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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

TechCrunch LA

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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Interview with Dave Eastman, Viterbi Startup Garage

socalTECH

There are pretty significant resources there that standalone incubators don't have. Dave Eastman: There's a lot of interaction between the I-Corp innovation node in Los Angeles and the Startup Garage. We don't have the resources to do typical diligence and assessment, so we just piggyback on other deals.

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“Built In L.A.” the New Online Community for Startups

Tech Zulu Event

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. s own backyard into one central online hub, rich with all the resources and information that L.A. has to offer startups. tech culture.

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Why The LA Dodgers Accelerator Is Combining Sports, Investment and Startups

socalTECH

What we realized, is that using a platform like the Dodgers to validate those products, and at the same time, solve some of our own problems, made a lot of sense. With the background of our ownership group, and their interest in putting capital to use and our resources to work, we saw the opportunity to create strategic partnerships.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA. Incubator: Amplify LA. E-Commerce: Nasty Gal.

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How TenOneTen Ventures Is Investing In LA's Technology Future

socalTECH

We saw an extraordinary opportunity, in general, and in LA in particular, to really focus in on technology in Los Angeles. There is a really genuine and real opportunity in the intersection of media and entertainment technology here in Los Angeles, and people are focused here on that for a legitimate reason.

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Miigle up! | Interview with Luc Berlin Founder/CEO & Netrepreneur

Tech Zulu Event

The platform enhances the process of turning ideas into entrepreneurial ventures and growing startups through social collaboration. 2) How can we leverage resources as a community (by community, I mean a global community of people with different talents and interests) to help entrepreneurs grow their startups? I want to change that.

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