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DTS Snags Dolby, Investment Banking Vet As New Board Member

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Calabasas-based sound and audio processing technology developer DTS has named a veteran of Dolby Laboratories as a member of its board of directors, the company said on Thursday. Cohen was also previously Chairman of Via Licensing, which was an operating subsidiary of Dolby licensing technology across the consumer electronics industry.

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Venture Capital Totals $603.2M In Southern California In Q3

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Venture capital investments in Southern California for Q3 of 2011 are up from last year, but down from last quarter, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. was invested in the region. was invested in the region.

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Skyline Financial Raises $8.2M From GRP, Others

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Los Angeles-based venture capital firm GRP Partners --which has been very active in the local technology startup market--has made its latest investment, in an interesting industry: mortgage lending. GRP is the lead investor in Skyline Financial , a Calabasas-based provider of mortgage banking and lending.

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What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

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Last week, Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced one of the biggest investments in the region in the last few years--a $103M, growth equity investment in the company, which came from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity. Tell us a bit on the investment? Why did you decide to take investment now?

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What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

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Last week, Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced one of the biggest investments in the region in the last few years--a $103M, growth equity investment in the company, which came from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity. Tell us a bit on the investment? Why did you decide to take investment now?

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Interview with Gary Bishop, Network Automation

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We are handling IT processes which are normally the purview of large players like BMC and CA Technology, HP, and IBM--considered the Big 4 in IT administration. Gary Bishop: My background, prior to Network Automation, was in the financial technology marketplace. The technology has just exploded.

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How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

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The clean technology sector is infamous for taking a big toll on startups--requiring large investments, risky technology propositions, steep international competition, and fickle government policies. How do you create a business around the still-emerging market of electric vehicles and avoid those issues? READ MORE>>.

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