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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. We started our company in China, however, for two reasons.

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Reflections On 2018: Matt Stodder, Startup Boost LA

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During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions for 2019 from Southern California's technology industry. Here's the contribution by Matt Stodder of StartupBoost LA (our apologies to Matt for the late post, our fault, not his!). READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures

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We closed our fund in August of 2008. We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California. It's all that stuff that allows publishers and advertisers to better understand their user base and how to effectively monetize it.