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Privlo Raises $2.1M For Private Mortgage Marketplace

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Slavin was previously a developer of real estate in the Los Angeles area, and according to the firm is a managing partner at private equity firm Napias Group. According to Privlo said the new funding will go to expand on its recently pilot of its platform, which helps match up private lenders and mortgage borrowers. READ MORE>>.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Los Angeles. We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company. Side note: LA seems to have had some success in mega deals led by private equity firms as evidenced by DemandMedia and Chris DeWolf’s latest company backed by more than $20 million in private equity.

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Interview with Michael Barton, Startup Exchange

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He has done fairly well, and is now an angel and startup CEO himself. John is not as actively involved in managing startups, but has been a very very active angel--I think he's invested in something like 30 companies as an angel. Tags: capital venture equity startupexchange fund startup interview barton michael.

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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks

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Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. We have a network of filmmakers who film for us, but all of the producing and editing is brought back to our base here in Los Angeles.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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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. Next → For one reason or another, people in this country tend to look down on LA. Share on Facebook.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. Local Angel Community / Recycled Capital. There is a long tradition of these and it’s what formed the original angel network groups. It’s important.