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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

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SNAPCHAT Acquires 3D Selfie Co ( link ). SNAPCHAT Passes Twitter with 150M DAUs ( link ). JJ Abrams Drops by AMPLIFY for a Mentor Talk ( link ). Tons of footage from the #DnDMeltdown event on our Snapchat (id: scottperry) @Wizards_DnD @MeltdownComics pic.twitter.com/Ugd6qIeSEC. LOOT CRATE Raises $18.5M Series A ( link ).

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5 What Has Given Birth to This New Movement in LA? .

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Digest 6/13-19: Big Raises for Vow to be Chic, Vrse, Exactly; Makers Kit, Branch Chosen for Target Techstars

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SNAPCHAT AdWeek’s Cover Story ( link ). SNAPCHAT to Insert Ads Between Stories ( link ). SNAPCHAT Spotted at LAX. Sneaky ghost face chillah at LAX cc: @Snapchat #LongLA pic.twitter.com/t8iXs6bE3d. EA Announces Weekly eSports Competitions ( link ). ASTRONAUTS WANTED Launches Transmedia Residency ( link ).

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Social Media: Snapchat. Developed by four Stanford University students, Snapchat , now located in Venice, is a new way to share moments with friends and family. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

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Reflections on 2016: Cody Simms, Techstars

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Today, we have Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars (www.techstars.org), which has been very active this year in the startup accelerator and mentoring area. Cody Simms: Locally in LA the Snapchat IPO will have a huge impact on our local startup ecosystem. What was the biggest news from you or your firm this year?

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Behind the Scenes: Troy Carter’s SMASHD LABS with Suzy Ryoo

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Each mentor spoke for nearly an hour to the entire group, answered questions, and sat with each company for one-on-one mentoring. Troy’s appreciation extends to his early forays into venture capital, where he learned the ropes under the guidance of mentors like Ron Conway, Shervin Pershivar, and Bill Maris.

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This is the Dumbest Op Ed I’ve Read in a While

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I don’t feel like canceling LinkedIn just because occasionally a well-meaning but slightly not-clued-in person from a faraway place wants me to be their personal mentor, answer 3-questions for their high-school entrepreneurship project or take a sales pitch for their recruiting services. I get a lot of those, too. I’m not an elitist a **e.

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