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Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital: The Second Wave Of Cleantech Investing

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There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). Cleantech had an enormous rise and fall between 20006 and 2009. Lots has changed since 2009.

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MindBody Raises $50M

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Mindbody first raised funding back in 2009, when it gained backing from the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and other local angels. mindbody venture capital ecommerce small business scheduling' The company, led by Rick Stollmeyer, says it now has over 33,000 businesses using its service. READ MORE>>.

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New Matter Gets $6.5M For 3D Printing

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Pasadena-based New Matter , which is developing consumer focused, 3D printers, said today that it has raised $6.5M The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners, and also included Arden Road Investments, Biotechonomy, Dolby Family Ventures, First Round Capital, Idealab and frogVentures. in a Series A funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Mindbody Confirms $14M For Health and Wellness Software

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The firm is headed by Rick Stollmeyer, and has also received backing from the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Frontera Capital. The firm said it reached nearly $10M in revenues in 2009, and has over 9,300 customers in 62 countries. Tags: mindbody software saas venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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Q3 Venture Investments For SoCal Total Around $1.0 Billion

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Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

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Angel Funding Advice

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This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They might be as hard as raising VC.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. . · YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7