Built in LA report shows that the LA startup ecosystem has come a long, long way
By Michael Carney on April 26, 2013
There has been no shortage of talk both in and out of Los Angeles about the rise of the LA startup ecosystem over the last 12 to 18 months. As someone who’s been on the ground and deeply embedded in the community, I can attest that it has been a period of astounding growth and maturation.
The problem has always been that there was little data available to back up otherwise subjective claims like these. That’s no longer the case, thanks to a new Built In L.A. 2012 Digital Startup Report.
The report, released on Wednesday of this week, details the year that was arguably the most prolific in terms of company creation than any in the city’s history. In total, some 220 startups launched in Los Angeles in 2012 – and believe it or not, not all of them came out of Mike Jones and Peter Pham’s Science.
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