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MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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APRIL 10, 2020

According to the report, that experiement made it straightforward to build a similar dashboard for COVID-19. Esri now has been helping the Johns Hopkins team with their efforts, and in particular, with scaling out for the demand being placed to access that data, according to the report. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2019

A new report, issued this week by EY, says that the number of IPOs have dropped across both international markets and the US. The report--which examined IPOs in Q1--said that ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and trade issues continue to dampen investor enthusiasm for the public offerings.

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APRIL 3, 2020

The effort is called the Fight COVID-19: SoCal Tech for SoCal Hospitals (which is unrelated to this publication). N-95 respirators, which are used by medical teams to prevent getting infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, are in extremely short supply in the United States.

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MARCH 27, 2014

A number of Southern California angel investors, and one of its venture firms, have scored an exit over at social media influence measurement startup Klout , as the San Francsco company said Thursday that it is being acquired by Lithium Technologies. The deal is reportedly worth $200M.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Collectible sneaker reseller Goat raises $25 million, SpaceX plans to launch rockets every 2 weeks, and Virtual reality firm Upland expands into SoCal.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Anyone who someone managed to completely miss the last SpaceX launch in Southern California--the UFO-report-spurring, traffic-stopping launch of a set of satellites in December --might want to get up a little early on Saturday morning, and look to the North and West.

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APRIL 12, 2017

billion in venture capital dollars were invested in the Southern California region in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report , issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and CB Insights. The report tallied up $926.4M

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MAY 19, 2014

The company reported $985.73M in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013. GoPro''s IPO is being underwritten by J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Barclays, Allen & Company LLC, Stifel, Baird, MCS Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray, and Raymond James. READ MORE>>. gopro camera action sports merger acquisition exit electronics hardware'

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MARCH 23, 2016

The Startup Outlook 2016 report--SVB's annual analysis of the startup environment--broke out regional findings for Southern California for the first time, pulling responses from the local market about what technology and life science executives think about business conditions. and China for their opinions. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Two recent reports--one in New York Magazine, using figures from Mahalo 's Jason Calanis--and another from the AP, quoting the folks at TubeMogul , have tried to decode the economics behind the viral music video from Psy. Based on recent figures from a number of Southern California's online video companies, anything from $870,000 to $1.7M.

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JUNE 8, 2016

Woodland Hills-based Music Reports , which provides music rights administration services to the music industry, has inked a big deal with streaming music service Pandora. According to Pandora, it has tapped Music Reports to manage the mechanical licensing and royalty administration for its upcoming interactive streaming service.

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JULY 21, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association are reporting today that venture capitalists invested $3.7B According to the report, financing nationally was essentially flat from Q1 of 2009, when $3.2B in 612 deals in Q2 of the year, according to data from Thomson Reuters, with Southern California seeing $331.2M

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APRIL 2, 2009

socalTECH tracks day-to-day venture capital activity in the Southern California region, and uses venture data disclosed by companies announcing funding; self-reported by both technology companies and venture firms; as well as regulatory filings and other sources. billion in funding.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

.; the acquisition of Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus by HP last week; and the acquisition earlier this year of Los Angeles-based Inktank by Red Hat. Cisco did not say how much it is paying for Metacloud; HP is reportedly paying around $100M for Eucalyptus; and Red Hat paid $175M in April for Inktank.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Southern California's tech industry appears to be seeing a bit of a mini IPO boom, with the latest IPO being San Diego's Airgain, which had its IPO on August 21st; another IPO filing, by Temple City-based Fulgent Genetics earlier this week; and a report that Venice-based Snapchat is out hiring an IPO banker. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2011

According to the report, there are 44 U.S., 10 of the 44 venture-backed companies currently filed to go public are from Southern California, according to an analysis today from the Wall Street Journal. venture-backed companies currently filed for an IPO, with 10 from Southern California and 13 from Silicon Valley.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat might be the darling of the technology startup scene, but there are at least three, privately held startups--and maybe, more--in Southern California who recently passed $100M in revenues, according to a look through recent announcements.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Despite the announcement this week that Google has plans to hire more than 30,000 employees by the beginning of next year, and reports today that it was overwhelmed with over 75,000 job applications this week, those plans do not appear to have yet impacted Google's jobs listings in Southern California.

