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Santa Barbara, San Diego Tops On Per-Capita Venture Capital

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A new study released earlier this month has ranked the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta metropolitan area, as well as the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos metropolitan area among the top ten markets for venture capital activity. in deals in 2012 and 3.3 venture capital deals per 100,000 people. Provo-Orem, UT; and 10. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Linked IPOs Grow

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The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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Interview with Alan Horsager, Episona

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How do you take a new, genetic test to market, and how do you bridge the gap between research and the market? Our interview today is with Alan Horsager , the CEO of Pasadena-based Episona (www.episona.com), an angel backed startup which has already developed and has been offering up an epigenetic test for male fertility.

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Interview with Costin Tuculescu, Freebinar

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Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. We are targeting small businesses, startups, or anyone who doesn't want to pay the $50 to $100 a month for web conferencing technology. Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. Thanks, and good luck!

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Venture Totals Drop In Southern California For Quarter

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A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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How Yapert Puts All Your Interests In One Mobile App, With Phil Kelly

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Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests. Your background isn''t in celebrity/brand marketing--how''d you end up here? That''s the marketing side.

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Interview Behzad Kianmahd, TAU Ventures

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We have a number of locations, including one in Santa Monica, one in Pasadena, one in Downtown, and one in El Segundo and the South Bay Area. We'd also love to create a venue where we could also send entrepreneurs from LA to Israel, to study or make connections, and network with their counterparts in Israel.