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MAY 11, 2012

That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day , organized by Docstoc's Jason Nazar. Are the good times for startups back? At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

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Miramar Incubator Santa Monica Idealab 215

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MARCH 27, 2013

Hollywood-based io/LA , the high tech and creative incubator and coworking space, has shut down, the first loss of one of Southern California's new crop of high tech gathering spaces. A number of companies which were located in io/LA have now moved to coworking space CrossCampus in Santa Monica, according to those companies.

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Chief Technology Officer High Tech Southern California Santa Monica 248

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APRIL 9, 2010

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures appears to be on an exit roll this month, with the acquisition Thursday of Ankeena Networks , a supplier of software for content delivery networks.

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Clearstone Santa Monica Incubator Acquisition 208

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 30, 2018

Santa Monica-headquartered startup incubator Science Inc. disclosed Aug. 30 it added Cincinnati, Ohio-based personalized closet management app Cladwell to its growing portfolio of startups.

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Santa Monica Incubator Startup 173

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APRIL 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based technology incubator and studio Science has added technology veteran Jason Rapp to its team. mahalo executive incubator accelerator science scienceinc' Rapp was previously President and member of the board of Mahalo.com, the app and video content developer headed by Jason Calacanis. READ MORE>>.

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Mahalo Incubator Santa Monica Content 174

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Sean Percival, best known for founding Los Angeles tech blog lalawag, in addition to his work as an executive at MySpace, has booted up a new effort--Santa Monica-based Wittlebee , a new, online subscription service for baby supplies. the digital business incubator/studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones.

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Santa Monica Startup Commerce Incubator 217

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based technology incubator and studio Science --headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones--has launched a new startup in the Internet marketplace area, called HomeHero this morning. The Santa Monica-based startup is initially targeting the Los Angeles region with its services. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Santa Monica Technical Review Los Angeles 164

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JUNE 4, 2014

One of Santa Monica-based startup accelerator and studio Science Inc. ''s urban remedy juice cleanse venture capital urbanremedy cindy crawford scienceinc incubator accelerator' s more unusual portfolio companies--organic juice cleanse maker Urban Remedy --has just raised $5M in a new funding, the company said today.

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Santa Monica Incubator Venture Capital Organization 183

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MAY 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based Brighter.com , an online site focused on helping consumers find and compare dentists, has scored $5M in a Series A funding. The new site--the latest from entrepreneur Jake Winebaum --said that the funding was led by Mayfield Fund.

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Funding Southern California Santa Monica Incubator 198

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators. In Massachusetts companies (and VCs) have migrated from out by Waltham to Back Bay (Boston) or Cambridge. I think NY has always – by definition – been urban.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

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JULY 16, 2013

Launchpad LA offers up a $100,000 investment, free office space in Santa Monica, mentoring and access to resources, and much more to companies. launchpadla launchpad fall incubator accelerator investment seed' According to the accelerator, applications for the next class are due August 11th. READ MORE>>.

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Mogreet GRP Partners Santa Monica Class 183

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JANUARY 23, 2014

Santa Monica-based startup accelerator MuckerLab unveiled its latest class of startups yesterday at its Demo Day, showing off the third class of companies out of its program. demoday demo incubator capital venture software accelerator startup muckerlab' READ MORE>>.

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Class Startup Santa Monica Incubator 174

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MAY 23, 2012

Santa Monica- and Columbus, Ohio-based Fundable said that it is looking to provide a crowdfunding platform for "serious startups". A new startup, headed by entrepreneur Wil Schroter, has launched this week, looking to make it easier for startups to raise funding. on its advisory team.

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Startup Santa Monica Incubator Sites 224

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MARCH 6, 2013

SharesPost , the private company marketplace headed by Greg Brogger, which had been incubated and started in Santa Monica via Brighthouse, the startup incubator run by Brogger and Scott Painter, is in a joint venture with NASDA OMX , the two said this morning.

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CarsDirect Marketing Incubator Truecar 170

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Tecca said today that it has launched a new, personal electronics shopping and information service with the backing of Best Buy Co. Fuse said that Tecca was incubated from within the firm. and Fuse Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Services Santa Monica Google Incubator 188

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

In a regulatory filing Wednesday, the company--which had been spawned out of the spawned out of Scott Painter's BrighHouse incubator--said it had raised $3.3M SharesPost had originally been based in Santa Monica. in an equity funding round. No details on that funding have been announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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CarsDirect Zag Santa Monica Incubator 140

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Launchpad LA , the startup accelerator based in Santa Monica, is bolstering its team today, saying it has added Jamie Kantrowitz as an additional partner at the accelerator. LaunchpadLA is managed by Sam Teller, and has incubated and mentored dozens of local startups.

