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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

Tech Zulu Event

LAGbook was founded in 2010 by two twin brothers Chika and Chidi Nwaogu when they were just 19 years old and freshmen at University. Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. LAGbook is an African-based social network for meeting new people everyday.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Investors: Matrix (Dana Stadler, who was the CTO of PayPal). Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. 11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. 15mm in Series A. Read more: TechCrunch. My own view on these services is nuanced.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). the world’s largest celeb endorsement network). Matt Miller – Co-Founder and CTO of CareerBliss.com.