Remove 2017 Remove Artificial Inteligence Remove Southern California Remove Startup
article thumbnail

Techstars Names New Los Angeles Accelerator Class

socalTECH

Techstars Los Angeles has just named the ten companies that will be joining the startup accelerator for its 2017 class, saying its theme this year was "going long on LA and southern California".

article thumbnail

Los Angeles-based ‘deep tech’ investment firm Riot Ventures is raising a $75M fund

TechCrunch LA

Riot Ventures , the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Reflections on 2016: Jaspar Weir, TaskUs

socalTECH

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Jaspar Weir: This isn't something we learned this year, but rather something we think people need to hear this year. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

article thumbnail

ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

Glendale 271
article thumbnail

N3XT CON

SoCal Tech Calendar

Sunday, April 2, 2017 -- N3XT CON. Hear from industry leaders in technology, entertainment and startups in three rooms at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Buzzfeed 100
article thumbnail

Interview With Jamie Montgomery, March Capital Partners On The Firm's New Fund

socalTECH

We started March Capital in late 2013. We did our first close in the summer of 2014, and over the first nine months we raised our fund and started investing. Fund I was fully deployed by June 30th of 2017, and we went out to raised Fund II, which was a wet close, where you invest as you close.

Funding 160
article thumbnail

Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

socalTECH

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start.

Content 113