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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. What is the Ventura incubator? It's about 10,000 square feet of space in downtown Ventura, in a city owned office building. We ended up selecting DFJ Frontier.

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Apollo Robotics Names CEO, Scores Angel Investment

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Ventura-based Apollo Robotics , a new startup developing autonomous drone hardware and software aimed at automated surveying, announced this morning that it has named Rob Cammack as its Chief Executive Officer. Apollo Robotics said Cammack is a "seasoned serial entrepreneur", but did not details what Cammack has done previously.

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VertueLab Launches Climate Impact Fund With Donation From LA Philanthropists

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A new, climate-focused investment fund--the VertueLab Climate Impact Fund --said it launched yesterday afternoon, fueled by a donation from a couple of Los Angeles area philanthropists. The Woka Foundation was co-founded by Barbara Karplus and her husband Rob Womer, two philanthropists from Ventura County.

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Reflections on 2018: Mike Panesis, Center for Entrepreneurship at CLU

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Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school.

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Hannah-Beth Jackson Targets Harassment In Venture Capital Industry With New Bill

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Jackson--who represents Santa Barbara the 19th Senate District, which includes all of Santa Barbara County and western Ventura County--said that she will introduce legislation when the California Legislature returns from summer recess, today, to specifically prohibit sexual harassment in the venture capital industry. READ MORE>>.

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LA's Innovators Get Spotlight, But Investors Cautious

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All schmoozing and networking aside, what are investors, entrepreneurs, and others in the industry thinking about? For some, it seemed like they--like the investing public--are burnt out on too many bubbles over the past decade, and are determined not to create or participate in another one. READ MORE>>.

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

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Alon Goren , Invested.in (Los Angeles/Ventura, crowdfunding). Rob Reed , MomentFeed (Los Angeles/Ventura, analytics). Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others. Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps).