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Sharp Display Company, Flying Eagle Systems Move To LA Arts District

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Sharp Display Company , a unit of Sharp Eectronics Corporation which develops TFT-LCD products, plus Flying Eagle Sytsems , a new company created by Foxconn crated to "drive innovation in the display industry", announced today that they have set up shop in downtown Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Southern California Venture Capital Totals $464M In Q3

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For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M In Orange County, the biggest deals were for Irvine-based WaterHealth International , a developer of water purification products with $22.1M in investments.

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Accelerator Crazy In Southern California

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K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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Southern California Firms Raise $738M In Q4 2011

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In Southern California, San Diego County took the lead in investment totals, raising $262.1M Orange County--boosted in a large part by a funding for Fisker Automotive--racked up $242.45M in funding. 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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Who's In Southern California's Unicorn Club?

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The list of technology startups in Southern California who are "unicorns"--valued at more than $1 billion--surprisingly, might not be who you think, and in the sectors you might expect. and no, there aren't any entertainment-technology companies anywhere in sight). SpaceX (www.spacex.com). Cylance (www.cylance.com).

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

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For Southern California, Orange County actually had the most dollars invested, with $239.6M invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M For Orange County, the investments were significantly higher than the Q4 investments of $48M in the area, boosted significantly by $115.3M across 31 days.

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Interview with Joel Milne, RepairSmith, Daimler's Mobile Auto Repair Venture

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Our interview this morning is with Joel Milne , the CEO of Los Angeles-based RepairSmith (www.repairsmith.com), a startup offering up mobile automobile repair. I spent the last seven years running a company called ScoreBig, a LA-based tech startup in the live entertainment space. My background is building consumer technology companies.

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