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Southern California Venture Deals Hit $683.7M in Q4 2012

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was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 Second in terms of dollars was software, which totaled $107.6M

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Investment Group of Santa Barbara Backs Mindflash

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The Investment Group of Santa Barbara is the primary backer of a developer of online training software for corporations, which announced a funding round Thursday. Mindflash , a Silicon Valley-based developer of online software for learning management and developing corporate training, said it raised $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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Quest Software Founder Smith Backs Data Firm Grow

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Vinny Smith , the founder of Orange County's Quest Software , has put his backing behind a new data integration sofware startup, Grow. Grow said this week that it has raised $11M in a Series A funding, which came from Toba Capital, the investment funding company run by Smith. Vinny Smith sold Quest Sofware to Dell in 2012 for $2.4

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What Mattered in 2012: Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital

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We very quietly went live with our second fund, Okapi Ventures II, LP, back in March and have already made 4 investments. I also think that 2012 will be "year of the accelerator" in retrospect with 500, YC, Science, Amplify, TechStars, LaunchPad L.A. and the like taking center stage. I think "enterprise 2.0" READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

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As the founder of an accelerator, I'm constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us. This year, we were lucky enough to find 40 great startups to invest in, growing StartEngine immensely. Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS). It was a big year for us.

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ServiceTitan Eyes IPO

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Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan, which develops software-as-a-service products to help home service and contractors manage their business and service calls, is reportedly looking to file for an IPO. It's not uncommon for companies looking for an acquisition to leak rumors of an IPO, typically through their investment bankers or investors.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

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But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. I stayed close.

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