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

Both Sides of the Table

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Got "Founder Fit?" If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It

Up and Running

A few weeks ago I spoke with Boris Wertz, founder of JustBooks, COO of AbeBooks and founding-partner of Version One Ventures. In In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. The founder drives the culture.

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A Quality Benchmark for Accelerators: The Global Accelerator Network

Feld Thoughts

Provide some sort of seed capital to their founders. Take a small amount of equity (usually ~6%) and overall have terms that are favorable to entrepreneurs. Have a strong management team who are typically proven entrepreneurs. Take no less than 5 and no more than 12 companies at a time.

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Singapore’s ClearBridge BioMedics Raises $9 Million Series B

YoungUpstarts

Other investors in this financing round include SPRING Seeds Capital , Clearbridge BSA and Lu Yoh Chie of Biosensors International , and existing shareholder BioVeda.

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Entrepreneurs, not the government, will save Europe’s economy

The Next Web

Dries Buytaert is the co-founder and CTO and Acquia , a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for open source content management system Drupal. While entrepreneurship and startups have spread tremendously in Europe, a lot of aspiring young entrepreneurs leave Europe for the United States.

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Telstra Sets Up Startup Accelerator muru-D In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

muru - D will be hosting a roadshow in six Southeast Asian cities, including Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore, and selected startups will receive S$40,000 in seed capital, space in muru - D Singapore’s central business district office and as well as introductions to world-class mentors, coaches and investors.

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How to Avoid Being Part of 90% of Failed Companies

ReadWriteStart

As an entrepreneur, you have probably heard or read the “maxim” that only 10% of startups are successful, but is this true? These results were obtained after the following rounds of financing of more than 1000 technology companies in the United States. How can you avoid being part of the 90% of failed companies?