Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Wait, didn’t you just raise a fund? Why do they invest in venture capital?

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Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Mercedes-Benz posted the campaign today, saying it is looking for four teams of "Twitter-savvy" auto enthusiasts, who will race from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Tampa to the Super Bowl in Dallas, to win a Mercedez Benz 2012 C-Class Coupe.

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Social Media Santa Monica Class Media 208

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Flinja , the startup developing an online marketplace for freelance college students and alumni, has launched to the wider world, after graduating from the StartEngine startup accelerator in Los Angeles.

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UCLA USC Class Conference 145

socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based startup accelerator MuckerLab announced this morning that it has teamed with Mozilla and its WebFWD program, to create a new, joint acceleration program aimed at open source entrepreneurs. In a related move, MuckerLab said it has begun accepting applications for its upcoming 2012 fall semester. READ MORE>>.

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Class Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel 133

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Created by founder Toby Daniels , Social Media Week Los Angeles will focus this series of discussions around the theme of “Empowering Change Through Collaboration.” Monday: Los Angeles – The Social City. Why Los Angeles Is The Next Silicon Valley. A City of Angels: How Social Media is Bringing LA Closer to Utopia.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

Article after article points out that Los Angeles is on its way to becoming one of the most robust startup communities in the United States. The first “Intro to the LA Startup Community” back in October 2012 was taught by Sam Teller , Managing Director of Launchpad , a four-month accelerator program started by venture capitalist Mark Suster.

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Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This is class four for Launchpad LA. Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech.Co

JULY 27, 2015

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will deliver the keynote address. When I started Girls Who Code in 2012, I never dreamed that we would be placing over a thousand girls at our country’s most influential companies. The first graduates of the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program in LA will be celebrated this Tuesday, July 28th.

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HTML Course Class Los Angeles 74

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

When Jacob Salamon and Jared Bauer met each other freshman year at UT-Austin, they were sitting in an astronomy class. Bauer thought all the way back to astronomy class and said that maybe the day had come for them to finally make movies together. After all, Bauer was already in Los Angeles working on a show for Chris Rock Productions.

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Education Los Angeles Class Ideas 92

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Last week, a group of four angel investors here announced their plans to create a new, accelerator program to spur the creation of an entrepreneurial community in the area around new startups. When is your first class, and how many companies are you going to include? What inspired you to start this? more) READ MORE>>.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. So I began talking to him about joining the fund.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. When companies get ready to add scale it’s important to bring in industry experts who bring real-world experiences from world-class companies that you aren’t inventing things for the first time.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Tech.Co

MAY 24, 2017

For some reason, the 2012 Atlantic article, “ Why Women Still Can’t Have It All ,” has always fueled me. And not just the token two children, but to actually be the one who volunteered in their classes and screamed at them to stop picking flowers on the soccer field. I wanted the career and the family. Find Your Me Time.

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Class Journal Writing Demand 90

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. How was experience finding companies for this first class of startups? How did the idea to launch your own accelerator come about? The breadth of scope of our entire business group adds value.

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Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Chewse now joins the 500 current class commencing today, November 31 with an aim to even be a better marketplace for groups to easily order great food. The program kicked off on October 4, 2012. The 32 other startups in the class are listed here. 33 companies are in this batch. With an easy way to order online.

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Startup Seed Funding West Los Angeles Class 68

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2015

Launched in Los Angeles in 2012, early-­stage venture capital firm Karlin Ventures has announced a new elite tech fellowship program that will kickoff today. million per company. Managing Partner Tianxiang Zhuo says their focus is on west-coast companies specializing in enterprise software, marketplaces, and commerce platforms.

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Los Angeles Commerce Class Platform 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. You can fly first class and not talk to fellow passengers. One of my big disappointments at GRP has been our office space in Los Angeles. A few years ago I started a mentorship organization in Los Angeles called Launchpad LA now run by the uber talented Sam Teller.

