socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. where we totalled up $33.85M in funding.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

Can tapping the power of the crowd not only help you find customers and help fund your project, but also help you shape your startup idea and find funding? Dirk Ahlborn: We are coming out of the nonprofit incubator, the Girvan Institute of Technology, which has been around since 2002, and is funded by NASA Ames.

Ideas 178

Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Commercial product prototypes. Marty Zwilling.

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Help Research Startup Funding 165

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

There's been a surge in startup accelerator activity in Los Angeles in the last year, as interest in starting a company in the region has grown, and a wide range of experienced entrepreneurs and investors have pitched in to help companies get to the next level. Of that, $97.47 in companies associated with digital studio Science Inc.

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Los Angeles Angel Report Startup 234

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.

Develop 102

Develop Development Product Funding 102

socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Los Angeles has a new, well funded, investment firm in town, with big plans for local investments: Karlin Ventures. Zhou recently moved to Los Angeles, after a stint at Innovations Endeavors, the venture fund of Eric Schmidt. Karlin Asset Management has $1.4 billion in assets. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Invest Angel Startup 183

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Funding new product research and development is just too risky, with a large time delay before any return is likely.

Research 57

Research Develop Development Funding 57

socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels said today that it has totalled up its investments for the first half of 2012, and found that it invested $4,571,000 in direct investments--as part of $10M in funding--for 17 companies. Some, but not all of those fundings had been announced earlier. in 17 companies.

Tech Coast Angels 164

Tech Coast Angels Invest Southern California Angel 164

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2012

San Diego-based Independa , which develops remote health management and monitoring systems for the elderly, said today that it has raised $2.35M in a convertible note funding. of the funding had been announced by the company last September. The company is part of the San Diego EvoNexus business incubator. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar San Diego Incubator Activity 140

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

In my experience as a business advisor and occasional investor, many of you won’t make it that far, succumbing to the high costs of getting those first customers, funding an initial inventory, and building an operational support process. Start networking for funding before the crisis. Actively seek out government and local incentives.

Startup 161

Startup Resource Customer Custom 161

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

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. We actually are ideating internally. READ MORE>>.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Networking no longer is primarily a face-to-face serial activity. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. The cost of social media done well is low.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Keep your eyes and mind open to free sources of innovation in every ecosystem, including open-source software, university cooperative programs, and the many incubators and accelerators supported by volunteers and communities. In return, active listening and two-way communication will maximize the value of your impact and results.

Technical Review 101

Technical Review Metrics Resource Software Review 101

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2014

The way we view it, is we''re finding the best entrepreneurs in Southern California, and finding ways to work with them at the seed and pre-seed stage, and working pre-seed and smaller investments that are raising $1M to $3M in funding. Erik Rannala: Really, it''s the quality of the companies in the market, plus the level of activity.

Startup 206

Startup Capital Incubator Invest 206

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? We now have two person teams reaching out to applicant companies, after we do an early screening, weeding out those companies with no change of getting funding from our group.

Pasadena Angels 162

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Startup 162

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Now, as a business advisor to large companies, as well as small ones, my objective is to foster those activities and ways of thinking that broaden the potential for high creativity and recognizing new market opportunities, before resource constraints are applied. We didn’t notice as technology advances had opened a whole new market.

Marketing 117

Marketing IBM IBM Resource 117

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Los Angeles area has seen a surge in the last month in companies and organizations looking to bolster entrepreneurial activity and startups in Southern California. Joining that surge last week in startup activity was Science, Inc. Mike Jones: Coming out of Myspace, I looked at both operational roles and joining a venture fund.

Incubator 196

Incubator Startup Commerce Los Angeles 196

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Both also have been active on Los Angeles Venture Association. In contrast to other mentoring and incubation efforts in the area, Koffler and Morris said the new group has a specific focus on technology rich and "deep" technology companies, which tend to come out of universities and other research efforts.

