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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Total raised: $5.0mm.

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Q1 Southern California Venture Deals Rise To Around $1.4B

socalTECH

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 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. in a March deal.

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

socalTECH

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

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Venture Group’s Krenn Sees Improving VC Deals for SD Tech Startups

Xconomy

As head of the non-profit organization supporting local startups, Krenn says the venture group will help to bring over 150 VCs to San Diego this year, including many from Silicon Valley. Venture data, however, only partly support Krenn’s exhuberance. That is an insane data point.”

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Southern California Venture Totals Drop in Q4

socalTECH

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 In terms of last quarter's activity by industry in Southern California, Industrial/Energy led, with $76.4M billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

socalTECH

The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. Kelly Tompkins: Yes, in 1998, there was Away.com, iExplore, and there was significant venture capital thrown at that segment. Your call is routed to the first available agency--anywhere in the globe--specializing in that destination and activity.

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