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Calacanis Takes On Keiretsu Forum On Fees

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Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com and co-producer of the TechCrunch50 conference--not known for pulling his punches--publicly targeted angel group The Keiretsu Forum today for their presentation fees. In Calacanis' personal blog, he called for bloggers to launch a public campaign against Keiretsu.

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Draper Goren Holm Raises $25M Blockchain Fund

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According to the firm, its Fund 1 will make seed and Series A investments in the fintech and blockchain startup world. The startup investment fund said that it will invest internationally, and will have both a presence in Los Angeles as well as Europe, with an office in Vienna, Austria. READ MORE>>.

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AnyMeeting Acquired, Say Insiders

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AnyMeeting offers up an online service which lets users run webinars, run online meetings, share screens and slides, and much more. The company's investors include the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Keiretsu Forum, and Sand Hill Angels. AnyMeeting got its start as Freebinar. READ MORE>>.

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New Incubator/Coworking Space Emerges In Glendale

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A new startup incubator and coworking space in the Los Angeles area-- Voivoda Labs --said this week that it is looking to looking to vet new startups in the area to join its newly built incubator in Glendale. Voivoda says that Babajov has ties to the Band of Angels, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Keiretsu Forum Angel networks.

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AnyMeeting Debuts New Web Conferencing Product

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According to the company, the new tool provides set price access to its services to companies with up to 50 employees, allowing companies to purchase a plan which covers all of their employees at a fixed price. The company said those plans start at $480 per year for three employees, and up to $7,200 per year for up to 50 employees.

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Calacanis: First Angels In New Angel Group

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Calacanis--who started the group as an outgrowth of his crusade against pay-to-pitch angel groups like The Keiretsu Forum--said in his blog today that he has signed up Matt Coffin , Sky Dayton , and Bill Woodward as members of his group.

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Calacanis Expands Campaign Against Pitching Fees

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Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is continuing his crusade against angel groups and others who charge startups to pitch their groups, saying that he's now calling on groups to stop charging fees, and post what fees they were charging to entrepreneurs on their web sites.

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