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Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Los Angeles.

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QualityGPTs

GPTs, personalized for you.
Agency providing easy to use AI tools to small businesses.

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Sidewalk Eggs Productions, LLC.

A Better Film Production Studio
If you're looking for something different, something exciting - we're the right investment for you. Be part of the magic behind the camera, meet the people you usually see only on the screen, enjoy wrap parties and red carpets! We want to expand! Sidewalk Eggs ...

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Dale

Yelp for Student Housing
Dale is a web platform for college students to find, review, movie-into, furnish, and clean their off-campus housing. Our target customers are college students who are looking to live within a one-mile radius of campus.

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Wimbim

Foursquare for sports fans
Wimbim is where sports fans unite! Wimbim provides sports fans with real-time information about where to watch the game with other fans rooting for the same team. Accessible via a mobile application or mobile site, in addition to a website, Wimbim will provide ...

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Pixcited

Pinterest for Men
Pixcited is a new social bookmarking tool for men. Imagine having had the opportunity to invest in Pinterest before it became the $7.7 billion dollar project it is today (http://onforb.es/IQd1UO). A competitor with a site similar to Pixcited recently received ...

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Global Yuppie Style

Entrepreneur Magazine meets Vogue.
Goal: Create an informative online community where young creative and/or fashion savvy Entrepreneurs can connect and gain valuable inside on life, business and the steps you have to take to make your dream a reality while looking fabulous doing so. Think Entrepreneur ...

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sharQNetwork

Virtual University Career Fair
sharQNetwork.com is bridging the recruitment gap between big business and small business by transforming the College Career Fair experience into a virtual sphere. As the first and only virtual Career fair, sharQNetwork.com aims to revolutionize the recruitment ...

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College Bounty

Discounts Guaranteed
College Bounty's mobile platform uses the power of marketing to effectively target student's discretionary spending power while increasing local retailer's visibility on a large scale.

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NowBoarding ✈️

Invite-only mailing list.
We search the best weekend and long-haul flight deals so you can book before everyone else.

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DormInk

Convenient printer ink solution for students
The most convenient printer ink solution for students

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Taggler

Reverse Auction Custom Apparel Marketplace
Taggler is a reverse auction marketplace for ordering custom apparel. Simply post your order once onto our site, and our nationwide network of high quality, vetted printers will quote on your order, giving you a wide range of options to choose from (quality, price, ...

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Papermache

Social Cloud Storage for Research
Papermache is a social cloud storage solution that allows students to save their completed research papers remotely and make them accessible by their peers who can interact with and cite their contents. We combine cloud storage with a social network and PDF annotation ...

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Next Star Industries

Box.net and DropBox competition
Refining SwissDisk as an service to compete with DropBox and Box.net as well as developing several other very unique and lucrative dot com opportunities.

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Art Model Place

Figurative Art Business Network
The product is the website, and the functions it performs. It includes profiles for Art models, Artists and Educators. This site will create the first comprehensive directory for every aspect of this age-old industry, automate the networking process and connect ...

Invitation codes

The referral community
Invitation App is a social network where people post their referral codes and collect rewards on autopilot.

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Angeleno Artistry

Artwork Platform that Funds Inner City Art Education With Each Purchase
Angeleno Artistry is a curated e-commerce platform for artwork from established paint and photography artists in Los Angeles, California. Each sale funds art education in inner city elementary schools - we've funded over 500 hours of art programs, and counting. Five ...

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VIDEOhire

Just Click Record.
Video Hiring Website

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Aptologist

Apartment hunting, meet science.
Aptologist's goal is to help college students to find quality apartments at an affordable price. Aptologist is free, easy to use, and will help find the apartment that's right for you. If you're a college student seeking your next apartment, Aptologist is for you.

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SmartyPants App

MeetUp for Study Groups
With just 3 taps on the SmartyPants App you can organize/join an in-person study group with anyone taking your class or get a quick answer at 2am when you’re cramming for a midterm. Our SmartNotifications empower students and administrators with the data ...

Swagger

Connecting college students with amazing brands.
Swagger (formerly Co-Ed Supply) is a members only club that delivers free products, deals, and entertainment exclusively to college students based on students' taste profiles. We use this powerful network of students to help brands build awareness, activate trial, ...

