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Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

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Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content.

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Demand Media Prices IPO, Begins Trading Today

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The firm's investors include Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Zogenix, Green Dot, MaxLinear and ReachLocal. Zogenix, Green Dot, MaxLinear and ReachLocal. The IPO was underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stnaley & Co., and Generation Partners.

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LAVA Honors Richard Riordan, Local Technology Firms

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LAVA inducted Mayor Riordan--who had a long and involved career in venture capital and private equity before his efforts in politics--into its LAVA Hall of Fame. Other IPO finalists were RealD , ReachLocal , and Inphi. Finalists were CODA Automotive , Fisker Automotive , and Amonix.

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Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

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Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Side note: LA seems to have had some success in mega deals led by private equity firms as evidenced by DemandMedia and Chris DeWolf’s latest company backed by more than $20 million in private equity. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal. You can find very talented technology executives.

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