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APRIL 19, 2013

Venture capital investments saw a sharp drop in Q1 in Southern California, according to the latest venture numbers from the MoneyTree report. invested in 81 deals in the Southern California region in Q1 of 2013, down from Q4, when there was $674.2M

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MARCH 15, 2012

San Diego-based Avalon Ventures , one of the venture capital investors in social gaming phenomenon Zynga , may be set to cash in on its shares of the newly public gaming firm, after Zynga said this week that it is planning a $400M, secondary offering of its stock.

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JULY 1, 2011

San Francisco-based social games maker Zynga , the firm behind the popular FarmVille Facebook game, filed for an IPO Friday, with several Southern California investors potentially beneficiaries of any future IPO success. According to Zynga, it is looking to raise up to $1 billion on the public markets. percent of Zynga.

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JULY 15, 2010

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). The numbers released by PwC and the NVCA seem to back that statement, showing that so far this year, $1.48

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Despite a cool reception for the IPO of social games maker Zynga Friday, the IPO of the company still rewards a couple of Southern California investors.

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JANUARY 23, 2009

Most sectors saw drops in investment during the year, with the exception of few--including a couple of sectors where Southern California has a significant presence, in Clean Technology and Media & Entertainment. In terms of last quarter's activity by industry in Southern California, Industrial/Energy led, with $76.4M

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

GlaxoSmithKline is acquiring a startup it helped launch in 2013 as part of an alliance with life sciences venture capital firm Avalon Ventures. Avalon said Tuesday that GSK (NYSE: GSK ) has agreed to buy the company, Sitari Pharmaceuticals, which has been developing a treatment for celiac disease.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

AnaptysBio is backed by Frazier Healthcare, Novo A/S, Avalon Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Biotechnology Value Fund, HBM Healthcare Investments, and others. The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB. as early as Thursday.

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JUNE 24, 2011

CalPERS (the California Public Employees' Retirement System), one of the biggest limited partners in venture capital funds, has released its best and worst performing venture capital and private equity funds as of December 31st, showing that two Southern California venture funds were tops in terms of internal rates of return (IRR).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The startup has a significant number of participating restaurants in Southern California, with at least 500 restaurants in its hometown of San Diego, and many more nationwide. MOGL is venture backed by Sigma Partners, Austin Ventures, and Avalon Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2013

The firm recently made an investment in TIO Networks, a bill payment company based in Vancouver, BC, as part of an acquisition of bill payment services provider Globex Financial Services. READ MORE>>. core innovation capital venture investment fund'

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MAY 27, 2014

Southern California in recent years has become a hotbed of financial startups, and for years has been a destination for companies looking also to address companies across the border in Mexico and Latin America. One of the startups here at the intersection of both, is San Diego''s Quippi (www.quippi.com). How is your company funded?

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