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In 2012, half of all the M&A transactions were cross border, for the first time. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. an incubator in Singapore, and we do a dozen or so investments a year. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. Globalization is a big trend.

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. Fast forward to 2012 and none of these conditions hold.

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We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

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