socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Sound Ventures , the Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm of Ashton Kutcher, is one of the lead investors in a funding round for LearnLux , a startup which develops software that helps employees of companies with financial wellness.

Seed Funding

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

We've defined an accelerator program as a class-based, limited-time program which ties mentors, educational events, and often, seed funding, to help ideas become startups, and to help get startups to the point where they are fund-able. Part I: The Accelerator Programs. What is an accelerator program?

Southern California

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. All of my partners at Upfront do. I don’t mind.

Angel

TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The timing is ripe for a fund like ours to capitalize on the opportunity.” ” Fika Ventures focuses on the greater B2B ecosystem but has also supported companies solving social issues within housing, education and healthcare. . “ I’ve watched the ecosystem grow over the last two decades.”

Funding

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Kangarootime , a startup developing cloud-based software for childcare centers, has raised a seed funding round, the company said this week. The funding came from Skyview Ventures LLC, Mucker Capital, and the Tech Coast Angels.

Tech Coast Angels

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

of seed funding and launching our popular subscription service for kids ages 4-10. In education, I believe we are seeing the first wave of educational games as they were meant to be � engaging and self-directed learning paths that the best teachers use to drive deeper understanding of core subjects.

Education

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 5, 2022

As you scroll, you can guess whether the price Playhouse showed you is higher or lower than the actual listing price, helping to educate future buyers about the market (… and also it’s fun, even if you’re not looking to buy a $2 million home in San Francisco). The feed shows videos of homes on the market, as well as a price tag.

Content

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

million in seed funding, Snipfeed plans to build out its e-commerce tools so that creators can sell physical products on their link-in-bio (Beacons and Linktree are also working on this with their recent funding rounds — but Beacons’ and Snipfeed’s seed rounds are small compared to Linktree’s Series B ).

Platform

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2021

in a seed funding. The funding came from Jerry Murdock, co-founder of Insights Partners, and Walter Scott of TeamViewer. According to the company, it is developing software that connects and educates people in virtual environments.

Seed Funding

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Los Angeles-based The Skills , a startup which operates an online education site where professional sports players teach different skills, said on Friday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Will Ventures, and also included Global Founders Capital, 8VC, Maveron, Hack VC, and Correlation VC.

Venture Capital

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2018

in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Friday. The funding came from Social Capital. The company says it is looking to help caregivers, educators and entrepreneurs build and operate their own home daycare business, helping them with licensing and certification, marketing tools, managing billing, and much more.

Seed Funding

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Specifically, we look at digital media, healthcare IT, e-commerce, education technology and financial services. I then went on to work for McKinsey for a couple of years, then got involved in Eric Schmidt's seed fund, Innovation Endeavors up in Palo Alto. I have been doing seed stage stuff for a while.

Funding

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ProGuides , which runs an online platform which helps gamers improve their games, has raised $5M in a seed funding, according to the company. The funding was led by M13, and also included Amplify LA, Quest Venture Partners, and the GFR Fund.

Seed Funding

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2019

According to the startup, it raised $3.75M in a seed funding round for the company, which was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Upfront Ventures, First Round Capital, and Initialized Capital.

Class

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

We hope they'll ues that prize to seed fund and start their company, and see how it goes after that. Tags: startup engineering competition plan business prize scholarship education grant california southern university masseh fariborz. A committee will select one of them to give a cash prize of about $50,000. READ MORE>>.

Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Solicit venture capital investors. Request a small business grant.

Funding

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Venice, California-based GIGXR , a new startup, has acquired the assets of Pearson Immersive Learning Group , a unit of publishing firm Pearson, and raised $1M in a seed funding round, the company disclosed today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Seed Funding

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co.

Media

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In my view, no amount of academic education can prepare you for the challenges of running a business, but real experience will quickly open your eyes to some of the challenges, and let you know how much you enjoy responding to these on a day-to-day basis. At this stage, good relationships are more important than knowledge.

Startup

socalTECH

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.

Capital

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

the company also rpeviously raised funding from the NBA's Baron Davis, Angel Morales (Morales Capital), and Sol Trujillo (now Chairman of the company's board).

Culver City

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 16, 2012

.” Recently, Boundless Learning promised to make college education affordable by replacing college textbooks. Knowmia’s video-enriched education is accessible to students remotely after signing up. Knowmia is a Y Combinator startup and is self and seed funded.

Education

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I had worked along with some of these organization son the ground, who were employing people, providing microfinancing, education, and help. Hiptico also has a Mayan education fund, a great fund they support through purchases, to help put the children of the artisans into school with scholarships.

Commerce

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

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.

Southern California

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

What are the details on your seed funding? However, our users and target audience are really the younger, web-savvy, college educated, and very technologically comfortable consumers. That''s for folks who like to have fresh flowers on their table every week, or for businesses who want to regularly freshen up their waiting room.

Services

InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. Some are using technology in creative ways to customize and enhance the educational experience for students. Time will tell if we are successful at that.

Organization

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Solicit venture capital investors. Request a small business grant.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

In California the primary school education system has cut 10 days from the school year to save jobs. Let me preface by saying I obviously have a vested interest in being wrong about tough times ahead but as the old saying goes, “hope for best, plan for the worst.”.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Solicit venture capital investors. Request a small business grant.

Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Solicit venture capital investors. Request a small business grant.

Startup

Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. The company caught the attention of investor from China and secured a seed-funding round around $1.5 Education became a large facet within the space and focus for Taylor.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Solicit venture capital investors. Request a small business grant.

Entrepreneur

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co.

Media

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

Bootstrapping or seed funded? In other cases the challenge has been to educate clients on the importance of a decisive interview process, since a failure to move good candidate through the system quickly often ends in the most desirable of candidates accepting other jobs. Are you only working in Africa?

Startup

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The EduCreator Incubator will seed 25 to 40 “emerging video creators” with $25,000 to $75,000 in seed funding, depending on their location, and will enroll them in a 12-month mentorship program. The only requirement is that they focus on educational video content targeting children and young adults.

Incubator

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 19, 2019

The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding from RXBAR founders Peter Rahal and Jared Smith, CXT Investments, and Lean Luxe founder M. . “For us, the broader mission is A+ personal care for guys everywhere — not just guys in New York or guys in the Bay Area or guys in Los Angeles,” he said. Paul Munford.

Startup

InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Learning To Learn - A sound college education includes gaining the insights into applying logic, researching data and assessing the veracity information. The same is true of a college education, which provides young people with a safe environment to learn from their mistakes.

Entrepreneur