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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Silicon Valley Bank is big supporter and has been a sponsor of socaltech for many, many years. Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen of Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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How TuesdayNights is Helping Women Entrepreneurs Connect With Capital

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Editor's note, TuesdayNights is running its Impact Conference in Santa Monica on Friday, where we are a Media Partner) Photo: Left, Melinda Moore and Right, Justine Lassoff. Justin Lassoff: There was a study recently that showed that investors, in general, have a bias against women. What is TuesdayNights? You have to grow your network.

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Why Sidevision Is Tying Content, E-Commerce Together, with Justin Wu

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as part of that company''s Warner Media Camp accelerator. How did you get involved with the Warner Media Camp? Justin Wu: Last year, we talked to Media Camp about our idea, when it was at a much earlier stage. which has also invested in us. software media warner youtube channel multi content ecommerce sidevision justin'

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Reflections on 2018: Clinton Foy, CrossCut Ventures

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When I first joined Crosscut Ventures five years ago, the firm had $20 million under management and was just starting to invest out of its second fund. We now have $250 million under management, are investing out of our fourth fund and have made more than 80 investments.

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Southern California Linked IPOs Grow

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In fact, a recent study released by Ernst & Young found that there were eight companies in Southern California, out of 22 total in California, who were lined up for an IPO in Q4.

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How Vadio Is Putting The Video Into Music, With Bryce Clemmer

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Bryce Clemmer: We were studying this area, and two things that jumped out at me was data that was showing digital audio platforms were exponentially increasing in terms of usage, and at the same time, digital video platforms, such as YouTube, were also exponentially increasing. How did you start the company? Both of those were instrumental.

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Interview with Jennifer Sargent, HitFix

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She also has served at DoubleClick, had a stint as an investment banker at JPMorgan, been a venture capitalist at Bertelsmann Ventures, and started with an Electrical Engineering degree before her MBA. The driving force for me was the gap in the market which I saw, a disruption in media consumption patterns. Everyone knows this.

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