socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

Matt Kozlov: We created this program, because there has been lots of recent advances in the growth of the commercial, military, and civil space economy here in our backyard in Southern California. We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible.

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Southern California Startup Entrepreneur Los Angeles 124

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

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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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. For example, take someone who is developing a travel solution as a mobile application. Back then we invested very little in design. Images via Juan Monsalvez.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. Like other people that live here, I personally love Southern California, and wanted to live here. How much are you investing in the companies who are part of the program?

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. 2020 will be a watershed year for investment in businesses around the creator economy,” Neil Robertson tells TechCrunch.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

In downtown San Diego, a private real estate company best known for its master-planned communities in suburban Southern California has posed some existential questions for regional tech hubs looking to build their own startup ecosystems. 101 West Broadway tower in downtown San Diego. John “J.T.” ” Turner.

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Develop Development San Diego Startup 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

In what has been an unprecedented surge in interest in helping entrepreneurs, there have been more than a half dozen accelerators--most patterned after the successful YCombinator and TechStars programs elsewhere in the country--established in Southern California in the last month or so. Howard Marks: Absolutely.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

We looked around, and decided to throw our hat into the ring, and went through the CONNECT incubator here, Nonprofits are not known to have much money to spend on technology, how does that affect you as you approach them about what you can offer? The light bulb went off, and we figured out, maybe we had stumbled into something awesome.

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Help San Diego Organization Startup 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2007

In this post RWW talks about some of the new kind of approaches to funding: Y Combinator is creating tech companies with a tiny (10-20K) seed investment; Charles River Ventures started a Quick start program; Jeff Clavier launched a 12M fund for tech startups. If that's actually true, then it creates New Rules Of Technology VC.

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Venture Capital Startup Incubator Networking 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy. That let people play popular titles, for example, directly in Facebook.

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Job Titles That Can Sink Your Startup - Steve Blank , September 13, 2010 I had coffee with an ex student earlier in the week that reminded me yet again why startups burn through so many early VP’s. And And after 30 years of Venture investing we still have a hard time articulating why. Some have made the model work. and chartbeat.

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Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191