SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Thursday, November 10, 2011 -- Accelerators and Incubators: An Entrepreneur's Point of View. Upstart.LA.

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Incubator Entrepreneur Idealab SoCal 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 -- LAVA Special Event: Venture Funding in Digital Media. Incumbents are finding new ways to adapt, startups are embracing disruption, and a new class of incubators/accelerators are leading a large infusion of capital.

Media 100

Media Funding LAVA Incubator 100

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

There’s also a relatively modest request (of only $4 billion) for funding devoted to pilot projects, startup companies, and public clean technology investment initiatives (like LACI). The funding would include $20 billion for utility upgrades.

Southern California 261

Southern California Los Angeles Rosemead Incubator 261

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2012

In a major coup for Los Angeles-based Eventup , the online marketplace for event venues, said today that it has hired former Group VP of Business Development Jayna Cooke to run the firm's Chicago office. Eventup is backed by Science Inc.,

Incubator 189

Incubator Los Angeles Sales Invest 189

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2018

According to the two, the dual membership program will provide access to programs, roundtables, and networking events; savings on lab equipment through a purchasing program; legislative advocacy; access to incubation and acceleration programs; and more.

OCTANE 100

OCTANE Orange County Incubator Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

” Perhaps it is time to seek some funding, but how do you get advice from the same people that you’ll need money from? Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp.

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

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. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. Tell us about the incubator--how long as it been around?

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Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato.

Incubator 64

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

Steve Reich

MARCH 23, 2012

More than 150 MIT alums gathered Wednesday night for a discussion of incubators/accelerators. Appropriately enough, ­­­we gathered in the about-to-open Synergy Business and Technology Center, Santa Barbara’s latest incubator. Then drive for the best funding you can get.

Santa Barbara 49

Santa Barbara Incubator Technology Outsource 49

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. What I really liked in my conversations with The Hive is that they are willing to work with and fund ventures that would never get VC dollars.

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Incubator CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

The startup--led by technology startup vet Derrick Oien--said the funding was led by Sinclair Digital Ventures, a division of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Also participating in the funding was Avalon Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and angels, including Kevin Plank (Under Armour) and Paul Palmieri (Millennial Media). READ MORE>>.

Avalon 100

Avalon San Diego Incubator News 100

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

Anecdotally, the effect has been positive -- coverage on this publication, as well as others has ramped significantly due to new startups in the region, both funded and unfunded, and there's been a number of successful venture and angel investments in companies associated with those efforts.

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Los Angeles Angel Report Startup 234

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Thursday, March 1, 2012 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: VCs, Angels, Accelerators and Incubators. This presentation will address the latest trends and differences in VCs, Angels, Accelerators and Incubators. John also led VC firm GKM Ventures and co-founded LAunchpad LA. See [link] (more)

Tech Coast Angels 113

Tech Coast Angels Incubator Venture Capital Education 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? The event will feature a panel of some of SoCal’s brightest entrepreneurs who have received funding from TechStars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Idealab and will be moderated by upStart.LA’s Co-Founder, Dan Dato.

Incubator 40

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

The accelerator said that the demo day is a culmination of its latest three month program, which included ten new companies in mentoring, collaboration, funding, and access to its network of investors and entrepreneurs. MuckerLab's model is based on the TechStars incubation model, and the group is an affiliate of that startup accelerator.

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Class Startup Incubator Los Angeles 159

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 29, 2013

Over the past several years there have been a plethora of incubators and accelerators springing up all over southern California and particularly on the west side of Los Angeles. Networking, Events & Community. Here is a list of useful resources to help you in your search: News & Resources. SoCal Tech. Angel List. Built in LA.

Southern California 45

Southern California Venture Capital Funding Los Angeles 45

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors.

Los Angeles 58

Los Angeles Rustic Canyon Incubator Angel 58

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 1, 2012

Splash is a single-track evening event and startup competition. Splash also allows the audience to mingle with top venture capitalists and angels who are funding tomorrow's next Google and Facebook. Thursday, June 7, 2012 -- Vator Splash LA. See [link] (more)

Incubator 113

Incubator Google Competition Invest 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? toward one or two major dominate players.

Southern California 259

Southern California High Tech Activity Platform 259

InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

In the past year, the number of startup accelerators and incubators across the US has grown faster than expansion league baseball. ” I recently discussed the explosion of seed accelerators and incubators with Brad Feld, who, as the Co-Founder of acclaimed startup accelerator TechStars , is uniquely qualified to opine upon the subject.

