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Insights and Opinions: The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators

socalTECH

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.

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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.

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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

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. BossWomen in Venture event @firstrepublic @Forbes @atomfactory @smashdlabs @suzywillow @Samirkaji @KauffmanFellows pic.twitter.com/IQugttjMRt.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

Tech Zulu Event

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. Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry.