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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Here's Alon Goren , founder of 805 Startups and the Crypto Invest Summit. Many of my friends made a killing (in the short-term) investing in these deals and because of the network that I have built with Crypto Invest Summit, I had access to most of them. We're proud to hold it twice a year in Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Manatt Venture Funds, which we dedicate a specific portion of our funds to targeted digital media investments, is also part of the Manatt Digital Media network. More interest and money invested in LA. No matter what we say, the statistics are what they are and invested capital in Silicon Valley still dwarfs Southern California.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Upfront Ventures announced on Sunday that it has backed Convoz , a new startup created by rapper Chamillionaire. Financial details of the investment were not announced. Financial details of the investment were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

The Siemer Summit , the invite-only conference which has been organized by technology investment banking firm Siemer & Associates for the last four years, is returning this year, according to the firm. Image: awards handed out at last year's Siemer Summit. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. Back then, there really weren't many networking events or groups for high power women in Los Angeles, so we really filled a need.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. billion investment in 2018.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2019

A conference dedicated to transportation and mobility wouldn’t be complete without hearing from Ford, the U.S. automaker with a storied 116-year history. We’re excited to announce that Ford CTO Ken Washington will participate in TechCrunch’s inaugural TC Sessions: Mobility , a one-day event on July 10, 2019 in San Jose, Calif.,

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APRIL 15, 2013

the investment banking firm which got its start in Los Angeles focusing on high tech companies--and as a onetime venture capital investor--has exited the investment banking and advisory business, the firm said today. s roots as an investment firm. montgomery monty angeles investment banking'

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

million in pre-seed investment from investors including Liberty City Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Coinbase Ventures. Anita had the chance to attend the conference, so she’s back with some thoughts from the field: . NFT infrastructure startup NFTPort raised a $26 million Series A round led by Atomico.

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 16, 2017

The State of Digital Money is Los Angeles’ premier professional event and conference focused on the conversation of the evolving trends and emerging technologies disrupting the global financial system and worldwide transactions. Saturday, July 22, 2017 -- State of Digital Money.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Los Angeles-based Oblong , which develops remote collaboration products, says it has raised $5.0M The publicly listed company, which trades on the NYSE American as OBLG, did not disclose which investors invested in the placement. in a private placement of its stock. acted as exclusive placement agent for the transaction.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The organization, active in the Bay Area and New York City, is announcing new chapters in Los Angeles and Boston this week, as well as a new director of engagement, Domonique Fines, formerly of Y Combinator, and a new chief of staff, Jack Dorsey’s former chief of staff at Square, Alicia Burt. Scaling a nonprofit, startup style.

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JUNE 27, 2013

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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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Los Angeles area startups and would-be entrepreneurs were gathered Thursday as a part of the annual Twiistup technology conference, being held at the Skirball Center. The startup event--which continues until tonight--included keynotes by David Cohen of TechStars, Suneel Gupta of Groupon, Loic Le Meur of Seesmic, and many others.

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MARCH 1, 2018

This year, we're again sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. Since the beginning, we've invested in a relationship management function within our organization, and we've always invested first in quality support. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I told him that our market was absolutely booming and was worthy of a commensurate investment. Not that I’ll take credit for what I’m about to announce, but I knew that if somebody could commit to building out LA and making the investments required to kick ass in this market it would be Cooley. Invest they have.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

KPCB announced its new sFund, a $250M fund which will invest in entrepreneurs in the social space, specifically highlighting Facebook as "the best place to build the next generation" of social businesses. KPCB said its new sFund will focus on the next generation of social entrepreneurs.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

Jason Calacanis , the Los Angeles angel investor, podcast host, speaker, conference organizer, and CEO of Mahalo , is one of the angel investors in employee feedback firm 15Five.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

While the attendee interactions might be more limited due to Zoom, we found our leadership roundtables, conferences, and showcases all showed significant increases (50 - 100%) in participation. Despite the macro challenges, we were able to significantly increase our reach and engagement across the region.

