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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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LA, and Southern California's Surge In Venture Capital Funds

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Greycroft Ventures. Fund size: $250M growth fund Los Angeles Partners: Dana Settle, Mark Terbeek, Dylan Pearce, Paul Bricault, Jon Goldman. greycroft.com. Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology.

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Dow Jones VentureSource: Southern California Gets $2.96 Billion In VC In Q4

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Southern California raised $2.96 billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 billion in deals, followed by $0.77 billion in San Diego and $0.42

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Southern California Startups Raise More Than $598.4M In VC In Q4

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Southern California''s venture capital investments totaled a little more than $598.4M in the fourth quarter, according to the latest number from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, in its MoneyTree report. There were 84 venture capital deals for the quarter.

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Good Growth Capital Expands Venture Capital Efforts To SoCal

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Good Growth Capital , a venture capital investment firm focused on complex science and technology start-ups, says it has set up shop in Southern California, and hired a new, West Coast Venture Partner in Los Angeles. who also is in Los Angeles.

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Southern California Firms Get $587.0M In Venture Capital In Q2

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in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. However, venture dollars invested were above Q1, when Southern California saw $569.1M However, venture dollars invested were above Q1, when Southern California saw $569.1M

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Southern California Bucks VC Trend, As Firms Raise $924.13M In Q1

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The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011.