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Incubating LA's Biotech Future, With Richard Koffler, Greenwings Biomedical

socalTECH

A couple of weeks ago, a brand new, startup incubator launched in town--with a slightly different focus, on biomedical technology. The incubator-- Greenwings Biomedical (www.greenwingsbiomedical.com), is led by Richard Koffler , a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. What is Greenwings Biomedical? It was a failure.

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ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working

TechCrunch LA

. “There was an abandoned vehicle parked there and the station was surrounded by mud,” said Terry who is CEO and co-founded the company with Evette Ellis. The company said it has raised $2.75 It was here that she met Ellis, a career coach at LACI who also worked at the Long Beach Job Corp Center. Hiring approach.

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Streamlining The Sports Recruiting Process with FieldLevel

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That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. We spoke with co-founder Brenton Sullivan about the company''s platform, and how it''s hoping to transform the athletic recruiting process. How''d you start the company?

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. I’ve seen too many companies go off track by a VC hell bent on the team pursuing the VCs strategy which at times is about chasing the next shiny object. Traditional software vs. SaaS. I think of VCs as coaches. Think of web vs. mobile.

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Stained Glass Labs Patners With Exitround, Unveils App Directory for Google Glass

Tech Zulu Event

Stained Glass Labs’s incubator companies will be able to gain advanced access to the Exitround community of business and corporate development professionals and also get one-to-one coaching on strategically navigating corporate conversations. Partnership to give firms bigger business opportunities.

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Plug and Play San Diego Finds Home in New Downtown Works Space

Xconomy

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego. We would like to launch an accelerator based here, and bring in additional resources from the Bay Area.”.

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New Early Stage Financing Options for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.