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Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

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The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. During 2011, the analysis identified 73 exits by companies, with an average value of approximately $106M.

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SoCal VC's Scarce On Top VC List

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This week's release of a list of their "Top 100" venture capitalists by AlwaysOn -- based roughly on number and dollar amount of successful M&A and IPO deals between October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2009--seems to have skipped local Southern California venture capitalists, with only one Southern California VCs listed.

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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

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If you go back to 2005 and 2006 and look at a company which would have a $5M pre- then, it''s now $8 to $10M, all else equal. For California investments in general, the funding has kicked up pretty remarkaably. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. I do think the community has made huge strides.

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SoCal Venture Totals Slip, But IT Shines

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billion--that drop represented the weakest quarter in SoCal in 5 years, according to Dow Jones. billion in 554 deals, invested -- the lowest quarter since 2005. According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2

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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Given the concentration of SoCal companies in entertainment and consumer-focused tech, where revenue often comes early in a company's life, entrepreneurs should expect investors to scrutinize initial revenue traction. Since joining SVB in 2005, Rob has led debt transactions for more than 100 public and private companies.

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KnuEdge, Backed By $100M, Launches Voice Recognition Software

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Goldin became head of NASA in 1992, and started KnuEdge in 2005; he also spent 25 years at TRW, and had started his career at NASA in 1962. The company said its technology can recognize a human voice, even in extremely noisy environments, and even in a room full of people talking nearby. READ MORE>>.

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Hub 101 Talks. Dr. Beth Seidenberg, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers

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Since joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers in 2005, Beth has incubated five companies and was the founding CEO of two.

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