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Virtium Sold to Court Square Capital Partners

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Rancho Santa Margarita-based Virtium , a developer of ruggedized, industrial, embedded solid state drives and memory, has been sold to private equity investor Court Square Capital Partners , by its existing private equity owner, L Square Capital Partners. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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Skyview Capital Sells Off Syncplicity

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Los Angeles-based private equity investor Skyview Capital has sold off portfolio company Syncplicity , a developer of enterprise file sharing and synchronization software, to Axway. Skyview Capital had acquired Syncplicity from EMC back in July of 2015. Financial details of the sale were not announced.

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

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New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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March Capital Re-Ups On E8 Security

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Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners has re-upped on one of its portfolio companies, Redwood City-based E8 Security , which develops software used to analyze cybersecurity threats. March Capital Partners made its first investment in E8 back in March of 2015. E8 Security has now raised $21.8M

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Black Mountain Systems Acquired By Vista Equity Partners

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San Diego-based Black Mountain Systems , a developer of software for credit investors and alternative asset managers, has been acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Black Mountain Systems was previously owned by another, private equity investor, Stone Point Capital LLC , which acquired Black Mountain in 2015.

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Kneron Finds $40M More

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San Diego-based Kneron , a developer of artificial intelligence software, has raised $40M more in Series A funding, from investor Horizons Ventures. The company also has raised funding from Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, CDIB, Himax Technologies, Qualcomm, Thundersoft, and Sequoia Capital. Kneron was founded in 2015.

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7 Tips for Biotech Companies Seeking Capital in a Volatile Market

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billion [1], of which a significant number were early-stage companies — either in preclinical development or conducting ongoing Phase 1 clinical trials. Biotech IPO valuation trends have been strong year-over-year since 2015, and significantly more so among. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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