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MARCH 19, 2021

Red Cell Partners, a newly formed investment and incubation company targeting healthcare and defense technology, announced it has launched the firm out of Washington and Los Angeles. The company said it will look to invest in companies and technologies in the areas of health care and defense.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based Next 10 Ventures , a $50 million fund focused on the creator economy, is launching an incubator program to support YouTubers. ” Applications to the incubator opened today and close November 17, 2018. The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults. “The

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APRIL 1, 2019

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. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2013

A few weeks ago, the University of Southern California announced a new startup incubator, the Viterbi Startup Garage ([link] backed by such notable investors as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and the United Talent Agency. What''s the mission behind the new startup incubator? How did the incubator come about?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Venice, California-based Amplify.LA, the startup incubator and investor led by Paul Bricault and Oded Noy, has launched an effort to raise $50M in a new venture capital investment fund, Amplify.LA The fundraising effort apparently just started, and was disclosed in a regulatory filing by the firm on Wednesday.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The incubator effort looking to make Los Angeles a key part of the clean technology industry, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , announced this morning that it has received a $200,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, to help advance its program--and may even start its own investment fund. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2013

A new, startup incubator-created by the Art Center College of Design and the California Insitute of Technology --said this morning that it has launched a brand new, design-focused incubator, housed at Idealab. The new incubator is headed by Mark Breitenberg and Erik Hovanec. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

March Capital Partners , the Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, has raised $300 million for its latest fund. ” Those two themes are borne out in the support March Capital has provided for The Hive , an artificial intelligence-focused incubator, and The Fabric , an infrastructure and internet of things-focused incubator.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Carlsbad-based Foundry Medical Innovations said today that it has launched a new, medical and diagnostic device incubator in San Diego County, which it says provides a shared workspace, access to technical engineering talent, business and marketing plan support, and connections to the venture capital community. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2012

If the Los Angeles accelerator/incubator market is not yet crowded enough, Hollywood-based io/LA opened its doors over the weekend, looking to recruit a class of five to six companies in a three month mentorship program. Io/LA is an offshoot of an incubator in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2017

San Diego-based nonprofit EvoNexus has launched a new class of companies to its startup incubator, the group said on Tuesday, for both its San Diego and Irvine locations. According to EvoNexus, it has added 16 new companies to its portfolio of startups, split between both locations.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Bam Venture Partners has started raising a second $30 million fund which it will use, in part, to invest in and incubate startup ideas thought of by Brian Lee, co-founder of the fund and chief executive of the Honest Co. of Playa Vista.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 22, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 -- Business Incubation Panel. Panel includes Stan Tomsic, Business Incubation Network of Southern California; Mark Lieberman, Business Technology Center of LA County; Joey Briglio, Ventura Ventures Technology Center; moderated by John Peate, Principle of Peate Ventures. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

EvoNexus , the San Diego-based startup incubator, has opened up application for its next program, with a deadline of January 23rd. CommNexus, which is led by Rory Moore, said that it has admitted 39 companies since 2009 to the incubator, with five new companies admitted to the last cycle of the program.

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MARCH 14, 2012

Los Angeles-based Siemer & Associates , and its affiliated venture capital fund, Siemer Ventures , said today that it has launched a new, technology incubator--in the country of Singapore. The deal will provude up to $400,000 of co-investment from the NRF in startups who join the incubator, which is a 5.7x

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A-Frame , a Los Angeles-based developer of personal care brands supported by celebrities, has raised $2 million in a new round of funding led by Initialized Capital. Howard, the chief executive of Irving Place Capital. Other directors include Columbia Care chief executive, Nicholas Vita, and John D. The Honest Co.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Today, we have Aaron Fyke , Founder and Managing Partner of Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). Thin Line Capital successfully reached the final close of its first fund. I have been able to work closer with my entrepreneurs, as well as closer with other incubators and accelerators than would have been the case.

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APRIL 2, 2018

San Diego-based Ligand Pharmaceuticals said on Friday that it has entered into a deal with venture capital investor venBio Partners , which will allow venBio's portfolio companies to enter into a pre-agreed worldwide OmniAb platform license agreement. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Lawrence Ng , the co-founder of Oversee.net, said this morning that it has launched a new, startup fund called the OnRamp Fund , a $10M, international incubation fund that invests in early stage startups. Ng started Oversee.net in 2008, and he and his co-founders eventually sold the company to Oak Hill Capital for $150M.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Qualcomm Labs , the incubator subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies , has announced the first set of companies funded through its new QualcommLabs@EvoNexus program today, saying that it has funded three companies with a round of seed funding. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 21, 2015

San Juan Capistrano-based Frost Data Capital , the investment and incubation effort led by Stuart Frost, has backed Maana , the developer of a big data search engine technology. Maana is based in Silicon Valley. Maana is based in Silicon Valley.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Irvine-based videogame accessory and hardware maker Razer is planning on launching a new, corporate venture capital fund, starting next year, according to a report. Razer, which is led by Min-Liang Tan, reportedly plans to invest in companies, which it plans to incubate and help with its international business. Razer has its U.S.

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MARCH 8, 2013

he's been spinning out of his incubator. What's the idea behind the incubator? Now, we're turning into a formal incubator. However, we're very different than most incubators, in that we only do big data. Second, we only incubate companies we ourselves start. Also, we have a lot of corporate investors.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Significant confusion exists when distinguishing between Accelerators and Incubators. According to Brad, "There is a fundamental difference between an incubator and an accelerator… an incubator has an economic model that is based around having people be tenants. Having people being captive within some investor’s…sphere.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 18, 2012

Managing Director, Incubic Management (a venture capital fund in Mountain View, CA). Tuesday, January 24, 2012 -- Milton Chang, Ph.D., Entrepreneurship Course, 2012 Guest Speaker Lectures, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine. Free and open to the public.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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JULY 15, 2015

San Juan Capistrano-based Frost Data Capital , the startup incubator led by security veteran Stuart Frost, has inked a major deal with Symantec , to launch and fund security and analytics startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. Tags: entrepreneurs incubators relationships startups. Relationships , I said back then. And I stand by that assertion. And it all happens in the span of 90 days.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Here at TechCo, we’ve done plenty of lists rounding up the most impressive incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces in plenty of major cities and across a variety of sectors, from the best healthcare accelerators to a collection of the top women-only coworking spaces. Social Impact Incubator. Brooklyn Foodworks.

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JULY 16, 2014

Recently, the team behind MuckerLab has made a subtle shift--becoming Mucker Capital (www.muckercapital.com)--focusing on seed stage investments. We caught up with Erik Rannala , co-founder of both, to understand the move and why Mucker Capital felt like it needed to put more capital to work in local, seed stage startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Solicit venture capital investors. Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements.

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MAY 18, 2015

Santa Monica-based Mucker Capital , the seed stage investment fund led by Erik Rannala and William Hsu, has just booted up fundraising efforts for the group's third venture capital fund, Mucker III, L.P. The filing indicates that Mucker Capital is looking to raised $50M in the new fund. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Capital Factory , a business incubation program based in Austin, Texas, has lured away a Los Angeles startup, Homstie , which operates an online marketplace which helps people find places to store their stuff. Tags: factory capital startup angeles incubator texas.

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