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Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

That was 2012. I founded Grokker in 2012. Grokker’s patent-pending approach allows us to cost effectively shoot and produce beautiful, compelling video classes of all kinds at scale. million, largely from Khosla Ventures, as well as First Round Capital’s Josh Kopelman and renowned angel investor Ron Conway’s SV Angel.

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Help Content Activity Networking 87

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club. That's when I started my first company, ScaleFunder, which we spun out of the UC California system in 2012. We spoke with Retina's CEO, Michael Greenberg , to learn more.

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Dollar Shave Club Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Super-angel investors (micro-VCs). These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category.

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Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. LA should be LA.”

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

He established a reputation as a decisive leader and change agent, growth driver and builder of world-class organizations. ScoreBig.com , headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., Venture Partners and was recently recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Most Promising Companies and by Billboard as one of the 10 Best Start-ups of 2012.

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Ticketmaster Entertainment Pricing Class 65

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Chris Dumler , Co-Founder of Los Angeles Startup Foundation. Chris Dumler is an advocate of the Los Angeles startup community and the culture that holds it together. He continues to build that community as the Los Angeles Co-founder of Startup Foundation, a global program for accelerating startup ecosystems around the world.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I have been involved with a high profile one in Los Angeles – Launchpad LA – and we’ve decided to make a shift so I thought this was a good time for reflection. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. Accelerators have had quite a good run the past 5+ years.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Directions to the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter 2012. Start Engine is a rapid accelerator focused on helping Los Angeles-based technology startups build a solid foundation for success in 90 days. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m. What: Spotlight Series Event. Price: $25 (Early Bird).

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

Our line-up of panelists include many of Southern California’s top VCs, Angels and Startup Accelerators. Banking the world’s most innovative companies and exclusive wineries, SVB’s diverse financial services, knowledge, global network, and world class service increase our clients’ probability of success.

Startup 40

Startup Artificial Inteligence Venture Capital Santa Monica 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Treatsa hand delivers fresh baked cookies, brownies, and more throughout Los Angeles. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Pierce is an advisor to Casual Connect, GamesBeat, and Digital Media Wire, an active angel investor and member of BitAngels and an active supporter of non-profit and advocacy organizations and is a member of Clinton Global Initiative.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Marks continued to talk about his past and then talked about the startup landscape in Los Angeles. It was the morning of June 26th, 2012. Earlier this year, I slept on the floor in our startup house, in the Langham Hotel in London, on a Greyhound bus, and then on a first-class flight on United all within the same week.

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Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Where: UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. Treatsa hand delivers fresh baked cookies, brownies, and more throughout Los Angeles. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 1, 2019

With San Francisco gold-plated, who’s to say Los Angeles is far behind? Research shows that homelessness in LA has risen by a staggering 75% since 2012, with elderly people and single-parent households most affected. Los Angeles doesn’t need to become another San Francisco.

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Boyle Heights Los Angeles Design Training 237

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Some thoughts on raising angel money. In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds. This has worked very well in the 2009-2012 time frame because the tech market has boomed in this period. Investors call Bull Cap.

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Startup Pricing Equity Venture Capital 354

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This morning, Techstars (www.techstars.org), the startup accelerator which has had great success in spreading its approach to helping to get startups to the next stage of their life�usually, funding�announced it has opened up its third accelerator in Los Angeles, Techstars LA. Tell us about this new program you have running in Los Angeles?

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Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The rest of the audience for this afternoon’s pitch fest will be an invitation-only group of angel investors, VC’s, experienced entrepreneurs, and local government officials assembled largely from Jadon’s rolodex. Being in its inaugural class, Startup UCLA is still sorting through its own identity and business model issues.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

TechZulu recently sat down with east coast transplant Olenka Polak to talk about startup life in Los Angeles. OP: It was 2012 when my brother and I took our cousin who was visiting from Poland to go see the movie Hugo. Skip classes. myLINGO is the first product of her company Oladas, Inc., What problem were you trying to solve?

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Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91