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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 Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 of the total invested in Q1.

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AdventureLink Buys Competitor, Get Investment

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According to AdventureLink, the all-stock deal also included a new investment from Allegis Capital. AdventureLink is also venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund. Tags: travel merger adventurelink acquisition venture capital allegis adventure. READ MORE>>.

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March Capital Partners Backs E8 Security

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Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm led by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milkin, and Jamie Montgomery, is the lead investor in a new cyber security startup, E8 Security. March Capital Partners led the investment, which also included Allegis Capital and The Hive.

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March Capital Re-Ups On E8 Security

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E8 Security said on Tuesday that it has raised $12M in Series B funding, led by Strategic Cyber Ventures, and also including prior investors March Capital Partners, Allegis Capital, and The Hive. March Capital Partners made its first investment in E8 back in March of 2015. E8 Security has now raised $21.8M

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5 Questions To Consider When Contemplating Advisors

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This Advisory Board is a good test drive for the more formal Board of Directors required later, when going public (IPO) or the entrance of venture capital investors. As an angel investor, I judge readiness for investment by their presence or absence, by the CEO’s relationship with them, and by the quality of the advisors.

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VC Confidence Holds Steady in Quarterly Survey, But Reasons Change

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In a survey of 29 Silicon Valley venture capitalists in December, the VCs mulled whether President-elect Donald Trump would buoy up their investment prospects with lower corporate taxes and government regulations, or worsen conditions by heightening global political instability and raising the risk of a major military conflict or economic downturn.

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OK, So Maybe Not ALL MBA Entrepreneurs Are Oxymorons

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Given the general consensus that Business School is essentially a farm system for investment banks and consulting firms, I was initially concerned when one of my star entrepreneurial students, Sieva Kozinsky , told me of his plans to attend my alma mater, Wharton. Nothing they learned (at Business School) will help them succeed at innovation.”