SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 19, 2012

Friday, July 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. Los Angeles launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. LACIis the business equivalent of baseball?s

LAVA 113

LAVA Incubator Coach Startup 113

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. So we went for it.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

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JUNE 8, 2014

Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself. In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390