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Who's In Southern California's Unicorn Club?

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The list of technology startups in Southern California who are "unicorns"--valued at more than $1 billion--surprisingly, might not be who you think, and in the sectors you might expect. billion in its last funding round, which came from Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC, AllianceBernstein L.P. (AB), READ MORE>>.

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Steve Poizner Boots Up New Southern California Tech Nonprofit

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Steve Poizner , the former California gubernatorial candidate and former founder of SnapTrack (which he sold to San Diego's Qualcomm), says he has created a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , which will focus on further developing Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Apeel Sciences Snags Massive $250M Funding

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Goleta-based Apeel Sciencs , a startup developing technology which coats fresh fruit and vegetables with what it calls an "extra peel" to help preserve fruit for longer, has raised a huge, $250M funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by GIC.

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MoneyTree Report: Southern California Q3 Venture Totals Drop To $663.27M

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Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in funding in Q3, down from the much larger, $2.5 billion funding round for Snapchat.

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Q1 Southern California Venture Deals Rise To Around $1.4B

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The information--gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are also up significantly from Q1 of last year, when only $729.89M was invested in the region. Other big funding deals included a big, $115.3M for Santa Monica electric vehicle firm Coda Automotive. in a March deal.

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Report: Southern California Venture Capital Totals $464M In Q3

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Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 in funding.

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University of California Plans $250M Venture Capital Fund

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Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students.