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Southern California Startups Raise More Than $598.4M In VC In Q4

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in the quarter and social media darling Snapchat raised $50.0M. Los Angeles led the region with $309.79M in total investments for Q4 of 2013, with San Diego ($145.0M) and Orange County ($143.6M) with nearly the same venture investment toal. Nationally, the report found that there was $29.4 For Q4, $8.4 Photo courtesy BigStock.

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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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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. How was it you ended up in San Diego? Wildlink is backed by Mucker Capital.

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Here's Who Is Funding Companies In Southern California Today

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Are you a startup looking to find funding in Southern California? It's often tough to figure exactly who the venture capital funds are who are funding startups in the area. Most recent investments: Ring, Flipagram, Snapchat. Upfront Partners - 11 deals. Most recent investments: GOAT, cloudvirga, Vemba, LootCrate, Invoca.

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Southern California Venture Investments Top $1.3 Billion In Q4

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billion in Southern California startup, according to the latest MoneyTree Report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association last night, based on data from Thomson Reuters. in investments in San Diego. raised by SnapChat , and $320M in an investment in NantHealth. The report tallied $1.09

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Southern California Companies Raise $2.49 Billion In VC In Q2

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billion round for Venice based Snapchat. Other big fundings contributing to the total included a $220M funding round for San Diego biotech firm Human Longevity Inc. , $111M raised by Marina Del Rey-based Thrive Market , and $100M raised by Irvine cybersecurity sofwtare developer Cylance. READ MORE>>.

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REX: Skipping The MLS When You Sell Your Home, with Jack Ryan

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We caught up with Jack Ryan , the CEO of REX, to understand how, exactly, the company sells homes without the MLS. We started offering this in Los Angeles, and have since expanded to Orange County and San Diego. Tesla doesn't just put their car up on Cars.com and wait for buyers, because that's just not how it works.