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SpecificMedia Raises $5.3M

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Irvine-based Specific Media , which operates an Internet advertising network, has issued $5.3M It's unclear if the new equity comes as funding from the firm's investors, or if the new equity might be related to the firm's acquisition earlier in October of Broadband Enterprise (BBE), an online video advertising company. READ MORE>>.

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Quartics Raises $13.3M

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Irvine-based Quartics , the digital media processing chip firm headed by former AST founder Safi Qureshey, has raised $13.3M Quartics has previously raised capital from Enterprise Partners, Focus Ventures, Foundation Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, and Integral Capital Partners. as part of an ongoing, $21.7M

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Inphi Set To Debut In IPO This Week

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Southern California has a large number of firms still in registration for an IPO, including GameFly, Demand Media, Zogenix, Cornerstone OnDemand, and Nexsan, not to mention a number rumored but not yet filed. READ MORE>>.

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Quartics Snags AMD Exec As CEO

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Irvine-based Quartics, which is developing semiconductors for media processing, said Monday that it has named former AMD Executive Vice President Mario Rivas as the firm's new CEO. Quartics is backed by Enterprise Partners, Foundation Capital, and others. READ MORE>>

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VMIX Gets Win With Scion

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VMIX said that Scion will launch a new web site, www.ScionAV.com , using the firm's media management and delivery tools. VMIX is venture backed by JK&B Capital and ATA Ventures, Mission Ventures and Enterprise Partners. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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VMIX Shuffles Staff, Rolls Out New Player

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VMIX is now focused on media management tools for web publishers; originally, the firm was focused on a consumer tool for allowing users to create video slideshows. The company is venture backed by ATA Ventures, Enterprise Partners, JK&B Capital, and Mission Ventures. READ MORE>>

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Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

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Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M The most active firms investing in Southern California, according to the Pwc/NVCA report, were GRP Partners , Domain Associates , and TPG Growth --all with 4 investments each--followed by Allegis Capital , Benchmark Capital , and Sanderling Ventures , all with three investments each.