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Techstars Los Angeles names Matt Kozlov as its new managing director

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Techstars Los Angeles , the local Los Angeles-focused branch of the global accelerator network, has named Matt Kozlov as its new managing director. Now, Kozlov turns his attention to the Los Angeles ecosystem broadly. and Los Angeles angel investor. and Los Angeles angel investor.

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Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Gets $200,000 Grant, Eyes Investment Fund

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The incubator effort looking to make Los Angeles a key part of the clean technology industry, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , announced this morning that it has received a $200,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, to help advance its program--and may even start its own investment fund.

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Startup Boost Targets Los Angeles With Pre-Accelerator Program

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Do you have a startup idea, and a team, but no seed funding, and are even too early for an early stage startup accelerator? The program--which is taking applications here in Los Angeles until March 22nd--said it is looking for eight startups to include in a six week mentorship and training program. READ MORE>>.

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India’s Haptik acqui-hires Los Angeles startup Convrg in international expansion push

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On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. Voice bots would help it find more clients, such as those who handle customer services through phones, for instance.

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Port of Los Angeles Wins $41M For Hydrogen Fuel Cell Project

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The Port of Los Angeles reported late Friday that it has received a preliminary award of $41M, from the California Air Resource Board (CARB), for a high tech hydrogen fuel cell freight project. The Port said the project has a total cost of $82,568,872, with partners providing 50.2%, or $41,446,612 in match funding.

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The Riveter Takes $15M To Expand Beyond Los Angeles, Seattle

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Female co-working space operator The Riveter --which operates coworking space both in West Los Angeles and Marina Del Rey--said this week that it has raise $15M in a Series A funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles-based Talespin nabs $15 million for its extended reality-based workforce training tools

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That’s what the Los Angeles-based extended reality technology developer Talespin did — and it just raised $15 million to grow its business. . It turns out the virtual and augmented reality companies aren’t dead — as long as they focus on the enterprise.

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