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Joystick Ventures Finds $3M As Part Of $10M Venture Capital Fund

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Sherman Oaks-based Joystick Ventures, a new venture capital fund looking to invest in the videogame industry, has raised $3M as part of an ongoing, $10M venture capital fundraising, according to a regulatory filing by the firm.

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FloQast In Major Expansion, Growth Push

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Los Angeles-based accounting software developer FloQast is in a major expansion, saying this morning that it has relocated its headquarters to Sherman Oaks, and has tripled its office space. Floqast is a developer of close management software, used by accountants to close their books faster. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Re-Ups On Alpine Data

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San Diego-based venture capital investor Mission Ventures has re-upped its investment in San Francisco-based Alpine Data Labs , a developer of Hadoop software for the big data market. mission ventures alpine data hadoop bigdata venture capital metapa greenplum' Greenplum was acquired by EMC in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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Ebyline Raises $5.0M

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Sherman Oaks-based Ebyline , a startup developing an online marketplace to connect professional journalists with online publishers, has raised $5.0M in a new equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. According to the filing, a single investor participated in the funding.

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After Long Road, Greenplum (Metapa) Acquired By EMC

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Greenplum , a software firm developing database clustering software used for the data warehousing business, has been acquired by EMC. The acquisition is the end of a long road for Greenplum--originally based in Sherman Oaks--and its investors, which includes San Diego's Mission Ventures.

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Five Startups Revolutionizing Music, In Southern California

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All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. Chromatik has developed web and iPad applications which let musicians upload, record, annotate, and share their sheet music; record a performance; give feedback to other musicians; and much more.

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Six SoCal Firms Make Forbes List

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The firms were ranked by how fundable they are, with the top 20 appearing to have a better shot at raising capital after interviews with Forbes.