Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

It’s the reason I invested in Maker Studios and they’re on a tear. At Maker Studios we can produce content at $200-$400 / minute. In just 2 years we’ve gone from garage startups to more than 600 people across just 5 companies: Maker Studios, Machinima, FullScreen, BigFrame and Zefr. Come on, Mark.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The company announced in October 2022 that it has launched ‘AI Studio Perso,’ a video production service that uses AI Virtual Humans. AI Studio Perso is a specialized service that can create high-quality videos featuring AI virtual humans using text input and video editing. AI Studio Perso_off line.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The company announced in October 2022 that it has launched ‘AI Studio Perso,’ a video production service that uses AI Virtual Humans. AI Studio Perso is a specialized service that can create high-quality videos featuring AI virtual humans using text input and video editing. AI Studio Perso_off line.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

We also had many senior studio executives and leaders. Maker Studios. Last week displayed the best of LA last week for a gala event of all of Upfront’s portfolio companies + the CEOs of many of LA’s top technology companies + 75 VC firms from LA, SF, NY & Boston + 25 LP Funds + the Chairman of Yahoo! FullScreen.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Cycling studios like SoulCycle are thriving and yoga centers are popping up left and right. While other fro-yo chains close , 16 Handles is growing--because it's more fun and engaging. You create your own dessert versus paying for someone else to give you standard items.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

Yap is a thriving serial entrepreneur whose businesses include Citrus Studios , Luxe Link , and the Orange & Bergamot. Kalika Yap , is founder and CEO of both Orange & Bergamot , a creative agency for female founders, and Citrus Studios , a branding and design agency. where he addressed the global pandemic. “Now,

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

This has allowed the largest online video content producers like Maker Studios ( where I am a large investor ) to produce videos for 99% cheaper than traditional TV. Traditional studios have suffered from The Innovator’s Dilemma. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4 ’s digital studio.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

But then the Harlem Shake went batshit crazy when Vernon Shaw of Maker Studios saw the video on Reddit and suggested that Maker should, well, make a video of the Harlem Shake in an office environment. ShayCarl (a Maker Studios co-founder) in particular. In fact, that’s how Maker Studios got started in the first place.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

What Cham rarely tells people – he’s both private and humble – is that he started making some small co-investments with me in tech firms starting with Maker Studios where he was one of the earliest investors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

I participated with my company, Kadevjo Studio , which continues growing to this day. I continue at Kadevjo Studio in El Salvador as its creative director. I have also started with my partner from Los Angeles the company 360 Media Studios , a multimedia company. What company were you running when you competed in GSEA?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Your skepticism is warranted, but as a skeptic myself I have to say I was extremely impressed with what the startup showed of Wonder Studio, the company’s web-based editor. you’ll need a motion capture studio or on-set gear, reflector balls, green screens and everything. Yes, it sounds a bit like overpromising.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

On August 26th I had an equally effusive intro from Ynon Kreiz, also a friend, trusted source and also the CEO of portfolio company Maker Studios. Petri was formerly the head of the studio that build Angry Birds (Rovio) and led 250 people who built many of the gaming properties and characters the first iPhone users came to love.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. This is always how we saw Maker Studios.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2015

Everybody now knows that LA produced SnapChat, Tinder and Maker Studios. We look for pockets of excellence where we may have skills that aren’t native in other markets or where our home town may have some unique skills or talents.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

You probably know that Disney recently paid nearly $1 billion to acquire Maker Studios (Upfront backed) and that is really just the 1st inning for online video companies hatching out of LA. If you throw in Oculus into the mix along with TrueCar, Rubicon, Burstly, Beats and others LA Tech has seen more than $8 billion in exits in 2014 alone.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The platform emerged from a private alpha to offer casino games that include exclusive BetHog Originals and fan favorites from popular studios such as Pragmatic and Evolution.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

billion IPO), HealthDataInsights (Las Vegas, $400 million) as well as LA (Maker Studios $1 billion, TrueCar $1.3 But some of our largest investments have come from all across the country: BillMeLater (Baltimore, $1 billion eBay), DealerTrack (NYC, $1.3 billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25

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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. We will obviously take a page out of their successful playbook.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

Mariery is the Panamanian founder of Mezclao Studio , a Latin American design studio focused on creating visual storytelling through brand identity, illustration, and surface design. When thinking of a name for her studio, she wanted to embrace her diversity, culture, and interests. Knowing your target audience.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Hill Street Studios/Getty Images There was never a guarantee that Detroit would become the Motor City. ExactTarget’s co-founder, Scott Dorsey then started a new venture studio and fund, High Alpha, which has backed dozens of startups in the greater Indianapolis area.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Maker Studios?—?sold Since we owned 29% at the time on a $187 million fund (the same that had Maker Studios) it would have been tempting if I were playing for quick wins. Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes .

