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Report: Southern California Venture Capital Totals $464M In Q3

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invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M Media and Entertainment came in second, with $70.1M--but only because San Diego's SkinIt boosted totals by $60M. Tags: venture capital southern california angeles orange county diego moneytree nvca. billion invested in the region. in investments.

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

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invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M The energy and clean technology sector actually helped boost investments in Los Angeles, as well, with big deals for Torrance-based Amonix , which raised $64.4M Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M Nationally, Q4 of 2009 brought in $5.2 across 31 days.

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Looking At LA's Technology Future with Derek Norton

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Derek Norton is head of Los Angeles-based Watertower Group (www.watertowergroup.com), a firm which helps companies raise funding, one of the rare companies which has a track record and good reputation helping companies with fundraising, and also runs its own investment fund. We also put together the Series B with Redpoint for Machinima.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. It seems to be geared on a “Monopoly” style game.