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Insights and Opinions: The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators

socalTECH

Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasnt. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

Tech Zulu Event

Over 500 startups applied last quarter to Launchpad LA’s accelerator, but only eight were chosen. They have hired great people, have brought on great mentors, have raised money from top tier investors, and we are excited for a bunch of big announcements in the months ahead,” said Teller. This is class four for Launchpad LA.

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The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators

Steve Reich

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. We know we’re short of capital, particularly in LA.

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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

LATechDigest

Innovate Pasadena. Pasadena Cross Campus, Pasadena. Startup Bootcamp. LMU, Los Angeles. **. PASADENA ANGELS Raises $1.3M ARENA VC Leads $1.5 JJ Abrams Drops by AMPLIFY for a Mentor Talk ( link ). SMASHD Hosted BossWomen in Venture. 06/11/2016 – 06/12/2016. Series A ( link ).