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Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service

TechCrunch LA

The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel. We’ll have a16z general partners Chris Dixon, Angela Strange and Andrew Chen for insight into the firm’s latest activity. The business has closed a $3.85

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. I’ve been leading the charge here with Mark Suster (read his blog BothSidesofTheTable ). It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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