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Southern California Firms Get $587.0M In Venture Capital In Q2

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in venture capital investments in Q2 2013 across Southern California, spread across 80 deals. Across the region, Los Angeles led in terms of dollars and deals, with $277.4M Southern California dropped to fourth in terms of investments in the region versus other high tech centers, behind Silicon Valley ($2.6 READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2012: Paul Bricault, Amplify LA

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For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. He's also a very active angel investor and advisor to local startups. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013. READ MORE>>.

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USC Viterbi Launches Startup Accelerator

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USC revealed this morning that it has created a new, startup accelerator on campus, the Viterbi Startup Garage , which will help students and alumni start technology companies in Los Angeles. Southern California--and Los Angeles, in particular--appears to become the hub of startup accelerators lately.

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Faraday Future Sued By Faraday Bicycles In Trademark Suit, Adding To Legal Woes

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Los Angeles-based Faraday Future , which is developing high tech electric vehicles, has been sued by a manufacturer of electric bicycles, Faraday Bicycles , in a trademark lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit, California Northern District Court.

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Entrepreneurs Court New Super-Angel Investors

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I see now emerging a new wave of investors, popularly known as “super-Angels,” micro-VCs, or “super-seed” investors. Venture capital dispensed quarterly to startups actually declined again in the first quarter of 2013 to $6.3 So, in effect, VCs need to come in at what was formerly the Angel stage to grab the gems and hold them.

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What Mattered in 2012: Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We closed on a little bit more than $150 million and will do our final close above that in early 2013. American consumers watch 5.3 READ MORE>>.