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Tuition.io

The Student Loan Platform
Tuition.io enables student loan borrowers to organize and optimize their loans. In Spring of 2015, Tuition.io launched Flex395.com, a new employee benefit that lets employers contribute directly to their employees' student loans as a hiring and retention tool.

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BedAbroad

Airbnb for Student housing
Studying abroad just got a whole lot easier. Bedabroad's mission is to enhance the study abroad experience by helping international students find and book housing near their new school. Bedabroad is a web platform which allows students to find housing from ...

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TalentTrail

College recruiting done easy
TalentTrail lets companies put up a beautifully branded landing page geared towards their internships and entry level hiring efforts that get distributed to top universities. Our unique algorithm then filters students using culture, work experience, and more so ...

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RECESS

College Media Company
RECESS is a touring college music and ideas festival that combines a progressive speaker series, career fair and live concert that delivers an authentic educational, interactive and entertaining experience to students nationwide. RECESS brings the latest in music, ...

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Eventap

Create an Event in Seconds. Get Together. Have Fun. Share Memories.
Eventap enables users to create events within seconds using their existing Address Book contacts. We have implemented features that make the event creation process simple, intuitive, and enables you to extend the potential reach of an event to those on and off ...

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U-Club

College discount app
U-Club is a point-of-savings discount mobile app specifically targeted at college students. With a no-hassle, no credit card sign-up feature, students are able to easily save on-the-go. U-Club also has the added functionality of Daily Deals where students can ...

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J1market

Connect students with sellers of J1 services
J1market is a marketplace that is conceptually similar to Expedia. It connects international students with sponsors, agencies and employers around the world. Every year about 400,000 students come to the U.S under Work and Travel exchange program. There are also ...

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ThingVote

Social Polling Experience.
ThingVote delivers a new way to make daily decisions. Its fun, Fast and simple to use. You upload your options, share them and receive consolidated votes. No comments! Pure decisions.

TileItOn

Virtual Notice Boards for campuses
TileItOn lets students create and subscribe to virtual boards within and across campuses. Virtual boards will contain posts by other students, staff and faculty. e.g. a student at USC can subscribe to boards at Stanford to be aware of stuff they are interested ...

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JACQRIOT at Kiss My Records, INC.

The next Pop/Rock superstar
JACQRIOT For better or for worse, JacqRiot’s childhood shaped her musical future….Born Jacqueline Govan in Bellflower, California, it was clear from the get-go that entertainment was in this rock diva’s blood. Similar to most little girls devoted to their father, ...

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XpresS

Service Sharing
The product will connect customers with specific representatives within close proximity tailored for specific jobs and services.

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Extradenaire

Incentive-based Craigslist for college students
Extradenaire is a safe and easy online incentive-based marketplace where college students and the surrounding community have the opportunity to earn points towards huge rewards through buying and selling personal items, event tickets, textbooks, etc. Users will ...

Fitposter - university students

Fitposter

Uber for personal trainers
*College Exclusive* Where users can find there own personal trainer for only $15/hour. We connect juniors and seniors who are majoring in Human Biology, Kinesiology, or Applied Physiology who have been actively conditioning for more than 5 years with our users.

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Euphoria

Where your night begins.
Euphoria is an innovative mobile-app that will redefine the way you enjoy your night. It is an interactive application that filters every present event in bars, nightclubs and lounges to your taste and preferences. It, also, presents live ratings and comments ...

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PrefPro

Mobile Recruitment made easy
In Greek campus organizations, recruitment is the most important part of building a strong foundation for your chapter. Recruit with ease and accuracy using PrefPro. PrefPro is a mobile app and website package that will enhance, personalize, and make the sorority ...

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Sinoway International Education

American-style summer/semester/degree programs in China
American-style summer/semester/degree programs in China

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U2OPYA

You think the world is smaller now? Think again!
U2OPYA uses a segmentation system called orbits to connect businesses to their suppliers in the supply chain and to their consumers in the neighborhoods where the businesses are situated; we then rely on the proximity of the business to the consumer to speed up ...

