Emerging LA
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Original editorial covering the people, ideas, and momentum defining the LA startup ecosystem.
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Mar 24, 2026•6 min read
🌴 A Deep Dive into OpenClaw with Kindo’s Founding Engineer
#069: Kindo hosts an exclusive OpenClaw builder meetup featuring live demos and deep-dives, April 2nd in Venice
Mar 17, 2026•6 min read
🌴 NVIDIA backed startup is opening its first ever hackathon to LA builders
#068: NVIDIA backed Twelve Labs ($107M raised) hosts its first-ever LA hackathon, $2,250 prize pool, three challenge tracks, March 28–29 in Playa Vista
Mar 16, 2026•6 min read
🌴 VC Chat with Sunset Ventures GP, Insights on Breaking into the Industry
#067: Founder Chat with Brandon Hoffman, founder of the Emerging VC Fellowship, on venture and the fellowship community
Mar 2, 2026•6 min read
🌴 Stablecoin leader powering $1B in payments speaks at our Founder Chat
#066: Founder Chat with Belo live Q&A to learn about the $20M Series A raise, scaling to 3M Users, and powering fintech in LatAm
Feb 3, 2026•5 min read
🌴 Investor Social & UCLA Founders Night
#065: Members-Only Beverly Hills Wine Club event and Founders meetup discussion on campus at UCLA
Jan 19, 2026•5 min read
🌴 VC Fellowship cohort for Spring 2026 applications open
#064: Fellows get to learn from live deals (e.g. SpaceX, xAI) by driving the firm's venture operations and investments
Dec 4, 2025•7 min read
🌴 Founder chat with Ash, raised $10M Series A to bring healthcare testing to all
#063: Sign up to listen to or get the recording of Founder Chat with Ash, a diagnostics platform helping organizations offer fast, accessible at-home testing.
Nov 11, 2025•8 min read
🌴 Founder chat with Sync, using AI to change the future of global storytelling
#062: Sign up to listen to or get the recording of Founder Chat with Sync Labs, an AI lip-sync platform letting creators and teams dub any video into any language with studio-grade precision.
Nov 10, 2025•10 min read
🌴 2025 LA Tech Week Recap!
#061: Sharing our top moments from the +1,500 events hosted at LA Tech Week: AI, media, deeptech, & health
Nov 5, 2025•6 min read
🌴 Founder chat with Kindo, raised $28M to build AI cybersecurity
#060: Join virtually to listen to our live Q&A
Oct 14, 2025•10 min read
🌴 LA Tech Week is here!
#059: Sharing our top events to attend out of the 1,500 being hosted across Los Angeles, covering a wide range of topics: AI, media, wellness, deeptech, & health
Oct 7, 2025•7 min read
🌴 Emerging VC Fellowship launch!
#058: This is the internship I wish I had in college. Breaking SoCal students into venture capital!