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JUNE 8, 2017

Howard Marks was previously founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now part of Walt Disney), and was co-founder of Activision; he created StartEngine with co-founder Ron Miller in 2011, initialy as a startup accelerator, and later transitioned the incubator into the online equity crowdfunding area. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2014

the startup studio and incubator run by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones, has acquired longtime social bookmarking site Delicious , the company disclosed this morning. Delicious was previously owned by Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, the founders of YouTube, who had acquired Delicious from Yahoo back in 2011 via their company, Avos Systems.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm. Well now is your chance to find out thanks to upStart.LA.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The idea in 2011 was to create a space at what was then Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical research and development facility in San Diego for an “innovation center,” a place where 18 to 20 life sciences startups could incubate, replete with lab space and equipment. The first JLABS incubator opened here.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

and is a spinout of Redstar Ventures, a venture incubator firm in Cambridge. Avalon--once known for its investments in early stage wireless and life science companies--has recently reinvented itself with a number of Internet and social investments, most notably, social gaming firm Zynga, which had its IPO in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The acquisition Tuesday of ThinkNear , the mobile advertising firm headed by Eli Portnoy, looks to be among the first accelerator-incubated companies in Southern California. ThinkNear graduated from TechStars New York in 2011, and was part of that group's Spring 2011 class. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M

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MAY 9, 2013

Idealab made its investment in GoPollGo back in June of 2011, one of a series of Twitter-related investments by the startup incubator during that time frame. GoPollGo had been started by Ben Schaechter, Sam Grossberg, and Paul Kompfner, and was based in Palo Alto. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2016

domain name sold to startup incubator eCompanies, transformed into a $345M sale to R.H. Donnelly in 2007 by Jake Winebaum, turned over to Dex.com after the sale, and eventually shut down, but restarted after a purchase by JMI Equity and Resource Nation in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 -- Idealab Job Fair. Come explore a variety of tech opportunities and network with some of LA's top startups at the offices of Idealab, the Pasadena-based technology incubator. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. Incubators, Part I - In February, we put together a guide to the list of (then. existant) Southern California accelerators, incubators, and coworking spaces.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, twelve companies moved into the new downtown San Diego, EvoNexus incubator--which is run by CommNexus. Kevin Hell: What makes EvoNexus unique, is that it is--as far as we know--the only completely free, no-strings-attached incubator in the nation. Once they pass that, they get into the incubator.

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APRIL 25, 2011

The company expects Greystripe to add $24 to $26M in revenues for the remainder of 2011. Greystripe was venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Monitor Ventures, Peacock Equity, and Incubic Venture Capital, and was based in San Francisco. Greystripe was advised by Montgomery & Co. in the deal. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Village Steamboat Ventures Advertising Incubator 170

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AUGUST 15, 2012

The group said that investments were fairly consistent compared with the same period in 2011, when it invested $4.4M As part of the deal information, the Tech Coast Angels said it specifically is looking to support th enew accelerators and incubators in Southern California with investments. in 17 companies. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm. Well now is your chance to find out thanks to upStart.LA.

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Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2018

General Assembly (GA) launched in early 2011 with an incubator in New York City that was a cross between a co-working space and a startup university. The deal underscores the growing demand for software coding and other digital skills—and employers’ increased willingness to turn to non-traditional sources to find talent.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

In the past year, the number of startup accelerators and incubators across the US has grown faster than expansion league baseball. By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” Probably not.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 2, 2011

Thursday, May 5, 2011 -- SBDC Dream and Discover Entrepreneurs Conference. The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) welcomes current and future small business owners, students and community members to attend the free SBDC 2011 Dream and Discover Entrepreneurs Conference on Thursday, May 5 from 1-6pm.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

How is this different than accelerator or incubator? David Carter: There is a lot of misunderstanding on what an incubator is, and what an accelerator is. When I was at Amplify, we had a lot of people wondering what an accelerator was, and how we differentiated from an incubator. I missed that in the beginning. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2011

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 -- PortTech Enterprise Forum. PortTechLA is a public/private non-profit technology center and business incubator operated by a coalition consisting of the City of Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles and the San Pedro and Wilmington Chambers of Commerce.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Angel Technology 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Angel Technology 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 28, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 -- Where High Tech Meets High Surf: Ventura Ventures Technology Center. The City-sponsored Ventura Ventures Technology Center is an incubator for a wide range of tech startups. ACG 101 Where are the next generation of high-tech companies getting their start?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 11, 2011

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 -- Building a Strong Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Southern California. See [link] (more)

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Develop 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Data Elite launches at a time when most needed as most big data companies lack the much required funding and incubation. Limited big data funding & incubation. “There are many funds, incubators, and accelerators out there that entrepreneurs can turn to today for general business advice. .

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The founders first thought up the idea for the Planana's original service, trueRSVP, at a 2011 Los Angeles Startup Weekend event. DreamIt Ventures is one of the many accelerator programs around the country focused on getting early stage startups off the group. Planana was formerly known as trueRSVP. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

“There are a couple of companies that have already done fundraising whereas at a normal incubator non of them would have even started.”. From 2009 to 2011, Launchpad LA accepted 23 companies of which 19 received outside funding of around $80 million in aggregate, and 9 have been acquired to-date exceeding $60 million in proceeds.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

The top three finalists were awarded prizes totaling $50,000 plus coveted office space at io/LA , a new Los Angeles co-work and incubator space. It also won the 2011 Appy Award in education and the 2011 About.com’s Readers Choice Award. Winning the USC’s Silicon Beach Awards however is not their only accomplishment.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

So do yourself a favor this month and come explore a variety of tech opportunities and network with some of LA’s top startups at the offices of Idealab, the Pasadena-based technology incubator. When: Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Come have a good time and enjoy the Idealab hospitality. The event will max out at 200 attendees.

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Idealab CitySearch Social Media Pasadena 95

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds. LaunchpadLA started initially as a mentoring group, but expanded into accelerating and investing in companies in the last few years.

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Class Startup Web Design Mentor 168

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. With the success of Idealab in the 90’s every city was building out incubators. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. You may enjoy looking at that last link. Quality endures.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

However, the founder recognized back in early 2011 that they wanted to take the platform to another level, and get DreamHosting in front of a much bigger audience, worldwide. I was hired back in the middle of 2011, and have now been ceo for about two and a half years. At UC Santa Cruz.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Our list was far from definitive, but some noteworthy outcomes from last year’s selection suggest we’re taking the right approach: — Cypher Genomics , founded in 2011 with software to rapidly identify the genetic variations amid billions of gigabases of genome sequencing data, sold last November to San Diego’s Human Longevity.

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San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

An effective way to associate yourself with high-caliber members of your startup community is to lend your gratis support to a venture accelerator or incubator. According to the NVCA, only 45 first-time funds were launched in 2011. Spend as much time as possible in the company of aspiring and accomplished entrepreneurs.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Invest RSS 242

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Incubator: Amplify LA. VSI2 enables student collaboration with partners, mentors, and startup visionaries to incubate the brightest young minds of today into tomorrow’s groundbreaking tech wizards.

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