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Seth Schorr

Chairman
Downtown Grand

The urban casino resort is the embodiment of Schorr’s vision to create a downtown Las Vegas hospitality experience delivering a superior guest experience and a genuine sense of community.

We need to implement new technologies to improve our operations.

#HI_LABS program developed by LA Fund is a revolutionary idea to help innovate the hospitality industry. Downtown Grand is proud to represent the program in Las Vegas.

Aleksey Kernes

Co-Founder
Hooch, TAP Network

A decentralized rewards network. Allows members to earn percentage of spend at participating brand partners.

The future of the hospitality industry is finally changing.

I am thrilled by the unique ecosystem created by LA FUND to empower the next generation of
hospitality-focused brands.

Ian Chen

CEO and Co-Founder
Discotech

The #1 party app…
“a five-star nightlife game-changer.”

The Nightlife industry is a tough market to crack.

I am glad to see that the LA fund is working together with entrepreneurs and industry veterans to bring about the change that is long overdue in this space. Discotech is proud to collaborate with the LA fund to take nightlife to the next level.

Christos Tsolkas

Former Vice-President
Philip Morris International

Philip Morris International is a leading international tobacco company.

Being part of the hospitality industry in the past and now, both as a supplier and as an entrepreneur

I am excited to work for the advancement of LA Fund. Nurturing ideas that maximize customer delights and engagement while directly impacting the bottom line is ambitious & fun. I am a strong believer of technology in the sense that today whatever you can imagine, you can do. 500 startups and Intel are great assets.

Jeremie Habib

CEO and Co-Founder
Gigwell

Gigwell is building the next generation collaborative
gig booking platform for live entertainers and venues.

Gigwell is giving full support to the LA Fund's initiative.

Bringing together top-notch technology startups
with bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels.
Such a challenging idea.

We accelerate hospitality-focused tech start-ups by providing easy access to a global customer base

The challenge all tech startups that target the hospitality market face is scaling their business.

Our Hospitality Innovation Labs (#HI-Labs) minimizes the time-to-market by providing testing and optimization opportunities with a highly-motivated customer base.

And, finally, we provide these startups a ready-to-deploy
marketplace by leveraging American Nightlife Association’s
massive network of bars and nightclubs.

American Nightlife Association
Founded as a non-profit in 1989, American
Nightlife Association now serves 31,694 bars
& nightclubs nationwide. ANA simplifies
government regulations and addresses
political challenges.

About ANA

HI_LABS
Is a startup incubator program powered by LA Fund. Our vision is to bring the best innovations, technologies and services together with bars, restaurants and nightclubs worldwide.

Implementation Labs

Point of Innovation
POI (Point of Innovation) is a B2B/B2C platform powered by LA Fund and Intel, implementing a variety of hospitality applications, all integrated into a single device. POI aims to simplify integration for startups and venues.

Device Integration

What is
coming

Q4 2019

Incubation

Q1 2020

Bootcamp

Q2 2020

Launch of POI

Our
partners

Hospitality Re-engineered ™

Seth Schorr

Chairman
Downtown Grand

The urban casino resort is the embodiment of Schorr’s vision to create a downtown Las Vegas hospitality experience delivering a superior guest experience and a genuine sense of community.

We need to implement new technologies to improve our operations.

#HI_LABS program developed by LA Fund is a revolutionary idea to help innovate the hospitality industry. Downtown Grand is proud to represent the program in Las Vegas.

Aleksey Kernes

Co-Founder
Hooch, TAP Network

A decentralized rewards network. Allows members to earn percentage of spend at participating brand partners.

The future of the hospitality industry is finally changing.

I am thrilled by the unique ecosystem created by LA FUND to empower the next generation of
hospitality-focused brands.

Ian Chen

CEO and Co-Founder
Discotech

The #1 party app…
“a five-star nightlife game-changer.”

The Nightlife industry is a tough market to crack.

