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LA Clean Technology Corridor Gets Funding

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The effort to establish a "clean technology corridor" in Los Angeles has received $2.1M The center will include offices, conference rooms, research laboratories, and more. The center will include offices, conference rooms, research laboratories, and more. in a grant, according to the LABJ , from the Commerce Department.

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Calacanis Starts Up New Venture Fund

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Not only is he running his own technology conference, Launch, he''s also making angel investments, and opening up his own coworking space , he''s also created a new venture capital fund, the Launch Fund. for the fund, which he said is being funded by himself, David Sacks, and one or two other LPS.

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Clean Technology Leaders Conference and Business Mixer

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 -- Clean Technology Leaders Conference and Business Mixer. It will discuss the planning process, funding options, the importance of the "team" and market information as well as tools that can be used to drive and monitor the business. SPEAKER: John Ricardi, President and CEO, HiTech Initiatives.

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GLAZED | Wearable Tech Conference [Live]

Tech Zulu Event

TechZulu is happy to announce that we will be bringing you all the action live from the GLAZED Conference Monday, September 30th starting at 9AM. Tamer Hassanein, Partner, Rising Tide Fund. Tim Chang, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund. The post GLAZED | Wearable Tech Conference [Live] appeared first on TechZulu.

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City of Los Angeles, Goren Holm To Invest In Blockchain Startup

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The City of Los Angeles and investment firm Goren Holm Ventures --the new Blockchain investment firm of Alon Goren and Josef Holm--said they will be funding a blockchain pitch contest at the upcoming CIS blockchain conference. According to the two, judges for the event include billionaire investor Tim Draper. READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Raises New $200M Fund, Becomes Upfront Ventures

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Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures. GRP has been quite active in the local technology industry, having founded accelerator LaunchpadLA. READ MORE>>.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money.