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

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Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

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As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. Most of the technology industry is notoriously apolitical. misses an opportunity.

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The Venture Capital Diversity Gap and Why It Matters

StartupNation

Along with founding multiple angel investment networks and venture funds, my experience in the world of VC has allowed me to work with hundreds of global companies to inject millions of dollars of capital into the startup ecosystem. I’ve created 15 funds in the last year alone. .

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

However, what is made less explicit is that there was likely very little technology involved. But it wasn’t really that technology driven,” he concedes. Klarna finally took Atomico’s money in 2012, and within two years had grown to over 1,000 employees. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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PH venture investor Kickstart Ventures commits to expand investments globally

AsiaTechDaily

Committing to enabling startups When Kickstart was established in 2012, the Philippine startup ecosystem was at its nascent stage. Ambitious and promising startups abound, but none managed to scale as fast or as large as those in neighboring countries. on its first year.

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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

TechCrunch

Luciana Lixandru is a partner at Sequoia, where she focuses on enterprise and consumer technology companies across Europe. She joined Pinterest in 2012 as one of the company’s first 35 employees after co-leading the Series A investment while at Bessemer.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

However, what is made less explicit is that there was likely very little technology involved. But it wasn’t really that technology driven,” he concedes. Klarna finally took Atomico’s money in 2012, and within two years had grown to over 1,000 employees. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.