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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history. SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history.

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SoCal Investments Totals Around $700M In Q1

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Southern California Venture capital totals were up slightly in Q1 of this year from last quarter, to around $718M in deals, according to an analysis of socalTECH.com's proprietary venture database. However, venture funding totals were still well off the first quarter of 2008's nearly $1.2 billion in funding.

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Here's Who Is Funding Companies In Southern California Today

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It's often tough to figure exactly who the venture capital funds are who are funding startups in the area. However, for members of socaltech.com, it's a click away with our real time analysis of venture funding flows. Become a member of socaltech.com, which costs only $24.95 READ MORE>>.

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Forbes Midas List Gives Cold Shoulder To SoCal VCs

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Sequoia Capital''s Douglas Leone, was placed at number six for his role in funding San Diego''s ServiceNow ; Bessemer''s Byron Deeter was ranked #36 due to his role in funding Santa Monica''s Cornerstone OnDemand ; Stephen Jurveston, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was ranked at #59 for his investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX.