Emerging LA

Community of 14K+ founders, investors & operators collaborating through content and events to shape the future of tech innovation in Los Angeles

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Nov 14, 2024

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🌴 New Event! Cathie Wood Keynotes "Future of Hollywood" + VIP mansion after-party

#035: Limited seats for Nov. 19th to hear Cathie Wood, CEO of $60B ARK Invest & legendary tech investor! Mediatech Vision Day, a half-day summit to talk AI, crypto, and disruption in Hollywood (AI, crypto). VIP after-party at famous mansion.

Brandon Hoffman

Aug 19, 2025

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🌴 NVIDIA-backed Twelve Labs joins our AI Chat

#054: A fireside chat with Twelve Labs, which has raised $107M from NVIDIA, NEA, & Index to change video search & multi-modal agents

Aug 15, 2025

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🌴 Runway AI Film Festival at IMAX

#053: AI film screening at IMAX movie theaters, hear our moderated panel with Twelve Labs on video AI at the KINN

May 14, 2025

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🌴 Kleiner Perkins-backed Fizz joins our Founder Chat Q&A

#050: Signup to listen or get the recording of Founder Chat with Fizz, the Gen Z fintech raised $14M from KP & Y Combinator to build the Chime for college students

Dec 3, 2024

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🌴 New Events: VC Chats college series kickoff at UCLA (tonight!)

#036: Inspiring the Emerging VCs at UCLA, The Game Awards day-after-party for AI Media Power Players, Emerging MX launches in Mexico City, 2025 NASA space tour

Brandon Hoffman

Mar 21, 2025

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🌴 Emerging OC: Innovation and Talent

#046: VC Chat at Cal State Fullerton, Wharton Media & Entertainment, calling for community leads + more events from our friends

Brandon Hoffman

Archive

Mar 17, 2026

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🌴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

Brandon Hoffman

Mar 16, 2026

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🌴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

Brandon Hoffman, +1

Mar 2, 2026

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🌴 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

Brandon Hoffman

Feb 3, 2026

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🌴 Investor Social & UCLA Founders Night

#065: Members-Only Beverly Hills Wine Club event and Founders meetup discussion on campus at UCLA

Brandon Hoffman

Jan 19, 2026

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🌴 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

Brandon Hoffman

Dec 4, 2025

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🌴 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.

Brandon Hoffman

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