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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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Instead, grab your surfboard and head to UC Santa Barbara. In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. A decent showing, but well below a number of larger schools, as the ranking is based on the number of graduates who secured VC funding.

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Apeel Sciences Finds $70M

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The company said the funding round came from Viking Global Investors, and also included Andreessen Horowitz, Upfront Ventures, and S2G Ventures. Walter Robb, the former CEO of Whole Foods Market, joins the company's board as part of the funding round. The company said the funding will go to meet demand from both U.S.

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

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Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josef Gorowitz , Swagbucks (Torrance, online marketing/rewards). Aaron Hirschhorn , DogVacay (Santa Monica, marketplace). Ryan Hudson , Honey (Pasadena, apps).

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

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Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In

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Interview with Skyler Lucci, HeyTutor

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The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. There's lots of noise in the on-demand tutoring space, especially connecting people virtually, however, in my experience, it's in the best interest of consumers to get in-person, local tutoring. What is HeyTutor?

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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors and Advertisers!

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venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. Venture Partners , Rustic Canyon Partners , Binary Pulse Technology.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. Since the majority of VC returns come from a small number of deals, “obvious” investments seldom return such incredible multiples. The hardest thing about new markets is timing because as they say as an investor, “Being too early is the same as being wrong.”

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