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ventureLab Takes On Startup Incubation

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based ventureLab Growth Partners said Tuesday afternoon that it has launched a new "startup studio" to invest in and build early stage startups. According to ventureLab, it will provide seed funding, along with product, marketing, and opertional support to its companies. The new startup studio is led by Mike Prasad.

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Atlazo Finds $3.4M For Healthcare IoT Technology

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and the TCA's San Diego chapter. According to the TCA, its angel network members invested $2.5M in the round. The TCA said the deal is one of the largest, initial raises from the TCA in its history. READ MORE>>.

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Incubating LA's Biotech Future, With Richard Koffler, Greenwings Biomedical

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. The incubator-- Greenwings Biomedical (www.greenwingsbiomedical.com), is led by Richard Koffler , a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. What is Greenwings Biomedical?

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TYLT Labs' New Seed Fund And The Promise Of Silicon Beach

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. Tell us a little bit about your investments and firm? We decided to formalize our investing in October, and call it TYLT Labs, so here we are.

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Vadio Gets Backing From Mucker Capital, Amplify, Others In $2M Funding

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

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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7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources To Finance Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

This is a relatively new term loosely applied to angels who invest their own money in a portfolio of startups (typically 20 or more) and are willing to lead multiple rounds, usually starting with a seed round. Startup incubator seed funding. Corporate seed funds for startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale.

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Amplify Joins Accelerator Crowd

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Bricault is a Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners, and Wolpert was most recently at the Mailroom fund. Amplify said it will invest in companies at the intersection of technology and entertainment. in its own fund, and plans to invest $50,000 in seed funding to companies accepted to its program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale.

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A Chat With Kelly Perdew: Moonshots Capital And Its First Dedicated Fund

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In 2014, a West Point buddy of mine, and also a serial entrepreneur, Craig Cummings started working together to find entrepreneurs we liked, to help them an invest in them, along with Luis Villalobos of the Tech Coast Angels. In October of last year, we did a first close on our first committed fund, which we're announcing.

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8 Ways An Incubator Can Accelerate Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1,200 members in 30 nations. Initial funding.

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Interview with Erik Rannala, MuckerLab

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem. 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?

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Amplify LA's Paul Bricault On Startup Accelerator Lessons, Five Years Later

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago. We basically trebled in size.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. 2020 will be a watershed year for investment in businesses around the creator economy,” Neil Robertson tells TechCrunch.

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This Philanthropist Is Winning Skirmishes With Poverty By Tapping Into An Inner City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

It performs "due diligence" before it makes "investments" and it measures results as a "return on its investment.". ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. Second, our “investment” in a nonprofit goes well beyond just dollars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale.

Entrepreneur

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10 Tried-And-True Strategies For Funding New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale.

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Let Me Count The Ways Entrepreneurs Fund Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale.

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BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. From there, we actually joined the Muckerlab incubator, and essentially have been growing florists on the supply side.

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Some Entrepreneurs Get Big Value From An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are currently over 1,900 members in over 60 nations. Peer support.

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How Does a Startup Incubator Really Help You?

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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K5 Brings yCombinator Model Accelerator To Orange and San Diego County

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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K5 Brings yCombinator Model Accelerator To Orange and San Diego County

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5Launch announced a new accelerator program that provides promising technology startups with a three-month intensive accelerator program for entrepreneurs in Southern California. Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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When VCs Play Defense

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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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! Mobility really changes everything.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Incubation 3.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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ventureLab Takes On Startup Incubation

Atlazo Finds $3.4M For Healthcare IoT Technology

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Interview with Erik Rannala, MuckerLab

Amplify LA's Paul Bricault On Startup Accelerator Lessons, Five Years Later

Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

This Philanthropist Is Winning Skirmishes With Poverty By Tapping Into An Inner City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

10 Ways Entrepreneurs Find Money To Start A Business

10 Tried-And-True Strategies For Funding New Ventures

Let Me Count The Ways Entrepreneurs Fund Startups

BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

Some Entrepreneurs Get Big Value From An Incubator

How Does a Startup Incubator Really Help You?

K5 Brings yCombinator Model Accelerator To Orange and San Diego County

K5 Brings yCombinator Model Accelerator To Orange and San Diego County

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

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