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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. Climate tech – We have a fair chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change if startups offer commercial solutions to decarbonize society or remove carbon from the atmosphere.

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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. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”

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How Startups Can Support Mental Wellbeing In This Moment

The Startup Magazine

Life as we know it is a far cry from life as we knew it, with sudden global shifts to supply chains and operating conditions impacting heavily upon startups. More than half of Canadian startups report their industry as being “affected significantly” by the pandemic, and perhaps even more concerning is the toll on mental wellbeing.

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Web 3.0 Brings a New Wave of Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

or the ‘Semantic Web,’ meaning it understands user context. Current advertising and public relations startups are already thinking along these lines in fields all the way from clothes shopping, art galleries, online advertising, to managing press releases. The Semantic Web isn't really even a new idea. Marty Zwilling.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

In fact, in the 70’s and 80’s, the distinction was almost entirely semantic, as the military and aerospace industry invested ungodly amounts of capital to create technology breakthroughs that eventually saw wide commercial adoption in the personal computing industry. The top tier funds see almost all of the best deals.

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Looking for your summer internship? Look no further.

Austin Startup

Check out which Capital Factory startups are looking for you to join their team! Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. To Apply: Email jobs@Thrillbox.com and reference the Capital Factory intern program.

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Entrepreneurs Needed to Keep Web 3.0 From Fading

Startup Professionals Musings

I suspect the real challenge is not the semantic web technology , but new attractive business models from smart entrepreneurs. Twelve-year-olds are running million-dollar-social networks, your grandma is tweeting, and your long-lost cousin runs a popular tribe on Second Life. After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0

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