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ITVT/TVOT is pleased to present a new episode of “Televisionation,” our video/audio podcast exploring the advanced/interactive-TV industry in the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Era and beyond.This episode features Tony Mugavero, Co-Founder and CEO of Rad (formerly Littlstar), a company that has developed an eponymous streaming app that offers free TV, premium esports, gaming, music, comedy, sports, live events, VR and more. The app, which is available on PlayStation 4 and 5, PSVR, Android TV, mobile and the Web, supports co-viewing and live chat, and allows users to curate their own playlists. Among other things, Mugavero discusses the business case for Rad, outlines the company's plans for its future, and shares his thoughts on the streaming space in general.

Tony Mugavero is the co-founder and CEO of Rad (formerly known as Littlstar), a consumer streaming platform delivering live and on-demand Esports, music, comedy and sports. A veteran of the content streaming space, Mugavero has witnessed virtual reality's transformation from an over-hyped new technology into a growing, real-world consumer experience. In this conversation with Stanford lecturer Emily Ma, he discusses how to build a sustainable business in a cutting-edge niche, why relationships are central to entrepreneurship, and how Rad has thrived amid the bumpy progress of VR.

Tony Mugavero is the co-founder and CEO of Rad (formerly known as Littlstar), a consumer streaming platform delivering live and on-demand Esports, music, comedy and sports. A veteran of the content streaming space, Mugavero has witnessed virtual reality’s transformation from an over-hyped new technology into a growing, real-world consumer experience. In this conversation with Stanford lecturer Emily Ma, he discusses how to build a sustainable business in a cutting-edge niche, why relationships are central to entrepreneurship, and how Rad has thrived amid the bumpy progress of VR.

Tony breaks down Virtual Festivals, Virtual Reality and the Future of Live Streaming. Tony Mugavero is a music producer, engineer and entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder of Littlstar, a global platform dedicated to immersive virtual and augmented reality content. Tony and Littlstar have created virtual environments for virtual festivals, known for their work with Brownies & Lemonade/Proximity's Digital Mirage, Porter Robinson's Secret Sky, Lightning in a Bottle and Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC). You can expect these main topics in Episode 18 of The Set Up. 4:15 What is Virtual Reality and 360 Video? 8:43 How to Overcome Challenges when Live Streaming Events 12:00, 20:00 Virtual Reality Festivals 12:59 Live Streaming Best Practices 17:00 Building a Virtual Environment 30:00 Future of Live Streaming Listen to the full episode Episode 18 of The Set Up Podcast at https://www.thesetupseries.com Join the weekly newsletter www.thesetupseries.com/community Connect with Sydney www.instagram.com/thesetupseries MORE ON TONY MUGAVERO Twitter: https://twitter.com/HesSoTony Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hessotony Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymugavero --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thesetupseries/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thesetupseries/support

Any good XR startup needs someone to invest in their world-changing idea before they can start changing the world. The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. Managing partner Teppei Tsutsui drops by to share some of his investing strategies. Alan: Welcome to The XR for Business podcast with your host Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Teppei Tsutsui. For the past decade, Teppei has been the managing partner of the GFR Fund, and he’s led several key investments in acquisitions in Tokyo, including GREE’s acquisitions of open feet and Funzio. Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. You can learn more about the GFR Fund by visiting gfrfund.com. Teppei, welcome to the show, my friend. Teppei: Oh yeah. Thank you for having me here. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. You guys were one of the very first companies to start investing in the virtual and augmented and mixed reality space. You come from a gaming background. Maybe just give us a little overview of the GFR Fund, and how this came to be that you’re investing in some of the name brands in virtual reality. Teppei: Sure. Yeah, absolutely. So the GFR Fund is a seed stage fund that’s investing technology companies, disrupting the digital media and entertainment space, including VR and AR. We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Before launching this fund back in 2016, I was working for a company called GREE. — that’s the same company that I was kind of explaining — and I was the head of the corporate development team based in Tokyo, and also here in San Francisco, so that I was kind of working together with them, just looking for lot of the venture companies in the gaming — and VR and AR — space, as well. So that’s how we got started, this GFR Fund, and that’s the relationship. Alan: GREE is a fairly large company, is it not? Teppei: It is. So they have about 1.5 billion market cap and they’ve got about a thousand employees across the globe and they’ve got 2,000 billion US dollar revenues. So it’s I feel like a decent company, decent size company. Alan: That’s awesome. I would assume because — it’s social media and gaming — you would be a direct competitor or something like Tencent. Would that be the case? Teppei: Yeah. In a way. But the GREE’s more built upon the mobile games, whereas the Tencent sell– they do both PC games and some sort of consoles, too. Alan: Got it. I’m looking at your portfolio here under the GFR Fund. You’ve got VRChat, Spaces, the WaveVR, Littlstar, InsiteVR, Streem, Torch. Let’s go through these — if you don’t mind — and kind of talk about each one one at a time, and why you guys chose to invest it. But first I want to know: you talked about your fund being $40-million, when did that fund start? Teppei: The first fund was launched in April 2016, so it’s almost like a four, three and a half years ago. And then we also launched a second fund, beginning of this year. Alan: Great. And then, so you’ve got– that’s $40-million total under management? Teppei: Yes. Yeah. We

