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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter of socaltech over the years. What was the biggest news for you or your firm this year?

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What You Missed On Your Holiday Vacation, SoCal Technology Edition

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9 Ways socalTECH Can Help You With Your New Year's Resolutions. Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. In our features section: Interview with Blair Harrison of Frequency. How to find a startup mentor. Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. Comment below!

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Capital

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In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. For those not familiar with Saban Capital, tell us about the fund?

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Veoh Claims Win Over Universal Music

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Veoh said that a federal court awarded a summary judgement in the copyright lawsuit, finding that Veoh's copyright process is compliant with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Veoh is backed by Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, Goldman Sachs, Time Warner, Intel Capital, Adobe Systems, and others.

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Insights and Opinions: Raising Money For Your Business

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For today's Insights and Opinions piece, we have an article from Dave Berkus , an angel investor and blogger at Berkonomics , who gives a good summary and rundown of the various different places you can raise money for your business. For you who fit that description, nice work.

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Mahalo Cuts Staff

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and Sequoia Capital, and provides human-edited search pages and news summaries. According to Calacanis, the firm is "fairly certain" that advertising for the next two years will be "severely depressed." The cuts will give the company runway past 2012. Mahalo is venture backed by Burda Digital Ventures, CBS, News Corp., READ MORE>>

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How Dealstruck Is Using Crowdfunding To Power Loans For Small Businesses

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We''ve created a marketplace that allows these business to instead access capital from individual and institutional investors, who get a return and also get to support small businesses in a way they couldn''t do so before. You can show them what your growth is like, give them a financial summary, and they can interact with you.

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