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Sixty-four Southern California Firms On Technology Fast 500

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Earlier this week, Deloitte released its latest list of the top 500 growing technology companies, in its 2012 Technology Fast 500. A very healthy list of Southern California companies made the list, with a total of 64 companies in the region ranked in the list. 6225% San Diego Kevin C. 6225% San Diego Kevin C.

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Southern California Startups Raise $761.12M in Q2 2014

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invested in San Diego, and $66.53M invested in Orange County during the period. The biggest investments for the quarter were for Culver City-based NantHealth , the digital health venture of billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, which raised $135M in a funding; El Segundo-based Prodege (aka Swagbucks), which raised $60.1M

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Fuhu Tops Deloitte Fast 500 List

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El Segundo-based Fuhu , the manufacturer of the popular children''s Nabi tablet PC, ranked number 2 nationally in the annual Deloitte Fast 500 list, one of fifty four companies--or over 10 percent--from Southern California. The list ranks companies by five year revenue growth. READ MORE>>.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps).

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Plant-Based Burger Maker Beyond Meat Cooks Up Plans for an IPO

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The El Segundo, CA-based company set a preliminary target of $100 million for the stock offering, a figure that will likely change as the company moves closer to its stock market debut. We’ll soon find out if Wall Street has the appetite for investing in alternative meat technology.

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Venture Capital Totals $603.2M In Southern California In Q3

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was invested in Q 3in Southern California companies, up from the same quarter last year, when only $443.8M in San Diego, and $141.4M In San Diego, the top deals were for oneRoof Energy , with $50M raise, MeLLmo , which recently raised $30M, and AwarePoint , with $27.42M raised in venture capital in Q3.

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Beyond Meat’s IPO Bags $241M to Make Plant-Based Burgers Mainstream

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The food technology company’s upsized IPO has raised $241 million to finance plans to bring its plant-based “meat” to more grocery stores and restaurants across the country. The El Segundo, CA-based company sold approximately 9.6 million shares at that price. Last week, Beyond Meat planned to offer 8.75