Any good XR startup needs someone to invest in their world-changing idea before they can start changing the world. The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. Managing partner Teppei Tsutsui drops by to share some of his investing strategies. Alan: Welcome to The XR for Business podcast with your host Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Teppei Tsutsui. For the past decade, Teppei has been the managing partner of the GFR Fund, and he’s led several key investments in acquisitions in Tokyo, including GREE’s acquisitions of open feet and Funzio. Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. You can learn more about the GFR Fund by visiting gfrfund.com. Teppei, welcome to the show, my friend. Teppei: Oh yeah. Thank you for having me here. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. You guys were one of the very first companies to start investing in the virtual and augmented and mixed reality space. You come from a gaming background. Maybe just give us a little overview of the GFR Fund, and how this came to be that you’re investing in some of the name brands in virtual reality. Teppei: Sure. Yeah, absolutely. So the GFR Fund is a seed stage fund that’s investing technology companies, disrupting the digital media and entertainment space, including VR and AR. We have about 40 million under management and we invest in primarily in North America, but also in Asia and Europe, too. And we are backed by ALEC Japanese… more like a strategic investor from Japan and Asia, including GREE, which is a publicly-traded company, a mobile gaming company out of Tokyo, and they also help us investing in companies and altogether. Before launching this fund back in 2016, I was working for a company called GREE. — that’s the same company that I was kind of explaining — and I was the head of the corporate development team based in Tokyo, and also here in San Francisco, so that I was kind of working together with them, just looking for lot of the venture companies in the gaming — and VR and AR — space, as well. So that’s how we got started, this GFR Fund, and that’s the relationship. Alan: GREE is a fairly large company, is it not? Teppei: It is. So they have about 1.5 billion market cap and they’ve got about a thousand employees across the globe and they’ve got 2,000 billion US dollar revenues. So it’s I feel like a decent company, decent size company. Alan: That’s awesome. I would assume because — it’s social media and gaming — you would be a direct competitor or something like Tencent. Would that be the case? Teppei: Yeah. In a way. But the GREE’s more built upon the mobile games, whereas the Tencent sell– they do both PC games and some sort of consoles, too. Alan: Got it. I’m looking at your portfolio here under the GFR Fund. You’ve got VRChat, Spaces, the WaveVR, Littlstar, InsiteVR, Streem, Torch. Let’s go through these — if you don’t mind — and kind of talk about each one one at a time, and why you guys chose to invest it. But first I want to know: you talked about your fund being $40-million, when did that fund start? Teppei: The first fund was launched in April 2016, so it’s almost like a four, three and a half years ago. And then we also launched a second fund, beginning of this year. Alan: Great. And then, so you’ve got– that’s $40-million total under management? Teppei: Yes. Yeah. We

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Littlstar is the leading premium network dedicated exclusively to Virtual Reality, 360 video, and immersive experiences. Littlstar has channels like Showtime, Disney, Discovery, Nat Geo, WSJ, ABC, and more. Viewers can discover, watch, and share the best content on VR devices like Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Playstation VR, native mobile apps, Google Cardboard, Apple TV, and the web. LIttlstar has VR partnerships with Bento Box Entertainment (producers of Emmy award winning Bob's Burgers on Fox), Legend 3D (3D conversions and VFX for films like Spiderman, Maleficent, Pirates of the Caribbean, and more), Fusion TV (owned by ABC and Univision), Michelle Phan (Social Mogul and Beauty Entrepreneur behind Ipsy), and more to come. Littlstar has proprietary technology to stream the best 360-degree video and VR experiences, and has robust analytics and heatmap data for content owners and brands to learn about their audience. Tony Mugavero is an experienced tech entrepreneur and executive with a media, business, and computer engineering background. He is the Founder and CEO of Littlstar, a premium cinematic Virtual Reality network putting viewers at the center of experiences using immersive technologies. Littlstar has the best VR content in the world from companies like Showtime, Nat Geo, Discovery, PBS, Red Bull, Virgin, Disney, and more. I invited Tony onto the show to find out more about Littlestar and understand the best way of showcasing your PS VR this Christmas. www.littlstar.com

We discuss the work of Littlstar, and the future of distribution of VR content.