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Disney Accelerator Alumni StatMuse Picks Up $10M Round

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StatMuse , one of the companies to emerge out of the Disney Accelerator in Burbank last fall, said this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. Greycroft Partners, Promus Ventures, Haas Portman, Deep Fork Capital, and Bee Partners. The round came from Techstars, The Walt Disney Company, Allen & Co.,

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Los Angeles investors and entrepreneurs launch PledgeLA, a diversity and inclusion program

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Over the past five years, Los Angeles has emerged as one of the top five destinations in the U.S. PledgeLA initiative grew out of a series of problem-solving sessions within the Los Angeles venture capital community. for technology investment and corporate development. The landmark. This commitment from L.A.’s

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The last money has the first say.

Berkonomics

Something like a marriage (and often lasting just as long statistically), your investment partner can be a great cheerleader, coach and resource. But the moment things turn sour, including missed plans, some investors on company boards go into a predictable mode of dictating terms for emergency loans or additional investment.

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Interview with Steve Poizner, Alliance for Southern California Innovation

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We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025. My last company got acquired by Qualcomm, and Qualcomm wanted me to move to San Diego to run their emerging business portfolio. We have a way to go. None of this is easy.

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7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources To Finance Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

According to recent statistics , there are already over 500 website crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter , available; and over $5 billion was raised this way last year. A micro venture capital firm. A “genesis” venture capital round. Here they are: A crowdfunding campaign.

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Girls in STEM and Cyber Security Among Top Startups at Eureka Park 2018

Tech.Co

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , where are these women to fill these positions? Near the nation’s capital, Arlington, VA has a thriving startup community that supports female-led companies, startups in STEM, cyber security, defense, and everything in between aimed at improving the status quo.

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How TVC Aims At Acquisitions, Not IPOs, with Jeb Spencer

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Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. The second reason is that we are a hybrid fund with a unique strategy.