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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Biotechnology investments were third, with $99M in investments.

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Venture Capital Southern California Invest Capital 154

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JULY 19, 2017

Online used car marketplace Shift , which has two offices‌ in Southern California--its biggest market--has raised $37M more in funding, the company said today. The funding came from BMW iVentures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Highland Capital, DCM, G2VP, and Goldman Sachs.

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Orange County Draper Southern California San Diego 113

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MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

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Draper CalTech Southern California Education 191

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JULY 8, 2010

Here are three, Southern California startup firms--and their competitors--who are engaged in head to head battles to dominate their industry. Backers: Alstom, the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), VantagePoint Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. DocStoc vs. Scribd.

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Southern California Rustic Canyon SoCal Startup 124

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APRIL 19, 2011

DFJ Mercury , one of the affiliate venture firms of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said Tuesday that it has promoted a venture partner who will be splitting his time between La Jolla and Houston, its headquarters. The firm--which invests in seed and early stage venture capital--said that it has promoted Russ Lebovitz, Ph.D., READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Draper Monrovia Southern California 145

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Join SDVG for the September keynote breakfast with Bill Draper and Tim Draper. The father-son duo of Bill Draper and Tim Draper will share their inter-generational viewpoints on the venture capital business. Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- The Startup Game  Then and Now! The Startup Game  Then and Now!

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Draper Startup Venture Capital Capital 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

When I kicked off Launchpad LA a year ago I had a few objectives: Create an ecosystem where all Southern California VC’s had the chance to work together more actively outside of the boards on which we mutually sit. We get participation from nearly every major VC firm in Southern California, which was magical.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Southern California Tech Coast Angels 259

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 14, 2012

Adam Draper knows Venture Capital. His dad, Tim, is a venture capitalist and so is his grandfather, William who is credited for starting the venture capital industry in tech. The Draper Family is a dynasty in the Venture Capital world (see recent Fast Company article) like no other. It's in his blood.

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Startup Venture Capital Draper High Tech 113

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The reason I was brought in, was because one of my board members, Tim Draper, who was a board member at my first company, encouraged me along with some of the other partners at Epic to come and spend a year there. David Carter: In my case, I really enjoy the culture of Southern California.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 20, 2010

This months session will be hosted by Jason Nazar (CEO, Docstoc.com), and we will be joined by Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon, Josh Stein of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Thomas Ball of Austin Ventures, Jim Tybur of Trinity Ventures, and Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital. See [link] (more).

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Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital Draper 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

That was backed by BVP and Draper Fishre Jurvetson, A-league venture investors, before YouTube got bought by Google and all the wind got taken off the ocean. That said, I'm a veteran technology guy here in SoCal. There was a company you probably know, a small search company called Search123, which I joined in 2001.

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

The time has come for us to say goodbye SoCal (temporarily of course) and HELLO Austin! is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. We have a jammed packed schedule while we are out there and you will be able to follow along with this special SXSW calender below. Headquartered in San Francisco, Justin.tv

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Stickam Draper Technical Review SoCal 71

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. After years of traveling to Los Angeles once every few months, Timothy Draper, founder and a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says he now flies down to L.A. NAME Mark Zuckerberg. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. TOPICID 408.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44