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Los Angeles Stacks Up Inc. 500 Firms

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Los Angeles based Savings.com was 135, with 2,077% growth; San Diego's ServiceNow was 260 at 1,240% growth; and Santa Monica's TrueCar was 480, with 721% growth in the last three years. Interestingly enough, among the top Inc. billion in revenues (#2 in terms of revenues); and Irvine-based Vizio , with $2.9

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VC Invest $587M In SoCal In Q4, But National Investments Drop 47 Percent In 2009

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Locally, San Diego led the region in terms of venture deals for the quarter, with $300M invested, followed by Los Angeles, with $239.1M invested--the vast majority of that in the San Diego area. According to PwC/NVCA, investments in 2009 were at the lowest level since 1997, with only $17.7 in investments.

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VC Invest $587M In SoCal In Q4, But National Investments Drop 37 Percent In 2009

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Locally, San Diego led the region in terms of venture deals for the quarter, with $300M invested, followed by Los Angeles, with $239.1M invested--the vast majority of that in the San Diego area. According to PwC/NVCA, investments in 2009 were at the lowest level since 1997, with only $17.7 in investments.

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Biotech Roundup: Scangos’s Exit, Zafgen’s Shakeup, Jounce, Relypsa & More

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And on the West coast, Palo Alto, CA-based Bioz started up with $3 million in seed cash from 5AM Ventures to help develop software meant to help speed up life sciences research. —Bruce Bigelow profiled Dauntless Pharmaceuticals , a stealthy biotech company creator in San Diego forming single-drug startups.

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