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Wheels, Started By Founders of Wag, Comes To LA

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Wheels , a new startup from the co-founders of Wag , announced this morning that the company has started offering up access to its electric powered, two wheel bicycles in Los Angeles, as it expands from its base in San Diego. The startup is led by Wag co-founders and brothers Jonathan and Josh Viner.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. ” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups.

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Bird Banks $100M In Series B

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Bird, which is led by founder and CEO Travis VanderZanden, offers up electric scooters as part of its service. Craig was previously General Partner and Founder of Arena Ventures, and has been an angel investor in such companies as Lyft, Postmates, Twitter, AngelList, as well as a who's who of startups in Los Angeles. City Operations.

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Reflections on 2018: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Andy is a leader in the Southern Californian innovation ecosystem and has started, led or invested in more than two dozen tech start-ups.

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Companies In Southern California

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We've combed through our database of companies to figure out which companies are involved in this industry here, ranging from key developers of military UAS/UAV platforms, to startups developing the software behind the growing consumer drone market. General Atomics - San Diego - (www.generalatomics.com). Our list below: 1.

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NextSpace Gets 825K

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NextSpace , the co-working space developer which has locations in Culver City and Venice, announced this morning that it has raised $825,000 more in a funding round, to go towards expansion in Northern California.

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Southern California Companies Raise $2.49 Billion In VC In Q2

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billion round for Venice based Snapchat. Other big fundings contributing to the total included a $220M funding round for San Diego biotech firm Human Longevity Inc. , $111M raised by Marina Del Rey-based Thrive Market , and $100M raised by Irvine cybersecurity sofwtare developer Cylance. READ MORE>>.