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Interview with Noah Auerhahn, Extrabux

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We wrote up a business plan, and won a USC business plan competition, which allowed us to get funding from the University and raise venture capital we needed to begin development on the plan. People in the blogosphere were writing that this product was what they were looking for, and was another point of affirmation.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). banner ads on a CPM, CPC or a Cost-Per-Install [CPI] basis).

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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

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As of writing, my twin and I serve as the Co-CEOs and Co-Presidents at LAGbook. We also raised fund for CPC advertising, which doubled sign-ups. LAGbook is funded with money realised from our advertising services, our website development company, our venture capital firm ( LAGbook Capital ), and our lovely Dad.