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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. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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Capacity Building Grants for Nonprofits in 2022

Board Effect

Capacity Building Grants: Los Angeles. CSUN (a directory for nonprofit capacity building in Los Angeles County). Capacity Building Grants: Chicago. FHL Bank Chicago. SVP Chicago. The Chicago Community Trust. Weingart Foundation Dwight Stuart Youth Fund. The Rose Hills Foundation. Woods Fund.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. Some of our most successful deals have been in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Baltimore and London. We have long wanted to move but wanted to wait for the perfect space.

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

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million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5 If you have a storage need in one of these cities please consider checking out MakeSpace.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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Given where most deals are this has historically meant NYC and San Francisco but over the years we’ve had big successes in Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas and London so we’re open to just finding the best deals. Was it hard to raise the fund? It’s always hard raising money. Louis, South Bend, Austin, Houston, and so forth.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles is known for sun, stars, and surf, and now you can add startups to the list. The city isn’t lacking for high-profile companies, either, with Snapchat, SpaceX, VR trailblazer Oculus, and League of Legends creator Riot Games calling Los Angeles home. Chicago, IL.

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Why Your Next Startup Should Be In Insurance

YoungUpstarts

Celina Kirchner is a full-stack attorney at Michelman & Robinson, LLP (M&R), a national law firm with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County (California), San Francisco, Chicago and New York. My hope is that the answer is you. She’s based in L.A.,