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Science Inc. Eyes New Venture Capital Fund

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The startup studio--which both incubates its own companies as well as works with startup founders to help accelerate their efforts--has backed such companies as Dollar Shave Club , DogVacay , FameBit , EventUp , August Home , Hello Society , Playhaven , and Superfly Labs. Santa Monica-based startup studio Science Inc.

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Science Raising New $30M Fund For LA Startups

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the startup incubator headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, is reportedly raising another $30M in funding to put towards its startups. According to a report this morning, the fund will also invest in non-Science incubated startups. science myspace scienceinc venture capital fund funding' Science, Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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Science Inc. Gets $20M In Debt Funding, Grows To 150 People

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Los Angeles based startup incubator/studio Science --which is behind such local startups as Dollar Shave Club and DogVacay--has quietly raised $20M in a debt financing round, according to the companies. Science said it has now invested in, built, or acquire more than 37 early stage companies. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Michael has been behind such companies as HelloSociety (acquired by New York Times), FameBit (acquired by Google) and Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever). Since we started Science six years ago, we've co-founded and invested in more than 70 companies and have exited multiple portfolio companies.

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Mike Jones of Science Inc, On Exits And Finding The Right Entrepreneurs

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The company's other acquisitions included the $1 billion acquisition of Dollar Shave Club by Unilever, and the acquisition of HelloSociety by the New York Times. This is your third exit this year, including Dollar Shave Club and HelloSociety. Are you still investing and creating new companies?

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Michael Dubin , Dollar Shave Club (Los Angeles, consumer subscription). Sam Teller ,LaunchpadLA (Los Angeles, incubator). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Asher Delug , Airpush (Los Angeles, advertising).