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Southern California Startups Raise $761.12M in Q2 2014

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The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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Viracta Therapeutics Raises $18.4M From NantKwest, Others

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San Diego-based Viracta Therapeutics , a developer of treatments for cancer caused by Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and other viral diseases, has raised $18.4M from Culver City-based NantKwest , one of the biotech firms led by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.

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NextSpace Gets 825K

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NextSpace , the co-working space developer which has locations in Culver City and Venice, announced this morning that it has raised $825,000 more in a funding round, to go towards expansion in Northern California.

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Clutter Collects $200M More For On-Demand Storage

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Culver City-based Clutter , which offers up "on-demand" self storage of your extra stuff, has raised $200M in a Series D funding, the company announced on Wednesday morning. According to Clutter, the Series D funding was led by SoftBank Vision Fund with participation from Sequoia, Atomico, GV, Fifth Wall and Four Rivers.

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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Here are five exciting examples (in alphabetical order): Appetize, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform for large venues, recently raised funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, the NFL and the Dodgers. In December, the San Diego company added one of softwares biggest names, Microsoft Chairman John Thompson, to its board of directors.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. raise capital and move up north as soon as they got successful. Investing Tools.