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DailyD Gets $5.0M

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Santa Monica-based DailyD , an online operator of a daily, local deals site, has raised $5.0M Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, Jim Simons, a venture capitalist at Split Rock Partners, is listed as a board member of the firm. in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Peter Lee, Baroda Ventures

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A few months ago, Peter Lee --a venture local capitalist who has served at firms such as Prism Ventures and Clearstone Ventures Partners--joined a relatively unknown venture firm here in Southern California, Baroda Ventures (www.barodaventures.com). where do you see the VC industry here now?

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. SlideShare: VC signaling in seed rounds. Tesla is not. It's a great talk. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I first met Ethan in 2005. And I certainly didn’t want him having to trapse up-and-down Sand Hill Road informing every VC of his next idea. We will stay in LA and then Southern California before branching out into our 2nd & 3rd markets. So there you have it.

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Interview with Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures

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Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. Brian Garrett: We started Crosscut Ventures about a year ago. In terms of SoCal as a market, it's a shame.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. What's your thoughts on the local venture market? We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California.

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Interview with Taher Scherzay, FavRav

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Taher tells us about his journey from Silicon Valley to Southern California, the inspiration behind the site, and where he hopes to take the business next. I've actually gone to four startup, so far, taking them from prototype to production, when they are able to sell the company or have it run on its own.

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