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Amazon Alexa Fund Backs USC Viterbi Startup Garage

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The USC Viterbi Startup Garage , the startup accelerator that is part of the University of Southern California, has scored backing from the Amazon Alexa Fund , the venture investment arm of Amazon that invests in startups using Amazon Alexa. READ MORE>>.

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USC's Startup Accelerator Targets 10 Companies, Starts In May

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The startup accelerator will actually based based at USC's Information Sciences Institute in Marina Del Rey. The startup accelerator will actually based based at USC's Information Sciences Institute in Marina Del Rey. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Companies Raise $2.49 Billion In VC In Q2

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billion in venture capital in Q2 of 2016, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $15.3 Southern California companies raised $2.49

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Gogii Raises $8.2M

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Marina del Rey-based Gogii , a developer of text messaging applications, said Thursday that it has raised $8.2M in a Series B investment round. Gogii is the latest startup of Scott Lahman, Austin Murray, and Zack Norman, all previously at JAMDAT Mobile. READ MORE>>.

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‘Megadeals’ Dominate Q2 as VCs Invest $15.3B, and Top 10 Deals

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Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3 billion into 961 deals across the United States during the three months that ended June 30, according to the MoneyTree Report on venture capital activity. Still, the amount invested marked a 12 percent drop from the $17.4

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

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► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Startup 3.0: