SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 -- Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Launch Event. The City of Los Angeles is launching its new cleantech business incubator to accelerate the development of cleantech start-ups and to help build a stronger green economy in LA.

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Los Angeles Incubator Angel CalTech 100

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

In just the last few weeks, at least five different incubation/acceleration efforts have booted up in the region. K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. What's the latest craze in startups in Southern Califonia?

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

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Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

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MAY 11, 2012

The group said that the winners with Stanford Nitrogen Group , Greenbiotics , and Xite Solar will split the $200,000 in prize money, and also will gain access to the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. READ MORE>>.

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Technology CalTech Tech Coast Angels Startup 184

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tilofy (www.tilofy.com)--out of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage--is doing just that, helping to highlight what is going on around you, by absorbing all of that location data out there at any particular time and place. My degree is from USC in big data. What is Tilofy about? What drove your interest in this area?

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

As one of the organizers, Jay Tucker explained, “The Silicon Beach movement is the future of the Los Angeles tech area – tech, mobility, digital content, entrepreneurship, etc. I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. Startup Pitch Competition.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

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APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. Obviously, we closed in March of last year, just like the rest of USC, and we have been virtual since then.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. The founders of the group, Richard Koffler and John Morris , are two well known investors in the Los Angeles area.

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Research Tech Coast Angels Company Companies 164

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

How is this different than accelerator or incubator? David Carter: There is a lot of misunderstanding on what an incubator is, and what an accelerator is. When I was at Amplify, we had a lot of people wondering what an accelerator was, and how we differentiated from an incubator. That''s why creative people seek out Los Angeles.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

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APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. When we arrived at USC, we began to talk about how we struggled during the recruiting process.

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Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

“LavaLab, the University of Southern California’s product Incubator, admits the top 5% of design, business, and engineering minds to create innovative products over the course of a semester.”

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Los Angeles USC Southern California Angel 70

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JANUARY 11, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision, is expanding, saying thta it is opening up a new location in downtown Los Angeles. StartEngine said the new office is a split-level loft, with access to such locations as the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and a few metro stops from Pasadena.

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Activision USC Mentor Los Angeles 174

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JANUARY 11, 2013

LA-based startup accelerator StartEngine, in a partnership with TENTEN Wilshire, will open a new office at 1010 Wilshire Blvd to provide their startups with space and opportunities for growth across Los Angeles. lifestyle solution for professionals wanting to live, work and play?.

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Mentor USC Incubator Pasadena 124

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? The latest to enter the scene is Los Angeles accelerator Start Engine (www.startengine.com), which was created by Howard Marks and Paul Kessler. We need the resources here in Los Angeles, and not force those companies to go elsewhere.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. Los Angeles is 3 rd in the global startup ecosystem, behind Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley. Los Angeles has a diverse area of startups.

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Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

The USC Entrepreneur Club and the Kairos Society brought Howard Marks , a successful entrepreneur and founder and CEO of StartEngine , on campus to speak about his past experiences. Marks continued to talk about his past and then talked about the startup landscape in Los Angeles. When you go to USC, you don’t need a job.

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Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

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JULY 16, 2013

Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. The Viterbi Student Institute for Innovation (VSI2) operates out of USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering to give students advice, support, professional access, and much more in the realm of technological innovation. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

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JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. So this would have been a lot more difficult if those labs weren't available to you as a company in the incubator?

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Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

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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. What is LavaLab/what is the vision?

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Incubator Southern California LAVA Los Angeles 40