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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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Four SoCal Startups That Thrived Despite--or Because Of--Economic Downturns

socalTECH

There has been a lot of worry recently in the high tech industry and from venture investors about "headwinds" in the technology market, particularly with valuations of "unicorn" companies dropping, investors shying away from investing in rounds, and even employees looking for safer jobs.

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SoCal Investments Totals Around $700M In Q1

socalTECH

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. Among the top deals for the quarter were an $86.6M

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LA Year-End Digital Media Review and MixerLA Year-End Digital Media Review and Mixer

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 -- LA Year-End Digital Media Review and Mixer. Paidcontent. The event will feature two sessions—a QandA and panel—discussing the state of the industry and what's expected in 2009. One of our trademark mixers will follow. See [link] (more).

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

There were no unicorns in sight on April 14th, 2008 when Kevin O'Connor, my Partner Jim Andelman and I met Twilio's Founder and CEO, Jeff Lawson. A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 Tech Diligence - Consider The Source.

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Venture Capital 3.0

SoCal Tech Calendar

Saturday, November 8, 2008 -- Venture Capital 3.0. Breakfast with Adeo Ressi, Founding Member of TheFunded.com, an online community of entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review funding sources worldwide. See [link] (more).

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Hacking Prevention— IPv6 and Secure Coding Practices

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 -- CommNexus presents Hacking Prevention— IPv6 and Secure Coding Practices. Mr. Jay McGuerty with SAIC will demonstrate some of the vulnerabilities inherent in the current RFCs for IPv6, and Javier Godinez will review the most common coding errors seen at SAIC.