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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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Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

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billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. A new report released today tallies up $7.7

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The 4 Best Fiber Network Solutions for Government Agencies in Southern California

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According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, US Government agencies suffered 1108 data breaches between 2005 and 2018 1. Here are the four major fiber network solutions suitable to Government agencies throughout Southern California. Every year, Government agencies face an increased risk of becoming victim to a cyber-attack.

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SoCal Venture Totals Slip, But IT Shines

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Southern California's venture capital numbers for Q4 slipped, as did numbers nationally, according to numbers released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. 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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Tekelec Acquired By Oracle

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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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Kairos Venture Partners Raises $74.6M In New Fund

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The firm's founder and Managing Partner is Jim Demetriades, an entrepreneur who founded SeeBeyond, took public, and which he sold to Sun Microsystems in 2005. Kairos says it makes investments of between $150,000 and $5 Million.

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Reflections on 2018: Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital

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Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Since I began putting the pieces in place for Okapi in 2004, the industry as evolved dramatically as a whole but especially here in Southern California.