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Phocas Sets CFO

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Most of that investment is software engineers in Christchurch, New Zealand. The company said Boorman was most recently CFO for Network Ten, and also served at Seven West Media. Phocas is split between the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK and says it recently raised AU$45M. Boorman looks to be based in Australia.

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LeisureLink Acquired By VacationRoost

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Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the developer of travel booking software for the vacation rental market, has been acquired by VacationRoost , which operates an online vacation rental marketplace. software engine booking marketplace rental vacation vacationroost acquisition merger leisurelink' The company was led by Tom Lamb.

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California Technology Ventures Invests In Games Firm

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Pasadena-based venture capital firm California Technology Ventures has staked a developer of a video game software engine, Blade Games , with a $4M investment. According to Blade Games, which is based in Bellevue, Washington, CTV funded the firm in an initial round of investment.

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CapLinked Adds Investors To Series A

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The firm said it has brought its Series A up to $2.1M, and added new investors Conversion Capital, Inflection Ventures, The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA). The firm earlier had announced investments from.

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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. Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on. Think again. Angry Birds? From startup Rovio in Finland.

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BridgeCo Expands In Bangalore

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BridgeCo said that it will invest $2M of its recent round into financing the new R&D center, which will be staffed initially with 20 software engineers. BridgeCo develops semiconductors which can be used to stream music over Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB, and other connections.

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

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I love to rib the Winklevoss twins as much as anyone , but focusing more on California does seem like a smart move to show that they are serious about tech investing. Software Engineer, Back End – Games.com Games.com Sr. socaltech socalcto Latest Headlines Delivered To You. 2011 Holiday. Gift Guide. Crunchboard.

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