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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 -- Start-Up Options for Rapid Development, Funding, and Commercialization. LAVA Healthcare. Is VC funding the only way to develop and grow your company? Have you heard of accelerators, incubators, angles, and other resources for rapid development, funding, and growth of your start-up?

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Startup LAVA Develop Development 100

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) held its annual awards event last night, honoring former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, as well as local, venture backed companies in a banquet last night at the Luxe hotel in Los Angeles. Other finalists were Clicker.com , Truecar , and Zumbox.

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LAVA Zumbox Technology ReachLocal 166

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Friday, February 17, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. Green Tech Fund California, Inc. In this LAVA Green talk, Metro will discuss the poor decisions he made in his first business venture and the pivot points that he took (and the ones he didn't) that helped him achieve his vision of building a national reuse company.

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LAVA IP Entrepreneur Funding 100

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 -- LAVA Breakfast Panel: Beyond the "A" Round! Venture industry professionals discuss the challenges, pitfalls, and successes of post "A" round venture funded companies.

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LAVA Capital Funding Services 100

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 -- Annual Venture Capital Panel. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. See [link] (more)

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Venture Capital LAVA Rustic Canyon Capital 100

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010 -- LAVA's 7th Annual Venture Awards Dinner. 2010 LAVA Hall of Fame Inductee: Jake Winebaum; Best Exit Life Sciences: Corevalve, Inc.; Eucalyptus; Best Funding in Clean Technology and Energy: Energy and Power Solutions, Inc. Master of Ceremonies: Ken Rutkowski, METal International. See [link] (more).

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LAVA Cornerstone OnDemand Zag OpenX 100

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 -- LAVA General Membership Meeting: Trends and Funding in Digital Media. Driving Innovation in Digital Media -- Incumbents, Insurgents, and Investors: digital media is going through dramatic changes in production, marketing, distribution, and monetization.

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Media LAVA Funding Tool 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

socalTECH is a media sponsor of the LAVA Special Event: Meet the VCs on November 17th. The event features an interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, who will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund.

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LAVA Southern California SoCalTech Education 133

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 -- Venture Funding in Green Technologies. LAVA special event focused on Green Tech companies and Green Tech investing. Moderated by John Babcock, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners.

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Rustic Canyon LAVA Technology Funding 124

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APRIL 6, 2011

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 -- Venture Funding panel. See [link] (more)

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Funding LAVA 113

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JANUARY 16, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009 -- LAVA Venture Awards Dinner. See [link].

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LAVA Advertising Media Funding 100

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JUNE 24, 2016

Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. The next Mobile LAVA will present some of these different equity partners available to start-ups in today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape. Thursday, June 30, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources. See [link] (more)

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Startup Resource LAVA Seed Funding 100

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JUNE 17, 2016

Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. The next Mobile LAVA will present some of these different equity partners available to start-ups in today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape. Thursday, June 23, 2016 -- Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources. See [link] (more)

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Startup Resource LAVA Seed Funding 100

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MAY 5, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 -- Funding the Future of the Video Game Industry. Please join LAVA, Stubbs Alderton Markiles, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of video game industry experts for their insights on capital sources for video game companies. See [link] (more).

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LAVA Funding Capital Company 100

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APRIL 6, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 -- LAVA Special Event: Venture Funding in Digital Media. Digital Media's New World: Incumbents, Insurgents, and Investors: The media world is going through tremendous change.

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Media Funding LAVA Incubator 100

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JULY 7, 2010

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 -- Funding of Healthcare Information Technology Ventures. The tough, multi-billion healthcare-IT industry is marked with blockbuster successes and well known failures.

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Technology LAVA Funding Entrepreneur 100

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- Funding Clean Tech Venture. Market conditions have changed since the heyday of the first half of 2007 but funding in this sector continues. Panel providing the latest information about where Cleantech investors are making investments and the relative state of the market compared with recent periods.

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Funding LAVA Invest Marketing 100

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JANUARY 4, 2012

Global LAVA. Our esteemed guest speakers include: Monica Dodi, Co- Founder and Managing Director of The Womens Venture Capital Fund, focused on early stage women led new ventures. Brock Pierce, CEO of Titan Gaming and a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. Insight from VCs with Global Expertise.

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Capital LAVA Clearstone Venture Capital 100

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JANUARY 21, 2011

The German American Business Association (GABA) invites you to our Annual Business and Financial Outlook Event to discuss the current state and the 2011 outlook of the economy, financial markets, trade, funding climate and real estate market both in the US and Europe. See [link] (more)

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LAVA UCLA Equity Los Angeles 100

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Discussion includes: * team building and recruiting * business plan issues * developing a concise message * building credibility (with customers, partners, employees and early investors) * getting the business model to work properly * getting funded. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 -- CEOs Talk Startups. What mistakes did they make?

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LAVA Startup Customer Custom 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

Previously, as founder of Momentum Ventures, an early stage tech accelerator and venture fund, he personally led more than a half dozen SoCal tech start-ups and invested in almost a dozen others. He previously held C-level roles at Overture Services/Yahoo!, RiverOne, Academy123, Bowne & Co and RR Donnelley & Sons.

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Southern California SoCal Technical Review Startup 202

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 29, 2013

LAVA (Los Angeles Venture Association). Filed under: Entrepreneurs , Fund Raising , Startup , Uncategorized , VC Directory Listing , Venture Capital , Venture Publications Tagged: Business networking , Business plan , DigitalLA , Los Angeles , TechZulu , Venture capital. SoCal Tech. Angel List. Networking, Events & Community.

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Southern California Venture Capital Funding Los Angeles 45

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The focus of this panel is to explore Ventures in Mobile/Wireless technologies  how a deal is accomplished and how the company is valued, funded, executed, branded, and brings consumers into focus. Tuesday, September 14, 2010 -- Mobile /Wireless Technologies.

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Mobile Gogii Technology Palomar 113

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

An interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 -- Meet the VCs: The thrill of speed dating for startups.

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LAVA Startup Education Venture Capital 100

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Discussion on start up issues including i) team building and recruiting, ii) business plan issues, iii) developing a concise message, iv) building credibility (with customers, partners, employees and early investors), v) getting the business model to work properly, and vi) finally getting funded.

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Startup Riot Games LAVA Redpoint 100

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

LAVA Breakfast Meeting. While having a thorough understanding of their breakthroughs in technology or science it is the routine acts of fund raising, hiring resources and managing for results rather than publications that make taking research out of the lab and into a start-up a special case.

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Pepperdine LAVA Mission Ventures CalTech 100

LATechDigest

MAY 22, 2016

Throughout the day, Expert DOJO members will be pitching their ideas to three active Angels, as well as CrossCut Ventures, CAA Ventures, and Fund 21, a new Venture Firm based in Indonesia. Says Expert DOJO founder Brian MacMahon, “We are totally focused on getting startups funded or smarter about what funding is needed.

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Startup LAVA Mentor Venture Capital 45

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. LAVA: Meet the VC's - November 17th - What do you think a technology or life science entrepreneur would give to spend two hours with more than 30 venture capitalists?

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Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113