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Reflections on 2016: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: We closed our nineteenth and twentieth software focused growth equity investments this year, a significant milestone for our firm.

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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. In December, the San Diego company added one of softwares biggest names, Microsoft Chairman John Thompson, to its board of directors.

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Investors back Pacific Consolidated Holdings to merge leading LA-based liquor and weed delivery companies

TechCrunch LA

” Both Vaughn and his Saucey co-founder Daniel Leeb will take management positions at PCH, and Blumberg Capital and Bullpen will have a large equity stake in the newly formed holding company, Vaughn said. We’ve spent the past decade in bev-alc at the forefront of providing solutions to changing consumer shopping behaviors.

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Interview with Dan LeBlanc, CEO and Co-founder, Daasity

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San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com)  which just raised $2.3M Fast forward to 2019, and Shopify now has over a million stores in the world, man of them direct-to-consumer stores. At the same time, our first platform, Shopify, completely exploded. So, what are you working now and where are you going next?

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Sundae snags $36M to build out its distressed property marketplace

TechCrunch LA

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

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Reflections on 2018: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

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Bio Roundup: $74B for Celgene, Two CAR-T Tales, Ready for SF & More

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What will make our Best of 2019 list? Topics ranged from the worries over CRISPR genome editing and Wild West biohacking, to Nobel Prize-fueled drug approvals and the headaches around drug prices (even for drugs meant to cure headaches). Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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