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Upromise Acquired By LA's Prodege

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El Segundo-based consumer rewards program operator Prodege , led by longtime SoCal technology veteran Chuck Davis, said Monday morning that it has acquired Upromise , the popular college education-saving rewards business which was owned by SLM Corporation (Sallie Mae). Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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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. I continue to be surprised by some clever SoCal entrepreneurs who are creating out-of-the box companies that are opportunistic and reflect our markets ingenuity.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. Our CTO is mainland Chinese, but was educated here. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. Tell us about your backers? Everyone else is Chinese.

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TechCouncil Charity Luncheon: Toys for Tots!

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Toys for Tots with its rich history of giving and educating dating back to 1948 continues to be one of the only philanthropies where 97% of all donation funds goes to their mission of providing toys, books, and other gifts to less fortunate children. See [link] (more)

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TS2 Presents: Unlocking the Secrets of Scaling and Monetization

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This educational session will provide you with key insights and proven techniques you can put to use immediately in your technology business. Guest panelists include: Chris Wise, CEO, Wise Profits (Strategic Growth Consultant) Ron Scott, CEO, Vueality (AR/Games) Alex Rubalcava, Partner, Stage Venture Capital (VC/Funding).

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QLess Raises $3.5M To Reduce Waiting In Line

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in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from True Growth Capital and Wellington Financial LP. QLess develops apps for the iPhone and Android, which is aimed at reducing lines in the retail, higher education, healthcare, government, and logistics areas.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

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million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. The company plans to give creators and influencers more independence from existing platforms by allowing them access to funding from a team well-versed in their unique capital needs. Naturally, these were also the first business to get funded. focused fund.

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