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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

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We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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