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Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

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The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. Green Dot's backers included Sequoia Capital, Total Technology Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The exit was the eighth highest in the database, according to Ocean Road Partners.

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

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The energy and clean technology sector actually helped boost investments in Los Angeles, as well, with big deals for Torrance-based Amonix , which raised $64.4M Clean technology in Southern California represented $230.0M Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M of the total invested in Q1.

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Interview with Justin and Dawn Newton, Netki

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Behind the scenes, DNS technology is translating that Url to an IP address, so you don't have to worry about it. What Justin figured out, was that same, DNS technology can be used to route to blockchain wallet addresses. I was SVP of Technology, and Dawn ran support and operations, and later billing and marketing.

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