socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Scripted.com , the online marketplace for freelance writers which has a number of Southern California angel investors, said Wednesday that it has raised another $150,000 in funding.

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CIO Southern California Redpoint USC 153

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

A number of Southern California angel investors, including Jody Mulkey , the CIO of Shopzilla, have backed Scripted.com , a new online marketplace for freelance writers. Scripted.com, which is led by Sunil Rajaraman, also counts Break Media's Keith Richman as an advisor, along with actor/writer/director Edward Burns.

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Angel CIO Southern California USC 173

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. So, yeah, I would like LA to be LA. Think about venture capital. So many had names of partners (Kleiner Perkins) or local favorite identifiers like trees (Sequoia). downtown LA].

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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