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JULY 23, 2012

Los Angeles startup accelerator StartEngine has launched its third class, a new batch of fourteen startups which have set up shop in the incubator's Westwood Village space under the watchful eyes of Activision co-founder Howard Marks and investor Paul Kessler. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

the startup incubator headed by Mike Jones, has just tossed its ring into the another e-commerce category: women's activewear. Science, Inc., Science just launched Ellie , a site which offers up clothing for activewear for women, via subscription. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Department of Commerce granted nearly $500,000 to California State University, Los Angeles and its partners, the Biocom Institute and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), to fund the creation of a bootcamp for bioscientists in the region.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile credit startup Float , which is developing an iOS app to provide credit to consumers, has been selected as part of the commerce-focused startup accelerator Commerce.Innovated.

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JUNE 14, 2013

Adding one more startup incubator/accelerator to the long list in Los Angeles, Bixel Exchange launched Thursday, to offer up mentoring and classes to local startups. The new center was created by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. bixelexchange bixel exchange startup center incubator accelerator chamber commerce'

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Science is looking to incubate its own set of companies, make investments, and otherwise work to create the next successful startups. I thought it would be interesting to raise a tranche of money, to have a platform where we could incubate our own concepts, work with the best entrepreneurs around, and build new businesses.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Will all that activity help create the next big technology, advertising, gaming, or e-commerce startup? Much of the focus is on absorbing that energy, the enthusiasm of the startup community here has created over the last few years. It's unclear.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

As part of the deal information, the Tech Coast Angels said it specifically is looking to support th enew accelerators and incubators in Southern California with investments. The group said that investments were fairly consistent compared with the same period in 2011, when it invested $4.4M in 17 companies. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

We actually reached out to them, because we were fascinated with the e-commerce space. One of those sectors are marketplaces, the other is content and e-commerce. But, as you know, there seem to be a huge number of new accelerators and incubators in Los Angeles right now. Michael Jones: I think it's multi-fold.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. We feel fortunate to partner with a team that has such deep expertise in commerce and technology.

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MAY 2, 2012

The company, which helps hook up musicians with instruments, home recording gear, studio time, and other products and services, said it is seeing major growth via its social commerce efforts, particularly via Facebook and its Facebook page. Hello Music is led by Rick Camino. Elevator itself is backed by private equity firm KGC Capital.

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JULY 23, 2012

The company--which now is listed on the OTC markets--did not disclose the amount of funding, but said the funds came from Indian e-commerce entrepreneur Sashi Chimala, and local Los Angeles developer REGARD Venture Solutions. REGARD is the software incubator and development firm headed by Steve Beauregard. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The new startup, like many other e-commerce startups emerging across Los Angeles, has combined a subscription service with a high-end, apparel brand. the business incubator/studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. In the second startup backed by Science, Inc. The company is backed by Science, Inc.,

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2011

PortTechLA is a public/private non-profit technology center and business incubator operated by a coalition consisting of the City of Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles and the San Pedro and Wilmington Chambers of Commerce. Tuesday, May 10, 2011 -- PortTech Enterprise Forum.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 5, 2008

The City of Ventura and the Ventura Chamber of Commerce invite you to mingle with movers and shakers of the growing local Ventura Venture Capital scene! Thursday, December 11, 2008 -- Venture Ventura Capital Connections. Come meet our venture capital partners and local business leaders. Contact aewing@cityofventura.net.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Walmart’s tech incubator in Silicon Valley, Store No 8, has acquired Spatialand , a virtual reality software firm, as its third portfolio company. Venice, CA-based Spatialand worked with Walmart on a project last year, an experience that led to the acquisition, according to the blog post. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

He saw the potential of e-commerce, and drove Amazon to success. This place is often called an incubator or accelerator, or just a group of peers. One of the most successful incubators is Y Combinator in Silicon Valley. The shift – break away from dreaming to action. This stage is where I see the most people stuck.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Companies that are creating a solution that helps make payments, commerce, or fintech easier, safer, or better should apply here by October 9th. Message from one of our longtime sponsors, Silicon Valley Bank: Commerce.Innovated. has opened up applications for their Winter 2017 class! Commerce.Innovated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Just make sure you can fill in all the details. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation.

