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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

The startup has already secured a seed investment from Maveron and CRV, TechCrunch has learned, and will receive another $150,000 in exchange for 7% equity upon entering YC next year. million Series A led by Puma Private Equity, a U.K.-focused Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage). Rethinking value. The business has attracted about $4.5

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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

See how many you have personally experienced already, or are currently mentioned in your business plan: Crowd-sourcing equity. Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Startup pivot.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

Tech Zulu Event

OP: myLINGO is a smartphone app where you can select and download an audio track of a movie in your preferred language and go to the theatre and have that audio track synchronize to the movie playing on the screen. Entertainment. We have many entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles, many of whom are working in the entertainment sector.

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Biotech Roundup: ASCO, BIO, Drug Setbacks, Incubators & More

Xconomy

The results give the company confidence it can expand its tests to screen for early cancer in high-risk people who are otherwise healthy. —If Jim Greenwood railing like King Lear in the storm isn’t entertaining enough, two notorious biotech characters have once again inspired the imagination of creative types.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. Those companies are already going to be crushed by Skype’s new screen sharing capabilities. It seems to be geared on a “Monopoly” style game. I would also note that they claim 2.1 File sharing?