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Men’s personal care startup Huron raises $1M

TechCrunch LA

The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding from RXBAR founders Peter Rahal and Jared Smith, CXT Investments, and Lean Luxe founder M. . “For us, the broader mission is A+ personal care for guys everywhere — not just guys in New York or guys in the Bay Area or guys in Los Angeles,” he said. Paul Munford.

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Launching from beta, ProGuides is making money ensuring that gamers never play alone

TechCrunch LA

” The professional gamers who list their services on the site charge an average of $10 per session and ProGuides takes about a 25% cut. million in pre-seed funding last June. The LA-based company also has some venture-backed competition on the East Coast. Super Smash Brothers, CS:GO and Hearthstone.

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How To Identify New Venture Assistance Organizations

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor.

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Accelerators Have Resources To KickStart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor.

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Boost Your New Venture By Teaming With An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor.

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Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

socalTECH

In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. READ MORE>>.