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Jared Leto, Scooter Braun and Troy Carter are backing Moment House, a startup recreating live events… digitally

TechCrunch LA

The money came from heavy hitters in the Los Angeles entertainment and investment scene including Scooter Braun, Troy Carter, Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew and Jared Leto. For its first foray into live entertainment, Moment House is going to host a geo-fenced, location-specific tour for the musician Yungblud. million in seed funding.

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Accelerator Crazy In Southern California

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LA Cleantech Incubator , officially launched last week, and was created by Los Angeles Cleantech Alliance, a group supported by Mayor's Office, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Community Redevelopment Agency for Los Angeles, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA, USC, CalTech, and Arts Center College of Design.

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Silicon Beach Fest: Catching Up With Kevin Winston

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For example, we had a keynote from Patrick Soon-Shiong, who talked about his new health incubator, and Frank Addante, at Rubicon Project, talking his ad-tech services. We''re showing people that we have the cool media-entertainment stuff, which is cool and great, and we love that. We have Chet Pipkin, talking about Belkin.

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Krisztina "Z" Holly, MAKE IT IN LA: Bridging Entrepreneurship and Manufacturing

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Los Angeles is often thought of as just the city of entertainment and creative industries�but it turns out, it's a lot more. He's able to turn around a design in two or three weeks, rather than waiting with no idea when it will come off a container ship from Asia. In a similar way, I played that role in academia, at both USC and MIT.

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CreatorUp Links You With Top Filmakers & YouTube Creators To Make Awesome Web Series

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Mike Tringe earned his BA in History and Science from Harvard, and his MFA in Film Production from USC. He’s worked as an English and Film teacher at the American School of Tangier, and has also assistant taught film production at USC. Sara Akhteh received her BA in Film Theory from UCSC and her MFA from USC in Production.

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Interview with Elizabeth Amini, Anti-Aging Games

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Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. And do so in real life, too.

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