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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

You can usually find 2-3 investors per location but it’s not uncommon to see VCs in: Boston, NY, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. I think that’s in part due to market conditions being favorable to venture capital and in part it’s due to the significant uptick in Los Angeles as a major tech hub in the US.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

So now here in CT people will search for we buy houses in connecticut. Only these type of views are seen in $15 million dollar lots in Los Angeles. Thanks to these signs the public now is aware of companies that buy houses. Thus when people that need their house sold fast they will search for these we buy houses companies.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

Principal Investigator: Yu Lei University of Connecticut. Principal Investigator: Jacob Schmidt University of California-Los Angeles. Principal Investigator: Michael Shur Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Standoff detection of explosives using novel signal-amplifying nanocomposite and hand-held UV light.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Back in 2010, we were running a digital agency in Los Angeles for premium fashion brands when they came upon the idea for NuORDER. Our response has been very favorable and we’ve expanded into Ohio and Connecticut in addition to launching a related site for comparison shopping for residential natural gas.