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What Mattered in 2010: Bruce Hallett, Miramar Venture Partners

socalTECH

Last week, we asked with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures about his opinions, and today, we're featuring the thoughts of Bruce Hallett , a venture capitalist at Miramar Venture Partners. In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. On Demand). The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

Both Sides of the Table

Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. Investing much of new cash to build presence in Android platform. Current round: $4. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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What Do VCs Read

The Quigley Report

Getting a mention in one of these periodicals is an excellent way to stoke demand in your business from the investment community. When Paypal came to Clearstone in 2000 looking for funding, many other VCs simply could not get past the fact that it was a 'dot com'. There is a flip side to all of this, however.