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Southern California Sees Boom In Venture Investments In Q4

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Think there is a technology investment slowdown? The PwC/NVCA MoneyTree report, which uses data from Thomson Reuters, tallied $693.17M in deals in the Los Angeles region; $276.1M That's definitely not the case in Southern California, which saw a massive, $1.3 billion invested in Q4 matched the $1.3 in Orange County, and $334.0M

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What Startups Can Learn From The Pizza Business: Samit Varma

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In our interviews, we normally talk to entrepreneurs, investors, and others involved in the technology startup industry. However, for today''s interview, we''ve decided to venture a bit farther afield--talking to Samit Varma , founder of Los Angeles-based pizza franchise Pizza Studio (www.pizzastudio.com). What is Pizza Studio?

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

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invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M 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 Nationally, Q4 of 2009 brought in $5.2

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Venture Capitalists Invest $475.5M In Southern California In Q3, Says MoneyTree

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in 32 deals, followed by Los Angeles with $172.3M round; San Diego-based Zogenix with a nearly $36M funding round; and Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX) , which raised $30.4M. In the region, San Diego led in Q3 deals, with $236.3M in 25 deals. Orange County had $66.8M in 8 deals. Dow Jones VentureSource tallied $5.1

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Q3 Southern California Venture Deals Around $879M

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Outside San Diego, Coda Automotive, the electric auto firm in Santa MOnica, raised $24.1M; Northridge based Gamma Medica raised $24.0M