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Cloud Computing De-mystified

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 -- Cloud Computing De-mystified. Co-Location has been the method of choice for most software companies delivering software solutions as a Service (SaaS). Attend this session and you will learn how to compare various vendor alternatives and costs. See [link] (more)

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. of the fund.

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SoCal's Big New Crop Of Venture Investors And Funds

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Managing Director: Derek Norton Investment interests: Connected consumer, Internet infrastructure, next generation e-commerce, digital media, gaming, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, consumer Internet, and some ad tech. Managing Director: Ryan Blair Investment interests: Companies which leverage direct-to-consumer model.

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Canada’s newest unicorn: Clio raises $110M at a $1.6B valuation for legal tech

TechCrunch LA

The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. Newton said his vertical SaaS company helps legal professionals be more productive, grow their firms and “make legal services more accessible.” It also aims to help clients find lawyers more easily and vice versa. Image Credits: Clio.

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LA, and Southern California's Surge In Venture Capital Funds

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Fund size: $400M (Fund VI) Managing Partners: Mark Suster, Yves Sisteron Partners: Greg Bettinelli, Kara Nortman, Kobie Fuller, Kevin Zhang Investment interests: Seed or A-Round investments with a median check size of $2.8 Managing Director: Bill Maris (formerly of GV/Google Ventures) Investment interests: Health care investments.

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Putting the band back together, ExactTarget execs reunite to launch MetaCX

TechCrunch LA

The former President of ExactTarget and later chief executive of Salesforce Marketing Cloud has made billions of dollars building products to help support customer service and now he’s back at it again with his latest venture MetaCX. If customers are doing the things i want them to be doing through my product.

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Morphlabs Gets $1.0M From Strategic Partner

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Manhattan Beach-based Morphlabs , the provider of software for managing private and public cloud infrastructure, has raised $1M in funding from a strategic partner, the firm said this week. According to Morphlabs, the investment came from BroadBand Tower, a provider of Internet services, hosting, and other services in Japan.