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LA, and Southern California's Surge In Venture Capital Funds

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Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology. Managing Director: Ryan Blair Investment interests: Companies which leverage direct-to-consumer model. so far in investments. Section 32. www.section32.com. Fund size: $230M fund. Fika Ventures.

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Southern California Startups Raise $761.12M in Q2 2014

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The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. Nationally, there was $13.0

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Asher Delug , Airpush (Los Angeles, advertising).

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Southern California VC Totals Drop To $810.5M In Q1

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Southern California startups raised $810.5M Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 Among the bigger deals were an investment in smart doorbell company Ring, with a $61.2M funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. was invested.

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

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Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M Clean technology in Southern California represented $230.0M

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ThinkNear Among SoCal's First Accelerator Exits

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The acquisition Tuesday of ThinkNear , the mobile advertising firm headed by Eli Portnoy, looks to be among the first accelerator-incubated companies in Southern California. for ThinkNear Tuesday morning, and make the company part of its mobile, local advertising group. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M

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SoCal's Big New Crop Of Venture Investors And Funds

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Are you an entrepreneur, looking for capital here in Southern California? It's turning out to be a great time for entrepreneurs looking for funding in the region, with not only high profile exits of such companies as Snap Inc., Managing Director: Ryan Blair Investment interests: Companies which leverage direct-to-consumer model.