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Southern California Startups Raise $761.12M in Q2 2014

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for its consumer loyalty and advertising efforts; nearly $49.0M True Ventures and Redpoint Ventures both had 3 investments each. Patrick Soon-Shiong, which raised $135M in a funding; El Segundo-based Prodege (aka Swagbucks), which raised $60.1M for San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals firm Otonomy ; and $48.0M Nationally, there was $13.0

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Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

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in investments, IT services--which includes many online advertising firms--was at $35.15M in investments. Other major areas of investment were Medical Devices and Equipment, with $131.46M in investments and Biotechnology, with $77.6M. Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M

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Looking At LA's Technology Future with Derek Norton

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We also put together the Series B with Redpoint for Machinima. It's like New York, which because of all the advertising folks who have spun out of the companies and agencies there where the economy tanked, and have started creating innovative companies. We have been fortunate to be part of a number of exiting Los Angeles companies.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Total raised: $29.5mm.