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Silicon Beach Lines Up Big Group For SXSW Event

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A big group of local, Silicon Beach startups and established tech companies have signed up to showcase the Los Angeles high technology world, according to a list released today by Silicon Beach Sunday. socalTECH is a media sponsor of the event). and Retention Science. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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Understanding What’s Going on in #LATech

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Upfront Ventures was created 20 years ago as one of the original VC funds in Los Angeles. https://medium.com/media/d9fa90bfcfd8c4a9fdce54b16c47e2e8/href In addition to all the great companies being created here another often overlooked feature of Los Angeles is just how many great VC funds have been formed here in the past decade.

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Southern California IPO List Gets A Little Longer

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The list of Southern California companies who have filed, have been rumored to file, or have successfully completed IPOs has gotten a little longer this morning, after Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO.

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Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

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Green Dot's backers included Sequoia Capital, Total Technology Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. billion in liquidity was generated in the sector.

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Los Angeles’s Secret to Startup Success

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When Los Angeles, CA was listed as the fastest-growing tech startup region in 2014, many guesses were raised about the root cause of its success. No, to see the strength of Los Angeles’ startup scene, you must look at the whole story. No, to see the strength of Los Angeles’ startup scene, you must look at the whole story.

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Sixty-four Southern California Firms On Technology Fast 500

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1193% Santa Monica Scott Painter 116 Network Solutions Provider 1001% Long Beach Phillip Walker 119 BlackLine Systems Software 973% Los Angeles Therese Tucker 131 Kotura, Inc. 156 Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. 191% Los Angeles Thomas A. Brown 438 Volcano Corporation 163% San Diego Scott Huennekens 445 Demand Media, Inc.

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Tx Zhuo On LA's Newest Venture Fund, Fika Ventures

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What are you applying to this new fund from what you've learned investing in Los Angeles over the last few years? Tx Zhuo: There's more excitement around technology in Los Angeles in the last few years. Tx Zhuo: We've made three investments out of the fund so far, two in Los Angeles, and one in San Francisco.