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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

TechCrunch LA

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Entity’s sweet spot is a bifurcated one, Schwab said in an interview.

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How More Women Are Becoming Angel Investors, with Eva Yazhari

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There are many women out there working in philanthropy and extracurricular in charities, who have capital to contribute, and who can get more involved in the sustainable development side of things. My participation has been on the impact investing and education side, where I''ve been involved as a mentor.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. It will be tough for there to be many huge winners in this category.

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How ConsumerTrack Has Created A Growing, Profitable--and Mostly Unknown Business

socalTECH

There''s lots of technology development behind what you do - can you talk about that? We have been smart about how to make investments in our business, and when we jump into a new category or vertical. That''s when we started looking at credit repair, online education, and others. READ MORE>>.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

Tech Zulu Event

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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Interview with Kevin Anderson, Appetize

socalTECH

For our interview today, we sat down with Kevin Anderson , one of the co-founders of Los Angeles-based Appetize (www.appetizeapp.com), the developer of a cloud based enterprise point of sale solutions for venues and events. We provide primarily enterprise, category, point-, and sit in between the legacy guys and mobile guys.

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Interview with Shivani Siroya, Tala

socalTECH

In emerging markets and the developing world, access to banking, capital, and financial resources is fare more difficult than here in the U.S., due to a less developed financial system, lack of credit tracking, and oftentimes and informal economy. It really goes into two categories, around capacity and affordability.

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