socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Qualcomm Labs , the incubator subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies , has announced the first set of companies funded through its new QualcommLabs@EvoNexus program today, saying that it has funded three companies with a round of seed funding. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Company Companies Seed Funding 140

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, a brand new, startup incubator launched in town--with a slightly different focus, on biomedical technology. The incubator-- Greenwings Biomedical (www.greenwingsbiomedical.com), is led by Richard Koffler , a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. What is Greenwings Biomedical?

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Incubator Startup USC Tech Coast Angels 217

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

The notion there is not only would be investing in the venture aspect of the business, but would help tilt the company to success by bringing shared services to help bring their products to life. We feel that we can really help with manufacturing and bringing products to market. Why not Los Angeles?

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

According to Breaker, it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, to help bolster its efforts to produce and distribute mobile video entertainment in Japan. The funding was led by Dram Incubator, Inc., and also included Siemer Ventures and other investors.

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Mobile Santa Monica Incubator Seed Funding 224

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

A question I often get as an adviser is whether or not to join a business incubator or accelerator as a way to move forward faster and smarter and increase the odds of business success. Here are some of the key parameters that will help you decide where you fit in this spectrum: Your commitment to the entrepreneur lifestyle.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

DatAllegro was one of the first companies in what is now the "big data" industry, and helped to pioneer the entire segment. he's been spinning out of his incubator. What's the idea behind the incubator? Now, we're turning into a formal incubator. Second, we only incubate companies we ourselves start.

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Incubator Startup CTO Hire Ideas 208

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

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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Incubator Startup Seed Funding Mentor 93

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based startup studio and incubator Science Inc. is backing YouTube influence marketplace FameBit , as part of a seed funding round. in funding from Science, as well as 500Startups and DeNA. Famebit--which is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada--said it raised a total of $1.5M READ MORE>>.

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Seed Funding Incubator Content Class 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

San Diego-based Launch Factory a new "venture studio" which is looking to recruit entrepeneurs to help it launch vetted business concepts, recently raised $2.5M in funding, according to the group. The funding came from a number of angels, including Broadway Angels, San Diego Venture Partners, and TI Platform Management.

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San Diego Incubator Funding Platform 145

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

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 shared facilities and space.

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Incubator Startup Seed Funding Mentor 93

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Funding Seed Funding Incubator 138

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2015

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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West Hollywood Sales Seed Funding Incubator 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.

Entrepreneur 86

Entrepreneur Incubator Startup Seed Funding 86

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.

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Los Angeles Rustic Canyon Incubator Angel 58

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Remember, you have only one chance to make a great first impression, so it helps to know the lingo when dealing with investors. Startup incubator seed funding.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2016

Westlake Village-based PureSpectrum , a startup which operates an online marketplace to help buyers collect survey panels, has raised $1.6M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from multiple, un-named strategic partners. The company was founded by Michael McCrary.

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Westlake Village Incubator Funding Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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Startup Capital Equity Funding 106

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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Funding Startup Equity Examples 174

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.

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Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1,200 members in 30 nations. Initial funding.

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Incubator Technical Review Entrepreneur Mentor 146

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. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program. Erik, thanks for the time. It's a very similar model to YCombinator and TechStars.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In 2014, a West Point buddy of mine, and also a serial entrepreneur, Craig Cummings started working together to find entrepreneurs we liked, to help them an invest in them, along with Luis Villalobos of the Tech Coast Angels. Finally, when that happened, we'd roll off the board and help in an advisory slot. or $2M on a round.

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Capital Funding Startup Venture Capital 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups.

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Entrepreneur Startup Seed Funding Incubator 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. Thus the more precise term these days for early startups is “seed stage.”

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Startup Funding Seed Funding Incubator 92

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

A company like Moe will help legitimize the industry,” Bernstein tells TechCrunch. “I I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. million in funding to date, including a recent $3.6 million followers , on Tinder.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. My pleasure John, thank you for helping us spread the word about our program. A Better Chicago helps the most promising programs to scale up to really make a difference.

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Organization Startup Technical Review Invest 199

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. Accelerators should demonstrate (with actions, not just words) a “Whatever It Takes” mentality when it comes to helping graduates hit their post-demo day milestones.

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Startup Class LAMP Santa Barbara 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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Incubator Help Startup Technical Review 115

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. We partner with them, and give them tools to help their business. What is BloomNation? They have to pay for placement.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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Startup Entrepreneur Funding Equity 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

K5 aims to create a network of support and mentorship along with access to capital where people can build on creative ideas with the help of successful business people, and connect with investors to get their concepts off the ground. SoCal is home to some of the greatest startup success stories.

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San Diego Southern California Orange County SoCal 66