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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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MAY 2, 2012

Los Angeles business accelerator program upStart.LA , one of numerous startup acceleration and incubation efforts to start in the last year in Southern California, is merging with a startup in Santa Monica, Cross Campus. According to a note to supporters form upStart.LA READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. at the intersection of technology and media.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

We invest time and money into helping them develop their ideas, and help develop those companies and the entrepreneurs as leaders. What's the difference between an incubator, Maker space, and other accelerators and what you do? What's the difference between an incubator, Maker space, and other accelerators and what you do?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Science is looking to incubate its own set of companies, make investments, and otherwise work to create the next successful startups. I wanted to go back to both, with an operation and investment focus. It's different from making an investment, and it's also different from an incubator, in that it's a long term relationship.

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DECEMBER 26, 2017

Since we started Science six years ago, we've co-founded and invested in more than 70 companies and have exited multiple portfolio companies. Our team has an eye for identifying legacy industries and nascent trends, and creating platforms for innovation.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Pagewoo--which is in private beta--was part of Howard Marks' StartEngine incubator earlier in the year. Financial details of the angel funding round, which closed earlier this year, have not been announced.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

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. Ross Levinsohn of Fuse Capital also is involved in incubating Tecca. We set up a digital media fund, which had the goal of investing in new digital media properties, ideas, and concepts.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

This was a big year for Crosscut because were finally delivering on our promise of implementing a full-scale investing platform after 11+ years in business. Growing our practice from 3 original partners who would meet at coffee shops into a full institutional investing platform is a constant evolution.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

These companies were each offering a product or platform that really addressed one of those areas. Is there an investment in companies related to the program? Is there an investment in companies related to the program? Debra Baker: For all the Media Camp companies, we make a very small investment. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. They all had come from backgrounds as investment professionals, which is how they had built their own businesses. How did the idea to launch your own accelerator come about?

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APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Gil Elbaz , one of the founders of Applied Semantics , the often unheralded Santa Monica-based creator of what is now Google's AdSense product, is one of the angel investors in San Francisco-based Triggit , a developer of a real time ad bidding platform, it was revealed today.

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Santa Monica Google Incubator Advertising 133

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Southern California has seen a surge in accelerators and incubators looking to spawn new startups in the region. The challenge for those manufacturers is providing a software platform for those devices to run on for the consumers. We are charging a platform license fee so they can distribute that application with their devices.

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JULY 20, 2021

Companies this year in the program come from as far as Canada, India, and Ukraine.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Dirk Ahlborn: We are coming out of the nonprofit incubator, the Girvan Institute of Technology, which has been around since 2002, and is funded by NASA Ames. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. Once we have formed a company, that company can use our platform for crowdfunding.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

They had been huge fans of the platform, and I think they had a super, genuine connection with Youtube, thus with Google. The second piece, is our theme on the disruption of brands in e-commerce, influencer marketplaces, and investments in social marketplaces, where we've been correct on the general trends in the market.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. TravelStrings – TravelStrings is an online platform for building and sharing travel stories. socaltech socalcto Skip to primary content.

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JULY 9, 2015

According to Disney, the second class of the Disney Accelerator includes ten startups, who will participate in a three month mentorship and investment program. The program runs until October 6th, when Disney will have a Demo Day for the startups. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2021

It runs our proprietary technology, and it's a platform that people can plug into. I had been seed investing and incubating businesses, and was sitting with a friend of mine, John Miller, who ran Caliburger, which is a 35 location burger chain, which is exporting the California lifestyle, much like In-N-Out does.

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MARCH 11, 2014

But, what that really did, is it allowed us to use that network to incubate the software we are building now for YouTube. Zach Games: Rich and I were trying to build a big software company here in LA, and in order to that, you need people who are invested in the ecosystem. Plus, they''ve invested in Los Angeles.

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MARCH 9, 2017

However, if you think about IT security, all the systems everyone is familiar with, ERP systems, web, and email, and other basic network systems, all those systems that are designed to run companies, my history and background is in securing those platforms. We've now exited the incubator and actually have an office at Microsemi.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. It's a concept similar to investing in property--you want to be able to make the most money when you buy the place, not when you sell it. Coming into the U.S.,

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APRIL 22, 2016

We've done that, by bringing some really, cool, awesome curated gifts to our platform, and made it really easy to send those to people in essentially two clicks. The other, interesting part of our platform, is it integrates with all of your contacts. We'll also be expanding our team, and investing more in technology.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

I immediately was recruited out into another company in webcasting, CTM Marketing Group, building out their platform for them. After that, I said--you know what, there's huge potential here--and around 2004 I decided to take all of that experience and build a platform for myself. Unfortunately, that firm's partners had a falling out.

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Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

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MARCH 11, 2016

But, what we're building now is a social contact platform. Not only is it a software-a-service to help organizations run their businesses more efficiently and effectively, but it also allows partners, such as third party developers, tap into the platform to give the best of breed software to nonprofit organizations.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

It''s more about connecting then with customer, than BloomNation sending orders through the platform. From there, we actually joined the Muckerlab incubator, and essentially have been growing florists on the supply side. I have such respect for other platforms and technology. How long has the service been available?

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

These exits have really validated our team's vision and that the talent and ideas that we invest and believe in. Three of our portfolio companies saw 3 big exits - HelloSociety was acquired by the New York Times, Dollar Shave Club was acquired by Unilever, and Famebit was acquired by Google. What's the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002. socalcto socaltech Follow @pandodaily. Like PandoDaily on Facebook.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. That has allowed more creative people to get into video, without having to make such a huge investment it. That's our next goal, to strike a number of partnership with a platform publisher, and power the local video solution for them.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

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JANUARY 3, 2011

I had been doing some angel investing, and incubating several projects. What lots of people do instead, is they use the spam button or delete button in their email platform. Fred Wilson has a pretty good track record on investments he's done in the web space. They'll just keep getting it.

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Newsletter Startup CTO Hire Blogging 216

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. It's a casual setupit's not an incubator, it's not an accelerator, and we're not charging anyone for space. Once we have our product launched to the public and our out of beta, what the levers are, then we will invest in those levers. Alex Benzer: We call it Silverlake HQ.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. So, having venture firms invested in our accelerator, and included in our support companies, helps them come out to see us.

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Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

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MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. On our platform, we allow them to set their own rate, and have complete control over the dogs they will accept, and their schedule. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works? We believe we've come up with a solution.

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Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

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MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. On our platform, we allow them to set their own rate, and have complete control over the dogs they will accept, and their schedule. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works? We believe we've come up with a solution.

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MAY 5, 2011

It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? In LA we have SoCalTech , for which I am grateful. Are you going to do all of this? How do we make that happen?

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