Wondering where the venture capital is going right now? It appears, at least this week, it’s moving towards video game related companies. Today, Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures just re-invested in an in-game, mobile advertising firm, Greystripe; and  Pasadena-based California Technology Ventures invested in video game engine developer Blade Games. Yesterday, Los Angeles-based Rotohog.com, which develops fantasy [...]

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Entertainment, Venture Capital, Video Games by Benjamin Kuo

For anyone here in Southern California who follows technology and Hollywood, there’s an awareness that technology is drastically changing the way that Hollywood is operating. It’s upset distribution, production, and many other parts of the business in a major way, and people haven’t yet figured out how or when it will settle out. Jonathan Handel [...]

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Entertainment, Technology by Benjamin Kuo

One of the interesting stories I gathered from this week’s AlwaysOn OnHollywood conference in Beverly Hills came from a off-the-beaten path session focused on what it takes to launch yourself as a “branded web personality.” The panel — which included an eclectic mix of “web celebrities,” including Hooman Khalili, a Bay Area DJ who runs [...]

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Entertainment, Social Networking by Benjamin Kuo

The William Morris Agency and venture capital firms Venrock and Accel are reportedly creating a new, digital media fund to invest specifically in startups in Southern California, according to the New York Times. The new fund is going to be overseen by former RealNetworks executive Richard Wolpert. (Wolpert is a Southern California resident, and was [...]

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Entertainment, Hollywood, Venture Capital by Benjamin Kuo