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Feedit

Exclusive App for Students to connect & collaborate
Feedit is multi-threaded network for college/university students to connect, interact, collaborate on how to make the college experience more entertaining and helpful. Feedit requires a .edu to sign up. Feedit provides students with the University Forums: which ...

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Roudr

Automotive Services for International Students
There are over 850,000 and growing cycling international students and transportation has been a big burden. Public transportation has shown to be difficult and car sharing/renting avenues are costly. Roudr created a service to help students get their driver's license, ...

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Evoluggage

The Backpack you can Ride!
Evoluggage designs, manufactures, and sells a new generation of bags and backpacks, called Scooter Backpacks. The Scooter Backpack is a backpack you can ride like a scooter, roll like luggage, or wear comfortably on your back.

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INTEX Program

Internship placement for International Students
INTEX Program, streamlines the journey of an international student looking for an internship in L.A. We deliver the visa, assistance finding a rental place, help with administrative tasks (DMV, Social Security, Taxes, phone...). Companies in L.A, signup for free ...

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Ellora Assets

New Way to Get Music Free
Freemake Music Box is a new way to enjoy music free. Signup and be first to get Music Box http://www.freemake.com/free_music_box/

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PURPL

Social network for non-binary people.
PURPL is a new online community for anyone who may identify as something other than “straight” or “gay,” or “female” or “male.” It’s a place for those of us living outside a binary world to come together. PURPL is where we can be safe and supported, make new friends, ...

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CollegeMediaTV

New Face of the Internet / Covering the College Life and Media Through the Cyber Eyes!
What is CollegeMEdiaTv? Covering the college life and media through the cyber eyes Web-Based / Ground Work. The ultimate college panel College ran by college student. University of the world wide web Accomodating the #1 market; College Market Bringing the hottest ...

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GradRocket

Ok Cupid for college graduates and their desired future
GradRocket.com is a website/application that will aid college graduates and employers find their ideal employment match. Our intention is to simulate human to human interaction through a series of features that cohesively create a visual representation of the employment ...

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Dragonfly

LoJack for bicycles
Dragonfly is a LoJack for bikes. It can be controlled using a dedicated smartphone app. The app helps you perform functions such as monitoring your bike in real-time, reporting it as stolen to the police, notifying friends/family in case of a crash and recording ...

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Statement Guru

Personal statements solved.
Statement Guru has been helping prospective students in Southern California craft exceptional personal statements for the past three years. Using a unique interviewing approach, Statement Guru is able to dig deep into the client's background, goals and interests. ...

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PostYourBook

Changing the college textbook market, one university at a time!
PostYourBook.com is a social networking site were college students can buy and sell their textbooks to each other to avoid the cost of the university bookstores. We plan to eliminate the monopolistic business practices endorsed by the university bookstores and ...

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OffPeak

Time Sensitive Promotions During Off-Peak Hours
HungerGrad is a mobile app giving restaurants the ability to increase sales during off-peak dining hours, while simultaneously providing students with discounted off-campus dining options. We’re different from other deal apps in that we only incentivize restaurants ...

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Uni Niche

Communication and payment for roommates
Uni Niche is a private timeline for you and your roommates to stay in touch, split expenses and pay bills. It includes everything from “Jonathan spent $60 on groceries, you owe him $20” to “Chase is going to the beach” to scheduled, recurring events like “Tomorrow ...

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SmartyPants App

Meetup for study groups
SmartyPants is an iphone and android app that helps colleges increase retention/graduation rates. The app serves to functions: 1) Study Groups - Students can see what in-person student-created study groups exist for their classes or organize their own in-person ...

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UCLA 3 Day Startup

Turning thinkers into doers
3 Day Startup (3DS) at UCLA is a weekend-long program for student entrepreneurs to get their hands dirty, validate products and build prototypes in three days. 3 Day Startup works by recruiting college students from a variety of different backgrounds. On Day ...

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Trail

never miss a moment
Trail is a personal event maven in a mobile application. Developed by Planit Mobile LLC, Trail redefines what it means to be an event app. Being that the most effective means of communication is word of mouth, we provide our users with the experience of having ...

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