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Anthem Ventures Gets Second Exit In A Week

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Santa Monica-based Anthem Venture Partners has scored two exits in the last week, as Los Angeles-based Demand Media hit a homerun with its IPO Wednesday, and San Diego-based Plixi was acquired by Lockerz Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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Scopely Snags Another Zynga Exec

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Los Angeles-based mobile gaming firm Scopely said Thursday that it has snagged Reed Shaffner, the former General Manager at Zynga, as part of its product team. The company has been quite active in hiring away former Zynga executives, most recently hiring Andy Kleinman, another former Zynga GM, as its Chief Business Officer.

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FileTrek Debuts iPad Tool

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Los Angeles-based FileTrek , the developer of software which helps teams to track changes and updates in their projects, data, and documents, said Tuesday that it has released a new iPad application. The new app is free. FileTrek is headed by Dale Quayle, a serial entrepreneur whose last firm, Integrien, was sold to VMware in 2010.

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Venture Firms Invest Around $1.6 Billion In Q2 2010 In SoCal

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An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 The deal totals were significantly boosted in the quarter by activity across Biopharmaceuticals ($247.2M billion in the area in Q2, up slightly from around $1.4 billion in Q2 of last year.

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Q1 Southern California Venture Deals Rise To Around $1.4B

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billion in venture activity here in Q1, up significantly from around $997M tallied in Q4. Interestingly, only Redpoint, Domain, Anthem, and DFJ Frontier have local offices in Southern California. Tags: southern california angeles venture capital diego santa barbara startup investment finance. in a March deal.

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Four Sites To Add Adventure To Your Summer Travel Plans

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AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett. Laguna Beach-based Kijubi is looking to connect travelers with all of those vacation summer activities you were looking for. Adventurelink [ Profile ]. The firm is run by Billy Fried. . TravBuddy [ Profile ].

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Southern California Venture Totals Drop in Q4

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San Diego led in the report for the quarter, with $205M in 24 deals; Los Angeles had nearly $198.6M Year to year, Los Angeles actually had an increase in investments, up from $168.8M In terms of last quarter's activity by industry in Southern California, Industrial/Energy led, with $76.4M in 10 deals. in 37 deals in 2007.