socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

So this fall, we launched Science Blockchain, a new incubator that partners with leading entrepreneurs to build a portfolio of blockchain and cryptocurrency related businesses. So far, we have launched a handful of blockchain companies and are looking forward to more partnerships in 2018. He is also a long-time entrepreneur.

Dollar Shave Club 140

Dollar Shave Club Userplane Tsavo Southern California 140

TechCrunch LA

JULY 9, 2019

Doctours , a Los Angeles-based online platform for booking trips and treatments for medical and dental care around the world, is expanding its services to 35 countries. In 2018 alone, 14 million patients traveled abroad to seek healthcare, according to the company. surgery, weight loss surgery, dental work and Lasik. .

Customer 225

Customer Custom Training Los Angeles 225

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

According to current Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity now exceeds 86%, more than 12 percentage points higher than ten years ago at the height of the last recession. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

Startup 128

Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Just weeks after Canoo took the wraps off of its electric vehicle , the Los Angeles-based startup and co-founder Stefan Krause has been accused of gender and marital discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, and wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Canoo has never revealed the names of its primary investors.

CTO Hire 198

CTO Hire Startup Los Angeles Design 198

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. In late 2018 we shifted the model to include a cash investment in cohort companies. It is incredibly exciting!

News 113

News LAVA Startup Incubator 113

TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation. Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. making their way to Los Angeles.

Invest 237

Invest Startup Artificial Inteligence Class 237

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In fact, research by Fundable shows that less than one percent of all startups are funded by venture capital and angel investors. In today’s world, more successful entrepreneurs have built on degrees in engineering rather than business. Most successful entrepreneurs are young and crazy.

Startup 72

Startup Entrepreneur Incubator Guide 72

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. First, within our portfolio I am really excited about Wheels (Crosscut led the seed round at the end of 2018). in 2005 for $680M.

Southern California 100

Southern California News Platform Class 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Find private fund incubators for technology pilots. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/04/2018.

Research 57

Research Develop Development Funding 57

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

While angel investors like Rebecca Minkoff might be savvy to the business proposition of influencers, many investors have remained skeptical. Los Angeles-based funds, in closer proximity to the entertainment industry, have been quicker to invest in the creator economy. We are in phase three of the influencer economy. Rethinking value.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. So this would have been a lot more difficult if those labs weren't available to you as a company in the incubator?

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100