socalTECH
APRIL 13, 2021
Dave Eastman: For one thing, although we're not completely unique in this, is we don't take equity. There are 9 innovation nodes in the US associated with I-Corp, and one of those nodes is out of the Viterbi School of Engineering, with UCLA and Caltech partners in that. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc?
socalTECH
MARCH 1, 2017
The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA. The third area, are the private equity players. In terms of that, they are people like Vista Equity, particularly, but also Summit, TPG, KKR, and Silver Lake.
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Eli Aizenstat: Beatshare is a multimedia messaging platform, where we are bringing music into the heart of the communication space. Eli Aizenstat: I entered into the Design Accelerator, which is an accelerator run in conjunction with the Art Center College of Design and Caltech, in the summer of 2014. How did you two connect?
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 17, 2010
We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so.
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. I have also attended Thursday Lunch ( thursdaylunch.com ), Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum , and Digital LA. What are you working on now? I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum.
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