socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Qualcomm said it will invest a total of $1M in funding to support program participants, and will initially select 10 companies to participate in the program. Qualcom said that the deadline for applications is February 22nd, and the class will start in May of 2015 and end in September of 2015. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Incubator Class Invest 147

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Start Engine , the business accelerator being spearheaded by Activision co-founder Howard Marks, said today that it has created a new, $15M investment fund for its portfolio of startups, and added former Governor Gray Davis as an advisor. READ MORE>>.

Funding 214

Funding Southern California Activision Class 214

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources.

Class 124

Class Startup Resource Mentor 124

Xconomy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

VelosBio joined Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS @ San Diego incubator in January. The company is developing antibody drug conjugates, a class of cancer drug that links antibodies to potent cancer-fighting toxins. The new VelosBio cash, a Series A round of financing, was led by Arix Bioscience (LSE: ARIX ) and Sofinnova Ventures.

San Diego 91

San Diego Incubator Class Study 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. If this is your first foray into the entrepreneurial arena, with no track record in business or technology, your best and perhaps only supporters will be that class of investors known in the trade as friends, family and fools (FFF).

Help 165

Help Research Startup Funding 165

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. Or maybe a goldmine.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

” Perhaps it is time to seek some funding, but how do you get advice from the same people that you’ll need money from? Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp.

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. If this is your first foray into the entrepreneurial arena, with no track record in business or technology, your best and perhaps only supporters will be that class of investors known in the trade as friends, family and fools (FFF).

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Develop Development Product Funding 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. They are funded and staffed by groups of accomplished entrepreneurs. Tags: entrepreneurs incubators relationships startups. Relationships , I said back then.

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Incubator Mentor Capital Startup 80

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. Tell us about the incubator--how long as it been around?

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Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Most colleges have now added classes in entrepreneurship to include the necessary business focus to technical majors that usually drive innovative ideas. They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Mentor Class Resource 157

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists. Founded by Tasso Argyros and Stamos Venios , the lab is Silicon Valley’s first venture lab and early stage fund for big data startups and scientists, complete with working space, support staff That will help build disruptive big data firms. No room for failure.

Netflix 82

Netflix Incubator Class Funding 82

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. They all had come from backgrounds as investment professionals, which is how they had built their own businesses. How was experience finding companies for this first class of startups?

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Science is looking to incubate its own set of companies, make investments, and otherwise work to create the next successful startups. Mike Jones: Coming out of Myspace, I looked at both operational roles and joining a venture fund. I wanted to go back to both, with an operation and investment focus. What is Science?

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Incubator Startup Commerce Los Angeles 196

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2015

The LA Dodgers has opened the doors on its first, startup accelerator program class this morning, unveiling the 10 companies included in the first LA Dodgers Sports & Entertainment Accelerator. The accelerator begins today, and runs through a Demo Day in November at Dodger Stadium. READ MORE>>.

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Class Entertainment Mentor Organization 100

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. Currently, the studio is funded in part by partnerships with Monster Energy and Snap’s 523 program , which supports small content companies and creators from underrepresented groups.

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Platform Social Media Netflix Content 210

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources.

Entrepreneur 55

Entrepreneur Capital Class Startup 55

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2013

Silicon Valley’s 9+, an accelerator founded by serial entrepreneur and company builder Peter Relan is investing $110,000 into game developers to quit developing games and shift to consumer, mobile, Big Data and wearable apps. 110,000 to quit developing games for wearable apps. 2 million raised. Growth hackers.

Startup 79

Startup Develop Development Incubator 79

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

For two years, it was a mentorship program, that worked with twenty three different companies, but did not have a fund, did not have an office, and didn't take any equity. Nineteen of the twenty three companies were funded, and at this point, nine out of 23 have actually been acquired. Our current class has performed incredibly well.

