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AUGUST 2, 2022
Los Angeles-based Gym Class, a startup developing virtual reality basketball apps, says it has raised $8M in a seed funding round. Gym Class was founded by Matthew Harris, CEO, Justin Hubert, Chief Creative Officer, and Paul Katsen, Chief Product Office in 2019. class virtual reality basketballThe round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and also included Y Combinator.
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 20, 2021
Several local startups are among the 2021 class for Techstars' Los Angeles Accelerator
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socalTECH
APRIL 12, 2022
Los Angeles-based Studio, which operates an online service which lets people take classes to bolster their creative skills, says it has raised $50M in a Series B funding. The company offers up 30-day classes which are taught by such celebrities as Charlie Puth, Christina Tosi (Milk Bar), Casey Neistat (Youtuber, filmmaker), Pasek & Paul (Broadway), Kygo (EDM music), and others. studio venture capital monthly creative classes creaties katzenberg wndrco
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 17, 2021
Los Angeles’ latest startup accelerator is welcoming its first class of fledgling companies
socalTECH
APRIL 24, 2017
Santa Monica-based The Preccelerator Program , which is run by Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, has announced its sixth class, saying it has added five startups to its startup accelerator program. startup accelerator incubator animateobjects cashet rentspree class startups precellerator alderton stubbs
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2021
Los Angeles-based Bright said on Thursday that it has raised $15M in a celebrity-packed funding round, for its online, livestreamed classes. bright online classes celebrity venture capital livestream education
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 13, 2022
Most classes in college focus on a narrow area of interest, which just teach students to focus on problems through one lens.
socalTECH
JULY 13, 2020
Techstars LA , the startup accelerator run by Techstars in the Los Angeles area, announced its 2020 class on Monday, saying that it has selected 10 companies to participate this year in a "socially distanced" program. According to Anna Barber, the Managing Director of Techstars Los Angeles, the accelerator has selected "10 resilient companies that can grow in an economic downturn and thrive in a world where social distancing remains the reality".
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 20, 2021
It takes an effective team to attract and serve a community in business these days.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 2, 2017
The University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering says that its new, entering class of students to the school is 44 percent female--significantly higher than the national average--thanks to its efforts to reach out to women and other underrepresented minorities in engineering. Overall, USC Viterbi said female students account for nearly 40 percent of its entire undergraduate class, about double the national average of 18 to 20 percent.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Los Angeles-based Plug In South LA, a startup accelerator operator, says it is launching a third, tech accelerator program for the Black and Latinx communities. According to the accelerator, based in South LA, says it is looking for start-up founders focused on healthcare technology, climate and sustainability, digital media, and edtech. The program, led by founder Derek Smith, said the accelerator benefits include potential grants of up to $40K, possible seed investments, and pilot partnerships.
socalTECH
JULY 9, 2015
According to Disney, the second class of the Disney Accelerator includes ten startups, who will participate in a three month mentorship and investment program. The second class includes Decisive (SaaS for mobile targeting); EMOTIV (brain monitoring technology); FEM Inc. disney startup accelerator class hyp3r openbionics makielab incubator incubation content
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 -- Preccelerator Class 12 Demo Day. The Preccelerator Program Class 12 Demo Day kicks off on October 23rd @ 6:00 pm, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. What a wild ride it has been!
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
A new startup accelerator in Long Beach, the Long Beach Accelerator, said this week that it has launched its very first class of startups. The accelerator is being run by Sunstone Management, the City of Long Beach's Economic Development Department and California State University Long Beach's Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CSLUB IIE). The accelerator said the startups include three companies based in Long Beach, which will participate in a 3.5
socalTECH
AUGUST 23, 2019
Los Angeles-based Riot Games said on Thursday that it has settled a class action lawsuit, which had alleged that the company had a sexist corporate culture. The class action was related to the mass protest by more than 150 Riot Games employees in May, where employees alleged the sexist corporate culture and protested the forced arbitration on those employees. riot games class action settlement legal lawsuit sexist protest videogame gaming employment
socalTECH
MAY 21, 2019
The Precellerator , the Santa Monica-based startup incubation and accelerator effort with ties to local technology law firm Stubbs, Alderton, and Markiles LLP, has opened up applications for its next class of startups, the accelerator said on Tuesday. According to the Precellerator, deadlines for applications for its next class, the 13th class, is July 15th. The new class starts on September 3rd.
socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
Santa Monica-based Preccelerator , the early-stage, startup accelerator associated with Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, says it has opened up applications for its next class. According to the startup accelerator, which is focused on technology and digital media, it is looking for applicants for its "Class 12", which will start on May 6th.
socalTECH
JULY 17, 2019
Techstars Los Angeles , one of the startup accelerators run by Techstars in Los Angeles, has announced its 2019 class. According to Techstars, ten companies were selected for the startup accelerator, which kicked off this week. The companies will have their Demo Day on October 15th.
socalTECH
JULY 18, 2019
The Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator , the new, space-themed startup accelerator run by Techstars in Los Angeles, has announced its inagural class, naming ten companies that will participate over the next three months in its startup accelerator program.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
At the recent Upfront Summit my partner Stuart Lander had the opportunity to show some California Love and interview three of the wealthiest Bitcoin owners, each of whom were some of the earliest owners in the asset class and who haven’t sold any of their holdings.
