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Aerospace Incubator Starburst Is Lifting Industry in LA

L.A. Business Journal

In the five years since French space and defense technology accelerator Starburst Aerospace announced plans to open its first American office in El Segundo, the aerospace industry has grown rapidly in Los Angeles County.

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Techstars Announces Participants

L.A. Business Journal

The Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator, an aerospace-focused incubator based in El Segundo, has announced the participants for its 2020 program, which will be conducted virtually this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Endpoint Spins Out Of First American, Finds $30M In Funding

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El Segundo-based Endpoint , a new mobile-first startup focused on title and escrow services, has spun out of title insurance giant First American Financial Corporation , and raised $30M in funding from First American. Endpoint will be led by CEO Scott Martino.

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JumpStartFund Takes On Crowdfunding, Advice For Research Startups

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JumpStartFund , which is based in El Segundo, opened up its service this morning to help use the wisdom of the crowd to move ideas, patents, and research from individuals, federal research labs, universities, and research organizations to the market. The site combines the crowd-voting aspect with crowd-funding elements, as well.

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JumpStartFund Names Hyperloop Effort

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JumpStartFund--which is based in El Segundo--said its community has voted to name the company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , and also has tapped into ANSYS, GloCal Network Corporation, and UCLA"s Architecture and Urban Design program SUPRASTUDIO to work on the effort. READ MORE>>.

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iChange Finds $500K More

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El Segundo-based iChange , the online community site focused on nutrition counseling headed by Stuart MacFarlane, has raised another $500,000, as part of an ongoing $600,000 funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Adam Goldenberg , Intelligent Beauty/JustFab (El Segundo, fashion). Sam Teller ,LaunchpadLA (Los Angeles, incubator). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Sam Friedman , ParkMe (Santa Monica, mobile apps). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software).