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$100M Round Turns San Diego’s Seismic into Region’s Newest Unicorn

Xconomy

The venture investment, which the San Diego startup announced Tuesday, is one of only a few so-called mega-rounds—$100 million or more—recorded this year in the region. (In In Southern California, rounds that large are more often raised by life sciences companies.) Thompson to its board of directors.

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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign

socalTECH

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). One of the partners, Greg Goldfarb, was really excited about Telesign. I was introduced to the founders.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Jelli - I went on record saying that I wanted to invest and that I think this company will create a big success. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Founded in 2007. Employees: 27. Current round: $11mm in Series B by Accel (lead), Khosla Ventures, Trilogy Partnership. Total raised: $16.5mm.