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What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

socalTECH

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week! What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu

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Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Secondly, it's critical that we see the future of entertainment as being on the web, versus at the movie theater.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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‘Megadeals’ Dominate Q2 as VCs Invest $15.3B, and Top 10 Deals

Xconomy

It was the 10 th consecutive quarter that venture firms put at least $10 billion into startups and other high-tech companies, including a $3.5 billion invested in Venice, CA-based Snapchat. Venice, CA. Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3