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ScoreStream Nabs $2M For Local Sports Crowdsourcing

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The startup--led by technology startup vet Derrick Oien--said the funding was led by Sinclair Digital Ventures, a division of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Also participating in the funding was Avalon Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and angels, including Kevin Plank (Under Armour) and Paul Palmieri (Millennial Media).

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Southern California Bucks VC Trend, As Firms Raise $924.13M In Q1

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The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. in 13 deals. in the quarter.

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Enlibrium Finds $15M For Cancer Drugs

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The funding was led by Avalon Ventures and TPG Biotech, and also included Correlation Ventures and Osage University Partners. The company was founded by Dr. Michael Jung and Dr. Richard Pietras, both of whom are professors at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Enlibrium is being led by David Campbell, Ph.D.

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Southern California Firms Raise $738M In Q4 2011

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The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. Los Angeles had $226.75M invested in companies. The biggest Los Angeles deal was a funding for SolarReserve , for $27.0M.

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SoCal Venture Deals Up In Q2

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Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Los Angeles saw $407.2M in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M and 69 deals for Q2 of last year.

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Southern California Venture Totals Drop in Q4

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PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 Clean Technology saw a 52 percent increase in terms of dollars, and 16 percent growth in deal volume over 2007, reaching an investment level of $4.1 billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3

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How ScoreStream Is Crowdsourcing Its Way Into High School Sports Media

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After Chumby, I was EIR for Avalon Ventures, and was looking at a couple of different opportunities, ranging from 3D printing, to Machine-to-Machine communications, medical IT, and sports there. It's actually nice that there is a shortage of capital for sports startups. Derrick Oien: We started ScoreStream three years ago.

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