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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately. People can come in and have a coffee.

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Topspin In Major Layoffs, Says Report

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Los Angeles-based music software startup Topspin has laid off a "significant" amount of staff, according to reports , with a majority of the company''s staff getting the pink slip. The startup offered up web-based apps to help artists and labels reach their fans. Topspin is venture backed by Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures.

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Clicker Tunes Into $11M More

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Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the firm developing online video programming guides for the Internet, said today that it has raised $11M more in a Series B investment round. The new funding was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. Series A funding round, in September.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius.

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Buzznet Raises $12.5M More

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Los Angeles-based Buzznet , which operates a network of web sites focused on celebrities and pop culture, announced this morning that it has raised $12.5M and will rename itself Buzz Media. Buzz Media said it now has more than 40 million people visiting its web sites every month. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with David Aronchick, Hark

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Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. Hark is backed by Redpoint, and happens to be co-founded by Fouad. How is the company funded and backed? Was Fouad with Redpoint at the time? However, Redpoint still wanted to go in.

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