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OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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MARCH 15, 2013

A new, Los Angeles startup, ARMORWAY , has spun out of the University of Southern California, the USC Stevens Center for Innovation announced THursday. According to USC, ARMORWAY has been issued an exclusive license to commercialize software to intelligently plan randomized, security patrols for security agencies.

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MARCH 26, 2013

Add another startup accelerator to the growing list of Southern California startup accelerators: this time, from the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering. Southern California--and Los Angeles, in particular--appears to become the hub of startup accelerators lately.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Evan Spiegel , SnapChat (Los Angeles, mobile app). Holden Steinberg , Pagewoo (Santa Monica, advertising).

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MAY 10, 2012

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -- First Annual Southern California Angel Summit. This historical event will be held at USC on May 16th. The Maverick Angels, Arch Angels, Golden Seeds, Harvard Business Angels, Pasadena Angels, Private Capital Network and Tech Coast Angels will all be participating. Invite only.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

In a bid to help research from the University of Southern California reach the market, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday afternoon that it is awarding $439,000 in gap funding to seven projects from USC, which have a high potential to spin out of the school.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based audio processing technology developer Audyssey and Intel Capital said Tuesday morning that Intel Capital has made an investment in Audyssey. The announcement came in conjunction with the announcement of investments in sixteen companies by Intel Capital, the venture arm of Intel. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum.

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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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APRIL 27, 2012

Six companies started by students at the University of Southern California's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC Marshall have been awarded a total of $50,000 in seed funding, after competing in the center's New Venture Seed Competition held this week.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

The University of Southern California is reporting today that spinouts out of the school have raised $148m in the last two calendar years (2008-2009), and that there are now at least 24 USC spinouts currently in business. USC also reported that it owns equity in 32 startups, though none of those startups were identified.

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MARCH 25, 2015

Mark Stevens --who made his name as a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital --along with his wife Mary, have given $50M in a gift to the University of Southern California , to go towards an institute focused on brain rsearch. Stevens had previously funded the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2012

In a bid to spur more startups out of the University of Southern California, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday that it has awarded $498,700 to six research projects. USC's effort, the Ideas Empowered Program, is funded by James C. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2010

USC Stevens Institute , the effort at the University of Southern California to spur innovation within the school, has tapped a number of venture capitalists to help guide a new mentorship and funding program, the institute said this morning. Steven is a USC Trustee and General Partner at Sequoia; Klein is also a USC Trustee.

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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. They were interested in boosting companies coming out of USC. How did the incubator come about?

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MARCH 24, 2011

A student team from the University of Southern California is one of forty two teams heading to the 2011 Rice University Business Plan Competition in April. The USC team, Somatis Technologies , has not detailed its plans publicly. Based on the list from Rice University, no other Southern California teams made the finals.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

The University of Southern California and wealthy engineer Fariborz Maseeh , now a hedge fund manager in Newport Beach, is announcing this week a $1M endowment, which will fund an annual, $50,000 prize for a business plan competition for the school's engineering students.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Maverick Angels , an angel investment group investing in Southern California companies, said today that it has named Patrick Henry as its newly elected Southern California Chapter President. Barber had served as Southern California Chapter President from February 2010 through July 2011. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2012

2tor , the provider of online, graduate program and courses which has strong links to the University of Southern California , has scored a $10M revolving line of credit, the firm said today. According to 2tor, the credit line comes from Comerica Bank, and will be used to fund growth and its strategic initiatives.

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APRIL 6, 2011

TCVN is proud to support the HBS/USC-Marshall BGC this year with a special TCVN code for attendees. Rothenberg, Principal Executive Officer, Chairman, and Director at Capital Research and Management Company; and. News TCVN News entrepreneurship event networking partner usbgc usc'

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JULY 21, 2010

Pat Haden, a member of private equity firm Riordan Lewis & Haden Equity Partners, has departed the private equity world to head up the University of Southern California's athletic direction, according to the school Tuesday. As part of the appointment, USC said that Haden resigns from his position as a trustee of the school.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.

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JULY 14, 2020

RLH Equity's founders include former LA Mayor Richard Riordan and Pat Haden, the former athletic director at the University of Southern California, who helped found the firm before leaving for that position at USC in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Online higher education startup 2tor , which has offices in Los Angeles and a prominent deal with the University of Southern California, said this morning that it has raised $26M in a Series D funding round. 2tor has an office up the street from USC near the Staples Center. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2009

A New York-based online learning firm with links to the University of Southern California has scored a round of funding, and added Redpoint's Greg Martin to its board, the firm said this morning. The firm currently only offers one online program, from the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education.

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MARCH 28, 2014

The company--which runs online degree programs for the University of Southern California (USC) and many other schools--had been backed by Redpoint Ventures, which funded the company out of its Los Angeles office. 2U''s first, online degree program was with USC''s Rossier School of Education. Redpoint Ventures owned 23.2

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Comcast Ventures , the venture capital arm of Comcast Corporation , announced this morning that it has opened up an office in Santa Monica, and hired on Dinesh Moorjani as Managing Director in the new office. Moorjani was previously Executive-in-Residence at Warburg Pincus, and also was founder and CEO of Hatch Labs.

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MARCH 15, 2011

New York-based 2tor , the online education startup which powers online degree programs from the University of Southern California (USC) and others, has raised $32.5M Greg Martin, of Los Angeles-based Archer Venture Capital, sits on 2tor's board. 2tor also has operations near USC. in a Series C funding.

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MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. This morning, we're sharing the insights of Greg Martin , a venture capitalist at Archer Venture Capital. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

The University of Southern California has developed a reputation for innovation and entrepreneurship over the years. Because the event was scheduled during Trojan Family Weekend, a weekend where parents and family from all over the nation come visit the USC campus, the event was filled with curious family members.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Scripted.com , the online marketplace for freelance writers which has a number of Southern California angel investors, said Wednesday that it has raised another $150,000 in funding.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Zipcar is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, Boston Community Ventures, Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital, and Pinnacle Ventures. GetAround, another venture backed peer-to-peer car rental service, already has a Southern California beachhead in San Diego.

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JUNE 17, 2013

The round includes Spark Capital and Matrix Partners. Oculus VR is headed by Brendan Iribe, the former Chief Product Officer at Gaikai; the firm''s founder is Palmer Luckey, who got his start developing virtual reality systems at USC''s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) in the Mixed Reality lab.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

A number of Southern California angel investors, including Jody Mulkey , the CIO of Shopzilla, have backed Scripted.com , a new online marketplace for freelance writers. Scripted.com, which is led by Sunil Rajaraman, also counts Break Media's Keith Richman as an advisor, along with actor/writer/director Edward Burns. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

2tor , a New York-based firm with strong links to the University of Southern California and a local Los Angeles office, has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Highland Capital, and also included Redpoint Ventures, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, and City Light Capital. READ MORE>>.

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