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Silicon Beach Report Aug. 22: Kobe Bryant Launches $100M Venture Capital Fund

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Kobe Bryant launches $100 million venture capital fund, L.A. Dodger announces second accelerator class, and SpaceX puts first vertical rocket landed on display in Hawthorne.

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SoCal Venture Capital Investments Total $497.8M In Q4

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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. Nationally, venture capital investors invested $21.8

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Southern California's Billion Dollar Startup Trio: SpaceX, Snapchat, Beats

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A recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal uncovers a surprising number of Southern California startups in the billion dollar valuation -- led by Hawthorne-based SpaceX , with a $4.8 billion dollar startups venture capital exit merger acquisition spacex snapchat beats' billion dollar valuation at its last round. READ MORE>>.

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Report: SpaceX Raising New Funding At Near $10 Billion Valuation

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A new report this morning says that Hawthorne-based spaceship and rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies is in the midst of raising a new round of investment, which values the company at around $10 billion. spacex venture capital space exploration nasa rocket spaceship satellite elon musk' READ MORE>>.

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Hadrian Finds $36M for Aerospace Manufacturing

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Hawthorne, California-based Hadrian, which is working on aerospace manufacturing technology, disclosed in a recent regulatory filing that it has raised $36.3M in an ongoing funding. Details of the funding have not yet been announced by the company. The filing says that so far, the firm has 28 investors in the round, with a target of $38.1M.

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Google Set To Invest $1 Billion Into SpaceX, Say Reports

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Hawthorne-based rocketship developer SpaceX is close to getting $1 billion from Google , according to reports Monday, as Google seeks to get into the space business. google spacex investment venture capital internet satellite constellation launch rocket mars aerospace' READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Inks $850M Funding

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX confirmed a $850M fundraising in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, in an equity funding round which included 69 investors. The fundraising had been rumored to have been in process for the last month or so. The filing said the effort started on February 16th. The round reportedly values the company at $74 billion.

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