Two Bit Circus opens its much anticipated micro-amusement park featuring escape rooms, story rooms, VR / AR games, digital carnival games, lounge and a restaurant in downtown LA on September 7. LA Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke at the Sept 6 … Continued
Startups
Techstars – LA announced its second class of 10 startups, ranging from food trucks to fashion and haircuts. Techstars LA continues its commitment to diversity with its second class. About 60% of the startups are led by CEOs from underrepresented communities. In … Continued
Techstars – Cedars Sinai Health Accelerator announced its fourth class of nine startups. “We are excited to announce the companies joining the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, Powered by Techstars 2018 class,” said Jenny Fielding, Managing Director in Rotation at Techsters, in a … Continued
As Coachella fast approaches this weekend, with so many celebs, influencers, bands, and media flocking to the ferris wheel fields, some startups are making big marketing pushes at the fest and related events. Crunchet, based in New York, is making … Continued
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – Startups, entrepreneurs and investors connected at our first Digital LA – Iceland event at the Loft rooftop bar with stunning views of downtown Reykjavik. Attendees talked about how Iceland’s independent culture has led to its entrepreneur scene with … Continued
Speakers from NASA JPL and robot AI startups discussed robots and artificial intelligence applications at our panel celebrating National Robots Week at CTRL Collective in Pasadena. National Robots Week is a week-long celebration with events to increase awareness and understanding … Continued
LA represents at SXSW, the huge tech, music, film, games, edu conference in Austin with more than 300,000 attendees that concludes on Sunday. – SXSW Accelerator: LA startup ARWall won the VR/AR category at the SXSW Accelerator pitch fest, featuring 50 startups selected from hundreds … Continued
At LA’s first Robots panel, speakers from NASA JPL and Silicon Beach startups described their robots that explore space, underwater, and can teach kids to code at CTRL Collective Playa Vista. Speakers described their robots, use and consumer and business … Continued
LOS ANGLES – Silicon Beach Fest Best of 2017 edition celebrated top Silicon Beach investors, startups, Hollywood executives and more with a week of panels, workshops and mixers focusing on Bitcoin, blockchain, VCs, accelerators, influencers and more at CTRL Collective … Continued
USC – Three social media startups, focusing on dogs to having a bad day, pitched at the USC Annenberg Digital Social Media program’s annual PitchFest at the Wallis Annenberg center on the USC Campus on Wednesday night. Program Director Karen … Continued