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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 for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M

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Insights and Opinions: Returns from Southern California IT IPO's 1995-2009

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column, we have the second part of Jon Funk 's analysis of the return on Southern California IT startups, and how they have created value for investors. Funk has been an early stage venture capitalist at Allegis Capital, and was an investor in Sandpiper Networks, Rent.com and Shopzilla.

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eBay Sells Rent.com

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One of Southern California's big startup successes-- Rent.com --which was sold to eBay back in 2004, has just been sold. Rent.com was one of the biggest exits out of Southern California in the early 2000's, selling for $415M. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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Four Sites To Add Adventure To Your Summer Travel Plans

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We've dug through our database of high tech companies, web sites, and startups and found four Southern California companies and web sites looking to cater to that adventure traveler in you. . AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett.

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