Jeff Leifer says:
Oakland is really starting to make a splash as a new center for innovation, and it's so great to see VCs like Nancy Pfund get behind awesome new Oakland-based initiatives. Don't miss Nancy's two panels at SOCAP, including one focussed on Oakland and urban investment.In Reference To:
Why Startups Hella Love Oakland | Fast Company
Article Excerpt: Most urban centers like to describe themselves as “a city of contrasts”--but few actually clinch that description like Oakland, California. A sleepy tidal town whose redwoods were logged to build nearby San Francisco, Oakland’s fortunes accelerated in the mid-1800s, first as a supply depot for the California Gold Rush and then as the western terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad.