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JUNE 25, 2014

Glendale-based Dreamworks is one of the lead investors in a developer of mobile kids'' apps, Fingerprint , which said Wednesday that it has raised $10.85M in a Series B funding round. According to San Francisco-based Fingerprint, the new funding round is a Series B. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

socalTECH is a media sponsor of the LAVA Special Event: Meet the VCs on November 17th. The event features an interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, who will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Stash, based in New York, said that it will start offering up mobile-based banking accounts from Green Dot, which includes a debit account, access to Green Dot's network of ATMs, as well as other features. The company offers up mostly blue chip stocks and ETFs, letting users buy fractional shares, with a heavy dose of educational content.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , the STEM-focused, entertainment-and-education startup led by Brent Bushnell, is gearing up for its first beta night, which is being held in a couple of weeks.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

According to Jones, SpringRole is the first professional reputation network powered by artificial intelligence and blockchain. The new startup--the first Blockchain startup out of Science--lets employers and educators verify information on user profiles, and also uses Blockchain to weight endorsements of others in your network.

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JULY 9, 2014

Source of the funding as not announced. console capital venture education student network kiosk communities interest common' Los Angeles-based Common Interest Communities , a developer of kiosks and communications systems aimed at student housing, said today that it has raised $10M in a private placement. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2010

A local technology group is hoping to support women supporting technology and science education, by tripling the size of its scholarship program. Tags: science technology education scholarship women female engineering. The scholarships are open to looking to study at a vocational school, community college, or four-year institution.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

In a bid to help research from the University of Southern California reach the market, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday afternoon that it is awarding $439,000 in gap funding to seven projects from USC, which have a high potential to spin out of the school. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Graduway is based in the UK, and offers up its software to educational institutions and non-profit organizations. The companies said the funding will provide Graduway with "significant resources" to continue its growth and innovatino efforts, as well as to expand its product suite, plus to help it grow its operations in North America.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Ocean Media, which is based in Huntington Beach, said it will be managing broadcast media planning and buying, with plans to air spots for Lynda.com on major cable networks, including HGTV, Discovery, DIY, A&E, and Golf. lynda online education video advertising television cable' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. Baghdasarian was co-founder of Monterey Networks, which was sold to Cisco Systems back in 1999, has been an active angel investor in Southern California. If you can imagine, you can have your entire educational life online. First of all, what is 15desks?

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MARCH 5, 2012

Many experienced entrepreneurs choose to go through an accelerator because of the network effect and the dynamics of the mentor help that they get. For instance, in Los Angeles, there are currently 23 accelerators, incubators and colocation facilities, as documented in Ben Kuo’s recent SoCalTech series.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

How are you funded? Jon Grishpul: We've been around for the last year, and we've been completely self funded. We only operate in Los Angeles County and parts of Ventura County, and from here, we're going to gradually build our network across other areas around Los Angeles as we expand. We really want to take a personal approach.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

There's a big disconnect between their education and employment. We raised a bunch of money, and funded training programs for underserved communities for entry level jobs, which would lead to careers in the entertainment industry. People fall out of their education for a number of different reasons.

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JUNE 11, 2013

June 19: TechZulu Penthouse at ROC: TechZulu will livestream interviews and provide a place to network. Digital Women’s Luncheon invites leaders to network at Sonoma Wine Garden. June 20-21: TechZulu Penthouse at ROC: TechZulu will livestream interviews and provide a place to network. In 2012 over $3.2 Media Partners.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

Our annual conferencefocused on educating our community on growing valuable tech enterprises-- set a record with over 500 attendees and our best attendee feedback to date. He has been an angel investor in over 50 tech companies, is an LP in 5 seed funds and has served on over a dozen venture-backed boards.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Nichols is a former Kauffman Fellow and investment director at Intel Capital, and tells us how his fund--which he co-founded with Atom Factory's Troy Carter--is looking to find companies solving large problems outside of the typical Silicon Valley bubble. How did the fund get started? I led a number of investments for that company.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. We're fortunate we've been able to fund that from SocialEngine.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

After that I worked for five years in at Cisco working on consumer networking and enterprise networking. We gained investment money and funding for that, and we''re now at the point of launching the project, most likely in January. I went to school at UC Davis, and got my Masters there in Agricultural Engineering.

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APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

In the Los Angeles startup world, there are lots of high profile, buzzy companies which have lots of attention and funding--but which haven''t earned a dime of revenue. We are constantly learning, doing research, and networking with other entrepreneurs, and people in our business who are the best at what they do.

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MAY 2, 2013

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. How did the new fund come about? Do you have institutional LPs in your fund, or is this your personal capital? David Waxman: This fund is a new company, the way I see it. David Waxman.:

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MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. How is the firm funded? We'll expand beyond to other verticals as we start to grow. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2017

in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. Interestingly enough, though, we've also had education. How are you funded? The company recently raised $1.1M What does Work Today do? I think that's cool, and we're proud of that.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. Tell us about your backers?

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JUNE 16, 2009

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue (www.ringrevenue.com) announced that it had raised a round of venture funding. Jason Spievak: At a high level, what we do, is enable affiliate networks to track calls like they do clicks. Explain your technology? How does this work? READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

What should startups be doing to get funding nowadays, versus a more normal year? Scott Sangster: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and I have been angel funding personally. We want the entrepreneurs to see the TCA as the de-facto first place to seek funding for their companies. I think that's a good sign for startups.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency. We also just recently launched a standard API, which allows any social networking site to use our analytics code. We're going through the education process right now.

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MARCH 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based FameBit (www.famebit.com) has developed a new platform which lets any content creator connect with brands, without the need for an agency or MCN, to help them grow their content and network. Once they decide which YouTubers to hire, they can fund that video production. Tell us about FameBit?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Sometrics is venture backed by The Mail Room Fund, a Los Angeles-based early stage fund backed by Accel, Venrock, and the William Morris Agency. We also just recently launched a standard API, which allows any social networking site to use our analytics code. We're going through the education process right now.

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MAY 14, 2010

Last year, we did fifty different educational programs, talking to on the order of 10,000 people in those fifty programs. The second thing is the stuff we have been doing--education, networking, and connections--and getting that primordial soup stirred up and catalyzed.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Daniel Scalisi: We've got many nationally recognized organizations, including the Children's Miracle Network, the National Breast Cancer Association, the Humane Society, which are just a few of our customers. I spent the last year at a venture capital fund, helping people to prepare broken businesses.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

In addition, we use primary and secondary social networking information, in order to verify they are who they say they are. We wanted to understand, if we were giving out a $300 loan, whether that loan was going to home improvements, to working capital, for water, or for education. How did you end up starting Tala?

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Our challenge is to help start, fund, improve, and grow 1000 companies in five years. There are many other outlets in the community providing mentorship, education, workshops, and networking, and many others supporting entrepreneurs, but we believe there is a void in the very early stages of formation.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

I was trying to figure out how to access the public, provide information, and educate them about addiction. The second part of our model, which I learned through the UCLA network and contacts, is that a vast number of placements for treatment is done through public agencies. It's a bit different in that we can't guarantee placement.

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