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Aggregage Gets $1M

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Aggregage said the funding came from Andrew Goodenough, Accordance Ventures LP, AWV Partners LLC (Chris and Ted Ackerley), the Tech Coast Angels, John Suhler and other investors. The startup, which is led by Robert Flynn, said it will use the funding to launch new sites and grow its advertising sales. READ MORE>>.

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Ranker Takes $2M For Expansion Efforts

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Los Angeles-based Ranker , the online site which lets users rank, view, vote, and share their opinions on a wide range of topics, announced today that it has raised $2M in a follow on investment round. media social opinion voting crowd ranking capital venture ranker' READ MORE>>.

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Insights and Opinions: Angel and Venture Capital Shareholder Liquidity

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Jeff is the founder of crowd-sourcing location based mapping services web sites DeadCellZones.com and PhotoEnforced.com. It has been a long 10 year drought of no IPOs and sub par M&A activity that has stifled the startup, venture capital and angel investment community throughout the US. However (More.).

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Make It Work Expands Into Web Services

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Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and electronics service and help firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, said this week that it has launched a new web and social media services arm. The firm is backed by The Tech Coast Angels, Frontera Capital, Somera Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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MySpace Startups: Startups From MySpace Vets

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Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. www.cocodot.com).

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Interview with Brandon Hance, Audiolife

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The store allows in-page transactions, and never redirects them to another site, keeping them captive and leveraging impulse buys. We started out with a laser focus on the independent musician, where one of the biggest issues is that they don't have capital for upfront inventory. It represents a tremendous opportunity.

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Venture Conference Highlights SoCal Startups

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Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference). READ MORE>>