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JULY 19, 2011

According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M The report said that the investment level was the highest total in a single quarter since Q2 of 2008. raised for the quarter. Los Angeles had $222.5M in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. billion invested across 814 deals.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In a report, AllThingsD said that YouTube intends to re-invest in up to 40 percent of the original channels being funded through its program, but the rest--who haven't met its expectations on engageent and viewing time--will most likely not get new deals and will have to fend for themselves.

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MAY 31, 2012

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 -- PwC MoneyTree Report. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The MoneyTree Report is a staple of the financial community, relied upon by entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

socalTECH maintains its own, subscription database of venture capital deals for Southern California, including both announced and unannounced (stealth) funding, garnered from announcements from companies, third party reports, regulatory filings, reports from subscribers and others, along with other sources.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Internet portal Yahoo is continuing its makeover back into a Silicon Valley style workplace, and apparently has extended its free food offer to employees at two of the company's New York locations, according to reports today.

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JANUARY 19, 2009

According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2 billion--that drop represented the weakest quarter in SoCal in 5 years, according to Dow Jones. Nationally, venture capital investments slipped 30%, to only $5.5

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JULY 15, 2010

According to the latest MoneyTree report from the two, using data provided by Thomson Reuters, Southern California saw $857.3M in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M and 69 deals for Q2 of last year.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Meanwhile the number of quality SoCal companies continues to grow at an impressive rate that reflects more strong executive talent, resources and a vibrant ecosystem. I predict SoCal will continue to grow, but in 2020 more companies nationwideand herewill not get the funding they need. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

That will have to change as SoCal moves into the 21st century. Finally, theyll talk about the new industries that could define SoCal over the coming decades. Finally, theyll talk about the new industries that could define SoCal over the coming decades. See [link] (more)

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 -- PortTech Forum: Environmental Report Card. In the first PortTech Forum of 2013, representatives from both the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will focus on key environmental issues in the San Pedro Bay area.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

You''ve got to do your report every month. We had to create a foreign owned enterprise there, had to deal with a lot of legal and accounting issues. People don''t know that in China, you have to do your accounting every month. All the HR policies are completely different. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Southern California venture capital investments total $497.8M, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association, which were released this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Venture capital firm Prism VentureWorks has shut its offices in Los Angeles, according to a report Friday by peHUB. According to the report, the firm's Venice offices were shut to save money on overhead for the firm, with partner Gordie Nye continuing to work here out of his home office.

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JULY 25, 2011

Thursday, July 28, 2011 -- Global Biotechnology Report 2011. Ernst and Young will present highlights from its 25th annual industry report "Beyond Borders". SoCalBio Networking Forum. Ernst and Young will also summarize the sector's performance using key metrics - financial performance, financing, deals and pipeline productivity.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

A report released today by Ernst & Young finds that Southern California was number two in the nation in terms of clean technology investments for the year. According to the analysis of 2009 venture capital, based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource, Southern California had annual investments of $329.5M

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene. Colleen Taylor is based in San Francisco where she is a reporter for TechCrunch TV. Previously she worked for GigaOM, where she reported on startups and Silicon Valley. Earlier, Colleen reported for Mergermarket, an online newswire and subsidiary of the Financial Times focused on M&A.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 -- Update on Significant Changes in Revenue Reporting. Financial Executives Society. Recently, standards setters have made significant changes to the way software and other technology companies record revenue.

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APRIL 23, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 -- Update on Significant Changes in Revenue Reporting. Financial Executives Society. Recently, standards setters have made significant changes to the way software and other technology companies record revenue.

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