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MAY 18, 2012

Thursday, May 24, 2012 -- LAVA hosts PwC's Shaking the MoneyTree. Please join LAVA, PwC and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q1 2012 PwC/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 -- LAVA Holiday Party and PwC "Shaking the MoneyTree". Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q3 2008. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 -- LAVA's Annual VC Breakfast. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. See [link] (more).

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JUNE 22, 2017

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 -- LAVA's First Look LA. This technology preview is geared for Serial Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, and Venture Capital Investors. Join us at Cal State Los Angeles for a full day of innovations and technologies presented by the region's finest researchers and inventors!

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 -- Los Angeles VC Panel and LAVA Annual Membership Meeting. Come meet three of the most active Venture Capital funds in Los Angeles. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in.

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JULY 24, 2019

Len Lanzi is Executive Director of the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) (www.lava.org), which helps startup entrepreneurs get their companies funded. Len gave some advice to startups on how best to get the attention of venture capital and other investors, at the recent First Look SoCal Showcase. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2019

Saturday, June 22, 2019 -- LAVA First Time Entrepreneur Workshop. LAVA is extremely pleased to announce its next First Time Entrepreneur training program. The program is open to entrepreneurs that are starting companies in areas that are likely to draw venture capital investment.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

LAVA is extremely pleased to announce its next First Time Entrepreneur training program. The program is open to entrepreneurs that are starting companies in areas that are likely to draw venture capital investment. LAVA members will receive first preference, but membership is not necessary to be accepted.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Please join LAVA, Jim Andelman of Rincon Venture Partners, Hamet Watt of True Ventures and a distinguished group of Internet Company experts for their insights on capital sources for Internet Companies. Tuesday, June 8, 2010 -- An Evening with Internet Companies. Hosted by Jim Andelman and Hamet Watt.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

LAVA is extremely pleased to announce its next First Time Entrepreneur training program. The program is open to entrepreneurs that are starting companies in areas that are likely to draw venture capital investment. Saturday, January 19, 2013 -- First Time Entrepreneur Workshop.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q4 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -- Shaking the MoneyTree 2009 Q4 Review.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 -- LAVA hosts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Shaking the MoneyTree. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 -- LAVA hosts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Shaking the MoneyTree. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

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LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 -- LAVA's Annual VC Breakfast. Come meet LAVA's newest VC board member firms and their representative. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

LAVA Hosts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Shaking the MoneyTree. Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q2 2008 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

The program is open to entrepreneurs that are starting companies in areas that are likely to draw venture capital investment. LAVA members will receive first preference, but membership is not necessary to be accepted. Saturday, September 16, 2017 -- First Time Entrepreneur Workshop. The program is not open to service providers.

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APRIL 14, 2009

The Conference will combine the resources, energy, and connections of two of Southern California's premier business entrepreneurship conferences; the HBSAOC's (Harvard Business School Association of Orange County) Entrepreneur's Conference, (25 years), and LAVA's Investment Capital Conference (18 years).

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JANUARY 16, 2017

At the workshop you will learn how to: Determine the value of your company, put together a capitalization table, understand how VCs screen potential investments, understand the differences between trademarks, copyrights and patents and when you need them, work with co-founders, and network at startup events -- the right way.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

An interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 -- Meet the VCs: The thrill of speed dating for startups. See [link] (more).

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

In late 2018 we shifted the model to include a cash investment in cohort companies. Im also super excited for our future growth, as our really big late year news is that Len Lanzi, the Executive Director of LAVA for the past 12 years, is leaving to join us as our new Managing Director of the Preccelerator!

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MARCH 29, 2013

Typically, to sit down with an investor you have to be vetted through their network and have an idea that meets their investment criteria, which is typically fairly rigorous. When I was at Kline Hawkes & Co we would receive approximately 1,500 business plans a year meet with about 200 of them and invest in about four. Angel List.

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