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Disney Accelerator Names 2016 Class

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The Walt Disney Company has named its next class of startup participating in the Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator and mentoring company held on the company's Burbank campus.

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Techstars Healthcare Accelerator Announces 2016 Class

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The Techstars Healthcare Accelerator at Cedars-Sinai announced its first class on Monday, saying that it has selected 11 companies to participate in the first accelerator to be held at the Cedars-Sinai campus for the next three months. Demo Day for the accelerator class is June 23rd.

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Venture Outlook 2016

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Fast forward 3 years and looking out into the 2016 horizon, what do I see? Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. Final venture outlook 2016 from Mark Suster. Are LPs to blame? None of these. It’s just a market.

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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

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We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. And that’s real cash that LPs can’t put to work in other asset classes.

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Preccelerator Program Demo Day

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Thursday, June 23, 2016 -- Preccelerator Program Demo Day. SAM Preccelerator® Program (1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 300) is our meeting spot to showcase the Preccelerator's current class of all-star companies to investors and the start-up community. Clear your calendar - It's going down! Party on the Patio to follow!

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Interview with Anthony Citrano, Acquicent

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Our interview this morning with an entrepreneur is with Anthony Citrano , the founder of Los Angeles-based Acquicent (www.acquicent.com), a startup which wants to make it as easy for you to invest in museum-grade collectibles such as classic cars and art, without having to invest millions of dollars in those assets.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

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WINTER For starters when we conducted our annual VC & LP survey in December of 2016 to prepare our annual Upfront State of the VC Industry report we found that twice as many VCs cut their investments in 2016 relative to 2015 with > 30% of VCs having cut investments. Unless of course something Trump’s our good weather.