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Epoxy Gets $6.5M For Social Video Tools

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in a Series A funding round, for the company''s social-focused, video tools. According to the company, the investment came from Upfront Ventures and Time Warner Investments, along with prior investors, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Advancit Capital, Greycroft Partners and Robert Downey Jr.''s READ MORE>>.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed.

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Maker Studios Raises $26M More

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According to the company, the new round was led by Time Warner Investments, along with Canal+, Astor, Singtel Innov8, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Partners, and Downey Ventures. maker studios venture capital content youtube network hollywood time warner' READ MORE>>.

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Airware Gets $10.7M From Google, Andreessen For Unmanned Drone Technology

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to develop all of the infrastructure for buildling your own, commercial drone, from Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures. According to the company, its Series A financing will go towards expanding its team, meeting customer demand, and scaling for growth. Airware is led by Jonathan Downey. READ MORE>>.

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Connectifier Acquired By LinkedIn

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Costa Mesa-based Connectifier , the artificial intelligence software developer led by John Jersin, has been acquired by LinkedIn , the companies said Thursday afternoon. Connectifier was developing automated software to help companies with their recruiting, and had raised around $12.0M Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Pocketwatch Picks Up $6M For Kids Media Brand

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The funding was led by Third Wave Digital, and also included Les Moonves (CBS ), Jon Landau (Avatar & Titanic), United Talent Agency (UTA), Robert Downey Jr. Downey Ventures) and Chris Jacquemin (WME). Pocketwatch says that it creates, acquires, distributes and curates content for kids age 2-11.

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Epoxy Tunes Into $2M to Enable YouTube, Video Publishing

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With the rise of an increasingly large number of companies, producers, individuals, and others building online video channels, there's been a corresponding increase in the need for tools to serve that audience. According to Epoxy, the new funding will go to expand its engineering team and build out its products.