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Q1 Southern California Venture Deals Rise To Around $1.4B

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The information--gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are also up significantly from Q1 of last year, when only $729.89M was invested in the region. Interestingly, only Redpoint, Domain, Anthem, and DFJ Frontier have local offices in Southern California. in deals tracked by our database.

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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

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The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016

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The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. The industry will continue to invest heavily in educating people and convincing them to try internet security products (free versions & life-time trials). 10GB for what 5GB costs today).

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

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Code Monkey Hackathon song (VIDEO ABOVE). Congrats to team Infected for winning more than $50K in prizes, including StartEngine investment, Peak Hosting cloud hosting, NDMS payment processing, remote control helicopters and toy cars, desktop missile launchers and more. Examiner: Silicon Beach Fest Showcases Innovation. Geeks Unite.