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| 22.06.2023 | Avatar startup Genies launches $1M fund for developers build... | Genies, the Bob Iger-backed avatar tech company, announced Thursday the launch of its Developer Enga... | techcrunch... |
| 28.05.2023 | Avatar Genies Secures $150 Million in Series C Financing | Don't miss out on the latest trend in 3D avatars and fashion! Genies, the leading provider of a fun-... | vivevirtua... |
| 26.05.2023 | Genies Releases AR Developer Kit For Interoperable Avatar So... | Developers That Gain Access to Genies’ Avatar Tools Will Be Among The First to Develop Their Own Ava... | aithority.... |
| 30.08.2022 | Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fash... | Digital avatar startup Genies, known its for high-profile partnerships with celebrities such as Just... | techcrunch... |
| 12.04.2022 | Web3 Avatar Tech Firm Genies Charges Into Unicorn Territory ... | Genies, an avatar technology company, today announced it has raised a $150 million Series C round le... | crowdfundi... |
| 12.04.2022 | Hydrogen fuel cells are finally attracting VC interest | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 12.04.2022 | Avatar startup Genies hits $1 billion valuation in latest ra... | Only in the current market can one wonder how a celebrity avatar startup that sells NFT accessories ... | techcrunch... |
| 24.03.2022 | The Ultimate LA Guide To The Metaverse | Sly Lee, Isaac Castro and Mauricio Teran have spent the last seven years building a machine that can... | dot.la/gui... |
| 15.03.2022 |
Genies Gets Investment From Disney's Iger
| Los Angeles-based NFT avatar company Genies has scored an investment from former Walt Disney CEO Bob... | socaltech.... |
| 14.03.2022 | Robert Iger, Previous Head of Walt Disney, Takes Board Seat ... | Ryan Epps, Tech Times 14 March 2022, 07:03 pm
From 2005 to 2020, Robert Iger, better known as Bob I... | techtimes.... |
| 14.03.2022 | Former Disney CEO Bob Iger joins the metaverse | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the jou... | fortune.co... |
| 28.12.2021 | Multiple Metaverses, One Avatar: ‘Ready Player Me’ Raises $1... | In a bid to become the go-to avatar company of the metaverse, Ready Player Me has raised a $13 milli... | coindesk.c... |
| 23.12.2021 | Snapchat knows you want to see what you’d look like in the m... | Snapchat released an Avatar lens AR filter today, which makes you look like a Sims character. Or, in... | techcrunch... |
| 13.12.2021 | Crypto gaming giant Dapper Labs takes its next shot with Gen... | As they near the end of a blockbuster year for NFTs that saw more than $10 billion in transaction vo... | techcrunch... |
| 28.09.2021 | Former Snapchat Employees Move to Genies Engineering Team | Virtual avatar company Genies wants to be the go-to option for online personas and it's targeting th... | dot.la/gen... |
| 28.09.2021 | Inside Genies' Push to Build an Engineering Powerhouse With ... | Virtual avatar company Genies wants to be the go-to option for online personas and it's targeting th... | dot.la/gen... |
| 28.06.2021 | Fresh Off a Big Raise, Genies Moves From Venice to Marina De... | Genies, a startup that makes virtual avatars out of musicians, celebrities and, very soon, everyone ... | dot.la/gen... |
| 04.05.2021 |
Genies Finds $65M For NFT Avatars
| Los Angeles-based Genies, a startup that helps people create their own avatars--which they can decor... | socaltech.... |
| 03.05.2021 | Digital avatar startup Genies raises $65M from Bond, Dapper ... | A startup that lets people bring their own virtual selves to life, Genies Inc., today announced $65 ... | siliconang... |
| 03.05.2021 | Avatar Creation App Genies Gets $65M and Plans a Slew of New... | L.A.-based digital avatar company Genies has a plan to monetize the metaverse.
