Be Great Partners throws startup party, announces nine L.A. tech spaces L.A. startup incubator Be Great Partners threw a splashy party in West Hollywood on Tuesday to celebrate the local tech scene and to announce that it will open nine co-working spaces for startups. The offices will add 110,000 square feet of co-working space to the region and will collectively be known as Be Great Labs. They'll be spread out, with locations in Santa Monica, downtown L.A., Sherman Oaks, Century City and Pasadena, among others. Be Great Partners is new to L.A., having launched just seven months ago with a $6 million startup fund. Since then the Miracle Mile-based firm has invested in 23 startups, three-fourths of them headquartered in Los Angeles. "We are here because the startup scene and the startup ecosystem is growing faster than ever," Lin Miao, managing partner at Be Great Partners, said. He added that out of every startup that Be Great Partners has accepted into its incubator program "we deny over 300." It was an unusual guest list predominantly made up of well-dressed Hollywood types toting Chanel flap bags, an oddity that several party-goers commented on. About a dozen startups funded by Be Great Partners set up demo booths at the party, including local firms Me Undies and Enplug. Also in attendance: San Carlos-based NatureBox, a subscription online snack company, and New York-based Hullabalu, which creates interactive stories for children. Silicon Beach Fest highlights evolution of L.A.'s tech scene Microsoft, with Mayor Garcetti on hand, opens Playa Vista office