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Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

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billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. A new report released today tallies up $7.7

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Kairos Venture Partners Raises $74.6M In New Fund

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Beverly Hills-based Kairos Venture Partners , a venture capital investment firm that specifically focuses on commercialization of scientific discoveries, has raised $74.6M That filing says that Kairos Venture Partners is targeting a total of $150M in the new fund, which so far has 47 Limited Partners.

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The 4 Best Fiber Network Solutions for Government Agencies in Southern California

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According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, US Government agencies suffered 1108 data breaches between 2005 and 2018 1. Here are the four major fiber network solutions suitable to Government agencies throughout Southern California. Every year, Government agencies face an increased risk of becoming victim to a cyber-attack.

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SoCal Venture Totals Slip, But IT Shines

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Southern California's venture capital numbers for Q4 slipped, as did numbers nationally, according to numbers released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2

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Reflections on 2018: Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital

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Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Since I began putting the pieces in place for Okapi in 2004, the industry as evolved dramatically as a whole but especially here in Southern California.

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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

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We caught up with David Siemer , both an investment banker who runs Siemer & Associates (www.siemer.com) and an early stage investor here with Siemer Ventures (www.siemervc.com), to get his thoughts on the subject. That''s true of many Southern California ad-tech companies. That kind of investment is challenging for us.

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It's Official: Ross Levinsohn Out At Yahoo

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The move might actually be a positive one for Southern California, given that Levinsohn had been pulled away from investing and helping Southern California startups in 2010, when he was tapped by then Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz to aid Yahoo. Levinsohn has not said what he'll do next after his stint as Yahoo CEO.

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