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TYLT Labs' New Seed Fund And The Promise Of Silicon Beach

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Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here.

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Backing the Jockey and Not the Horse

From the Venture Trenches

The question was posed by Nolan Simons, an LMU student from Professor David Choi’s Business Incubation class. Ron Conway , for example, is known for investing in the “mega trends” of the Internet. Entrepreneurs Founders Fund Raising Startup Venture Capital David Choi Pivot Ron Conway Venture capital Warren Buffett'

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LawKick: A Modern Way To Find Legal Help

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Michael Chasin: We initially started with $30,000 in angel funding from an entrepreneur here in Los Angeles. We also have a couple of grad school interns from LMU, UCLA, and elsewhere. It sounds like you have some angel funding? They run a few businesses and believed in the concept.

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