursday afternoon that it has linked into the Facebook platform, and will allow people to earn Facebook Credits through engaging with its video engagements.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based Chill , the social video viewing site founded by Brian Norgard and Dan Gould, said Wednesday that it has launched a new "music lounge" experience on the service, plus is also streaming the finals of TechCrunch Disrupt. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based Topspin and MTV said Thursday at SXSW that the two are in a new partnership, on a new initiative called Artists.MTV. Financial details of the arrangement between Topspin and MTV were not announced; the new site is expected to launch in June. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based Chill , the social video sharing and chat site led by Brian Norgard, has raised another $8M in funding, the firm said today. The firm's other investors include Troy Carter, 500 Startups, Science Media, CrunchFund, Mike Jones and Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , the online video programming startup backed by JAFCO Ventures, Benchmark, and Redpoint, said Thursday afternoon that it has added a new "People Page" feature to the site. Clicker said it is featuring over 75,000 people through the new feature.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. One of those he mentioned was Hark (www.hark.com), an online site which allows users to find and share sound bites and audio clips from movies and elsewhere. The firm is based in Los Angeles and Seattle.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In addition, the company said it will now allow employees to make advanced order arrangements for food, specifying the day/hour of delivery for orders directly from the site. BetterWorks has been growing its staff since an $8M funding round announced at the beginning of August; the firm's funding was led by Redpoint Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based SVnetwork said today that it now has over 30 million monthly users using its cause-marketing platform SocialVibe, via its partnership with the Causes.com web page and Facebook app. SVnetwork said its overall reach is now over 200 million unique consumers every month across all of its sites. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the online video guide service funded by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said that it has linked with the University of California, Los Angeles, with a branded version of the service specifically for UCLA students.

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MARCH 4, 2011

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , the provider of a guide to online video, has been acquired by CBS Interactive , the firms said Friday. The acquisition is a quick one for Clicker, which only launched public access to its site in November of 2009. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based SVnetwork , the firm behind SocialVibe, said today that it has named Nick Loria as the firm's Chief Revenue Officer. SVnetwork operates a brand advertising network, with its core site being SocialVibe, an online site which allows consumers to support their favorite charities by viewing sponsored brand messages.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , a provider of an online programming guide to Internet television, said today that it is publicly launching its site, Clicker.com today. The firm's site had not yet gone live as of the announcement. Clicker.com is headed by Jim Lanzone, former CEO of Ask.com.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , the newly launched video and TV indexing and search site which is headed by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone, told its users today that it has linked the site to Boxee, which is developing products which connect computers to televisions. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , which develops charity-focused, brand web sites and social media applications, said this morning that it has launched a new effort to help charities raise money on Halloween. SocialVibe is backed by Redpoint Ventures and JAFCO Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Los Angeles-based Impact Radius , a firm which is developing a service to link performance advertising to TV, radio, print, and online channels, has raised $1.0M The firm's web site indicates it is launching in January of next year. The firm's web site indicates it is launching in January of next year. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2009

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding, for the firm's social media and brand charity site. According to the firm, the funding was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included Series A investor Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the firm developing online video programming guides for the Internet, said today that it has raised $11M more in a Series B investment round. The new funding was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. Series A funding round, in September.

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

Los Angeles-based DailyStrength, an online health-related social networking site, has been acquired by HSW International, Inc., DailyStrength was venture backed by around $5M in venture capital from Redpoint Ventures. a developer of Internet businesses. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzznet , the venture-backed operator of a network of entertainment-focused social media sites, is making the rounds with a new feature on its Celebuzz celebrity web site this week. The firm rolled out a "zoom" feature that allows users on the site to magnify celebrity photos on the site.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzznet , which operates a network of web sites focused on celebrities and pop culture, announced this morning that it has raised $12.5M According to the company, the funding round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures.

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APRIL 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzz Media , the online network of celebrity-focused web sites, announced today that it has inked a deal with OK! s online advertising sales team to represent the firm, and that OK's online site, OKmagazine.com , will become part of its Celebuzz network. Magazine is a celebrity news magazine and website.

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JUNE 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker , the online video guide site run by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone, and backed by JAFCO Ventures, Benchmark, and Redpoint Ventures, has run the numbers on AT&T's new bandwidth plans, and has one conclusion: if you're going to buy an iPad 3G, buy it before the end of the weekend with an unlimited data plan, before AT&T (..)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users. READ MORE>>

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MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. If you watch the video you’ll see that Jason & I debated whether Austin Ventures or Redpoint had funded HowAway / VRBO … turns out we were both right! We spoke briefly about why.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Since then, that company has been able to get Benchmark and Redpoint, and Jim Lanzone is doing a great job with Clicker.

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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. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT). Time will tell. Go Boulder!

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based SVnetwork (www.svnetwork.com) announced the launch of a new, Internet advertising network. The firm was was formerly known as SocialVibe, and is backed by Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinnacle Ventures. What social media sites do you connect with?

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

Topspin is backed by Redpoint Ventures and The Foundry Group. The importance of people finding things through friends, and access through music blogs, discovery through music sites or Pandora and other ways is increasing. They're still important, but they're decreasing. But, marketing is getting harder and harder.

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