The startup announce... | dot.la/gen... |
| 03.05.2021 | Genies raises $65M to boost avatars for virtual identity and... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 03.05.2021 | Digital avatar startup Genies raises $65M from Bond, Dapper ... | A startup that lets people bring their own virtual selves to life, Genies Inc., today announced $65 ... | siliconang... |
| 03.05.2021 | Avatar startup Genies scores $65 million in funding round le... | Over the past several years I’ve covered my fair share of upstart avatar companies that were all cha... | techcrunch... |
| 03.05.2021 | Genies raises $65M to boost avatars for virtual identity and... | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & F... | venturebea... |
| 26.04.2021 | Genies' New Head of Talent Will Borrow Lessons Learned at Sn... | Matt Skiba helped to build Snap Inc.'s executive team in 2018 and 2019, a period that proved to be t... | dot.la/gen... |
| 07.04.2021 | Genies brings customizable 3D avatars to Giphy | Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-dem... | venturebea... |
| 07.04.2021 | Genies brings customizable 3D avatars to Giphy | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 25.02.2021 | Genies will sell one-of-a-kind digital goods for Shawn Mende... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 25.02.2021 | Genies will sell one-of-a-kind digital goods for Shawn Mende... | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & F... | venturebea... |
| 25.02.2021 | Paving The Way For The Metaverse: Exclusive Interview With T... | Genies worked with soccer star, Mesut Ozil, on creating this 3D avatar of him. Genies
The revenue f... | forbes.com... |
| 20.11.2020 | Genies raises $3 million from Bandai Namco for Asia expansio... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 20.11.2020 | Genies raises $3 million from Bandai Namco for Asia expansio... | Genies has raised $3 million from Bandai Namco and is opening an office in Tokyo as part of an Asia ... | venturebea... |
| 20.10.2020 | Genies will let consumers create their own 3D avatars with G... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 20.10.2020 | You Can Now Create Your Own Avatar Using Genies' SDK | L.A.-based Genies is expanding beyond creating and managing avatars for celebrities; consumers can n... | dot.la/gen... |
| 20.10.2020 | Genies will let consumers create their own 3D avatars with G... | Genies is expanding its focus from celebrities to everyday consumers with its 3D avatars for social ... | venturebea... |
| 03.07.2020 | Genies creates an investment arm for companies using its dig... | Genies has built technology for creating expressive digital avatars for everyone from rockstars who ... | venturebea... |
| 03.07.2020 | Genies creates an investment arm for companies using its dig... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 04.11.2019 | Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers | Danielle Bernstein is just 27 years old, but she’s been running her own business for 10 years. First... | techcrunch... |
| 11.06.2019 | Billionaires Jim Breyer and Thomas Tull Lead $15 Million Bet... | Celebrities from DJ Khaled to Steve Aoki have used Genies.Genies
If you had asked Genies CEO Akash ... | forbes.com... |
| 13.02.2019 | Genies Launches Verified Program to Help Celebrities, Influe... | Genies Celebrates 2 million Total Genies Created From 200,000 Accounts
To Date, Genies Has Worked W... | venturebea... |
| 31.01.2019 | Digital influencers and the dollars that follow them | Sunny Dhillon Contributor
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Sunny Dhillon is an early-stage investor at Signia Vent... | techcrunch... |
| 19.11.2018 | Genies brings lifelike avatars to other apps with $10M from ... | Genies is emerging as the top competitor to Snapchat’s wildly popular Bitmoji as Facebook, Apple and... | techcrunch... |
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Everytable Raises $55M to Expand Healthy Fast-Food Alterna... | Los Angeles-based Everytable, the casual restaurant startup that bills itself as a “mission-driven f... | dot.la/eve... |
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This Week in ‘Raises’: Everytable Scoops $55M, L’Attitude ... | A Los Angeles-based food service startup raised fresh funding to expand its subscription delivery se... | dot.la/eve... |
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A New Design Out of UCLA Aims to Revolutionize Batteries | Faster charging, longer life, cooler temperatures.
For batteries, it’s usually a “choose one of the... | dot.la/nio... |
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Meet the LA Startup That Lets People Talk to the Dead | A month after she died at the age of 87, Marina Helen Smith spoke at her own funeral.
