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Draper Goren Holm Raises $25M Blockchain Fund

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Los Angeles-based Draper Goren Holm , a new venture capital fund founded by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25M in its very first fund. According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world. READ MORE>>.

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Favor Plans Expansion Into San Diego, Gets $13M

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Favor--which is based in Austin, Texas--said it raised $13M in a Series A funding, from S3 Ventures, Silverton Partners, Tim Draper, and other angels, specifically for the expansion move. Favor was part of the SLO HotHouse incubator/accelerator. The company currently operates in Austin, Boston, Houston and Dallas. READ MORE>>.

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Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model

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How is this different than accelerator or incubator? David Carter: There is a lot of misunderstanding on what an incubator is, and what an accelerator is. When I was at Amplify, we had a lot of people wondering what an accelerator was, and how we differentiated from an incubator. I missed that in the beginning. READ MORE>>.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

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Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Apps & Software Business Data Entrepreneurship Events Finance Investment 500 Startups 500startups adam draper bitcoin boost vc Brock Pierce cryptocurrency Dave McClure mtgox Sean Percival' Brock Pierce – Digital Currency Entrepreneur and Angel Investor.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups. After years of traveling to Los Angeles once every few months, Timothy Draper, founder and a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says he now flies down to L.A. TOPICID 408.