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Venture Firms Invest Around $1.6 Billion In Q2 2010 In SoCal

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An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0 in investment), Energy ($190.2M in investments) and Medical Deviecs ($128.1M in investments in Q2). billion in Q2 of last year.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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2010 was a momentus year for me personally. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? Stay tuned.

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Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

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Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 of the total invested in Q1.

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SoCal Venture Deals Up In Q2

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Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010.

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Study: $48 Billion In Value Created Over 15 Years In SoCal IT VC-Backed Firms

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The study, conducted by Jon Funk of OceanRoad Partners , includes data from socalTECH.com's proprietary venture database , Dow Jones/VentureSource, and Greg Martin of Redpoint Ventures. Tags: results investment exit california southern acquisition merger capital venture.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. If you watch the video you’ll see that Jason & I debated whether Austin Ventures or Redpoint had funded HowAway / VRBO … turns out we were both right! We spoke briefly about why.