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The top 10 cities for $100M VC rounds in 2018 so far

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Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. The SaaS VC gap: China & other markets trail the US. Early-stage SaaS VC slip snaps recovery as public software stocks soar. 2018 in perspective. 2018 is already a record year for venture funding worldwide.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

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It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 Baidu alone raised $3.2

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j2 Global Plans CEO Shift, As Zucker Joins LA Venture Capital Firm

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In a major move for Los Angeles-based j2 Global is planning to turn over operation of the company to Vivek Shah, as current CEO Hemi Zucker plans a move to a new, venture capital investment firm called OCV Management. According to j2 Global, Shah will take over the CEO role from Zucker on January 1st, 2018.

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Reflections on 2018: Clinton Foy, CrossCut Ventures

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Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here, we have the thoughts of Clinton Foy , General Partner and Managing Director of Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscut.vc).

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The makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon Valley

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Brud , the actual company behind one of Instagram’s most popular virtual influencers (it’s a thing), has raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and everything is awful. — maya kosoff (@mekosoff) April 19, 2018. ” That was a lie. It worked. .

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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So far, we have launched a handful of blockchain companies and are looking forward to more partnerships in 2018. What are you looking forward to most in 2018? I think we will see the rise of a newer and larger mobile-focused media companies and the continued evolution in traditional television entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy Roadmap 2018: Top 15 Innovation Areas to Watch

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It’s a daunting task, made more daunting by today’s short news cycles and media saturation on certain topics. Where we are able to differentiate our coverage and events, I believe, is in giving business readers a level of. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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