socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. The eight startups are pitching their investors to startups at CrossCampus in Santa Monica this afternoon. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. Mike is actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

Our first post over the holidays is from Howard Marks --who co-founded Activision--and recently founded startup accelerator StartEngine, and who has been very active in encouraging the technology industry in Los Angeles. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year?

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Creators take a 60 percent cut of all revenue with the remainder going to Binary Bubbles, the Los Angeles-based startup behind the service.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Los Angeles-based crowdfunding site StartEngine said on Friday that so far, it has raised $800,785 in the equity crowdfunding for itself. StartEngine operates an online marketplace which lets companies run equity crowdfunding efforts for themselves, letting contributors gain equity in companies by contributing to funding rounds for startups.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2013 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Thursday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2013. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? The latest to enter the scene is Los Angeles accelerator Start Engine (www.startengine.com), which was created by Howard Marks and Paul Kessler. Marks is the co-founder of Activision, and Kessler a prolific investor in the region.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the venture accelerator run by former Activision founder Howard Marks, has aligned with recruiting firm Neohire , Neohire has announced. According to Neohire, it is in an exclusive partnership with StartEngine to provide portfolio companies with unlimited access to its database of resumes and candidates.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Howard Marks , the co-founder of Start Engine, founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now owned by The Walt Disney Company), and former Chairman of Activision Studios, isn't happy with how things are going at Los Angeles-based United Online. Board that can motivate management to fully maximize value for stockholders."

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision, is expanding, saying thta it is opening up a new location in downtown Los Angeles. StartEngine announced the new location in an invitation to an opening event January 15th for its mentors and companies. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Start Engine , the business accelerator being spearheaded by Activision co-founder Howard Marks, said today that it has created a new, $15M investment fund for its portfolio of startups, and added former Governor Gray Davis as an advisor. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Our first post over the holidays is from Howard Marks --who co-founded Activision--and recently founded startup accelerator StartEngine, and who has been very active in encouraging the technology industry in Los Angeles. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Activision co-founder Howard Marks, and Paul Kessler, is announcing today that it has partnered with the producers of reality series TECHSTARS to develop a show around startups going through Start Engine's accelerator program.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Gamzee (www.gamzee.com), a new game company founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision and Acclaim Games, announced a seed round of funding. We caught up with Howard to hear about what Gamzee is all about, and where he thinks the next big thing in games is going to be.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based business accelerator StartEngine has aligned itself with hosting firm Peak Hosting , the two said Wednesday, where members of the StartEngine business accelerator will gain $12,000 woth of credit for 12 months of hosting services from the firm. and Joyent.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Eleven-year-old TiMi currently has a team working out of Los Angeles on global business and plans to grow it into a full development studio that “helps us understand Western players and gives us a stronger global perspective,” said the studio’s international business director Vincent Gao. .

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

If you're looking get your startup off the ground in Los Angeles, it always helps to have help from folks with connections to the venture and angel community. It's not a lot more, juts a little more, but it's because the Los Angeles is more difficult to sustain a startup than in Cincinnati or other places.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscut.vc) announced this morning that it has raised its fourth fund, CrossCut 4 , a brand new, $125M early stage investment fund. We feel this is a great validation for the LA and SoCal venture market place, and for the startups and founders in LA.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2012

How do you get above the noise of the many startup accelerators and incubators in Los Angeles, and convince investors--many of them on Sand Hill Road--to look at your firms? In the case of Westwood-based StartEngine , you head up to Silicon Valley and run a joint demo day with another accelerator, YouWeb. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gamzee , the HTML5 game development firm headed by Howard Marks, one of the founders of Activision, has shifted its staff as it rethinks how to approach the market. The startup develops the Skyscraper City social game, which lets users create and build a city, adding buildings, redeveloping neighborhoods, and more.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. How did you start blogging? “My In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. was starting. You still need the presentation to back that up. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. Or, as always, summary notes available below.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine. This year, we were lucky enough to find 40 great startups to invest in, growing StartEngine immensely. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Josh Resnick is a serial entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of nProgress , the company behind ntro. Josh was formerly the President of Pandemic Studios, and helped co-found the company, merge it with Bioware, and eventually sell the combined firm to Electronic Arts for $860M. What's the idea behind the ntro?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

the rising tech movement sweeping through the burgeoning Los Angeles startup scene ­— he wants to put L.A. A vision of the future of the Los Angeles tech community he hopes will rival ­­— if not surpass Silicon Valley in 10 years as a the leader of groundbreaking innovation. Jason is a passionate advocate for. Creating L.A.’s

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. Well, they’re all wrong, and Los Angeles is about to prove it. Cornerstone has been recognized as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies by Deloitte, Inc.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

To get some insight into the growing world and business of e-sports, we caught up with Clinton Foy , a local venture capital investor at Crosscut Ventures in Los Angeles. Southern California companies are fundamentally part of e-sports, and both of those companies have become multi-billion dollar companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Gold Sponsor. . Community Sponsors. Community Sponsors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2012

That's what Los Angeles-based Seismic Games (www.seismicgames.com) is looking to figure out, headed by Greg Borrud, Eric Gewirtz, and Chris Miller. We caught up with Greg Borrud , formerly the co-founder of Pandemic Games, to hear more about what Seismic is up to. Greg Borrud: We started Seismic about a year ago.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

Scott Lahman is co-founder of Los Angeles-based GOGII (www.gogii.com), the developer of group text messaging application textPlus. We spoke with Scott about GOGII and textPlus, the shifting mobile market, and also what lessons he's applied to his new startup. What's the story behind GOGII?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Gold Sponsor. . Community Sponsors. Community Sponsors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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