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Report: Snapchat Turns Down $3 Billion Offer From Facebook

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According to the WSJ--citing "people briefed on the matter"--Snapchat turned down the offer after Chinese e-commerce firm Tencent offered to lead an investment valuing the company at $4 billion. READ MORE>>. snapchat merger acquisition exit facebook tencent mobile'

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White House Launches Startup America Effort

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The White House is announcing a new effort today to spur high tech innovation and growth, called the Startup America Partnership. According to the partnership effort, it is looking to "dramatically increase the development, prevalence and success of innovative, high-growth U.S.

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What Mattered in 2010: Bruce Hallett, Miramar Venture Partners

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan. None tanked. More are on their way. READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. 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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What Mattered in 2010: John Babcock, Rustic Canyon Partners

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech communityk. Under Nate's leadership, we have redoubled Rustic Canyon's focus on early stage companies working in Internet and Cleantech businesses. I think a few Cleantech leaders are going to emerge in 2011.

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What Mattered in 2010: Jim Andelman, Rincon Ventures

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. A number of companies in the portfolio delivered very strong operating results in 2010, which is exciting. Earlier today, we talked with Greg Martin at Archer Venture Capital. 2010 was very good to us.

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

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One of the most frequent questions from high tech startups is: where''s my exit? 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. Their only option is an IPO.