socalTECH
JULY 20, 2021
Techstars LA, the startup accelerator headed up by Matt Kozlov, announced its 2021 class this week, drawing an international group of twelve new companies to its startup accelerator in Culver City.
socalTECH
JULY 1, 2019
The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator , the startup accelerator associated with Cedars-Sinai, has announced its next class, saying it has added 11 new health-tech companies into its newest accelerator class.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 26, 2011
Los Angeles-based Launchpad LA , the business mentoring and acceleration program which has been spearheaded by Mark Suster and Adam Lilling, looks to be gearing up for its third class. According to the group's web site, it will kick off the next class in November 2011, and continue until early spring 2012. launchpad winter class accelerator mentorship startup
socalTECH
JULY 11, 2016
The Walt Disney Company has named its next class of startup participating in the Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator and mentoring company held on the company's Burbank campus.
socalTECH
JULY 7, 2014
The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator backed by Disney and being run by TechStars in Los Angeles, announced its inagural class today, naming eleven companies--including three Los Angeles companies--to participate in the three month program.
socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2013
MuckerLab , the Los Angeles startup accelerator headed by Erik Rannala, is presenting its newest startup class today in a Demo Day. MuckerLab's prior class included such hot Los Angeles startups as SurfAir, Retention Science, Wallaby, and InstaCanvas. MuckerLab has been fairly successful in attracting venture capital interest in its prior class of companies, with a significant chunk of the group's inagural class gaining venture or angel funding.
socalTECH
JULY 17, 2017
Techstars Los Angeles has just named the ten companies that will be joining the startup accelerator for its 2017 class, saying its theme this year was "going long on LA and southern California". Techstars noted that the class also "reflects the diversity of Los Angeles", with half of the class including a female co-founders, and diversity across many other dimensions.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Startup Boost Los Angeles has opened up applications for its Fall 2019 class, according to the group. The programs--which does not charge fees or take equity from companies in its program--says it is seeking nine early stage startups to take part in its eight-week program, designed to help early stage startups. Startup Boost Los Angeles says its program includes six weekly workshop sessions and one demo night hosted by Google, in Venice. Deadlines for the program close on September 20th.
socalTECH
JULY 12, 2017
The Walt Disney Company has launched its fourth year of running its own accelerator program, the Disney Accelerator , saying on Tuesday afternoon that it has named eleven companies to its new class. The accelerator class is Disney's fourth.
L.A. Business Journal
MAY 15, 2017
SpaceX settled an overtime pay class action with 4,100 workers on Wednesday for $4 million
socalTECH
APRIL 5, 2016
The Techstars Healthcare Accelerator at Cedars-Sinai announced its first class on Monday, saying that it has selected 11 companies to participate in the first accelerator to be held at the Cedars-Sinai campus for the next three months. Demo Day for the accelerator class is June 23rd.
SoCal Tech Calendar
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
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socalTECH
JANUARY 26, 2017
The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Powered by Techstars has announced the next class of startups to join the healthcare accelerator, saying this morning that it has added eight startups to what will be the second class for the program. The new startups include Cerebro Solutions , ENSO , FIGS , Frame Health , HealthcareTTU , HealthTensor , Noteworth , and ReferralMD.
socalTECH
JULY 26, 2017
San Diego-based nonprofit EvoNexus has launched a new class of companies to its startup incubator, the group said on Tuesday, for both its San Diego and Irvine locations. According to EvoNexus, it has added 16 new companies to its portfolio of startups, split between both locations.
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 16, 2020
In April the company shifted its attention to virtual classes. These classes won’t so much replace kindergarten as provide a two-hour supplement to it. The company offers two-hour classes for two-to-five students twice per week.
socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2014
Santa Monica-based startup accelerator MuckerLab unveiled its latest class of startups yesterday at its Demo Day, showing off the third class of companies out of its program.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 5, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011 -- June 2011 PMI-OC Agile Training Class. Mark Layton, organizational strategist/PMI certification instructor, will lead a two-day Agile Scrum Master Certification training class June 1112, 2011. The class, organized by Project Management Institute Orange County, includes instruction, exercises, and the Platinum Edge "Agile Success" training manual.
socalTECH
APRIL 15, 2010
Luanchpad LA's last class had thirteen companies, of which eleven received venture funding and where one was acquired. Los Angeles-based Launchpad LA , the startup mentoring effort spearheaded by GRP Partners' Mark Suster, is announcing this afternoon that it has selected 10 startups for the second season of the program.
socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2015
Altadena-based Rexter , the developer of real time contact and relationship management software led by technology veteran Andy Wilson, has been named one of the fourteen companies in the upcoming Microsoft Digital Work Accelerator. Rexter''s software--which runs across mobile platforms, tablets, and PCs--helps consolidate and manage their contacts from across social networking sites and email, and helps users manage those contacts and activities.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Orange County-based WebFitness said this morning that it has launched a new service, which lets you participate in live, online fitness classes--using just a webcam, microphone, and high speed Internet connection. According to WebFitness, it runs live interactive group fitness classes, led by a live certified trainer, who monitors your workout efforts remotely using your webcam.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Techstars LA , one of three, Los Angeles area startup accelerator programs run by Techstars , launched the first class of startups at its first Demo Day on Tuesday at the El Rey Theater.
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