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MARCH 13, 2018
Thursday, March 15, 2018 -- Join us for an evening celebrating entrepreneurship at Expert Dojo, Santa Monica CA. A successful start-up requires funding, mentoring, and smart connections.
Cornerstone OnDemand Launches Incubator & Innovation Fund
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Los Angeles-based cloud-based talent management software solutions firm with over 13 million users, Cornerstone OnDemand has launched Cornerstone Innovation Fund , to invest in disruptive LA-based cloud startups building cutting-edge solutions for organizations. Applications to the fund are now open and available online here. .
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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).
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Launchpad LA Adds Funding, Office Space For Startups
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NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Los Angeles-based Launchpad LA , the business acceleration program headed up by Mark Suster of GRP Partners, said today that it has expanded the program, and added $50,000 in funding for startups in the program, plus actual physical office space. The acceleration progrma has set up space in Santa Monica. Upstart.LA
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Karlin Ventures Sets Up Community Office Hours
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Karlin Ventures , one of the newest venture capital funds to emerge in the Los Angeles area, said today that it has launched a new "community hour" with Santa Monica's ROC, where the venture capital investment will help provide feedback on startup ideas and chat with companies. READ MORE>>.
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StartEngine Debuts Eight New Startups At Demo Day
socalTECH
JANUARY 30, 2013
StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. The eight startups are pitching their investors to startups at CrossCampus in Santa Monica this afternoon.
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Engrade Gets $5M More For Education Management Tools
socalTECH
JULY 3, 2013
Santa Monica-based Engrade announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, for the company''s district-level education platform. The funding was led by Javelin Venture Partners, and also included Rethink Education, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Kapor Capital, Expansion Capital and Ed-Mentor.
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Capturing The Entrepreneurial Energy At StartEngine's Demo Day
socalTECH
JANUARY 31, 2013
It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine).
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StartEngine Demo Day - January 2013
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 24, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 -- StartEngine is pleased to present our latest class of startups at our Demo Day on Wednesday, January 30th at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. This event is for VCs, early stage funds, angel investors, mentors as well as a number of esteemed guests. tech entrepreneurs. See [link] (more)
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LA’s Own Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
Today marks another great day for the LA startup community as one of the city’s prominent mentoring programs , Launchpad LA, received VC funding – for each startup.
LA’s Own Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
Today marks another great day for the LA startup community as one of the city’s prominent mentoring programs , Launchpad LA, received VC funding – for each startup.
What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA
socalTECH
DECEMBER 27, 2012
The biggest news for Digital LA this year has been creating and spearheading Silicon Beach Fest, LA's first startup entertainment community festival in Santa Monica and Venice in June, 2012. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.
Interview Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, Upstart.LA
socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this.
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Interview with Sam Teller, LaunchpadLA
socalTECH
JUNE 20, 2012
There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica.
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Interview Behzad Kianmahd, TAU Ventures
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 Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/).
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100 How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Once off the ground she could attract mentors from her industry. Now working safely inside the confine’s of Launchpad LA’s offices in Santa Monica and surrounded by the tech community, Tracy has been out interviewing technical co-founders. Tracy realized her constituency and being a public figure helped elevate her.
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MARCH 2, 2009
Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. 3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050 Santa Monica, CA 90405.
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CEO meeting in westside Los Angeles (Santa Monica), March 13th [Updated]
CEO Flow
MARCH 2, 2009
Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. 3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050 Santa Monica, CA 90405.
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CEO meeting in westside Los Angeles (Santa Monica), March 13th [Updated]
CEO Flow
MARCH 2, 2009
Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. 3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050 Santa Monica, CA 90405.
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CEO meeting in westside Los Angeles (Santa Monica), March 13th [Updated]
CEO Flow
MARCH 2, 2009
Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. 3340 Ocean Park , Suite 1050 Santa Monica, CA 90405.
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Silicon Beach Fest June 2013 Keynote and Accelerator Panel Highlights
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 2, 2013
Whether you were a startup, an investor, a blogger, a fashionista, or someone just curious about what is happening in Santa Monica aka “Silicon Beach,” the recent Silicon Beach Fest had something for everyone which included panels, parties and more. Most companies are referred by other VC’s, founders or mentors.