Research 164

Research Tech Coast Angels Company Companies 164

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Networking no longer is primarily a face-to-face serial activity. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. The cost of social media done well is low.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

Get feedback, collaborate and get funded. JumpStartFund aims to be the first to ask for feedback, collaboration and funding with both equity- and rewards-based crowdfunding from its members. How its online incubation works. The post JumpStartFund Launches First Ever Crowd-Powered Portal For Startups appeared first on TechZulu.

El Segundo 76

El Segundo Social Network Startup Patents 76

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital. Ross Levinsohn of Fuse Capital also is involved in incubating Tecca. We set up a digital media fund, which had the goal of investing in new digital media properties, ideas, and concepts.

Incubator 239

Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Most relevant to startups is the push to fund initiatives and technologies that can help prevent or protect against extreme wildfires; rising sea levels and hurricanes; new agriculture resource management; and “climate-smart” technologies.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Early-stage funding. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Business plan assistance.

Startup 95

Startup Incubator Resource Mentor 95

socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2009

in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. The firm was founded in 2008, and according to regulatory filings that funding came in January. The company was incubated by Clearstone Ventures, which has been actively pulling together management teams and funding new startups in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

Mobile 100

Mobile Clearstone Santa Monica Yahoo 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 8, 2013

If you’re looking for funding, you don’t just want to “meet” investors, shake their hands and give them your quick pitch. With our client roster of successfully funded startups and my close relationships with many in the investor community in Silicon Valley, I think I’ve figured out 8 keys for making these kinds of real connections: 1.

Venture Capital 86

Venture Capital Tips Incubator Startup 86

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2012

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Early-stage funding. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Business plan assistance.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Incubator Mentor Research 92

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Based on recent funding activity, most of the clean technology activity in Los Angeles is actually currently in areas such as Santa Monica and Monrovia, with few--if any--companies located in or near the planned Clean Technology Corridor.

Competition 113

Competition Monrovia Los Angeles Southern California 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2013

StartEngine offers up mentoring, funding, and a program to help early stage startups get to the next level, and is one of a number of accelerator programs which have been active in the Los Angeles area over the last year or so. READ MORE>>.

Activision 174

Activision USC Mentor Los Angeles 174

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. So we went for it.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

In the past few years, colleges have been publishing the number of businesses which they have played an active role in launching. Are funds available to invest in student businesses? Are facilities available to students post-graduation to incubate their businesses? Is there a venture competition with cash prizes?

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Class Patents 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Although maybe not all of the startups at the event might go on to get funding, an entire group of potential startup founders in the audience realize that they, too, have a shot at starting something and getting a chance to take it to the next level. It's unclear.

Startup 256

Startup Commerce Santa Monica Mentor 256

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : AngelList is the productization of raising startup funding. We are not taking the incubator approach…we would invest on the same terms alongside the other investors and we would make sure to be a very, very small piece of the round and not to crowd out anybody.”. For his exact quotes, watch the video.

Startup 273

Startup Software Review Summary Technical Review 273

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. inLife signed up dozens of merchants in Santa Barbara for their activity site. Then get VC funding, rent a cool space, hire a big team, rebuild and relaunch. If you can’t keep up, you are dead.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We don''t spend a lot of time there, except that we''re active investors and bankers who are affected by what''s happening in the IPO market. This might be self serving, because we have a bias and a number of global offices, but international buyers in Asia are far more active now. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

In an unprecedented surge in startup support activity in Los Angeles this morning, another venture startup accelerator, Start Engine , formally launched this morning, applying the accelerator model to startup in the Los Angeles area.

Startup 219

Startup Southern California Activision Mentor 219

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Mike is actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member. As an active early stage investor, Mike has personally invested in over 30 startup businesses including Klout, Betterworks, Formspring, ShoeDazzle and LunchMoney to name a few. Venue Sponsor. Want to Sponsor?

Tech Coast Angels 105

Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105