Startup 270

Startup Incubator Doc Mentor 270

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

VCs constantly share cross fund information and are therefore always getting dialed into what is going on in the industry. These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. It has big wide open spaces for such events.

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Startup Venture Capital Incubator Entrepreneur 285

Steve Reich

DECEMBER 31, 2014

. • $4.7mm in new funding for portfolio companies. • Angels have been attending many outside events, both in Greater Pasadena and further afield in Silicon Beach. We’ve also been building relationships with incubators and other investors in the ecosystem. 17 Deals closed, 10 new and 7 follow-on rounds. • 20 New Angels joined.

Pasadena Angels 45

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel IP 45

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

We realized that one problem with event venues, is that each city has a wedding website, but no one can actually determine pricing and availability of those venues. It turns out that there are lots of very high end real estate and real estate companies that would love to rent out very high end properties for events.

Beverly Hills 203

Beverly Hills Incubator Commerce Los Angeles 203

socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

In a way, the event--like the Demo Days from the other accelerators around town--seems to have focused the startup community and prospective startup community on the possibilities inherent in a new startup. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine). It's unclear.

Startup 256

Startup Commerce Santa Monica Mentor 256

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

startups attracting over $847 million in investment funds in 2012 alone, the city’s diverse resources are often too separated. It’s the first of several exclusive events planned for L.A.’s s tech scene by the city’s own incubator-accelerator Be Great Partners. Although the Startup Genome Project named Los Angeles the No.

Los Angeles 101

Los Angeles Angel Startup Venture Capital 101

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). Behzad Kianmahd: There's a bit of a history there.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2018

A Crunchbase News analysis of residential-focused real estate startups uncovered a raft of companies with a shared and temporary housing focus that have raised funding in the past year or so. Funded shared and short-term housing startups are cropping up across the globe, from China to Europe to Southeast Asia. This isn’t a U.S.-specific

Startup 272

Startup Los Angeles Demand Social Network 272

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The event will be held in Chapman University and has attracted over 30 companies that have submitted their pitch videos online. However, since the event has grown, TCVN added a pre-event round. “Every little bit of funding at the start helps,” says John Junyszek of Spawnd , a social platform for video game players.

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Competition Networking TCVN Southern California 65

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. And importantly we’ve had revenue.

Marketing 354

Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2013

StartEngine announced the new location in an invitation to an opening event January 15th for its mentors and companies. StartEngine said the new office is a split-level loft, with access to such locations as the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and a few metro stops from Pasadena.

Activision 174

Activision USC Mentor Los Angeles 174

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. So, with the last funds out of my fund, I started Miso Robotics. What is Miso Robotics? The demand is there.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2016

Other investors include TEEC Angel Fund and wCapital. In the 2016 Policy Address, the Chief Executive stated that the Government will set aside HKD 2 billion to set up an Innovation and Technology Venture Fund to co-invest in local startups with private venture capital funds on a matching basis. Closing a round of USD 4.5

Funding 40

Funding Venture Capital Chief Technology Officer Class 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The competition, run by the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and The Architect's Newspaper, awarded the top prize in the event to Constantin Boincean, Ralph Bertram and Aleksandra Danielak of Oslo, Norway, for their design, "UMBRELLA"; the contest received seventy entries from 11 countries.

Competition 113

Competition Monrovia Los Angeles Southern California 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Yesterday, there were a lots of startups who launched at the DEMO Fall event in Silicon Valley. How's the company funded? Scott Sangster: The company is actually funded through the Organic Startup incubator, which is a technology incubator based in Hollywood.

Tech Coast Angels 164

Tech Coast Angels Incubator Organization Startup 164

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

Paul Myer: Veracity was originally part of Frost Data Capital, as part of their incubator. That was more than two years ago, and we exited the incubator, and are now working with another local company here in Orange County, Microsemi, in Aliso Viejo. We've now exited the incubator and actually have an office at Microsemi.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Incubator Orange County 124

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

Keeping track of all the new companies, funding, networking and events going on across town is challenging. Currently, it has been difficult to track the all the new startup activity, find out how large or small the team is and if they are funded or not. received funding, been acquired or exited. “To s advisory board.

Startup 105

Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Platform 105