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Science Inc. Eyes New Venture Capital Fund

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The startup studio--which both incubates its own companies as well as works with startup founders to help accelerate their efforts--has backed such companies as Dollar Shave Club , DogVacay , FameBit , EventUp , August Home , Hello Society , Playhaven , and Superfly Labs. READ MORE>>.

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Calibrate Ventures Raises $80M Investment Fund

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Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a brand new venture capital firm founded by Kevin Dunlap and Jason Schoettler, announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $80M in its very first venture capital fund, Calibrate Ventures, L.P.

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Understanding What’s Going on in #LATech

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Upfront Ventures was created 20 years ago as one of the original VC funds in Los Angeles. Back then only 15% of our dollars were invested locally whereas today 50% of our dollars are invested in LA. Candidly all three were on our short list of VCs that we secretly wanted to poach (seriously, they were!)

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Calibrate Ventures Adds Two Venture Partners

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Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a venture capital firm that says it invests in advanced technologies, has added two Venture Partners to the company. She also is a board member at Broadly, and Calibrate says she is also an angel investor in a number of companies. and Overture.

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Splash LA October 2016

SoCal Tech Calendar

Brian Lee, CEO and Founder of The Honest Company, which has raised $222 million in VC funding. Mike Jones, Founder of Science, which has invested in some of LA’s top startups, like Dollar Shave Club. Leura Fine, CEO and Founder of Laurel and Wolf and Sean Brecker, CEO of Headspace.

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Pritzker Group Boosts Focus On Los Angeles Startups, Moves Partner To LA

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Chicago-based venture capital investor Pritzker Group Venture Capital announced this morning that it is expanding its efforts to invest in early stage companies in Los Angeles, and has moved partner Gabe Greenbaum to Los Angeles. Greenbaum had been based at Pritzker's home office in Chicago. READ MORE>>.

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Science Raising New $30M Fund For LA Startups

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According to a report this morning, the fund will also invest in non-Science incubated startups. Science has been one of the more active acceleration/incubation efforts in the region, and has been behind such companies as DogVacay, Dollar Shave Club, Eventup, MeUndies, Uncovet, and Wittlebee. Science, Inc. ,