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LegalZoom Sells $500M Secondary Stake To Private Equity Investors

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Glendale-based LegalZoom , which provides legal services and documents for the small business and family market, announced on Tuesday that it has sold a $500M secondary stake in the company to a set of private equity investors. The secondary stock sale reportedly values LegalZoom at more than $2 billion. READ MORE>>.

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LegalZoom Finds $66M From KPCB, IVP

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The investment by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners into legal documents firm LegalZoom was worth $66M, according to a report today. LegalZoom, which is headed by Brian Lee, announced the investment from KPCB and IVP in April, but had not announced the amount of funding.

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BAM Ventures, Led By Brian Lee, Seeks $50M In Third Fund

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BAM Ventures , the venture capital investment firm founded by serial entrepreneur Brian Lee, is looking to raised $50M in a third venture capital fund, BAM Ventures III, L.P. Lee--best known for co-founding LegalZoom, as well as Shoedazzle--has been making investments from his own funds for a number of years. READ MORE>>.

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LA tech industry mourns Kobe Bryant

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Reports indicate that Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, and seven other passengers were on board a helicopter traveling to Bryant’s basketball training facility Mamba Academy. Last year, the investment firm expanded with a $1.7 shortly before 10 a.m.

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SoCal Gets $739M In Venture Capital In Q2

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According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. Quarter to quarter, investments were up from Q1, when $585M was invested in the region. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $7.5M raised for the quarter.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX? Think again. Angry Birds?

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The Silent Killer – The Company Your Community Never Created

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That’s our great gain as Snapchat has also raised a lot of money at a monster valuation ($10 billion reported) and has been scooping up talented Stanford engineers and relocating them to LA. I’m reminded of LegalZoom who was founded in LA but moved it’s headquarters to Glendale and much of its operations to Austin, Texas.

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