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This West Hollywood Startup Uses AI to Track Fashion Count... | Any Angeleno who’s been duped by a false designer item in the Fashion District understands the value... | dot.la/mar... |
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Revival of Climate Legislation Upends Electric Vehicle Pri... | Like a zombie from the grave, the husk of President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation is on the ... | dot.la/ev-... |
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On Tue... | dot.la/gen... |
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L’Attitude Ventures Closes $100M Fund Aimed At US-based La... | Fewer than 1% of Latino-owned businesses received funding from the top 500 venture capital and priva... | dot.la/lat... |
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‘TikTok Music’ App Would Extend Social Media’s Music Domin... | TikTok’s fingerprints have been all over the music business lately, with the video sharing app catap... | dot.la/tik... |
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Slingshot Aerospace Acquires Numerica and Seradata | El Segundo-based space simulation company Slingshot Aerospace just added two software companies to i... | dot.la/sli... |
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Why FaZe Clan is Expanding its Partnership With the NFL | FaZe Clan, the esports team owner and content powerhouse known for its gaming content, is looking to... | dot.la/faz... |
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MTV Introduces VMAs Metaverse Performance Category | If video killed the radio star, maybe the metaverse can create a new kind of star.
MTV’s Video Musi... | dot.la/mtv... |
| - | Jump Capital’s Yelena Shkolnik on the Convergence of Fintech... | On this episode of the LA Venture podcast, Jump Capital’s Yelena Shkolnik talks about her work with ... | dot.la/yel... |
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Tinder CEO Renate Nyborg Is Out As the Dating App Pivots A... | Renate Nyborg is out as CEO of Tinder, less than a year after taking the helm of the popular dating ... | dot.la/tin... |
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Genies Wants To Help Creators Build ‘Avatar Ecosystems’... | When avatar startup Genies raised $150 million in April, the company released an unusual message to ... | dot.la/gen... |
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Thrive Market’s Nick Green on Making Healthy Options Acces... | On this episode of Office Hours, host Spencer Rascoff talks with Thrive Market co-founder and CEO Ni... | dot.la/thr... |
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LA Venture: Marcy Venture Partners’ Charlie Hanna on Cultu... | On this episode of the L.A. Venture podcast, Marcy Venture Partners (MVP) investor Charlie Hanna tal... | dot.la/mar... |
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Long Beach’s NFT-Themed Restaurant Still Accepts Crypto Fo... | The “crypto winter” might be rolling in, but the founders of Food Fighters Universe are staring the ... | dot.la/bor... |
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Niche Launches Web3 Social Platform, Raises $1.8M | Niche wants to bring Web3 communities together.
After raising $1.8 million in a pre-seed round led ... | dot.la/nic... |
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This Week in ‘Raises’: Kitchen United Grabs $100M, Upfront... | A local ghost kitchen company secured fresh funding to increase the company’s physical locations fro... | dot.la/upf... |
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Blockchain-Powered Museum Arkive Launches Out of Stealth I... | Historical documents, records and important artifacts are sometimes locked away in vaults (until a m... | dot.la/ark... |
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Report: TikTok Is Hiring to Help Crack Down on Leaks | Recent leaks to the media have raised fresh questions about how TikTok handles U.S. data, with some ... | dot.la/tik... |
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NASA’s JPL to Launch Two More Mars Helicopters | NASA’s Mars helicopter experiment worked so nicely they had to do it twice.
When NASA’s Jet Propuls... | dot.la/nas... |
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Why the Broadway Trade Center Isn’t Turning into a ‘Tech H... | Six months after announcing bold plans to renovate the derelict Broadway Trade Center building, it a... | dot.la/bro... |
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Super73 Co-Founder and CEO Turned His Biking Passion Into ... | LeGrand Crewse has been biking for his entire life — but it wasn’t until he made his own bike that h... | dot.la/sup... |
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The Los Angeles Kings Embraced the Metaverse, and the NHL ... | Fans attending the Stanley Cup playoff at Crypto.com Arena in May 2022 might have noticed that the L... | dot.la/la-... |
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How To Startup Part 8: Exits | Welcome to the last installment in the “How To Startup” series and an often overlooked step when cre... | dot.la/how... |
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Netflix Sues Over TikTok-Originated “Bridgerton” Musical... | Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear won a Grammy for their “Bridgerton” inspired musical. Now, the pair fa... | dot.la/net... |
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Jadu Launches NFT Avatars for Upcoming Gaming Platform | With plans to sell thousands of NFT avatars, augmented reality (AR) startup Jadu is betting gamers w... | dot.la/jad... |
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LA Tech ‘Moves’: MeWe Taps Apple Co-founder, Aspiration Sw... | “Moves,” our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruitin... | dot.la/la-... |
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LA Tech ‘Moves’: Luxury Presence Taps Autodesk Execs | “Moves,” our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruitin... | dot.la/la-... |
