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TYLT Labs' New Seed Fund And The Promise Of Silicon Beach

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There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. For example, our friends at the LMU incubator are doing a great job helping companies to mature. That really is helping to move the ecosystem to the next level.

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Backing the Jockey and Not the Horse

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“So are there any other tips you can give when pitching VC’s?” The question was posed by Nolan Simons, an LMU student from Professor David Choi’s Business Incubation class. Filed under: Entrepreneurs , Founders , Fund Raising , Startup , Venture Capital Tagged: David Choi , Pivot , Ron Conway , Venture capital , Warren Buffett.

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Digest 5/30 – 6/5: Nant Health’s IPO, Loot Crate’s Series A, Snapchat Passes Twitter, RadPad FB’s App of the Year

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LMU, Los Angeles. **. ARENA VC Leads $1.5 SMASHD Hosted BossWomen in Venture. Busby’s, Los Angeles. 06/10/2016. 8:15 am – 9:30 am. Innovate Pasadena. Pasadena Cross Campus, Pasadena. 06/11/2016 – 06/12/2016. Startup Bootcamp. LOOT CRATE Raises $18.5M Series A ( link ). PASADENA ANGELS Raises $1.3M Fund ( link ).