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LA's Blockchain Moguls Flock To Puerto Rico

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LA has a number of other prominent companies in the Blockchain space, with major operations in the area or with links to the area including WAX (led by former Clearstone Ventures' investor William Quigley), which reportedly has around 40 employees in Santa Monica; Science, Inc.

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Rubicon Project Sets IPO Range

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Rubicon Project is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., Rubicon''s IPO is the first in Southern California from a technology company since June of 2012, when San Diego''s ServiceNow had its IPO. Mayfield, as well as others. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs, & Co.,

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Founder Institute Expands To Los Angeles

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The Founder Institute already runs programs in Silicon Valley, Seattle, New York, Washington DC, San Diego and Orange County, as well as Paris and Singapore. The group said Monday it is running an information session at Clearstone Ventures Thursday evening.

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Q3 Southern California Venture Deals Around $879M

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San Diego led investment activity in Q3, with a large number of the biggest VC deals all located in the area. Intellikine in La Jolla and Zogenix in San Diego both raised $51M in deals; San Diego's NextWave Wireless raised $45.5M, San Dieg's Roka BioScience $37.2M, and Borrego Solar Systems, in El Cajon, raised $30M.

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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

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When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs (..)

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Venture Capitalists Invest $475.5M In Southern California In Q3, Says MoneyTree

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In the region, San Diego led in Q3 deals, with $236.3M The biggest deals in the quarter came for San Diego's Roka Bioscience , with a $37.2M round; San Diego-based Zogenix with a nearly $36M funding round; and Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX) , which raised $30.4M. in 25 deals.

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Southern California Firms Gets $694M In Q3 2012 Venture Funding

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was invested across 48 deals; San Diego has $241.5M The most active Southern California venture capital firms, including those investing outside of the region, was nearly the same list, with the Pasadena Angels (9); Siemer Ventures (8), Clearstone Venture Partners (5), and GRP Partners (5 deals) topping the rankings.