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Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

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Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M in investments, IT services--which includes many online advertising firms--was at $35.15M in investments. Other major areas of investment were Medical Devices and Equipment, with $131.46M in investments and Biotechnology, with $77.6M.

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Looking At LA's Technology Future with Derek Norton

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We also put together the Series B with Redpoint for Machinima. It's like New York, which because of all the advertising folks who have spun out of the companies and agencies there where the economy tanked, and have started creating innovative companies. We have been fortunate to be part of a number of exiting Los Angeles companies.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry.