socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. LA should be LA.”

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Do you have a small task (graphic design, page layout, UI) you wish you had someone do, in an affordable way? Some of the more popular tasks there are for designers, UX, photographers, and videographers. As a designer, I can post a mission, and you can check out my portfolio of work, which is then completed and hosted on the site.

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Startup Design Demand USC 219

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer.

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Study Startup Design Tips 252

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2016

Los Angeles is often thought of as just the city of entertainment and creative industries�but it turns out, it's a lot more. Why is manufacturing important to Los Angeles? He's able to turn around a design in two or three weeks, rather than waiting with no idea when it will come off a container ship from Asia.

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Startup Study Hollywood Examples 100

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. Myself, I am now working with a medical ultrasound technology firm, working directly with the researcher and a design firm.

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

But the tech culture of Los Angeles is shifting real estate’s center of gravity. The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. percent higher than those of last year.

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Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. With 10,000 square feet designed to inspire innovation, Amplify LA is the ultimate start-up accelerator and entrepreneurial campus — all to bring together the brightest, most enthusiastic technology minds into an environment that provides solutions, support, and collaboration.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based Science37 (www.science37.com) The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures.

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Technology Study UCLA Research 133

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

One guy was a designer, two guys were Ruby engineers, and I included – not an engineer. We haven’t had any capital to really test customer acquisition strategies. I think design forward companies, we can get a little more attention and more referral traffic from that fact that we focus on aesthetics. ML: I do.

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Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife (www.audiolife.com), a new startup focused on providing e-commerce tools to musicians, recently raised $1M in angel funding. We started out with a laser focus on the independent musician, where one of the biggest issues is that they don't have capital for upfront inventory. What's the idea behind Audiolife?

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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The best person I know to talk about the growing entrepreneurship culture on campuses is Alex Zhang, a student at USC and the Managing Director of the student-run incubator LavaLab. Zhang shares his thoughts about Los Angeles, incubator programs, and more. We’ve also hosted Jonathan Badeen from Tinder and WIll Hsu from Mucker Capital.

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Incubator Southern California LAVA Los Angeles 40

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness. Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Tell us about your connection to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles music scene is very important for us because of connections. If you look back, the original founder, Stephan studied at the USC Foreign School of Music, so there is a long standing connection with LA. Thanks for joining us Roland. So creativity is key.

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Startup Artificial Inteligence Tool Product 101