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Southern California Tech Central

SoCal CTO

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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Report: Southern California Venture Capital Totals $464M In Q3

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Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Media and Entertainment came in second, with $70.1M--but only because San Diego's SkinIt boosted totals by $60M.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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Google Cloud will launch its Los Angeles region in July

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During an event in Los Angeles today, Google specifically positioned this region as ideal for the media and entertainment industry in the area. It’s worth noting that Microsoft Azure already offers a region in Southern California, though AWS does not.

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J2 Global Acquires Two Companies

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The company--which is likely the most active acquirer of companies in Southern California's high tech economy--says it acquired FES IQ , a company in the digital media space, and Buffered VPN , a provider of cloud services based in Gibraltar. READ MORE>>.

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MomentFeed Names Tech Veteran Nick Hedges As CEO

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Hedges is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, who was most recently President and CEO of Velocify. Hedges served in that position until its recent acquisition by Ellie Mae. Hedges also previously has served at Bain & Company, Accenture.com, and Ogilvy & Mather.

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j2 Global Adds Two Companies In Q4

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Los Angeles-based Internet services and publishing giant j2 Global has acquired two companies, saying this morning that it acquired Ekahau , a company in the digital media space, and Castle Connolly , a company in the digital media and healthcare industry.

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