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StartEngine Chalks Up 25 Companies Raising Funding Since Start Of 2017

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Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the equity crowdfunding service run by serial entrepeneur Howard Marks, has chalked up 25 companies raising money on its platform since the start of 2017, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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Avalon Ventures Backs LoopIt

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San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt , according to the companies. and is a spinout of Redstar Ventures, a venture incubator firm in Cambridge. Size of the funding was not announced. LoopIt is based in Cambridge, Mass., READ MORE>>.

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Idealab's GoPollGo Acquired By Yahoo

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Pasadena-based Idealab has sold another one of its companies to Yahoo today: GoPollGo , a Twitter polling service which let Twitter users collect feedback from their friends and followers. Mobile, but would also be shutting down its properties, including its service, widgets, and mobile app. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. Incubators, Part I - In February, we put together a guide to the list of (then. existant) Southern California accelerators, incubators, and coworking spaces.

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SBDC Dream and Discover Entrepreneurs Conference

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Thursday, May 5, 2011 -- SBDC Dream and Discover Entrepreneurs Conference. The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) welcomes current and future small business owners, students and community members to attend the free SBDC 2011 Dream and Discover Entrepreneurs Conference on Thursday, May 5 from 1-6pm.

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Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model

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How is this different than accelerator or incubator? David Carter: There is a lot of misunderstanding on what an incubator is, and what an accelerator is. When I was at Amplify, we had a lot of people wondering what an accelerator was, and how we differentiated from an incubator. I missed that in the beginning. READ MORE>>.

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Planana Heads To DreamIt Ventures

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Los Angeles-based online event promotion service Planana , the startup founded by Anna Sergeeva and Fei Xiao, said Thursday that the company has been accepted to the DreamIt Ventures Winter 2013 class in Austin, Texas. The startup said that it will be demonstrating its products at SXSW at March 8th, at the conclusion of the program.

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