The University of Southern California is launching an early-state tech accelerator with United Talent Agency and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
The Viterbi Startup Garage, a new accelerator programme led by the University of Southern California’s (USC) engineering unit, has been launched.
The initiative, in partnership with venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and United Talent Agency (UTA), is being set-up in order to entice spinouts from USC students and alumni into keeping their businesses local to Los Angeles.
Ashish Soni, executive director of Digital Innovation at USC, said: “We are very excited to provide our students world-class opportunities…