SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

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MARCH 14, 2012

Los Angeles-based Siemer & Associates , and its affiliated venture capital fund, Siemer Ventures , said today that it has launched a new, technology incubator--in the country of Singapore. The deal will provude up to $400,000 of co-investment from the NRF in startups who join the incubator, which is a 5.7x

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Incubator Los Angeles Invest Venture Capital 133

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

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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

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. The founders of the group, Richard Koffler and John Morris , are two well known investors in the Los Angeles area.

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Research Tech Coast Angels Company Companies 164

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a move which adds some additional capital to the Los Angeles clean technology market, utility company Southern California Gas Company said Thursday that it has created a new, $1M innovation fund to help companies develop clean technology. socalgas company utility investment fund cleantech incubator accelerator laci'

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Funding Technology Incubator Southern California 214

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

Representatives from the government and the utility managing the power of Los Angeles are proposing a sweeping infrastructure package worth roughly $150 billion centered on the broad electrification of transportation and industry.

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Southern California Los Angeles Rosemead Incubator 261

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Our research revealed a saturation level causing unprecedented challenges, starting with exorbitant housing prices and runaway operating costs that accelerate a startup’s “burn rate”—its monthly spending. However, to thrive, BCG recommends taking six steps to bolster the the ecosystem and its chances to begin to catch up to Silicon Valley.

Southern California 224

Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

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APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc? It's not entirely exclusive, however.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

. “From the invention of the semiconductor to the creation of the Internet, new engines of economic growth have emerged due to public investments that support research, commercialization, and strong supply chains,” the White House wrote. Water and power infrastructure .

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Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based Nantworks , the new business incubator run by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said today that it has acquired another company, Boston Life Labs. Soon-Shiong has quietly been acquiring a portfolio of life sciences, scientific research, as well as other widely diverse companies for Nantworks.

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Incubator Research Los Angeles Software 153

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AUGUST 29, 2013

A new, Los Angeles area startup, JumpStartFund (www.jumpstartfund.com) recently launched, offering up a combination of crowdfunding and crowd-advice for entrepreneurial ideas. 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.

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Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

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JULY 9, 2012

Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles have created the world's fatest camera, and are using it to help detect cancer cells and detecting disease, the school said last week. Image courtesty BigStock.com. READ MORE>>.

UCLA 174

UCLA Sample Incubator Los Angeles 174

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tilofy (www.tilofy.com)--out of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage--is doing just that, helping to highlight what is going on around you, by absorbing all of that location data out there at any particular time and place. I spent five years researching interesting ways to organize data on time and location.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

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JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. So this would have been a lot more difficult if those labs weren't available to you as a company in the incubator?

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Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The best person I know to talk about the growing entrepreneurship culture on campuses is Alex Zhang, a student at USC and the Managing Director of the student-run incubator LavaLab. Zhang shares his thoughts about Los Angeles, incubator programs, and more. What is LavaLab/what is the vision?

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Incubator Southern California LAVA Los Angeles 40

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars- Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. The program is an accelerator, but not necessarily an incubator. Omkar Kulkarni: Good question.

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Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. The program is an accelerator, but not necessarily an incubator. Omkar Kulkarni: Good question.

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Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Techstars (www.techstars.org) has a long history and record of success as a startup accelerator, with programs across the country and world--and recently opened up its third, Los Angeles program, Techstars LA. Three years ago, I had started to explore launching a new accelerator, to support women entrepreneurs in Los Angeles.

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Startup Los Angeles Claremont Press 100

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MARCH 21, 2012

If you're looking get your startup off the ground in Los Angeles, it always helps to have help from folks with connections to the venture and angel community. It's not a lot more, juts a little more, but it's because the Los Angeles is more difficult to sustain a startup than in Cincinnati or other places.

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Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

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JULY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Matt Kozlov , the Managing Director of the new Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator , which just got started in Los Angeles. Right now, we're in the beginning of the mentorship phase, where our companies have moved here from all over the world to spend three months in Los Angeles.

Southern California 124

Southern California Startup Entrepreneur Los Angeles 124

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Docstoc offers a repository of templates, research materials, processes, forms, legal documents, and much more, all designed to help small businesses overcome the many logistical roadblocks along the path to success. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

There is a plethora of tech innovation going on in Los Angeles right now, and not only in Silicon Beach — but all over from downtown to the valleys to everywhere in between. Maria Katris, the CEO of Built In believes the directory will be an invaluable research resource for the community. To me Built In L.A.

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Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Platform 105

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. NAME David Sacks.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

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AUGUST 20, 2012

It turns you, you can actually do that, with Burner , a new iPhone app developed by Los Angeles startup Ad Hoc Labs. I was also very involved in the strategy on Yahoo's Brickhouse incubation effort. He's worked with Nokia and several consultancies here in Los Angeles, and also had his own shop for awhile.

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Yahoo Startup Mobile Ideas 200

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

based startup CoFoundersLab has addressed this issue by taking the guesswork out of matchmaking by introducing scientific methods, deep research and algorithms that have proven to lead to successful matches. Meetups are also scheduled in Irvine and in Los Angeles at the government-run Business Technology Center.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Santa Monica Startup CTO Hire 87

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

I think what it really boils down to for us, selfishly, is we're living here in Orange County, and we see that it has all the components for success a research university, a good quality of life, and basically all we need is some mentorship and an ecosystem of innovation. That's a business model and concept we need to change.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

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APRIL 22, 2016

We were incubated and launched in Canada in 2014, and at the end of 2015, we launched in the U.S. We have a fairly even split between women and men, which is interesting, as research would suggest women are often the primary shoppers. It's a curated marketplace, with best-in-class products and experiences.

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Mobile Platform Commerce Class 100

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JUNE 28, 2012

A few days ago, Wallaby ([link] the latest startup out of Los Angeles technology incubator MuckerLab unveiled itself, to solve just that problem. Matthew Goldman: We've gone and done some market research on people with cards, and people have lots of credit cards. We spoke with founder Matthew Goldman about the startup.

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Help Social Media Incubator Services 157

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MeUndies , debuted its subscription, e-commerce service for underwear and other basics. Jonathan Shokrian: A couple of months ago, they were doing research into people in the same space as ours. Because of that photography, I started a fashion and music blog, and moved to Los Angeles.

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Commerce Startup Design Los Angeles 201

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MARCH 22, 2011

announced he had formally launched Los Angeles-based Covert & Co. Our original name when we launched the firm was Digital Coast Partners, and we focused on being a consulting firm, investment bank, and incubator. Yesterday, Kevin Covert , formerly one of the co-founders of Montgomery & Co., www.covertandco.com).

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Media Content 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Mate Fertility , the new Los Angeles startup launching today with $2.8 ” Once Oliver started doing research into the market and discovered that there were only 460 fertility clinics in the U.S. “IVF and surrogacy were the only options for me to have kids,” the younger Bogner said.

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Lancaster Screening Startup Los Angeles 201