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JULY 20, 2021

The startup accelerator program--which is back in person now after a move online last year due to the pandemic--said the 12 companies include Alva Health (wearables for real time stroke detection), Butterfly Labs (health and wellness services), Cheres (social investing), Communikind (holistic health/clean products), ComplYant (helping entrepreneurs (..)

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MARCH 21, 2012

We're also looking at mobile, because of the presence of Qualcomm and a huge body of talent around mobile, and social commerce, because of our success in social commerce, most recently with BeachMint, ShoeDazzle, and others.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MeUndies , debuted its subscription, e-commerce service for underwear and other basics. By doing so, we are establishing a direct relationship with the customer, creating a social commerce platform, talking directly to those customers, and finding out what they want, and making it for them.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 29, 2014

With the support of MasterCard for commerce solutions, the inflight connectivity experience of Gogo and the hardware capabilities of top companies like Avegant and Pebble, this event is poised to define the next generation of wearable travelers.”

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. E-commerce is a great example. There are a ton of e-commerce companies, and they''ve been the highest recipient of seed and A-round investments. But, there have really been very few e-commerce exits.

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JULY 27, 2021

According to the company, it has selected eight companies for the 2021 Disney Accelerator Program, including companies in the areas of messaging, the frontiers of technology, e-commerce, data, and personalization. The three month mentorship program has been run since 2014. According to Disney, the companies this year include Attentive.

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MARCH 4, 2020

According to Disney, it is specifically looking for companies in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, e-commerce, data analytics, frontier tech, and robotics. This year's program will be run out of Disney's campus in Glendale. Some prior participants in Disney's accelerator are Epic Games; Sphero; StatMuse, and Kahoot! READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Sellbot, an e-commerce platform for sellers made by USC graduates Michael and Payam Ahdoot, took home the grand prize of $25,000. Pelv-Ice is a pelvic support device for post-partum mothers and a recent winner of the Accelerating Innovating Mentoring (AIM) 2013 incubator and pitch competition.

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APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. The startup incubator actually found us. Wade Eyerly: They are incredible.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

SVB and Mastercard said it selected six startups for its Commerce.Innovated virtual accelerator, which is aimed at helping commerce, payments and fintech startups grow their businesses, including Santa Monica's Domuso , Santa Monica-based Earny , and Burbank-based Papaya.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Paul Myer: Veracity was originally part of Frost Data Capital, as part of their incubator. That was more than two years ago, and we exited the incubator, and are now working with another local company here in Orange County, Microsemi, in Aliso Viejo. We've now exited the incubator and actually have an office at Microsemi.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Today the Traveling Geeks saw presentations from 11 interesting startups at French incubator, the Paris Development Agency. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media. Among them was Stribe , a company TechZulu originally interviewed at the TechCrunch50 conference earlier this year.

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JULY 11, 2016

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2014

. “Integrated into wearable solutions like these, tools like Simplify Commerce really emphasize the importance of accepting payments in making consumer travel as frictionless as possible.”.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

The second piece, is our theme on the disruption of brands in e-commerce, influencer marketplaces, and investments in social marketplaces, where we've been correct on the general trends in the market. I think we've gotten great in spotting excellent founders, and the working with them to develop their business.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Incubator: Amplify LA. E-Commerce: Nasty Gal. VSI2 enables student collaboration with partners, mentors, and startup visionaries to incubate the brightest young minds of today into tomorrow’s groundbreaking tech wizards. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

It''s everything they need to thrive in the e-commerce world, and we hand it to them with a simple, 30-second signup on BloomNation. From there, we actually joined the Muckerlab incubator, and essentially have been growing florists on the supply side. It''s all about empowering the florists, and have them show up on local results.

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