socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based startup studio Science , led by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones and Peter Pham, has launched a new company called SpringRole , to tackle the fraud in user profiles. According to Jones, SpringRole is the first professional reputation network powered by artificial intelligence and blockchain. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2012

Santa Monica-based Engrade , a developer of online classroom management tools, said today that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The round was led by Rethink Education, and also included NewSchools Venture Fund, Greg Gunn, Zac Zeitlin, and Richard Chino. Engrade says it has more than 4.5 READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Allan Jones’s first startup was Fourth and Grand , a Trunk Club-like service backed by the venture studio and accelerator, Science, out of Santa Monica. “When I was a kid my dad owned a small minimarket and got sued for wrongful termination and he had to dip into my college education fund.”

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2014

Local investments funds have had issues raising their new funds, and venture investors had started to hunker down with their portfolios, waiting for some sign of a thaw in the exit environment. For several years, the phrase "Los Angeles Venture Capitalist" had almost become an oxymoron.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

The California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of San Diego (UCSD) have all ranked very highly on a new ranking of universities for their technology transfer efforts, issued by The Milken Insitute , the Santa Monica-based thinktank. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

When you’re on Fund I or Fund II it is often a founding team that all started together, knew each other before and went through the trenches together to get a fund raised. And LA shifted to Santa Monica and Venice. It was more hedge fund than venture capital. Waltham shifted to Cambridge.

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Rancho Palos Verdes Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2011

On Thursday, December 8 from 6 to 11 pm, the Southern California technology and business communities will gather for Digital Family Reunion 2011 at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica. See [link] (more)

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Southern California Santa Monica Social Network Commerce 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

Chromatik is based in Santa Monica and headed by Matt Sandler ; the firm's investors include 500 Startups, Kapor Capital , LaunchpadLA, Learn Capital , and MuckerLab. The firm's products are an example of what applying technology, and smartphones and tablets, can do for music education. Miso Media. Music Mastermind.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The Southern California technology and business communities will gather for Digital Family Reunion '09 at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica. DFR '09 will cross pollinate leaders from all the major industry sectors such as media, entertainment, finance, publishing, venture funding, software, commerce, education, and many more.

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Southern California Santa Monica Social Network Commerce 100

LATechDigest

MAY 30, 2016

MARCH CAPITAL Opens LA Shop with $240M Fund ( link ). Students & Educators — Win $25k in THE MAYOR’S CUP ( link ). Got to watch fireworks & a splendid light show as #PacificPark & Ferris Wheel celebrates 20th bday in Santa Monica pic.twitter.com/F2VNwSrAqT. Series F ( link ). FIREWORKS ON THE PIER!

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest takes place June 19-22, 2013 in Santa Monica. Key Events include: June 14-16: Hackathon presented by AT&T will gather a few hundred developers, coaches, and business professionals who will create startup pitches at ROC Santa Monica. Thursday Night Fashion Party at Santa Monica Place.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

We''d gone to high school together in Santa Monica, and we were both very entrepreneurial in high school. It''s a highly educated, English speaking workforce, and they love working for American companies. You''ve built quite a big business--how did you fund all of that? Before that, I was in New York, City.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Revolution Prep announced its first, institutional round of funding, worth $15M, from Kennet Partners. It was us, funding ourselves from credit cards, literally, to a company that is now on par with Kaplan and Princeton Review. How did you manage the growth you have, without outside funding?

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

Santa Monica-based Tala , backed by Google Ventures and Lowercase Capital, has developed a tool that allows anyone with a cell phone to build a financial track record, specially for people in emerging markets. Since your work at emerging markets were mostly overseas, how is it that Tala is located in Santa Monica?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. s first accelerator called The Fort and raised VC funding. CoFoundersLab was created by Shahab Kaviani after he left an 8-year run at the successful startup HyperOffice. “I

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Entrepreneur Santa Monica Startup CTO Hire 87

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

Santa Monica-based WorkToday (www.worktoday.com) has created a text-based marketplace to help connect workers with employers. 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?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. Higher education. It’s funny but recently I was at the CornerstoneOnDemand conference in Santa Monica. Much more data in the full post. THE FULL STORY. Home alarms. Real Estate.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Corey Weiss , IPSY's Head of Business Development, is based in Santa Monica, and helps to run that effort. We understand you're backed by $100M in funding? When subscribers receive the glam bag, they can watch the videos and get educated on how to properly apply the product they received. Corey Weiss: Yes, that's correct.

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Commerce Content Sample Yahoo 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. Previously, Paul was the founder of The Mailroom Fund (MRF) – a venture fund in partnership with Accel Partners, Venrock and AT&T that focused on early stage investments in Southern California-based digital media firms.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

DFR '09 will cross pollinate leaders from all the major industry sectors such as media, entertainment, finance, publishing, venture funding, software, commerce, education, and many more. Where: Wokcano Restaurant 1413 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA. Where do I sign-up: Click here (use promo code DFR30 to get in for $30).

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socalTECH

JULY 3, 2013

Santa Monica-based Engrade announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, for the company''s district-level education platform. engrade education management cloud software venture capital school teacher classroom' Engrade''s CEO is Zach Posner. READ MORE>>.

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Education Tool Santa Monica Venture Capital 173

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. He then joined their venture fund, TheMailRoom Fund, which is where I met him. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. The firm just announced that new fund, and a new name, Upfront Ventures (www.upfront.com). Tell us about the new fund?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In 1991, Bill started Knowledge Adventure, an educational software publisher that grew to be the third largest educational software publisher in the world and was eventually sold to Cendant Software and is now a division of Havas Interactive, which is owned by Vivendi. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

He runs the Southern California Venture Capital Alliance (VCA) and is on the board of advisors for the venture capital fund of the UCSD Rady School of Business. Named as one of the 20 most innovative startups in the country, based in Santa Monica. He blogs here and tweets here. Want to sponsor?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Los Angeles has seen its own startup scene develop with Silicon Beach, which stretches between Santa Monica and Playa Vista. That money is being distributed across real estate, educational, and local business redevelopment, as well as moving Zappos into the old City Hall in downtown Las Vegas.

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Social Network Social Media Press Technical Review 111

socalTECH

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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