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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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 29, 2021

million from investors Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. “If there was a part that needed to be swapped out, I would just go do it myself,” Terry said, adding she didn’t have a background in software or repairs. The company said it has raised $2.75

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socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2018

Capital Music Group (CMG), which is a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), announced on Tuesday that it is launching a new "innovation center", which will be based in the music company's iconic tower in Hollywood. The center will open its doors on April 15th, hosting a set of teams that were picked at the SXSW Music Hackathon.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Los Angeles-based cloud-based talent management software solutions firm with over 13 million users, Cornerstone OnDemand has launched Cornerstone Innovation Fund , to invest in disruptive LA-based cloud startups building cutting-edge solutions for organizations.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Incubator Santa Monica Funding 88

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

La Jolla-based Perminova announced Tuesday that it has raised $7M in a funding round, which it will use to develop its web-based cardiovascular procedure software. Perminova is one of the firms which has emerged from the EvoNexus incubator in San Diego. Source o the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Software San Diego Incubator Equity 145

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2018

Los Angeles-based DevOps security software developer Prevoty , which is backed Trident Capital Cybersecurity, US Venture Partners, Plus Capital, Double M Capital, Core Ventures Group, Inventures Group, Daher Capital, Digi Venture Fund and Karlin Ventures, has been acquired by Imperva , Imperva announced late Thursday afternoon.

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Trident Capital Incubator Software Development Capital 100

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2013

Frost Venture Partners , the "big data" startup incubator started by DatAllegro''s Stuart Frost, has just hired away Luis Vasquez, OCTANe''s VP of Entrepreneurship and LaunchPad director, as its new Vice President of Investor Relations. Frost Venture Partners has spun out a large number of software startups in the big data area.

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OCTANE Incubator Startup Capital 189

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2019

Lawn Love says it is backed by such investors as Joe Montana, Alexis Ohanian, Barbara Corcoran, Bullpen Capital, and others, and was part of the 2014 Y-Combinator startup incubator program. The company's CEO and founder is Jeremy Yamaguchi.

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Orange County San Diego Incubator Demand 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2014

demoday demo incubator capital venture software accelerator startup muckerlab' Muckerlab said it previous, 18 portfolio companies have now raised over $40M to date from venture investors. READ MORE>>.

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Class Startup Santa Monica Incubator 174

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MAY 3, 2016

Maana , a startup developing big data analytics software--which is backed by San Juan Capistrano-based Frost Data --has raised $26M in a Series B strategic funding round from a host of big oil companies. Maana was first incubated out of Frost Data Capital's big data focused startup incubator. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Preact , a developer of software to help software companies reduce churn in their subscription customers which came out of Los Angeles-based startup incubator/accelerator Launchpad LA , has raised $4.6M preact venture capital launchpadla launchpad accelerator software churn subscription' in a funding round.

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Orange County Incubator Venture Capital Software 197

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures is the lead investor in a MetacX , a startup developing collaboration software for suppliers and buyers of enterprise software. MetaCX was incubated out of a "venture studio" run by High Alpha, which is run by SCott Dorsey, the former CEO and Co-Founder of ExactTarget.

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Invest Incubator Los Angeles Software 140

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APRIL 23, 2015

San Juan Capistrano-based PingThings , a developer of predictive intelligence software for the electric utility industry, has scored a round of funding. The funding came from GE Ventures and Frost Data Capital. PingThings is led by Rich Sootkoos, and came out of the Frost I3 Industrial internet incubator. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Incubator Venture Capital Software 100

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JUNE 11, 2013

ChowNow is venture backed by Daher Capital, Double M Partners, GRP Partners, Karlin Ventures and Velos Partners. The company is led by Christopher Webb, and was part of the LaunchpadLA incubator. chownow venture capital mobile restaurant ordering solomo food facebook' The round is targeted at $2M. READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Incubator Mobile Venture Capital 174

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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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The funding was led by Greycroft Partners, and also included Spider Capital, Mucker Capital, and Dream Incubator. Santa Monica-based Workast , a developer of applications that run on the popular Slack chat platform, has raised $1.85M in a seed funding, the company disclosed this week. Workast is led by CEO Guillermo Gette.

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Tool Santa Monica Seed Funding Incubator 113

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2013

Airware said the new funding comes on top of existing funding from First Round Capital, Firelake Capital, RRE Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Promus Ventures, and Y Combinator; the company said it has been part of both the Lemnos Labs and Y Combinator incubators. Airware is led by Jonathan Downey. READ MORE>>.

