socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab , the startup business incubator founded by Bill Gross, announced this morning that it has added Andy Steuer to its team. He also was an investor in angel fund Andojo. The firm said Steuer will work on new company creation, particularly in the new mobile applications area. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Incubator Pasadena Mobile 154

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab , the startup incubator run by Bill Gross, has made another external investment in a company, funding London-based Top10. The investment looks to be the farthest venture, geographically, for Idealab, which recently booted up new efforts to invest in firms not directly incubated in the company's offices.

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Idealab Santa Barbara Incubator Pasadena 133

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2012

The group said that the winners with Stanford Nitrogen Group , Greenbiotics , and Xite Solar will split the $200,000 in prize money, and also will gain access to the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. READ MORE>>.

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Technology CalTech Tech Coast Angels Startup 184

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2013

StartEngine said the new office is a split-level loft, with access to such locations as the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and a few metro stops from Pasadena. StartEngine announced the new location in an invitation to an opening event January 15th for its mentors and companies.

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Activision USC Mentor Los Angeles 174

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. There are a couple of companies that have already done fundraising whereas at a normal incubator non of them would have even started.”. . · YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. So, with the last funds out of my fund, I started Miso Robotics. What is Miso Robotics? The demand is there.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We spoke with Erick Laubach , the founder of Crash--which is backed by famed startup incubator Idealab--to hear about how the company is hoping to tap the power of the crowd to help others find interesting, local attractions. If you go to Tripadvisor, you're not going to find the 10 hidden waterfalls in the Pasadena area.

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Idealab Startup Incubator Mobile 245

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). Behzad Kianmahd: There's a bit of a history there.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. 94 new startups have launched since January 2013 to June 2013 and the startup ecosystem has raised $500 million in funding in 2013 so far.

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Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. I ended up building a lot of their technology, but unfortunately, they ran out of funding. The firm was incubated with the founder's own cash--the other founder is my father. What are your specific plans for the new funding from the angels?

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Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. And, yes, I know newly minted Facebook and Zynga millionaires are sprinkling money around, but they can’t fund everything. It’s not getting easier to find capital, particularly for A rounds.

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Angel Pasadena Angels Venture Capital Pasadena 49

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m. Price: $15 (Early Bird).

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m. Price: $25 (Early Bird).

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

And when I say this I don’t mean they funded billion dollar companies – they literally created them. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel. They are very hands on.

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