socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2017

reports that seed funding in Q1 of 2017 dropped precipitously, falling 42.2 According to AmplifyLA , the number of seed deals dropped to 27 in the quarter, down from 32 from Q4, and--making a grim quarter even worse--the average seed size declined to only $1.9M Venice, California-based startup accelerator Amplify.LA

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based WittleBee , the children's clothing site headed by Sean Percival, announced Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round. As part of the funding, Jim Andelman at Rincon joins the company's board. the business incubator/studio headed by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Accelerators are organizations that selectively accept entrepreneurs into a program of intense coaching in a physical environment sponsored by the accelerator that also provides seed funds for the startup to begin its business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based technology incubator Curious Minds is one of the firms backing Ringadoc , a new startup which offers up medical consultations via phone or computer. Curious Minds, which is based in West Hollywood, Curious Minds says it has been incubating companies since 2004, and lists its President and co-founder as David Gonen.

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socalTECH

JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie , a new startup focused on using machine learning and "quant marketing" to direct mail, said on Tuesday that it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding. The funding was led by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . “Los Angeles is a great place for this, because we have a close relationship with Caltech and JPL,” according to Gross.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are currently over 1,900 members in over 60 nations. Peer support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. And importantly we’ve had revenue.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and the TCA's San Diego chapter. According to the TCA, its angel network members invested $2.5M in the round. The TCA said the deal is one of the largest, initial raises from the TCA in its history. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem. Erik, thanks for the time.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech said this week that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round, to bring remote, technology support to consumers. The startup, led by Richard Wolpert, scored the funding from Upfront Ventures, Accel Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Amplify.LA, Ron Burkle, and others.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

in funding, according to the group. The funding came from a number of angels, including Broadway Angels, San Diego Venture Partners, and TI Platform Management. According to the startup studio it plans to use the funding to launch four new startups in San Diego, investing $300K in seed capital in each of those companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

As VCs we’re inundated with emails from founders, friends, colleagues, angels, seed investors, VCs, law firms, venture banks, corporates and so forth with their favorite deals. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. They want you to fund, fund, fund. It’s inbound.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

A seed-stage “super angel.” This is a relatively new term loosely applied to angels who invest their own money in a portfolio of startups (typically 20 or more) and are willing to lead multiple rounds, usually starting with a seed round. Startup incubator seed funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Thus, I was happy to see some real actionable advice on this challenge in a new book, “ The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed ,” by Linda Yates, the founder and CEO of a leading growth incubator for global businesses. Commit a source of internal or external seed funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. Seed-stage means promising companies that don’t yet have a revenue stream, and may not yet have a proof of concept. Super Angels. Business accelerator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding. Super Angels. Thus the more precise term these days for early startups is “seed stage.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Apply to local angel investor groups. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I have been involved with a high profile one in Los Angeles – Launchpad LA – and we’ve decided to make a shift so I thought this was a good time for reflection. For accelerators to proliferate you need access to capital to fund them and then you need a huge community of people to fund the graduates.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. Index Seed : Index Ventures carves out seed fund from existing $400mm fund. SV Angel / Ron Conway closes $20mm venture fund. Wildfire Interactive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Many entrepreneurs love investing in other startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. If you will need to supplement your own funds and assets for your business, don’t wait for a crisis to enlist family, friends, angel investors, or start a crowdfunding campaign.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based BloomNation (www.bloomnation.com) is looking to change the model, and instead empower local florists to deliver their own, unique designs. From there, we actually joined the Muckerlab incubator, and essentially have been growing florists on the supply side. How long has the service been available?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Kelly Perdew: I think you know that, since 2004, I have been an angel in LA. In 2014, a West Point buddy of mine, and also a serial entrepreneur, Craig Cummings started working together to find entrepreneurs we liked, to help them an invest in them, along with Luis Villalobos of the Tech Coast Angels.

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Capital Funding Startup Venture Capital 164

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Apply to local Angel investor groups. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Apply to local Angel investor groups. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Apply to local angel investor groups. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Apply to local angel investor groups. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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