SoCal CTO

MAY 14, 2012

That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day. Certainly it feels like there's been a recent surge in Startup activity here in Los Angeles and as well nationally. At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite. As I’m sure Pip.io

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Flinja , the startup developing an online marketplace for freelance college students and alumni, has launched to the wider world, after graduating from the StartEngine startup accelerator in Los Angeles.

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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.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. I realized that it has been a little while since I posted about the Los Angeles Startup Community and so needed to update my list of startup events that will be out of date almost before I finish publishing it.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

According to VentureBeat, which is co-producing the event, Los Angele-based NativeTung , Laguna Niguel-based TotalTrainer , Irvine-base TravelTrac , and Alhambra-based Gorok Technology Corp. Tags: nativetung totaltrainer traveltrac gorok startup demo venturebeat. will all be presenting at the event next week sometime.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnboard , the developer of mobile app demo technology led by Jonathan Zweig, says that it now has such app developers as FoxNext Games, Game Insight, Superheart Studios, Jam City, Huuuge Games, and Simple Habit using its tools.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2017

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 -- Los Angeles Fintech Demo Mix Mingle Network. Come mix and mingle with other Financial Technologist's Tues June 20. Learn about the newest and fastest changes going on in financial technology. Finance is undergoing a massive change some call the "financial paradigm". Laws from 1930-1940 (old right?)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 17, 2017

Tuesday, May 23, 2017 -- Los Angeles Fintech Demo Mix Mingle Network. Come mix and mingle with other Financial Technologist's Tues May 23. Learn about the newest and fastest changes going on in financial technology. Finance is undergoing a massive change some call the "financial paradigm". Laws from 1930-1940 (old right?)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 29, 2012

Monday, June 4, 2012 -- aunchFEST Demo Night. Angel Launch, a new event for startups and investors, is producing a networking venture pitch, networking dinner and party the night before E3 Expo in LA for digital media, mobile and tech startups.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

One of the most recently graduates of the DreamIt Ventures accelerator in Philadelphia--which is holding its Demo Day today--is none other than Los Angeles company NinjaThat. Ninjathat is one of fifteen companies at Dreamit's demo day today. Ninjathat is headed back to Los Angeles after today's demo day, according to Siddiqi.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 -- Startup Demo. Please join us for an evening of fun mingling with other startups, VCs, entrepreneurs, and technology enthusiasts, as we host our first Startup Demo event in Los Angeles. Social Media Week. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2017

Los Angeles-based AppOnboard , a startup led by AdColony founding CEO Jonathan Zweig, announced Wednesday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The round came from Troy Capital Partners, London Venture Partners, Ophir CG, Abstract VC, 500 Startups, angel Eytan Elbaz (Google Adsense), and others. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 -- StartEngine is pleased to present our latest class of startups at our Demo Day on Wednesday, January 30th at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. This event is for VCs, early stage funds, angel investors, mentors as well as a number of esteemed guests. tech entrepreneurs. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Thursday, March 1, 2012 -- Schmoozd Startup Demo and Mixer. Schmoozd is back and is ready to rock the Los Angeles tech scene by showcasing a handful of killer startups at the vLounge, on Thursday, MARCH 1, 2012. Please join us for an evening of fun mingling with other startups, VCs, entrepreneurs and others. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 25, 2017

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 -- Startup Demo Competition. 805 Startups is partnering with the City of Thousand Oaks to hold a startup demo competition at their beautiful Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. As VCs we’re inundated with emails from founders, friends, colleagues, angels, seed investors, VCs, law firms, venture banks, corporates and so forth with their favorite deals.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Startup Boost Los Angeles has opened up applications for its Fall 2019 class, according to the group. Startup Boost Los Angeles says its program includes six weekly workshop sessions and one demo night hosted by Google, in Venice. Deadlines for the program close on September 20th.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

The accelerator is among a number that have emerged in Los Angeles in the past year or so; StartEngine specifically has been focusing on startups targeting consumers, small to medium sized businesses, and web infrastructure. StartEngine's founders are Howard Marks, who co-founded Activision, and investor Paul Kessler. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnBoard , a developer of a mobile technology platform aimed at helping app developers create app demos, has raised $15M in a Series A funding. The company bills those experiences "Full-Fidelity Demos".

