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

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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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Wpromote Offers Up Free Digital Marketing Training To Nonprofits

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Los Angeles-based digital marketing agency Wpromote said on Wednesday that it will be offering up free training to nonprofits, as part of its second annual Wprobono: Digital Day In LA.

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Enplug: Bringing Social Media To A Display Near You

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What''s unique about it, it is stream live social media, and actually puts that social media content on the display right in front of you. I met with david after he flew up to meet me from Los Angeles. He had gone to MIT, was a trained, professional poker player. READ MORE>>.

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Workout app Fitplan adds Alex Rodriguez as a trainer… and an investor

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The Los Angeles-based workout app launched by Landon Hamilton and Cam Speck has closed on $4.5 “One of the things we’re doing as a company is moving into sports-specific training,” says Speck. The Los Angeles-based workout app launched by Landon Hamilton and Cam Speck has closed on $4.5

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Shopify Sets Up Space For Entrepreneurs In LA

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Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning.

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Moonshots Capital Announced First Seed Stage Fund

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Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital , the venture capital investment firm led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings, has raised its first official fund, a $19M seed stage venture fund. The firm--which has been making investments even before raising the official fund, announced today--has already made four investments out of the new fund.

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Combining StitchFix and Instagram, FlipFit ushers in the next phase of social retail

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.” So he wanted to take the social aspects of Instagram and the subscription box and retail elements of StitchFix to create the new Los Angeles-based startup, Flip Fit. . Then he met Jonathan Ellman at the Summit conference in Los Angeles. But to do it, Agha needed a push. “ We met at a party.