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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). Dev Bhatia , SRCH2 (Irvine, search engine software). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps).

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Companies In Southern California

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We've combed through our database of companies to figure out which companies are involved in this industry here, ranging from key developers of military UAS/UAV platforms, to startups developing the software behind the growing consumer drone market. General Atomics - San Diego - (www.generalatomics.com). Our list below: 1.

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Southern California Firms Get $587.0M In Venture Capital In Q2

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invested across 17 deals; San Diego was third, with $147.75M in 18 deals. The biggest deal for the quarter was for Venice-based photo messaging app developer Snapchat , which raised a huge, $60M funding round in the quarter. Orange County was second, with $161.9M

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Interview with Jordan Glazier, Wildfire Systems

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San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Our software just has to be on a user's device, and we have lots of ways to get there.

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Southern California Venture Investments Top $1.3 Billion In Q4

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in investments in San Diego. raised by SnapChat , and $320M in an investment in NantHealth. San Diego''s largest deal was nearly $22M invested in BioNano Genomics. Industry wise, by far, the largest investment was in the software area, with $1.02‎ billion in investments across the region.

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‘Megadeals’ Dominate Q2 as VCs Invest $15.3B, and Top 10 Deals

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A lot of money went into software, mostly because of some big, expansion-stage deals.”. billion that a non-traditional investor (the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund) invested in San Francisco-based Uber, and the nearly $1.3 billion invested in Venice, CA-based Snapchat. San Francisco. San Francisco. Venice, CA.

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Social Media Cyber Threats: 3 Predictions for 2018

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Ransomware: Social media will be the number one vehicle for ransomware distribution in 2018. Currently, there are nearly 1 million social media accounts compromised every day, and that number will continue to rise, thanks to the plethora of easily identifiable targets.