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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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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Tecca said today that it has launched a new, personal electronics shopping and information service with the backing of Best Buy Co. and Fuse Capital. Tecca's chairman is Ross Levinsohn, and the firm is headed by Mickie Rosen, who also is a partner at Fuse Capital. 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. We reasonably assure that they have oil for their engines, in the form of logistical, administrative, and professional support services that reduce their risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

A question I often get as an adviser is whether or not to join a business incubator or accelerator as a way to move forward faster and smarter and increase the odds of business success. Most incubators start their program with some aptitude and business acumen tests. Good facilities and support services are not enough.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based startup studio, incubator, and investor Science , which is led by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, is part of a new funding round for automated investment service Wealthfront , the company has confirmed. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

“The climate-oriented investment in Biden’s new plan would be roughly ten times what came through ARRA,” wrote Shayle Kann, a partner with the investment firm, Energy Impact Partners. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. My own view on these services is nuanced. 15mm in Series A.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based Mucker Capital has raised $45 million for its third fund, Mucker III. The Silicon Beach firm said that it will continue to invest in software and services startups and continue to focus on the greater Los Angeles area. “We are founders, just like the… Read More.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

El Segundo-based Endpoint , a new mobile-first startup focused on title and escrow services, has spun out of title insurance giant First American Financial Corporation , and raised $30M in funding from First American. Endpoint will be led by CEO Scott Martino. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, crowdfunding still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. In the U.S., In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. Tell us about the incubator--how long as it been around?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe said the funding round was led by Incubic Venture Capital, and also included Monitor Ventures, in addition to Steamboat Ventures.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of Disney, is one of the investors in Bay Area-based mobile games advertising firm Greystripe , which raised a $5.5M Greystripe said the funding round was led by Incubic Venture Capital, and also included Monitor Ventures, in addition to Steamboat Ventures.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt , according to the companies. and is a spinout of Redstar Ventures, a venture incubator firm in Cambridge. Avalon's Rich Levandov was involved in the investment. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , the equity crowdfunding service run by serial entrepeneur Howard Marks, has chalked up 25 companies raising money on its platform since the start of 2017, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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socalTECH

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. David Carter: I started out as an engineer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. I do volunteer work at both these schools, and I’m not even an alumnus from either one.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based NanHealth , the subsidiary of NantWorks, the incubator of LA billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has scored an investment from Verizon Investments , the investment arm of Verizon Communications. Size of the funding was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Pasadena-based Idealab , the startup incubator run by Bill Gross, has made another external investment in a company, funding London-based Top10. Top10 operates a service which allows users to create their own "best of" lists in a social way.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

By moving away from the “influencer house” model, Collab Crew can also expand to include more BIPOC creators and entrepreneurs in the Georgia capital. The idea of “consistent investments” is key to the way that Collab Crew wants to run its studio, offering long-term support for its members to grow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

NantHealth , the advanced, next-generation healthcare services startup which is part of NantWorks, the startup incubation effort of billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has raised $6.1M The company's existing investors include Verizon Investments. in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday.

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Cloud Computing Incubator Los Angeles Funding 147

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Bain Capital Ventures' Jamison Hill. We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. He thought that was b t, and he said-if you are able to do this, he told me he'd be my first customer and supply us with seed capital. You no longer have to be an investor in a giant venture capital fund.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Yup That’s the one!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Scott Alderton , Managing Partner of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP (www.stubbsalderton.com), which also runs the Preccelerator (www.preccelerator.com) startup incubator. In late 2018 we shifted the model to include a cash investment in cohort companies. AI, hands down.

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Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. In 1998, Hinshaw sold another health IT consulting firm, Resources in Health Care Innovations, to Daou Systems, a San Diego-based provider of health IT services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. In the U.S., In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers. A micro venture capital firm. A “genesis” venture capital round. Startup incubator seed funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide very inexpensive space to work and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

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