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GRP Partners Santa Monica Class Incubator 168

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MAY 21, 2019

The Precellerator , the Santa Monica-based startup incubation and accelerator effort with ties to local technology law firm Stubbs, Alderton, and Markiles LLP, has opened up applications for its next class of startups, the accelerator said on Tuesday.

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Class Santa Monica Startup SoCalTech 133

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Apart from funding, Cornerstone will give startups a dedicated creative work at its Santa Monica HQ’s space, allow them to have direct access to its resident entreprenuer mentors or simply allow them to build their apps on the Cornerstone API. Applications to the fund are now open and available online here. .

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Cornerstone OnDemand Incubator Santa Monica Funding 88

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Santa Monica-based robotics incubator Wavemaker Labs is laser-focused on the future of the food industry.

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Santa Monica Incubator 130

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MAY 8, 2014

Santa Monica-based Science, Inc. , the startup studio and incubator run by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones, has acquired longtime social bookmarking site Delicious , the company disclosed this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Sites Santa Monica Yahoo Incubator 150

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APRIL 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures has had another exit in its portfolio, this time with the acquisition of Cetas , a developer of cloud data analytics software, by VMware. Cetas was incubated in Clearstone's Palo Alto offices by Sudhakar Muddu, a Ph.D. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Clearstone Santa Monica UCLA Incubator 150

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APRIL 8, 2014

We''re making investments, and are based in Santa Monica, and although we have a small team, we''re looking forward to becoming part of the local scene here in Silicon Beach. We''re happy to report that we''ve found quite a bunch of those here in our backyard in Santa Monica. Why start an investment firm in Los Angeles?

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

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APRIL 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based startup studio Science Inc. The startup studio--which both incubates its own companies as well as works with startup founders to help accelerate their efforts--has backed such companies as Dollar Shave Club , DogVacay , FameBit , EventUp , August Home , Hello Society , Playhaven , and Superfly Labs.

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Dollar Shave Club Venture Capital Capital Funding 140

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MAY 15, 2013

There are dozens of legal firms servicing the high tech industry here, based on our tracking of those companies and their clients.

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Media High Tech Santa Monica Southern California 168

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

The Open Angel Forum , the angel investment group started by Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is expanding into Seattle with a new event in November.

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Angel Mahalo Santa Monica Startup 154

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Cal-X Stars Business Accelerator , a startup accelerator group which has been ramping up in Santa Monica, said Friday that it is planning to present its class of medtech companies in San Francisco as part of the Founder Club DEMO day.

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Class Startup Santa Monica Incubator 147

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Santa Monica-based SharesPost.com , which recently launched a marketplace for private company shares, said Wednesday that the firm has inked a deal with Advanced Equities. Brogger and Painter put together the Brighthouse incubator to help spin out companies. READ MORE>>.

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Equity Zag Santa Monica Incubator 133

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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

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The latest startup out of Santa Monica-based technology incubator Science, Inc. Don't know what to make for dinner? Fresh Dish , launched this morning, saying that it will solve that problem, by providing meal delivery service to families every week. The new company has raised $500K from Battery Ventures.

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Services GRP Partners Santa Monica Incubator 159

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp. ” Perhaps it is time to seek some funding, but how do you get advice from the same people that you’ll need money from?

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Santa Monica-based SharesPost , which operates a secondary marketplace for privately held company shares, is expanding the amount of third party research on its market. SharesPost is the latest company funded and started by BrightHouse, an incubator of early stage businesses started by Greg Brogger and Scott Painter.

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Research eHarmony Santa Monica Incubator 133

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JULY 1, 2020

Santa Monica-based startup studio Science Inc. has backed a new company, looking to incubate startups from the music industry. According to Heavy Sound Labs , it is a music technology company looking for "today's next emerging stars" and helps them to develop themselves into creative entrepreneurs.

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Santa Monica Incubator Tool Entrepreneur 124

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APRIL 18, 2011

SharesPost--a spinout of Santa Monica's Brighthouse incubator run by Scott Painter and Greg Brogger--was the target of an article by the WSJ focused on how the firm screened investors joining the site. SharesPost said the article left readers "largely misinformed and our company unfairly maligned."

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Santa Monica Journal Incubator Screening 133

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

How is this different than accelerator or incubator? David Carter: There is a lot of misunderstanding on what an incubator is, and what an accelerator is. When I was at Amplify, we had a lot of people wondering what an accelerator was, and how we differentiated from an incubator. I missed that in the beginning. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

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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