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socalTECH
MAY 2, 2017
Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital Partners is the lead investor in video game developer Wavedash Games , which announced a $6M Series A funding round on Tuesday morning. The funding round also included Lowercase Capital, Advancit Capital, CourtsideVC, Machine Shop Ventures, Luma Labs, and Cherrytree VC.
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2014
Battlefy , a startup developing an online platform for managing e-sports tournaments, leagues, and content--which is a graduate of the Amplify LA accelerator--said this week that it has raised $1.3M The company--now based in Vancouver, BC--helps organizers of professional video game tournaments and leagues.
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TechCrunch LA
MARCH 11, 2020
These days, most of the games developed need to be social, multi-platform and extensible, but there are only a few developers with the expertise to bring those toolsets to the profusion of new games that crop up every year. Games are taking five to 10 years to launch out of beta,” Chen said. . The company raised $4.2
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2017
It’s hard to remember that in 2012 it was still hard for LA VCs to persuade investors into funds that LA was a viable market for great venture capital funds or convince many VCs that LA was a market worth investing dollars into startups. They always ask whether I see this as threatening as Upfront Ventures. Are you kidding me?
socalTECH
OCTOBER 15, 2015
To get some insight into the growing world and business of e-sports, we caught up with Clinton Foy , a local venture capital investor at Crosscut Ventures in Los Angeles. It's super interesting, in particular, for Southern California, where Blizzard and Riot Games have been really helping to lead that charge, both locally and internationally.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Venture Capital is a Long Term Game. This year, we focused on diversifying and strengthening our team by recruiting Maureen Klewicki as an investor and senior associate, and Nick Kim as our head of platform. Now, we're investing in our own team, firm, and platform so we can further support those founders.
TechCrunch LA
MAY 29, 2019
Los Angeles-based PlayVS (pronounced “play versus”) wants to become the dominant platform for amateur esports, starting at the high school level. Starting at 21, I worked at a venture capital firm called IncWell based in Birmingham, Michigan then joined a startup called Rocket Fiber.
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