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Tech.Co

MAY 13, 2016

Covering the Los Angeles tech scene for a publication? Looking to invest in the next Facebook? WHERE BUSINESS, TECH AND INNOVATION COLLIDE IN LA. Are you an early adopter of tech products? Looking for a job at a startup? Or just a plain old tech enthusiast? Then YOU and thousands like you attend TECHSPO LA! The Best Part?

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MARCH 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based IVT , a provider of web casting software and services, announced today that it has named Jim McGovern as its new CEO. IVT's services are used for webcasting investment conferences, training sessions, and other corporate events. McGovern replaces founder Greg Pulier, who is now CTO of the firm.

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JUNE 1, 2009

Los Angeles, which has one of the largest Jewish populations in the world, is known for many links to the country of Israel. Tags: israel israeli conference technology high tech investment. However, how much of a link do Israeli technology companies see with Southern California's technology industry?

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MARCH 1, 2017

Next week is the Montgomery Summit (www.montgomerysummit.com), one of the longest running technology conferences held in Los Angeles. The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. First of all, what's new with your conference this year?

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

This was a big year for Crosscut because were finally delivering on our promise of implementing a full-scale investing platform after 11+ years in business. Growing our practice from 3 original partners who would meet at coffee shops into a full institutional investing platform is a constant evolution. After leaving News Corp.,

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Whether it was sticking with bitcoin and blockchain as a sector when naysayers abounded, working to develop talent on my team, or investing in travel and education as a vehicle for personal and professional growth, I find one generally reaps what they sow. Michael Terpin: Biggest lesson is that persistence and hard work pays off.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” And it wasn’t just Google Ad Words that originated in Los Angeles. LA By The Numbers. acquired Overture for $1.63

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

USC’s Marshall School of Business and School of Cinematic Arts present Silicon Beach @USC : an event highlighting innovation, new ventures, partnerships and investment at the intersection of technology and digital content. Conference & Presentation of Silicon Beach Awards: Sept 13. Come join us for Silicon Beach @ USC!

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JUNE 11, 2012

How do you cut out all of the effort required to discover, find, and book venues for your event, wedding, or conference? New World is the investment firm of the Pritzker family, and they really have an understanding of this business. I also had the chance to do a conference, and had knowledge of that. is trying to figure out.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

For this morning's interview, we sat down with Marlon Nichols , co-founder and Managing Partner of Los Angeles-based Cross Culture Ventures (crossculturevc.com). Cross Culture's investments include Mayven, LendStreet, Wonderschool, and Fair, among many other investments. We take a thematic approach to investing.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

gaming and mobile tracks others took advantage of during the course of the three-day conference held consecutively at ROC , Cross Campus and Santa Monica Place. One such entrepreneur was Adam Miller , Cornerstone OnDemand , CEO, who kicked off the conference at ROC. 4 P’s of Success.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Stibel is also very active in supporting the Los Angeles startup ecosystem as an angel investor. We thought we'd catch up with Stibel to hear how the firm has been going plus learn about his angel investing efforts. I believe that Los Angeles can be the bastion of the next technology revolution.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. LA has the annual Monty Conference. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX?

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JANUARY 23, 2009

billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. The report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, found that 2008 investments declined by 8 percent in terms of dollars, and 4 percent in terms of deal volume, with fourth quarter results seeing a 26 percent drop to $5.4 billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3 in 10 deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Conferences. How do VCs break out of group think when they are shuttling from one board meeting to the next, from one conference to the other and talking with all the same people? I was at the Lobby Conference a few weeks ago in Mexico. How does the world in Los Angeles intersect differently with venture capital?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. NAME David Sacks.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is about, “The journey through the ‘NO’ to get to the YES’ ” said by Ryan Caldbeck, CEO of CircleUp , on a panel at the Connections Conference in Indianapolis. So what’s that mean to you and me… It means, the bigger ROI (return on investment) can be in correlation to having the best character.

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