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MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA.

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APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. And do so in real life, too. So, yeah, I would like LA to be LA. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC. downtown LA]. Also East of the 405?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California.

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