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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. What is the Ventura incubator? It's a place where companies can network with each other, collaborate the business, in a brainstorming atmosphere.

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Reflections on 2018: Mike Panesis, Center for Entrepreneurship at CLU

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In May, the Center co-hosted the first New Venture Ventura County, a celebration of student entrepreneurs from grade school to grad school. There were so many innovative ideas and interest in entrepreneurship among students in Ventura County! That's often the best time to invest. READ MORE>>.

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Maverick Angels Expands Network

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Maverick Angels , one of the angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, said this afternoon that the group is launching two new chapters, expanding into the Santa Barbara and South Bay area. Tags: venture capital investment angel angels maverick. READ MORE>>.

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The Trade Desk Adds Investor

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Ventura-based The Trade Desk , the online advertising ad exchange headed by AdECN vet Jeff Green, has added another investor to its recent funding. According to New York-based Wider Wake Networks , it invested more than a half a million dollars in The Trade Desk, as part of the firm's recent $2.5M seed investment round.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Alon Goren , Invested.in (Los Angeles/Ventura, crowdfunding). Alex Kazerani and James Segil (shared), EdgeCast Networks (Los Angeles, content delivery network). Rob Reed , MomentFeed (Los Angeles/Ventura, analytics). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps).

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LA's Innovators Get Spotlight, But Investors Cautious

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All schmoozing and networking aside, what are investors, entrepreneurs, and others in the industry thinking about? For some, it seemed like they--like the investing public--are burnt out on too many bubbles over the past decade, and are determined not to create or participate in another one.

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Insights and Opinions: The New Angel Paradigm

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There's been a lot of controversy and debate in recent months over how angel investment groups ought to be structured, if they ought to charge entrepreneurs, and other similar issues about the role of organized groups and companies in the investment process. Continued.).

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