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Amplify.LA Raises $8M More For Incubator Investments

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Venice, California-based startup incubator Amplify LA , the startup accelerator headed by Paul Bricault and Richard Wolpert, disclosed today that it has raised $8M in a second investment fund for its companies. capital venture startup incubator angeles amplify' READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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Amplify.LA Seeks To Raise $50M Fund, Amplify.LA Capital V

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Venice, California-based Amplify.LA, the startup incubator and investor led by Paul Bricault and Oded Noy, has launched an effort to raise $50M in a new venture capital investment fund, Amplify.LA has made investments in such companies as A.Frame, Caroo, ProGuides, FloQast, ZenBusiness, Clutter, and many others.

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AmplifyLA: Dramatic Drop In Seed Funding In LA In Q1

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Venice, California-based startup accelerator Amplify.LA AmplifyLA pointed out that the seed deals were in contrast to the bigger picture, where venture capital investments were up 15 percent nationally--but pointed out that those gains were driven by "mega-deals", rather than seed funding. percent from Q4 of 2016, and 43.8

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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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. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley.

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Amplify Joins Accelerator Crowd

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Venice Beach-based Amplify , a new startup accelerator headed by Paul Bricault and Richard Wolpert, has uncloaked itself this morning, the latest in a string of startup accelerators in Southern California. Amplify said it will invest in companies at the intersection of technology and entertainment. It looks as if Amplify has $4.5M

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Amplify LA's Paul Bricault On Startup Accelerator Lessons, Five Years Later

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Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago. We basically trebled in size.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Fun Fact: Walk into their Venice-based office and you’ll find a giant giraffe (dubbed their co-founder’s “spirit animal”) stuffed in their version of a startup treehouse. Incubator: Amplify LA. Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures.

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