Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. She joined Mesa Global where she is doing both venture capital and investment banking. Demo’d to death. We’ve all been demo-day’d to death.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

This is our second class, and it culminates in this Demo Day we just had. Is there an investment in companies related to the program? Debra Baker: For all the Media Camp companies, we make a very small investment. It''s a $20,000 dollar investment, and basically gets those companies through the twelve weeks of the program.

Startup 159

Startup Technology Hollywood Media 159

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2015

The accelerator begins today, and runs through a Demo Day in November at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers Accelerator is investing $120,000 in funding in each of the startups, which all will be part of a coworking space in LA, and also gain access to the Dodgers organization, mentors, and more. READ MORE>>.

Class 100

Class Entertainment Mentor Organization 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The participants all receive $150,000 in investment capital, mentoring, and access to a prototype lab. This next class has its Demo Day on June 28th. Make In LA said the four companies were selected from a pool of 112 applications for across 24 countries. Make In LA's program is managed by Shaun Arora and Noramay Cadena.

Class 100

Class Mentor Invest Startup 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. They all had come from backgrounds as investment professionals, which is how they had built their own businesses. How did the idea to launch your own accelerator come about?

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2015

According to Disney, the second class of the Disney Accelerator includes ten startups, who will participate in a three month mentorship and investment program. The program runs until October 6th, when Disney will have a Demo Day for the startups.

Class 100

Class Startup Burbank SaaS 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

According to Disney, the three month mentorship and investment program will run through the summer, with a Demo Day in October. The Walt Disney Company said Thursday that it will run its startup accelerator program, the Disney Accelerator , for the third year, with applications for the next session due on April 10th.

Burbank 100

Burbank Resource Entertainment Mentor 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. Next → Later today, the Startup UCLA accelerator will have its inaugural demo day. Most have been involved in some capacity along the way with Startup UCLA, and all will be represented during the demo day. Post navigation. ← Previous.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible. October 16th is our Demo Day, when they will share what they do, what they've accomplished, and the beginning of the next chapter for their companies. Mattt Kozlov: Yes, it's a three month format.

Southern California 124

Southern California Startup Entrepreneur Los Angeles 124

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

However, demonstrating that value to clinicians without a DEMO or a pilot is a challenging aspect of the market adoption. After selling Web Elite in 2001 to a group of investors, I began to invest in other startups either as an Angel or cofounder.

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Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 122

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. One reason we have those investors, is I think that demo days won't work in LA.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

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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. How much are you investing in the companies who are part of the program? Erik, thanks for the time. For those not familiar with accelerators and MuckerLab, explain what it's all about?

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Earlier this week, the Disney Accelerator held the demo day for its second class. So we've always been on the forefront of the innovation in technology, which drives media and entertainment, and for us, if you look at what is going on, there is a lot of investment being made in the entrepreneurial community and startups.

Class 100

Class Mentor Entertainment Resource 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Collectively, across all those programs, we've invested in a bit over 900 startups around the world. The Demo Day will be in October 2017. We are investing in companies that are becoming part of our global network and ecosystem. billion combined. The program itself will start roughly July 17th, 2017, give or take a day or two.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Some flew in from overseas, different states and from Silicon Valley to attend.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

K5Launch (www.k5launch.com) is modeled after the successful Y-Combinator and TechStars acceleration programs, and invests equity, provides mentors, and runs a three month program to get very early stage startups off the ground. We end with a demo day, where the graduate companies from the accelerator will present to investors.

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. They want you to attend demo days. I’ll go as long as it’s not on a demo day. It’s exhausting.

Startup 317

Startup Technical Review Venture Capital Email 317

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. Is Micro-Investing the Future? Projection for 2014?

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. 7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company (approx. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services. RSVP: AGENDA.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. 7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). Managing Director of FirstMark Capital, a $2 billion VC fund focusing on investments in the emerging media & advertising and data & analytics sectors.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40