Christos Tsolkas

Former Vice-President
Philip Morris International

Philip Morris International is a leading international tobacco company.

Being part of the hospitality industry in the past and now, both as a supplier and as an entrepreneur

Jeremie Habib

CEO and Co-Founder
Gigwell

Gigwell is building the next generation collaborative
gig booking platform for live entertainers and venues.

Gigwell is giving full support to the LA Fund's initiative.

Bringing together top-notch technology startups
with bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels.
Such a challenging idea.

Seth Schorr

Chairman
Downtown Grand

The urban casino resort is the embodiment of Schorr’s vision to create a downtown Las Vegas hospitality experience delivering a superior guest experience and a genuine sense of community.

We need to implement new technologies to improve our operations.

#HI_LABS program developed by LA Fund is a revolutionary idea to help innovate the hospitality industry. Downtown Grand is proud to represent the program in Las Vegas.

Aleksey Kernes

Co-Founder
Hooch, TAP Network

A decentralized rewards network. Allows members to earn percentage of spend at participating brand partners.

The future of the hospitality industry is finally changing.

I am thrilled by the unique ecosystem created by LA FUND to empower the next generation of
hospitality-focused brands.

Ian Chen

CEO and Co-Founder
Discotech

The #1 party app…
“a five-star nightlife game-changer.”

The Nightlife industry is a tough market to crack.

Christos Tsolkas

Former Vice-President
Philip Morris International

Philip Morris International is a leading international tobacco company.

Being part of the hospitality industry in the past and now, both as a supplier and as an entrepreneur

Jeremie Habib

CEO and Co-Founder
Gigwell

Gigwell is building the next generation collaborative
gig booking platform for live entertainers and venues.

Gigwell is giving full support to the LA Fund's initiative.

Bringing together top-notch technology startups
with bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels.
Such a challenging idea.

We accelerate hospitality-focused tech start-ups by providing easy access to a global customer base

The challenge all tech startups that target the hospitality market face is scaling their business.

Our Hospitality Innovation Labs (#HI-Labs) minimizes the time-to-market by providing testing and optimization opportunities with a highly-motivated customer base.

And, finally, we provide these startups a ready-to-deploy marketplace by leveraging American Nightlife Association's massive network of bars and nightclubs.

We accelerate

hospitality-focused

tech start-ups by

providing easy

access to a global

customer base.

The challenge all tech startups that target the hospitality market face is scaling their business.

Our Hospitality Innovation Labs (#HI-Labs)

minimizes the time-to-market by providing testing

and optimization opportunities with a

highly-motivated customer base.

And, finally, we provide these startups a

ready-to-deploy marketplace by leveraging

American Nightlife Association's massive

network of bars and nightclubs.

American Nightlife Association

Founded as a non-profit in 1989, American Nightlife Association now serves 31,694 bars & nightclubs nationwide. ANA simplifies government regulations and addresses political challenges.

About ANA

HI_LABS

Is a startup incubator program powered by LA Fund. Our vision is to bring the best innovations, technologies and services together with bars, restaurants and nightclubs worldwide.

Implementation Labs

Point of Innovation

POI (Point of Innovation) is a B2B/B2C platform powered by LA Fund and Intel, implementing a variety of hospitality applications, all integrated into a single device. POI aims to simplify integration for startups and venues.

Device Integration

American Nightlife Association

Founded as a non-profit in 1989, American Nightlife Association now serves 31,694 bars & nightclubs nationwide. ANA simplifies government regulations and addresses political challenges.

About ANA

HI_LABS

Is a startup incubator program powered by LA Fund. Our vision is to bring the best innovations, technologies and services together with bars, restaurants and nightclubs worldwide.

Implementation Labs

Point of Innovation

Device Integration

What is coming

Q4 2019

Incubation

Q1 2020

Bootcamp

Q2 2020

Launch of POI

What is coming

Q4 2019