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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Geographically our strategy is to fund about 50% of our deals in Southern California (from San Diego to Santa Barbara) and 50% of our deals on a national basis.

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SoCal Investments Totals Around $700M In Q1

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According to numbers derived from socalTECH's venture database, there was $717.96M invested in Southern California in the first quarter, up from only $465M in Q4 of 2008. However, venture funding totals were still well off the first quarter of 2008's nearly $1.2 billion in funding. billion in funding.

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Southern California Deals Total Around $932M For Q2

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Surprisingly, the numbers--based on information gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are approximately the same as numbers in Q2 of 2008, which total around $955M, according to our own data. PwC/NVCA officialy reported $950M invested in Q2 of 2008.

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Southern California Venture Totals Drop in Q4

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PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. billion and 407 deals in 2008. billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3 billion in the third quarter. in 10 deals.

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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However, San Diego-based Deal Current (www.dealcurrent.com) appears to have found a sustainable niche in the industry--not providing daily deals, but powering those multiplying deal sites, including a number of major newspaper groups. But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business.

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Interview with Kian Saneii, Independa

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One of the areas that startups and healthcare investors have turned their attention to in recent years, is leveraging the many advances in technology--wireless, smart phones, software, and more--and applying those to the health area. That division was focused on implementing core technology for the wireless industry.

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

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William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. In 2010, we sold the game assets and name PlayScreen, which we had acquired, and formed a new company with some solid financial and technology guys. stars, mostly five star reviews.

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