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

We're looking to launch our first class in the fall, with five to ten companies, with the TechStars model of a small capital investment, and a seed investment of $6000 per founder. I helped them raise a few rounds of funding, ran their European operations. And then, in 2003 I retired, and I became an angel investor.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Bricault is a Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners, and Wolpert was most recently at the Mailroom fund. Amplify said it will invest in companies at the intersection of technology and entertainment. in its own fund, and plans to invest $50,000 in seed funding to companies accepted to its program. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Seed Funding Venice Class 145

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This is class four for Launchpad LA. million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. We’ve been blown away by the performance of the eight companies in this class.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

MuckerLab is one of a number of accelerators who have managed to scoop up venture funding for its companies, with such portfolio companies Surf Air, Retention Science, Wallaby, Chromatik, and others. That is, once you invest in a company, you''re a shareholder, and you help that company for the course of its life.

Incubator 187

Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Through these student and faculty interactions, I have gathered empirical (but non-scientific), first-hand evidence of the factors that contribute to a world-class undergraduate entrepreneurial program. Practitioners, Not Professors – classes should be taught by people who have fought hand-to-hand combat in the startup trenches.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Class Patents 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. So we went for it.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

startups attracting over $847 million in investment funds in 2012 alone, the city’s diverse resources are often too separated. s tech scene by the city’s own incubator-accelerator Be Great Partners. Ashton Kutcher is just one of the A-list notables investing generously in startups. Be Great Fest is intended to unite them.

Los Angeles 101

Los Angeles Angel Startup Venture Capital 101

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2016

Other investors include TEEC Angel Fund and wCapital. In the 2016 Policy Address, the Chief Executive stated that the Government will set aside HKD 2 billion to set up an Innovation and Technology Venture Fund to co-invest in local startups with private venture capital funds on a matching basis. Closing a round of USD 4.5

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Funding Venture Capital Chief Technology Officer Class 40

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

If you about it, their customers have begun opening up their purses, which have been kind of tied up in the last 18-24 months, they haven't been investing in new technology or products, and equities are getting more expensive. Sumant Mandal: When we make investments, we generally don't invest in acquisition candidates.

Clearstone 140

Clearstone Idealab Incubator Invest 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

K5Launch (www.k5launch.com) is modeled after the successful Y-Combinator and TechStars acceleration programs, and invests equity, provides mentors, and runs a three month program to get very early stage startups off the ground. Our challenge is to help start, fund, improve, and grow 1000 companies in five years.

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you making investments in those firms as part of the program? It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors. When is your first class? Howard Marks: Our first class starts in January, and we're already accepting applications. That's our mission.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This morning, Techstars (www.techstars.org), the startup accelerator which has had great success in spreading its approach to helping to get startups to the next stage of their life�usually, funding�announced it has opened up its third accelerator in Los Angeles, Techstars LA. The focus is on helping the startup. billion combined.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2016

funding round this week for its mobile gifting app. It's a curated marketplace, with best-in-class products and experiences. We were incubated and launched in Canada in 2014, and at the end of 2015, we launched in the U.S. We'll also be expanding our team, and investing more in technology. How does Giftagram work?

Mobile 100

Mobile Platform Commerce Class 100

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. That's actually borne fruit in our first class. We sat down with Paul to learn a bit more about the program at Amplfify.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

I would love for prospective investors in Dave’s fund to call me personally to learn about “the real Dave.”. When my pal Dave started his venture fund, 500 Startups, he was ridiculed. Hell, I can barely manage 10 investments – how could anybody do 500? I told him that I thought many in the industry would also weigh in.

Startup 309

Startup Venture Capital Email Writing 309

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 28, 2013

The question was posed by Nolan Simons, an LMU student from Professor David Choi’s Business Incubation class. I was invited along with Kluge’s CEO, Arturo Perez , to listen to five companies from the class pitch their ideas. And this is precisely the expertise investors are looking for when funding disruptive businesses.

Startup 45

Startup LMU Venture Capital Class 45

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Neither class of people should give up easily. Fred Wilson wrote perfectly about sticking with struggling investments.

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364