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APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. Also East of the 405?

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

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MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. I meet with Bay Area entrepreneurs all the time and am actively looking to make investments there.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313