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Fab.com Investment, Faith In Team, Pays Off For Baroda

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But, it looks like being a seed investor has paid off for at least one local investor, Baroda Ventures , the venture capital investment fund owned by GeoCities founder David Bohnett. Baroda was a very early investor in Fab.com , which just today raised $150M in funding at a $1 billion valuation. and oversease. READ MORE>>.

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amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder

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Using amSTATZ athletes can track workouts and search for trainers and local events and event organizers can use the network for their events publicity and partner with trainers to develop training programs for their registrants. Have you raised any funding yet? We are keeping the names of our investors private for now.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

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I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? That said, the IMF (international monetary fund) is more bullish. then the world will be fine for fund raising.

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Digital Family Reunion '11 Holiday Party

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Thursday, December 8, 2011 -- Digital Family Reunion '11 Holiday Party. On Thursday, December 8 from 6 to 11 pm, the Southern California technology and business communities will gather for Digital Family Reunion 2011 at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica. See [link] (more)

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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Let’s help get their funding get finalized or the company sold if it’s already in play. And VCs scrambled to raise their own funds. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. Fundings boomed. August 2011. Let’s make sure each has enough cash.

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USC Stevens Gives $498,700 To Six Projects

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The USC Stevens Institute--which was founded with significant funding from Mark Stevens, the venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital who is a USC alum--said the six projects were selected from 31 proposals, which were submitted in the summer of 2011. USC's effort, the Ideas Empowered Program, is funded by James C. READ MORE>>.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.