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Google Downey Incubator Technology 174

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

San Juan Capistrano-based Cirro , the developer of business intelligence software, reported a win today with WildTangent Games. Cirro''s software is being used as part of a system to analyze how customers are engaging with WildTangent''s business. cirro wildtangent data software analytics analysis videogame business intelligence'

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Miramar Incubator Software Report 138

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2016

Virtual reality hardware and software developer Jaunt --which is backed by The Walt Disney Company, Evolution Media Partners, China Media Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Axel Springer, ProSiebenSat.1

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USC Southern California Redpoint Incubator 100

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MAY 5, 2014

Aliso Viejo-based Cirro , a developer of enterprise,d ata integration and analysis software, announced this morning that it has received a strategic investment from GE Ventures. Cirro''s other Series A backers are Toba Capital, Frost Data Capital and Miramar Venture Partners. cirro ventures venture capital' READ MORE>>.

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Invest Miramar Incubator Venture Capital 100

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). Dev Bhatia , SRCH2 (Irvine, search engine software). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). John Jersin , Connectifier (Newport Beach, recruiting software). Jason Koch , Telogis (Irvine, fleet tracking software).

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Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

and Fuse Capital. The firm, which did not disclose financial details of the investment, said the digital media fund established by Best Buy and Fuse Capital are backing its launch of a product information, pricing, and shopping mobile application. Fuse said that Tecca was incubated from within the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Services Santa Monica Google Incubator 188

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JUNE 4, 2015

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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West Hollywood Sales Seed Funding Incubator 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Join a startup incubator. Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary. It’s the time when you create tremendous value out of nothing.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

venture capital exits in. Ten of Southern California's Top Software Companies - Also in November, we published. another "Top Ten" list, listing out some of Southern California's top software focused. Incubators, Part I - In February, we put together a guide to the list of (then. We have no idea. As 2012 turned.

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Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

Xconomy

APRIL 18, 2017

Following a six-month trial of its digital mortgage platform, San Diego-based Approved has officially launched its Web-based software for home loan applications. Sadhal and Taylor (pictured above) founded Approved in August 2015, and moved into the San Diego tech incubator.

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Platform San Diego Incubator Web 79

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures has had another exit in its portfolio, this time with the acquisition of Cetas , a developer of cloud data analytics software, by VMware. Cetas was incubated in Clearstone's Palo Alto offices by Sudhakar Muddu, a Ph.D. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Santa Monica UCLA Incubator 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. Commercial product prototypes.

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Resource Ideas Funding Research 102

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

As a first-time entrepreneur working from UW’s incubator more than five years ago, Liachko says he didn’t think much about the rarity of genomics startups spun out of university research. His firm, Phase Genomics was one of the first startups to come out of UW’s genome sciences department.

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Incubator Research Tool Startup 111

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Silicon Valley’s big VC firm’s The Social+Capital Partnership, Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway, and Anand Rajaraman have today launched Data Elite , to help tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges through data science. Limited big data funding & incubation. The package of a lifetime.

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Netflix Incubator Class Funding 82

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Your challenge will be to break down silos, manage diverse and inclusive perspectives, and capitalize on cross-functional insights. Capitalize on free communal initiatives around you. Be sure to hire and cultivate new talent with the right mindset.

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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. Scott is also co-chair of the Firms Venture Capital and Emerging Growth practice group. READ MORE>>.

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News LAVA Startup Incubator 113

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

REGARD is the software incubator and development firm headed by Steve Beauregard. The company--which now is listed on the OTC markets--did not disclose the amount of funding, but said the funds came from Indian e-commerce entrepreneur Sashi Chimala, and local Los Angeles developer REGARD Venture Solutions. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Incubator Commerce Los Angeles 124

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. A post shared by Collab Studios (@collabstudiosatl). The new studio could help energize a cohort of creators that has found success despite serious hurdles.

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Platform Social Media Netflix Content 210

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2017

founded in 2009 as a Qualcomm-incubated startup to develop software and computer systems that emulate the human brain, seems to have found a new path forward. San Diego’s Brain Corp., SoftBank’s new Vision Fund has led a $114 million investment to advance the company’s artificial intelligence technology.

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Artificial Inteligence Incubator Funding Invest 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Fortunately, in many attractive business domains, including mobile software, Internet apps and ecommerce, the cost of product development is at an all-time low. Commercial product prototypes.

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