Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We''re pretty agnostic in terms of the kind of company, and historically we''ve been all over the place. Pretty much the top four carriers here.

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JULY 3, 2018

in a seed funding. The funding was led by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures. The startup was started by Dave Fink (CEO and co-founder of Postie) and Jonathan Neddenriep (CTO and co-founder), who both previously were at startup studio and incubator Science Inc., Postie says it is already profitable.

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MARCH 8, 2013

DatAllegro was one of the first companies in what is now the "big data" industry, and helped to pioneer the entire segment. Now, Frost has set up shop buildling out a whole series of companies in the industry, and we caught up with him to learn more about the companies (Predixion Software, Cirro, Lineage, Kumo, etc.)

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JANUARY 2, 2014

According to Breaker, it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, to help bolster its efforts to produce and distribute mobile video entertainment in Japan. The funding was led by Dram Incubator, Inc., and also included Siemer Ventures and other investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Santa Monica-based Workast , a developer of applications that run on the popular Slack chat platform, has raised $1.85M in a seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included Spider Capital, Mucker Capital, and Dream Incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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JUNE 13, 2019

in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and the TCA's San Diego chapter. Atlazo is led by founder and CEO Dr. Karim Arabi; the company was part of EvoNexus, the startup incubator that operates in both San Diego and Orange County. in the round. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

After many years in business, working in large companies as well as startups, I’m no longer surprised at why mature and successful companies struggle with introducing innovative new ventures as the market and environment changes. Commit a source of internal or external seed funding. Entrepreneurs crave more ownership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as shared facilities and space.

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MAY 27, 2015

La Jollla-based MANTA Instruments , a developer of technology for characterizing nanoparticles, has raised a round of seed funding, from Triton Technology Fund. Size of the funding was not announced. The company is part of the EvoNexus startup incubator, and is led by Rick Cooper.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based technology incubator Curious Minds is one of the firms backing Ringadoc , a new startup which offers up medical consultations via phone or computer. Curious Minds, which is based in West Hollywood, Curious Minds says it has been incubating companies since 2004, and lists its President and co-founder as David Gonen.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based startup studio and incubator Science Inc. is backing YouTube influence marketplace FameBit , as part of a seed funding round. in funding from Science, as well as 500Startups and DeNA. The company has been part of 500 Startups'' latest San Francisco acclerator class since earlier this year.

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JUNE 4, 2015

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2012

in a seed funding round. As part of the funding, Jim Andelman at Rincon joins the company's board. As part of the funding, Jim Andelman at Rincon joins the company's board. the business incubator/studio headed by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

According to the startup studio it plans to use the funding to launch four new startups in San Diego, investing $300K in seed capital in each of those companies. The new startup studio was co-founded by Brad Chisum, James Hereford, and Kimberly Davis King.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors. Who is assisting MuckerLab with their mentorship ?

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Each of the companies receives $120,000 in seed funding, plus access to mentors, including Cedars-Sinai physicians, researchers and executives. The new startups include Cerebro Solutions , ENSO , FIGS , Frame Health , HealthcareTTU , HealthTensor , Noteworth , and ReferralMD. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Most accelerators provide small seed investment in the range of $25,000, as well as mentoring, workspace and professional services, in exchange for an equity stake in the company. Startup incubator seed funding. Yet, they often provide similar small seed investments, similar to those of accelerators.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from multiple, un-named strategic partners. The company was founded by Michael McCrary. PureSpectrum is part of the Hub101 startup incubator space in Westlake Village, which is part of the Cal Lutheran University Center for Entrepreneurship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Solicit venture capital investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. And as I always assert, “Great companies are built in downturns.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company. Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Solicit venture capital investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1,200 members in 30 nations. Initial funding.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Bricault is a Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners, and Wolpert was most recently at the Mailroom fund. Amplify said it will invest in companies at the intersection of technology and entertainment. in its own fund, and plans to invest $50,000 in seed funding to companies accepted to its program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. Thus the more precise term these days for early startups is “seed stage.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. Thus the more precise term these days for early startups is “seed stage.”

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. First and foremost, we're focused on making companies become successful. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

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APRIL 17, 2012

It turns out there are a lot of big tech companies with talent to offer. At 25 years old, Richard saw an opening in the marketplace for a Canadian version of Bankrate (although, she would describe the development different at the time, but bankrate.com is the most comparable company) and went full throttle into building Ratehub.ca.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

It also allows us to do more late stage seed funding, and early A round, and enables us to set deal terms, board seats, and get a lot more sureness around the amount of money and the check we are able to write. We have fourteen operating companies under our belts. It's much better with committed funds and bigger checks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Solicit venture capital investors.

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