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Midas List: Cornerstone OnDemand, Green Dot Help VCs

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Forbes Magazine has released its latest Midas List , its listing of the top venture capitalists, and--once again--Southern California''s venture capitalists have been shut out of the list. forbes midas list venture capital investment investors technology finance gdot greendot cornerstoneondemand csod' READ MORE>>.

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Forbes Midas List Gives Cold Shoulder To SoCal VCs

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The latest annual ranking of venture capitalists by Forbes has given a cold shoulder to Southern California venture capitalists. The Forbes Midas List , which was published Wednesday, did not name a single, Southern California investor. READ MORE>>.

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Why SoCal's VCs Are Ignored On Forbes' Midas List, By The Numbers

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Ever wonder why Southern California venture capitalists rarely, if ever, make it onto the Forbes Midas List of the best venture capitalists? Despite the constant shutout, other, Bay Area venture capitalists were credited with such Southern California successes as Cornerstone OnDemand and Green Dot, and more recently , Snap.

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Fair Boosts Executive Team

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In a hint towards Fair's intentions, the company pointed out that Pierantoni also had served as VP of Finance at Cornerstone OnDemand (through its IPO), Chief Accounting Officer of Ticketmaster Entertainment, and also served at Paramount Pictures. READ MORE>>.

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Report Tallies $7.7 Billion In SoCal IT Exits In 2011

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billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report also tallied six companies having IPOs, the most since 2005; those firms included RealD, Cornerstone OnDemand, Demand Media, ReachLocal and Inphi Corp. A new report released today tallies up $7.7

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Four SoCal Startups That Thrived Despite--or Because Of--Economic Downturns

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There has been a lot of worry recently in the high tech industry and from venture investors about "headwinds" in the technology market, particularly with valuations of "unicorn" companies dropping, investors shying away from investing in rounds, and even employees looking for safer jobs.

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Demand Media Prices IPO, Begins Trading Today

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The firm's investors include Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., The IPO is just the latest in a long string of successful IPOs for Southern California, venture backed companies, with successful public exits so far for RealD, Inphi Corp., Morgan Stnaley & Co.,

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