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StartEngine Chalks Up 25 Companies Raising Funding Since Start Of 2017

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Howard Marks was previously founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now part of Walt Disney), and was co-founder of Activision; he created StartEngine with co-founder Ron Miller in 2011, initialy as a startup accelerator, and later transitioned the incubator into the online equity crowdfunding area. READ MORE>>.

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StartEngine Heads North For Joint Demo Day

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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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StartEngine Launches New Class of 14 Startups

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Los Angeles startup accelerator StartEngine has launched its third class, a new batch of fourteen startups which have set up shop in the incubator's Westwood Village space under the watchful eyes of Activision co-founder Howard Marks and investor Paul Kessler.

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Friday Tech Video Roundup for November 16th, 2012

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Peter Pham, of Los Angeles technology studio/incubator Science Inc., Activision launched its latest Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, on November 13th. with Mario Andretti. apparently likes not just his startups to move fast, but also his cars. Introducing the PublishThis Content Cloud. SpaceX Grasshopper. READ MORE>>.

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A Night of Innovators

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Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision and co-chair of StartEngine (LA's largest incubator), served as guest editor for the 2012-2013 edition of our annual Innovation issue, and he subsequently embraced our event by offering to serve as co-host.

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StartEngine Allies With Peak Hosting

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StartEngine is the accelerator headed by Activision co-founder Howard Marks, along with investor Paul Kessler. The deal is one of several drawn between local startup accelerators and service providers, including a similar one between MuckerLab and DreamHost, and one with Amplify.LA and Joyent. READ MORE>>.

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Start Engine Creates $15M Fund, Adds Governor Gray Davis As Advisor

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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.

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