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Wish you could get socalTECH's news coverage on Southern California's high tech companies in your inbox every day? You can get our free, daily email newsletter (sent out around 6am every day) by going to: our email subscription page. READ MORE>>.

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Upfront Summit Delayed Due To COVID-19 Surge

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The Upfront Summit, the high tech and venture capital company run by Upfront Ventures, has been delayed, the latest victim of resurging COVID-19 numbers and the Omicron variant.

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j2 Global Launches $415M Hostile Bid for Carbonite

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Los Angeles-based j2 Global has launched a hostile bid for online storage company Carbonite , and has offered $15.00 per share--or approximately $415M--to buy the company. Los Angeles-based j2 Global has launched a hostile bid for online storage company Carbonite , and has offered $15.00 READ MORE>>.

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CityGrid Slashes Staff

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In the latest cuts among Silicon Beach's high tech community, CityGrid , which runs Citysearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon--has laid off a chunk of its staff, including a significant number of Los Angeles employees. The cuts come on the heels of cuts at BeachMint, ShoeDazzle, and Cooking.com.

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9 Ways socalTECH Can Help You With Your New Year's Resolutions

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Surf Air: 2500 Members, 80 Daily Flights

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The details came from an email to prospective customers from CEO Jeff Potter. The numbers suggest the company has an annual run rate north of $52M. Surf Air charges $1,750 per month for its most basic subscription, although it is planning to increase its subscription cost on January 1st. READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered In 2010: David Cremin, DFJ Frontier

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Last week, we announced our end-of-the-year project, which was to collect and share the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Despite the economy, our portfolio revenue, aggregated across 14 companies, grew beyond our projections, more than doubling for the third year in a row.