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What You Missed On Your Holiday Vacation, SoCal Technology Edition

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Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine).

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

Tech Zulu Event

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners.