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Venture firm M13 names former Techstars LA managing director, Anna Barber, as its newest partner

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Designed to be a collaborative startup company incubator alongside corporate partners, Launchpad focuses on developing new consumer tech businesses focused on M13’s main investment areas: health, food, transportation, and housing. Anna Barber, partner, M13. Image Credit: Raif Strathmann.

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How Valence Aims to Provide Better Access and Funding for Black Founders & Executives

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At Upfront we believe in improving access for founders and entrepreneurs to networking, professional development, and economic opportunities, and that’s what Kobie set out to do with Valence , which he incubated in our offices. You can hear more about the importance of mentoring from Kobie Fuller, Valence advisor James Lowry, and John Legend?

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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They have hired great people, have brought on great mentors, have raised money from top tier investors, and we are excited for a bunch of big announcements in the months ahead,” said Teller. There are a couple of companies that have already done fundraising whereas at a normal incubator non of them would have even started.”.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Incubator: Amplify LA. With 10,000 square feet designed to inspire innovation, Amplify LA is the ultimate start-up accelerator and entrepreneurial campus — all to bring together the brightest, most enthusiastic technology minds into an environment that provides solutions, support, and collaboration. Social Media: Snapchat.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. In the past, Dinesh served as President of Skyy Consulting Inc.