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MARCH 25, 2013

Tekelec , a developer of telecommunications switching equipment which had its roots in Southern California, has been acquired by Oracle , Oracle announced this morning. Tekelec had started in Southern California back in 1978, and had been a onetime technology darling when it had its IPO back in 1986. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2013

Mohit is one of the pioneers of the Southern California high tech industry, having founded Bizrate back in 1995, based on his thesis at Wharton. Scripps for $525M in 2005. Bizrate eventually became Shopzilla, and was acquired by E.W. Cheers launched last February. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

One of the most frequent questions from high tech startups is: where''s my exit? That''s true of many Southern California ad-tech companies. For California investments in general, the funding has kicked up pretty remarkaably. The problem is diseconomy of scale. Their only option is an IPO.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. I moved to Southern California in 1992, when Microsoft transferred me to here.

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