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Data Elite | First Venture Lab for Big Data Launched by Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway & Others

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Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists. Founded by Tasso Argyros and Stamos Venios , the lab is Silicon Valley’s first venture lab and early stage fund for big data startups and scientists, complete with working space, support staff That will help build disruptive big data firms.

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators.

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Han Chen, Co-founder and CEO, ZeaKal

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San Diego-based ZeaKal (www.zeakal.com) recently announced a $15M, Series C funding round for its efforts to develop plant traits which increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. In a previous life, I was Managing Director of a technology incubation firm called Kapyon Ventures. We raised our first round in 2013.

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HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm

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In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

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They encourage all enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, regardless of gender, or side of the discussion to do the same: to do personal research, read the white papers, and learn for themselves what peer to peer digital currencies have to offer. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Some rapid fire discussion points.

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