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Tesla Motors Bypasses Downey In Deal With Toyota

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In a loss for Southern California's burgeoning electric car industry, Tesla Motors said Thursday evening that it has selected not Downey or Long Beach, but instead, Silicon Valley city Fremont as the location of its manufacturing facility for its Model S sedans. READ MORE>>.

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Epoxy Gets $6.5M For Social Video Tools

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According to the company, the investment came from Upfront Ventures and Time Warner Investments, along with prior investors, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Advancit Capital, Greycroft Partners and Robert Downey Jr.''s s Downey Ventures. epoxy television content social video tool venture capital upfront'

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Maker Studios Raises $26M More

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According to the company, the new round was led by Time Warner Investments, along with Canal+, Astor, Singtel Innov8, Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Partners, and Downey Ventures. maker studios venture capital content youtube network hollywood time warner' READ MORE>>.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. 5 years ago.

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Airware Gets $10.7M From Google, Andreessen For Unmanned Drone Technology

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Airware said the new funding comes on top of existing funding from First Round Capital, Firelake Capital, RRE Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Promus Ventures, and Y Combinator; the company said it has been part of both the Lemnos Labs and Y Combinator incubators. Airware is led by Jonathan Downey. READ MORE>>.

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Pocketwatch Picks Up $6M For Kids Media Brand

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The funding was led by Third Wave Digital, and also included Les Moonves (CBS ), Jon Landau (Avatar & Titanic), United Talent Agency (UTA), Robert Downey Jr. Downey Ventures) and Chris Jacquemin (WME). Pocketwatch says that it creates, acquires, distributes and curates content for kids age 2-11.

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Connectifier Acquired By LinkedIn

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in funding from such investors as Galeo Ventures, Goldcrest Investments, Okapi Venture Capital, and True Ventures. Connectifier's angel investors also included Sean Ellis, Andrew Chen, Jonathan Downey, and James Hong.