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SoCal Venture Capital Investments Total $497.8M In Q4

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Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Nationally, venture capital investors invested $21.8

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Southern California's Billion Dollar Startup Trio: SpaceX, Snapchat, Beats

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A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal uncovers a surprising number of Southern California startups in the billion dollar valuation -- led by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , with a $4.8 billion dollar startups venture capital exit merger acquisition spacex snapchat beats' Think Silicon Valley has a lock on billion dollar startups?

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Silicon Beach Report Aug. 22: Kobe Bryant Launches $100M Venture Capital Fund

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Kobe Bryant launches $100 million venture capital fund, L.A. Dodger announces second accelerator class, and SpaceX puts first vertical rocket landed on display in Hawthorne.

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Report: SpaceX Raising New Funding At Near $10 Billion Valuation

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A new report this morning says that Hawthorne-based spaceship and rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies is in the midst of raising a new round of investment, which values the company at around $10 billion. spacex venture capital space exploration nasa rocket spaceship satellite elon musk' The report came from TechCrunch.

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Forbes Midas List Gives Cold Shoulder To SoCal VCs

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Sequoia Capital''s Douglas Leone, was placed at number six for his role in funding San Diego''s ServiceNow ; Bessemer''s Byron Deeter was ranked #36 due to his role in funding Santa Monica''s Cornerstone OnDemand ; Stephen Jurveston, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was ranked at #59 for his investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX.

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SpaceX Raises Another $50.2M

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, has raised another $50M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. Tags: spacex commercial rocket venture capital aerospace space. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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OSI Systems Acquires American Science and Engineering

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Hawthorne-base OSI Systems , which develops electronics systems for the homeland security, healthcare, and other markets, said this morning that it has acquired American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E), OSI Systems was advised by Citigroup and Roth Capital in the deal, along with Latham & Watkins and Crowell & Moring.

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