socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. 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.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Thin Line Capital successfully reached the final close of its first fund. Furthermore, while a small fund, we invest across the country, and Thin Line has relationships in every time zone.

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Capital Technical Review Southern California CalTech 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 19, 2010

EvoNexus is an incubator for early stage high tech companies in the San Diego area. Overview of EvoNexus application process and facility tour. See [link] (more).

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High Tech San Diego Incubator Mentor 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Technology is great, but high-tech major-step-forward solutions are not the answer to all our change challenges. Every company needs a change strategy to address required problems or get new funding, but don’t count on disruption to be that strategy. Focus on pragmatic innovation rather than disruption.

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Technical Review Metrics Resource Software Review 101

socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2012

OCTANe , the Orange County-based organization helping to bolster the high tech industry and entrepreneurs, reported this morning that in the first half of 2012, companies participating in its startup accelerator have raised a total of $26.8M in funding.

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OCTANE Orange County High Tech Mentor 150

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.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. I helped them raise a few rounds of funding, ran their European operations. I've also been involved in ValueLogic software.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

One of the most frequent questions from high tech startups is: where''s my exit? There''s tons of activity, and lots of companies getting funded. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. We invest globally, with 20 percent of our funds outside the U.S.,

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

” The project leaders are seeking $100 million in funding. —More cash for life sciences venture teams: 5am Ventures of Menlo Park, CA, announced its fifth fund , topping it off at $285 million. —Considering the biopharma acquisitions that led to buyers’ remorse this week, $100 million seems like pocket change.

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San Diego Patents Acquisition News 62

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Launchpad is a virtual incubator and accelerator, where we put companies in and give them quantitative and qualitative feedback and mentorship. Matthe Jenusaitis: I'd like to see another half dozen or more startups, because the multiplier effect for high tech startups is 3:1 in terms of jobs. Thanks for the time this morning.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. I heard an entrepreneur last Friday tell me that after he appeared on AngelList he had a funding frenzy with one investor whom he had never met offering to fund him after just 15 minutes on the phone.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298