socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Social and instant messaging, plus mobile broadband, makes it possible to serve a global clientele from anywhere � and Santa Monica is still my favorite place overall, so I'm there almost every month for at least a few days to work with our LA team and regional clients. What's the biggest lesson you learned this year? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

The idea, is to make it accessible as a multi-disciplinary part of Tel Aviv University, so that young people, alumni, and students with ideas for a company can join the fund, not only to be funded with seed money, but also so they can be accelerated and potentially incubated before they go out. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

To try to change that, two entrepreneurs, Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, are launching a new effort called Upstart LA (www.upstart.la), which aims to bring that venture accelerator model into this market. These were companies like Autobytel when it was Pete Ellis and three other people, a company called Interactive Marketing Inc.,

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital.

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Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. These are not to be confused with incubators like YCombinator or IdeaLab which look to invest in your company and take equity positions.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

Over the last few months, Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com) has had a number of high profile exits in its portfolio. Sumant Mandal: I think there have been a lot of strategics today who feel the markets are changing for the better, and want to make decisions around new product, and now is the time to do it.

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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. How much are you investing in the companies who are part of the program? Erik, thanks for the time.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: Miso Robotics is bringing the power of automation to commercial kitchens, and addressing one of the biggest challenges of the food industry, which is increasing production with the expansion of the delivery market, while also safely decreasing human contact. Our last investment at Canyon Creek was Miso Robotics.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica. Last year, I joined up with Mark, and we raised a small fund and opened up an office in Santa Monica, one block from the beach. We're not investing in ideas and trying to turn them into companies. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup.

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2016

We were incubated and launched in Canada in 2014, and at the end of 2015, we launched in the U.S. How did you end up in Santa Monica? So, from a market perspective, we think it fits really well. As we continue to expand around that growing team, knowing the market is helpful. Can you talk about your LA office?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

-Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Makes money by partnering with brands and marketers to publish location-triggered content.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. We organize those that are interested in buying and selling shares.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We know you're doing this as a dog lover, but it might be interesting to talk a bit about your past background in the venture investing industry? We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works?

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We know you're doing this as a dog lover, but it might be interesting to talk a bit about your past background in the venture investing industry? We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works?

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice. I think NY has always – by definition – been urban.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. He is a recognized leader in the Voice 2.0 Diamond Sponsor.

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Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

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Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 Another client of Mr. Rappaports, Mich Mathews, formerly the head of marketing for Microsoft. The units, asking $500,000 to $2 million, hit the market in about a month.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44