Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. As an active angel investor, I can tell you what doesn’t work is broadcasting your idea description to flocks of angels, hoping that one will swoop down to anoint you with funding. Early stage research and development won’t excite angels. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Newport Beach-based investment fund CureDuchenne Ventures , which is a subsidiary of nonprofit CureDuchenne , announced this morning that it has invested $5M in a seed funding round for Exonics Therapeutics , a biotech startup which is focused on gene editing technology for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

in a seed funding round. The funding was led by InterWest Partners, and also included a number of un-named angel investors. Indi Molecular''s technology is based on PCC (protein catalyzed capture) agent technology licensed from the California Institute of Technology. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. As an active angel investor, I can tell you what doesn’t work is broadcasting your idea description to flocks of angels, hoping that one will swoop down to anoint you with funding. Early stage research and development won’t excite angels. Marty Zwilling

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. Metaverse play-and-earn company Atmos Labs brought in $11 million in a seed round led by Sfermion. million in its seed round from Keen Venture Partners, Yellow Accelerator and others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . After about a year of research, the company launched with an initial investment of $1.2 Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

After researching the field for seven years, the brains behind the company have figured out a way to optimize the efficiency of the process by using fuel cells. The Palo Alto-based company uses emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to tackle pressing questions in cancer care. Sign up to Tech.co's weekly newsletter today.

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Startup Artificial Inteligence Platform Newsletter 118

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, a brand new, startup incubator launched in town--with a slightly different focus, on biomedical technology. Koffler tells us why Greenwings isn''t just another accelerator --and instead, is internally incubating companies based on research from local universities. Do you provide funding for companies?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as shared facilities and space. The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MySocialNightLife.com (www.mysocialnightlife.com) announced a seed funding round, and its technology platform for the nightclub and bar industry. My actual background is in film and technology, and that's where the technology aspect came in. What is MySocialNightLife all about?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which actually funds more startups then all other venture sources combined (over $25 billion annually). That means you need to lead with your credentials, rather than your disruptive technology. Early stage research and development won’t excite angels.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

We generally look for associates who are deeply quantitative, have great research & analytical skills and often have the tool kit for framing and making complex decisions. We track which investment firms and which investment partners are a good fit for each company we have back so that we don’t have a scattergun approach to fund raising.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

In my role as a Professor of Practice within UC Santa Barbara’s entrepreneurial Technology Management Program , I am confronted by several millennials each quarter who ask me if they should quit school to work on their ventures. Young entrepreneurs can call upon their alumni networks for advice, recruitment of key employees and even funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Incubator Startup Help Resource 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Fariborz Masseh: The idea of funding a business plan competition is not a new idea. The reason for that, is in my opinion, the majority of the innovations that have improved our nation in the past 150 years have been due to technology and engineering innovations. Now, I run a hedge fund and finance firm in Southern California.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The Pasadena, CA-based urban office real estate investment trust (REIT), founded in 1994, has grown into one of the country’s largest developers of world-class collaborative science and technology campuses. from San Francisco, San Diego, and Seattle on the west coast to Boston, New York, and Research Triangle Park out east.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Large technology firms who are training sums of talent, check; one box filled on the startup ecosystem checklist. Available seed funding, check; another one down for the startup ecosystem checklist. As I toured, he even went on to explain some of the seed funding he does along with incubation.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Large technology firms who are training sums of talent, check; one box filled on the startup ecosystem checklist. Available seed funding, check; another one down for the startup ecosystem checklist. Although, unlike Rocketr, Perez is on the prowl to raise a non-government funded seed round.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. In fact, I would argue that most people don’t. The narrative of this discussion is something like this: I meet a 35-40-year-old founder with two kids and mortgage. million property buys you what you imagined $250,000 would have.

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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. You need to say “no” faster to things you know you’re not going to fund based on fit, focus, geography, quality of concept, conflicts with portfolio.

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