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Accelerator/Incubator Trend Spreads To LA Schools

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Southern California--and particularly, Los Angeles--has become somewhat of a startup accelerator/incubator hub over the last couple of years, as more than a dozen startup accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces , and more have set up shop in the area.

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Southern California Accelerator Report Card: Q1 2013

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There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. But, how successful have they been? Science Inc.

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Business Incubators or Business Accelerators?

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Thursday, January 24, 2013 -- January Forum: Business Incubators or Business Accelerators? Incubators and accelerators are real options for entrepreneurs interested in starting and growing their new ventures. Join us for this enlightening event and understand what it means to incubate or accelerate. See [link] (more)

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LA-based A-Frame, a developer of celebrity-led personal care brands, raises cash for its brand incubator

TechCrunch LA

“We first invested in Avametric at Initialized in 2013 and he had experience prior to that as well. A serial entrepreneur, Bloom’s last business was the AR imaging company, Avametric, which was backed by Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator and wound up getting acquired by Gerber Technology in 2018. The Honest Co.

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Launchpad LA Starts Accepting Fall 2013 Applications

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launchpadla launchpad fall incubator accelerator investment seed' Launchpad LA lists nine successful exits in its portfolio so far, including Cramster, Flipgloss, iBeatYou.com, Mogreet, MoVoxx, Sometrics, TechForward, InheritedHealth, and TicketMob. READ MORE>>.

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LA Startup Report 2013 | A Rising Forecast

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Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. 94 new startups have launched since January 2013 to June 2013 and the startup ecosystem has raised $500 million in funding in 2013 so far.

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EvoNexus Adds ecoATM's Genthert As Managing Director

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EvoNexus , the non-profit startup technology incubator operator which has locations in both Irvine and San Diego, said today that it has added Bob Genthert, the co-founder of ecoATM, as a Managing Director at EvoNexus in Irvine. Genthert was a co-foudner of ecoATM, which was sold to Outerwall in 2013 for $350M.

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