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2020

The more confident you are, the clearer your path becomes – and the lower your risk,” says Chris Cardinal , EO Arizona member and principal at Synapse Studios. “Go “Do whatever legwork is possible to validate your product-market fit before investing everything in your concept. Leverage others’ experiences.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Kashyap Kompella I had the pleasure of interviewing Kashyap Kompella is the founder of Talentmapp , an AI-driven people search engine designed to facilitate purposeful, noiseless networking for professionals, startups, and venture studios. He is also launching TPH Venture Studio , a pre-seed venture fund backing AI startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

Think DropBox, Airbnb, Pinterest, Maker Studios, SnapChat, Tinder). The opportunity set is much bigger than ever (50x more users, 10x time online, mobile, social, credit-card enabled, global) … when things work they work faster and at an unprecedented scale.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 2, 2020

USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — Jul 2, 2020 Second Chance Studios David Gabeau — Jun 26, 2020 Augmented Reality NFTs. It takes a bit longer to get to the finish line this way, but the probability of success is way higher with crawl, walk, run. Crawl, walk, run is a mantra for doing a startup and I recommend it to everyone.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2021

You can rent studio space, where staff will handle all of the sound technicalities and provide an audio engineer. On the other end of the spectrum, you can create your own studio in a small space and invest in a good microphone and headset. There are a range of options for recording your podcast.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 23, 2020

I like how Hidemi Takagi set up a free photo studio in her front yard in Bed-Stuy and took photos of her neighbors. For those on email, you can see the video here. I backed this creative project and a bunch of others this morning on Kickstarter.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 8, 2020

USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Jul 7, 2020 Let Foreign Students Stay Hanel Baveja — Jul 6, 2020 NYC Tech Companies: Please Consider Participating in Summer Bridge Nick Grossman — Jul 2, 2020 Second Chance Studios.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

What most people never understood about Maker Studios is that much of their growth came through technology innovation and advantages on our back-end the most people didn’t even know about. You have to build a large online tech company that distributes video.”

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 10, 2020

USV TEAM POSTS: Lauren Young — Jul 9, 2020 Collecting Diversity and Inclusion data for your company Albert Wenger — Jul 8, 2020 Restoring Discourse (Won’t Be Easy) Hanel Baveja — Jul 6, 2020 NYC Tech Companies: Please Consider Participating in Summer Bridge Nick Grossman — Jul 2, 2020 Second Chance Studios.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

This accelerated after I co-led the seed & A rounds at Maker Studios, which sold 3 years later for $1 billion to Disney. We will port it to Android ASAP after our first rev of proper user feedback. So Why Did We Invest? As a VC (especially based in LA), I see hundreds of video apps.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 26, 2019

Ynon had been the CEO of Maker Studios and I trust his opinion a great deal so of course I took the meeting. Petri built the studio and they developed the majority of game play in Finland, where there are a deep pool of talented video games professionals. Ok, I did occasionally pepper him with questions about Seriously.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

And just so it’s clear that I practice what I preach … When it was time to bring on a CTO at Maker Studios in the early days, I passed over many local LA video CTOs and found the one guy I KNEW could deliver magic for us. He was a very key player in why Maker Studios was eventually sold for up to $950 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

In digital video between Maker Studios (where I am an investor), Machinima, Zefr, BigFrame & FullScreen we have added around 1,000 jobs in the past 3 years and this should continue, as video becomes an important part of the infrastructure of the Internet. Growth companies beget more growth companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The rest of our team included the founding CTO of Maker Studios (Ryan Lissack) and the CEO of DataSift (Tim Barker) so we seemed to all be in good company of ex Salesforce execs looking to make a difference. So when I left and became a VC I stayed in close touch with Gregg and he was on my very short list to hopefully work with again one day.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

He turned to Mike Jones at Science who was newly set up as an accelerator of sorts or a venture studio. .” He didn’t have a product or a tech team at the time so it wasn’t really at a stage where I could fund it.

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