The Los Angeles Venture Association has launched a new entrepreneur and startup focused event next month, at their Meet the VC event, which will allow entrepreneurs to get to meet pretty much every one of the local (and some non-local) venture funds in a “speed dating” session. A few of the folks involved have told me there’s looking to let entrepreneurs in the area know about this opportunity, and are inviting them to apply for a spot at the event.

Entrepreneurs tell me that one of the biggest barriers of entry to funding is getting face time with venture capitalists; it looks like LAVA is looking to overcome the lack of time (on the side of venture capitalists) and the lack of connections (on the entrepreneur side) with this, and it might help increase the probability of deals closing here in the area. In nothing else, the fact you’ll have all the venture firms in the same room means that you’ll overcome one of the biggest barriers to deal flow in Southern California’s high tech and venture ecosystem, which is how spread out we really are (and associated traffic delays).

The event is being held on November 17th.

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Events, Venture Capital by Benjamin Kuo