socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based business accelerator StartEngine has aligned itself with hosting firm Peak Hosting , the two said Wednesday, where members of the StartEngine business accelerator will gain $12,000 woth of credit for 12 months of hosting services from the firm. and Joyent.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based startup accelerator MuckerLab , which is headed by Erik Rannala, has tapped Brea-based Dreamhost , the web hosting company, as the "official" web hosting and application hosting provider for the accelerator, the firm is announcing today. Dreamhost has been in the area since it was founded in 1997. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. The founders of the group, Richard Koffler and John Morris , are two well known investors in the Los Angeles area.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2015

The Los Angeles Dodgers and R/GA said Tuesday afternoon that the two are setting up a new, startup accelerator in Los Angeles, called the LA Dodgers Accelerator. The accelerator says it hopes to have a mix of early-stage startups developing new technologies, products, and services, as well as later-stage companies.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

MuckerLab , the Los Angeles startup accelerator headed by Erik Rannala, is presenting its newest startup class today in a Demo Day. MuckerLab's prior class included such hot Los Angeles startups as SurfAir, Retention Science, Wallaby, and InstaCanvas.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

Los Angeles has always been a major market for launching products, and in the era of e-commerce has become highly attractive for its large consumer population, a technology-savvy population, and affinity for new products and services. They both want amazing, living art, but they also expect world class service.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. Friday, July 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. LACIis the business equivalent of baseball?s

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars- Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). How to find a startup mentor. AwarePoint ($4M, San Diego, real time patient location systems). Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. 9 Ways socalTECH Can Help You With Your New Year's Resolutions.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. Natural mentors – a desire to help. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. Quantitative & analytical.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

Wade Eyerly: Basically, it's a flat fee, subscription, all-you-can fly private plane service. We shuttle primarily between Palo Alto and Los Angeles. We've hugely overbuilt infrastructure here, which we are leveraging for our service. By bringing our service to regional airports, you're much closer to home.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Cadence, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, LSI, X-Fab, and many other leading-edge. companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

This corporate partnership has proven well for these startups in helping them launch their products and services into another galaxy. Read more about startups in the Los Angeles area at TechCo. Photos courtesy of Disney and Sphero.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. With Vistage, you'll benefit from: Advisory Board Peer Group Meetings; Private 1-to-1 Mentoring Sessions; Expert Speaker Workshops; Content and Connectivity Online. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. Today, more than 14,000.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Cadence, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, LSI, X-Fab, and many other leading-edge companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event.

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Xconomy

JUNE 16, 2016

So when the San Diego Venture Group recruited Mark Suster of Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures to give the keynote talk Tuesday night for Startup Week San Diego, more than 800 people filled a downtown auditorium. In San Diego, the complaints often focus on the relative scarcity of venture capital and hometown VC firms.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Matt Lucido wanted to help with everyone’s daily life by creating a service app called Porter. Porter is a service app that provides daily services to your door, hassle-free. Services such as house cleaning, dry cleaning, wash & fold, and pet care. How did you find all the people to do all these services?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2014

For those in the know, Jarl has been a savvy angel investor and a mentor to many young tech founders (and a few of us VCs as well). I’m 10% sorry to see Jarl spend less time in Los Angeles. Breakfasts and drinks with Jarl have truly been a highlight of my seven years of living here.

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Riot Games Media Startup News 299

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” Invest more heavily in platform services. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). ” Numero uno. I sat on panels.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Last week, a group of four angel investors here announced their plans to create a new, accelerator program to spur the creation of an entrepreneurial community in the area around new startups. All of our mentors are investors as well. However, the main benefit is the one-on-one assistance of entrepreneurs, and access to capital.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

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. They immediately have access to beta testers, investors, mentors, incubators and accelerators that can keep on eye out for them on a peer sharing platform.”.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. We have some great mentors now.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

In late 2004, I became the 39th employee at Myspace, and built a team under me of 300 people, in engineering, project management, QA, and creative services. I came back to Los Angeles at the request of Mike Jones and Peter Pham, to help get Science off the ground. That''s why creative people seek out Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

She told us about why so many Los Angeles investors are supporting the company and gave us an overview of what PartySlate is all about. How is it you have so many Los Angeles investors? Why do people come to PartySlate, and explain more on why they use your service? What does PartySlate do? He's based in LA.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. A large amount of this new fund, somewhere between 20 and 30 percent, is focused on technology in the financial services sector. That was quite a prominent exit for us.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Chris Dumler , Co-Founder of Los Angeles Startup Foundation.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine. We were also about to build a really solid mentor network in a short period of time, pulling in about 250 CEO's and CTOs, from all backgrounds and locations. Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS).

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Southern California High Tech SaaS Social Media 168

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno. Community Sponsors.

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CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Safe Space I know that people can hear a term like “safe space” and make assumptions about what that might mean but the truth is that first-time founders really do need a safe space to make mistakes, ask dumb questions, learn & interact with peers and get advice from mentors who have a vested interested in helping them succeed.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

The final clip is Fred & I talking about whether “the best product wins” and my assertion that the bias in today’s Silicon Valley dominated tech world there is probably too much emphasis on tech at the expense of how to sell, implement and service customers.

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Venture Capital Startup Writing Blogging 150

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno. Community Sponsor. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Start Engine is a rapid accelerator focused on helping Los Angeles-based technology startups build a solid foundation for success in 90 days. Thousands of organizations have turned to TriNet for human resources, benefits, payroll, workers’ compensation, and strategic human capital services. Gold Sponsor. .

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96