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 -- Demo Day III - The Launchpad for Cleantech. Demo Days are informal events that give entrepreneurs a chance to showcase their green technology and fundraising needs to green industry stakeholders. In addition, attendees come to learn about and discuss the latest green innovations, practices and businesses.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based AppOnboard , the startup developing mobile app demo and analytics software, has raised $15M more in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday morning.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Thursday, September 7, 2017 -- Startup UCLA Summer Accelerator Demo Day. After 10 weeks of intense preparation, Startup UCLA's Summer Accelerator teams will be showcasing their startups to Los Angeles and the surrounding community. Don't miss your chance to see UCLA entrepreneurs pitch their latest innovations. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

Techstars Los Angeles , one of the startup accelerators run by Techstars in Los Angeles, has announced its 2019 class. The companies will have their Demo Day on October 15th. Techstars Los Angeles said that eight of the ten companies are based in the greater Los Angeles area; the effort in LA is led by Anna Barber.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

And graduation is typically marked by an organized “demo day” in which prominent investors, VCs, angels and super angels are invited to attend and see demonstrations and hear presentations from graduating entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Based in Los Angeles, AppOnboard sees itself as one of a new breed of LA startup that’s steeping itself in the local ecosystem and trying to be one of the cornerstone’s for a new technology hub in the southern California region. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Health In Reach , a new startup founded by Scott Sangster, has launched its new service today at the DEMO Fall conference. Sangster is well known in Los Angeles for his work with the Tech Coast Angels, and previously was in strategic planning and corporate development at Walt Disney Internet Group.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Sunday, September 18, 2011 -- Los Angeles Mobile Hack Days. This is the day you will wrap up any loose ends with your code, and prepare a 5 minute demo with 5 minutes of Q+A in the evening. Finalization day. We will vote on a winner and they will be featured on the MobileHackDays LA Web site. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator sponsored by Walt Disney and being run by TechStars, had its demo day Tuesday, showing off the nine companies to emerge out of the accelerator. The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 1, 2012

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 -- Los Angeles Clean Technology Council Conference. See product demos and learn about new ventures. Our keynote speaker is Tom McGrath, Founder of LABS Renewable Energy. Tom will present "A Disruptive Technology-Converting Waste Into Energy With Fuel Cells."

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socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based Invested.in announced today that it is launching today at the DEMO Spring 2010 conference in Palm Desert. Tags: investedin fundraising nonprofit demo launch startup social media twitter facebook. The company is headed by Alon Goren. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Startup Boost Los Angeles , the early stage startup program which is led in LA by Matt Stoddard, says it has opened up applications for its Spring 2019 program. The program includes six weekly workshop sessions and one demo night hosted by Google in Venice.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 17, 2015

There will be a demo showcasing the hottest augmented/virtual reality companies all over LA. Demo Company: . VRP is based in Koreatown in Los Angeles. Want to learn more about the future of augmented and virtual reality? Well now’s your chance! VR Playhouse.

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Tech.Co

JULY 10, 2017

7:30 pm Demo. 637 S Olive Los Angeles 90014 $6, or Metro exit 7th St. are getting broken down with technological innovation in finance. Find partners, talk about your project, bounce ideas, discover LA Fintech. Agenda: 7:00 pm Mix Mingle Network. 8:00 pm Continue Mix Mingle Network. Envestnet | Yodlee Incubator by Jeff Cain.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based trueRSVP , a new startup founded by a trio of University of Southern California students, is launching today, looking to provide better online event planning. trueRSVP is launching at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference today. trueRSVP is launching at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference today. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2010

This morning's interview is with Alon Goren , co-founder and President of Los Angeles-based Invested.in , an online site which allows users to run fundraisers for their projects. launched earlier this year at DEMO. Tags: alon goren investedin startup interview entrepreneur demo investment project music. Thanks, and good luck!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2012

AngelHack, the self-proclaimed leader in hackathon competitions, completed its Fall 2012 season this past weekend with contests held simultaneously in five cities: Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto and Paris. The three finalists qualify for AngelHack's Global Demo Day to be held on January 24th, 2013 in Silicon Valley.

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