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was invested across SouthernCalifornia in Q4 of 2012. The funding brings SouthernCalifornia's total 2012 investments to $3.2 in funding. in funding. in funding. That total was less than the $859.6M billion in venture capital. Second in terms of dollars was software, which totaled $107.6M
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