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

Both Sides of the Table

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. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Trueface raises $3.7M to turn camera data into actionable insights

ReadWriteStart

Today, we have millions of cameras deployed throughout various industries, organizations, and global borders around the world. This technology is working to make both public and private environments safer and smarter. million in seed capital led by Lavrock Ventures with participation from Scout Ventures and Advantage Ventures.

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Telstra Sets Up Startup Accelerator muru-D In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

For its initial foray into the Southeast Asia technology space, the startup accelerator will kick off a search for ten technology startups across Southeast Asia to participate its inaugural six-month accelerator program which begins in August 2015. muru - d.com/apply/global. million (A$3 million) in follow-on funding.

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

The Next Web

While entrepreneurship and startups have spread tremendously in Europe, a lot of aspiring young entrepreneurs leave Europe for the United States. From my interactions with them, the United States’ gravitational pull is only getting stronger. Look at the 500 largest companies in the world (Fortune Global 500).

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How to Avoid Being Part of 90% of Failed Companies

ReadWriteStart

According to a study by CB Insights (2017), a software that gathers essential data from investors, companies and industries, more than 70% of startups do not exceed the first stage of venture capital investment. These results were obtained after the following rounds of financing of more than 1000 technology companies in the United States.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. The pundits say the American dream is dead and this next decade will see the further decline and fall of the West and in particular of the United States. This doesn’t mean just more technology stuff, though we’ll get that.