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JUNE 5, 2013

the startup incubator headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, is reportedly raising another $30M in funding to put towards its startups. According to a report this morning, the fund will also invest in non-Science incubated startups. science myspace scienceinc venture capital fund funding' Science, Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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Dollar Shave Club Funding Incubator Startup 185

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

According to the United Talent Agency, it has hired Robyn Ward as part of its Digital Media practice, to work closely with its existing portfolio of early stage companies and help identify new investment, incubation and representation opportunities. united talent agency hollywood content venture capital investment betterworks docstoc'

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Invest USC Hollywood Incubator 260

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APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. But, how successful have they been? Science Inc.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

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JUNE 20, 2013

BitAngels said it just invested $100,000 into BlueSeed , a firm incubating international companies in the Bitcoin area who specifically are not subject to regulation by the United States. BitAngels also opened up three, physical locations for incubating Bitcoin companies last month, in Austin, San Francisco and New York. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2012

There's been a surge in startup accelerator activity in Los Angeles in the last year, as interest in starting a company in the region has grown, and a wide range of experienced entrepreneurs and investors have pitched in to help companies get to the next level. Of that, $97.47 in companies associated with digital studio Science Inc.

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Los Angeles Angel Report Startup 234

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 8, 2013

You want to target early-stage investors—those VCs that focus on seed, startup and first stage financing. Beyond round, you also want to identify those VC firms that specialize in your area, with the caveat that you don’t want any investors who have recently invested in companies who are competitors in your space. Consider Incubators.

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Venture Capital Tips Incubator Startup 86

socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Los Angeles has a new, well funded, investment firm in town, with big plans for local investments: Karlin Ventures. The investment firm's website went live Friday, when we spoke with Zhou for an upcoming interview, and the firm has already made a number of investment in companies, including Wallaby Financial and Saygent. billion in assets.

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Los Angeles Invest Angel Startup 183

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Commercial product prototypes.

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Resource Ideas Funding Research 102

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 5, 2008

The City of Ventura and the Ventura Chamber of Commerce invite you to mingle with movers and shakers of the growing local Ventura Venture Capital scene! Come meet our venture capital partners and local business leaders. Other Guests – VC experts from prominent legal, accounting, and banking firms.

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Ventura Capital Venture Capital Incubator 100

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APRIL 13, 2012

Merrill Lynch, and TPG Capital. In addition to its investment banking activities, Siemer & ASsociates has an active venture capital arm, Siemer Ventures, and is now running a business incubator, Wavemaker Labs, in Singapore. Chen has previously served at such firms as Montgomery & Co.,

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SoCalTech Incubator Activity Venture Capital 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Commercial product prototypes.

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Help Research Startup Funding 165

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

In the past few years, colleges have been publishing the number of businesses which they have played an active role in launching. Additionally, independent organizations, such as Pitchbook, compile annual lists of the number of VC-backed companies launched at US Universities. Is there a venture competition with cash prizes?

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Venture Capital Technical Review Class Patents 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

It's already a great technology center for lots of different areas, but when compared with Silicon Valley, the activity level needs to go way up in order for Southern California to be on par with Silicon Valley. There are many gaps to fill, and ways we can make a difference by encouraging more entrepreneurial activity in Southern California.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2014

Erik Rannala: Really, it''s the quality of the companies in the market, plus the level of activity. Now that we''ve been up to this for a couple of years, and we''ve seen the quality and quantity of startups in this market, we decided to ramp that investment activity up. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Capital Incubator Invest 206

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. And Jamie hers. And Adam his.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Koffler is a member of the Tech Coast Angels, and heads up Koffler Ventures, a firm which provides advice and C-level experience to startups; Morris is at Vistage International, the Tech Coast Angels, as well as GKM Ventures, Sutro & Co., Both also have been active on Los Angeles Venture Association.

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Research Tech Coast Angels Company Companies 164

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

For today's Insights and Opinions piece, we have an article from John Dilts , founder of the Maverick Angels and one of the co-founders of The BioTech Forum , the effort to jump start biotech startup activity in Ventura County. Tags: insights opinions venture capital angel investment maverick angels dilts john. Continued.).

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Angel Venture Capital Ventura Invest 140

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

How its online incubation works. For the member to maintain the commission over time, they must stay actively involved in at least 50% of the crowdsourced activities related to that company (over its lifetime), creating social capital for the company.

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El Segundo Social Network Startup Patents 76

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2012

Independa, which is headed by Kian Saneii, develops systems which can be used to monitor the health and activities of the elderly, and is targeted at allowing elderly care recipients to live independently longer in their current residences. The company is part of the San Diego EvoNexus business incubator. READ MORE>>.

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Miramar San Diego Incubator Activity 140

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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. He is Los Angeles's most active angel investor with more than $2.5B Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor and strategic advisor and CEO of Science, Inc.

Dollar Shave Club 140

Dollar Shave Club Tsavo Userplane Southern California 140

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Collaborative efforts with local companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas.

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Startup Incubator Resource Mentor 95

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. These trends have put pressure on traditional VCs. So VCs spent a couple of years experimenting with earlier-stage investing, which is OK. Funny, that.

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Venture Capital Capital Software Startup 296

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Finally for startups there’s a $31 billion available for programs that give small businesses access to credit, venture capital, and R&D dollars. Specifically, the proposal calls for funding for community-based small business incubators and innovation hubs to support growth in communities of color and underserved communites.

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Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. It's equalized finance, and it's equalized an elite, walled-off section of finance, venture capital. What is Miso Robotics?

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

In an unprecedented surge in startup support activity in Los Angeles this morning, another venture startup accelerator, Start Engine , formally launched this morning, applying the accelerator model to startup in the Los Angeles area. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Southern California Activision Mentor 219

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital. Rosen--in addition to being CEO of Tecca, also is Partner at Fuse Capital. Ross Levinsohn of Fuse Capital also is involved in incubating Tecca.

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Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2012

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Collaborative efforts with local companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Mentor Research 92

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. inLife signed up dozens of merchants in Santa Barbara for their activity site. Get Angel capital and build a prototype. Then get VC funding, rent a cool space, hire a big team, rebuild and relaunch.

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Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. We''re now trying to tie into the local universities, incubators, and other centers of entrepreneurship. That said, we still need investors here.

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

To organize my thoughts, I found a new book, “ Burn the Business Plan ,” by Carl Schramm, who speaks from experience founding five companies, working major corporate roles, and being an active venture investor. Most successful startups spring from local incubators.

Startup 72

Startup Entrepreneur Incubator Guide 72

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

To be more specific, as 500 Startups’ Bitcoin head, Sean Percival described, the event was an unconference; m eaning, the open-board signup sessions were as much a part of the day’s activities as the official speaker panels. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator.

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Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

6) Naval, why does the startup world need AngelList and Venture Hacks? . “As Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. We are productizing the raising of capital for startups. ”. Capital is very mobile, but capitalists are not. It (my thinking) has changed.

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Startup Software Review Summary Technical Review 273

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/).

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El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Commercial product prototypes.

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Develop Development Product Funding 102

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to Snodgrass, SGL wants to deliver products and services that can quickly help entrepreneurs get the attention, and funding they need and have been overwhelmed with mentor, Angels, and VC requests since launch and to date.

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Google Technical Review Press Software Review 87

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Thomas Flake, Founder of PTI Incubator & Founder of bcause. In addition to that, Tom works with the National Institute of Aerospace and proposed the creation and funding of a small business incubator (Peninsula Technology Incubator or PTI). Mateusz (Mat) Kaliski, Associate at Rubicon Venture Capital.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70