New Disney Accelerator Shines A Spotlight on LA Tech
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Also joining the team will be Yohei Nakajima , former academy program director at CoLoft, a popular co-working space for tech entrepreneurs in Santa Monica, California. Iger, and leaders from Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ESPN and Walt Disney Imagineering, and Techstars’ extensive network of entrepreneurs, investors, and executives.
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Coloft Hackfest And Your Chance At $4K In Cash! All Thanks to BetterWorks
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 11, 2011
This Sunday BetterWorks his hosting Coloft Hackfest in Santa Monica, CA,and what better way to spend your weekend then with an amazing group of individuals from your local Southern California Tech scene. There will be technical and product mentors there to help. Coloft –> 920 Santa Monica Blvd.,
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Interview with Erik Rannala, MuckerLab
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.
How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 10, 2016
Move our offices to Santa Monica so we could be closer to the early-stage companies being created in LA. Build a long-term LP based, anchored by diverse asset types (Universities, Endowments, Family Offices, Pensions, Insurance Companies, Sovereign Wealth Funds & Fund of Funds). I tried to be at every event.
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150 Digest 5/30 – 6/5: Nant Health’s IPO, Loot Crate’s Series A, Snapchat Passes Twitter, RadPad FB’s App of the Year
LATechDigest
JUNE 6, 2016
General Assembly, Santa Monica. Real Office Centers, Santa Monica. Santa Monica Public Library. Fund ( link ). JJ Abrams Drops by AMPLIFY for a Mentor Talk ( link ). THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: see full calendar. 06/07/2016. 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Hack for LA. LACI, Los Angeles. 06/07/2016.
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Why Female Founder Office Hours is So Important
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. Have a woman in the group of decision makers gave the group insights they may not have had on their own.
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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 30, 2011
24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. Previously, Paul was the founder of The Mailroom Fund (MRF) – a venture fund in partnership with Accel Partners, Venrock and AT&T that focused on early stage investments in Southern California-based digital media firms. Dan Dato , Mentor at upStart.LA.
What I’ve Learned from Fred Wilson
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 23, 2015
Last week Fred Wilson and I sat down in Santa Monica for an hour+ discussion with the video cameras rolling. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.” Don’t be in a rush to invest your fund.
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upStart.LA Breakdown | Accelerators and Incubators: An Entrepreneur’s Point of View
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? Courtesy of upStart.LA , our very own local accelerator based out of Santa Monica, we were able to get some of these questions answered by some very real people.
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107 Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures. At Amplify, I evolved into wanting to do a fund, and thought about doing a regular venture fund. I think it all crystallized in 2010 on the Santa Monica promenade. We actually are ideating internally.
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231 GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem. GumGum HQ, is tucked away on 4 th Street in Santa Monica in a hipster building (that holds other notable startups), and like its young founder, Ophir Tanz , feels warm and inviting.
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Submissions Now Open For Spotlight: LA Tech Winter
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 20, 2011
Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.
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79 Submissions Now Open For Spotlight: LA Tech Fall
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 26, 2011
CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Providing more than just money, TCA brings connections, knowledge, mentoring and operational assistance to bold early-stage entrepreneurs with game-changing ideas.
Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Presenting Companies at CalTech
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 8, 2011
CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.
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Interview with Gregg Champion, OneCubicle
socalTECH
JUNE 18, 2009
Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. It was funded by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, Paul Allen, and some other really big names.
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100 How Amavitae Wants To Help Youth Find A Career They'll Love
socalTECH
JANUARY 19, 2017
We raised a bunch of money, and funded training programs for underserved communities for entry level jobs, which would lead to careers in the entertainment industry. Since then, I have worked extensively with mentoring youth, and helping them figure out what's possible in terms of careers.
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100 Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 17, 2011
CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.
Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 30, 2012
Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.
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Spotlight: LA Tech SuperDemo Announced! | Mike Jones Former Myspace CEO
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.
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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.
Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 20, 2012
Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.
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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. I wish every city could have an 1871.
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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 20, 2011
CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Providing more than just money, TCA brings connections, knowledge, mentoring and operational assistance to bold early-stage entrepreneurs with game-changing ideas.
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