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IPO Slowdown? Not For This Market: Santa Barbara

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Amid hand wringing about an IPO slowdown in 2015, there's one shining region which had a banner IPO and acquisition year last year: Santa Barbara. billion acquisition of lynda.com by LinkedIn last April, and three companies-- MindBody , Appfolio , and CytomX Therapeutics (founded out of UCSB)--all had their IPO on the NASDAQ in 2015.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Earlier this year, Mr. Rappaport sold a beach cottage in Malibu to a Facebook executive for $6.8 CEO Terry Semels compound in Malibu for $37 million—Mr. Ellisons 27th Malibu property purchase, says Mr. Rappaport. Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. Journal Community.