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Techstars Names New Los Angeles Accelerator Class

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According to Techstars, although just one third of the companies that applied to the Los Angeles program this year were in SoCal, it ultimately selected nine of the ten companies from the region.

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SoCal's Big New Crop Of Venture Investors And Funds

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Managing Director: Derek Norton Investment interests: Connected consumer, Internet infrastructure, next generation e-commerce, digital media, gaming, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, consumer Internet, and some ad tech. Fika Ventures. Fund size: $40M.

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Trio Of SoCal Investors Back Welltok

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The investment is the first out of IBM''s $100M "Watson Fund", which aims to invest in companies using its Watson artificial intelligence software. According to Welltok, it raised its new $22.1M Miramar and Okapi are prior investors in Welltok, having backed the company last year in its Series B.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into A Key Technology Center

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Now, when Walmart is looking into why SoCal is important to its tech strategy and acquiring talent, there are three reasons. Those include machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, and other areas. The had an opportunity here to execute and get their vision of building an e-commerce platform quickly.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into Its Technology Center

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Now, when Walmart is looking into why SoCal is important to its tech strategy and acquiring talent, there are three reasons. Those include machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data, and other areas. The had an opportunity here to execute and get their vision of building an e-commerce platform quickly.

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Interview with Jay Ackerman, Reveleer

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We're backed by Upfront Ventures, which is a well known venture capital firm here in SoCal. Then, you dive into SoCal, where the marketplace is very hot for talent in the B2B area, so it's been a challenge to attract talent. What are you biggest challenges and goals now as a company?

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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. Just this year alone we have studied 3,400 North American enterprise software companies including many in SoCal and dug in deep on over 200 of these companies. What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year?

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