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500 Startups moves to rolling admissions instead of cohorts

TechCrunch LA

500 Startups is scrapping its cohort model for accelerating companies and moving to a rolling admissions process, the accelerator said during its latest demo day. “Demo is changing the way it runs its accelerator to be rolling recruitment,” said Aaron Blumenthal , a 500 Startups venture partner.

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

TechCrunch LA

This morning, Snap joined a host of startup accelerators shifting its demo day online amid the COVID-19 quarantine. With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation.

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MakieLab Starts Shipping Disney Designs

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Los Angeles- and London-based MakieLab , one of the companies out of Disney's recent Disney Accelerator class, started shipping its Disney-themed, custom 3D printed dolls on Friday, with clothing and designs from Disney properties.

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LA's Slice Of Sauce Picked For Techstars Austin Program

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Los Angeles-based food startup Slice of Sauce , which makes unique "slices" of ketchup designed to make it easier to put sauce on burgers and other foods, has joined Techstars Austin , one of Techstars' many accelerator programs around the world. Slice of Sauce is the only LA company venturing out to Texas for the program.

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TouchFrame's Braindex Pits Your Brain Against Mike Tyson, Others

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A new, interactive application, Braindex --designed for the iPad and iPad mini--lets consumers do just that directly on their tablet. The new app is the first application launching out of TouchFrame , a new startup out of the MuckerLab incubator in Los Angeles. Are you smarter than Mike Tyson? How about Andy Milonakis?

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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Over 500 startups applied last quarter to Launchpad LA’s accelerator, but only eight were chosen. Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012.

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Meet Our Startup of the Year Competition Semifinalists: Mobile Therapy

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From apps to hardware, to KickStarter successes and international startups, we’re inching closer to finding out who will take home the title of Startup of the Year competition at our annual Celebrate Conference in October. Co: What was the road like leading up to your initial pitch for the competition?