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Tocagen, Forte Biosciences In Merger

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San Diego-based Tocagen , which develops cancer-selective gene therapy aimted at treatking skin cancer, and Torrance-based Forte Biosciences , a biopharmaceuticals firm developing a live biotherapeutic for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases, said on Wednesday that the two are in an agreement where Tocagen will merge with Forte in an all-stock (..)

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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). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps).

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SBA Recognizes SoCal Firms

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Aerius Photonics in Ventura; Opto-Knowledge Systems of Torrance, Space Micro, Inc. in San Diego, and Wyatt Technology , in Santa Barbara. The SBA also gave a "Hall of Fame" award to eight companies, including San Diego's Qualcomm and carlsbad-based ViaSat , as previous SBA grant recipients.

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Southern California Firms Make Inc. 500

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San Diego-based MedVantx ranked at number 13 on the list; Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal was 39; San Diego-based BridgePoint Education was 50; Santa Monica-based International Checkout ranked at 61; Torrance-based Flipswap at 81; and Irvine-based ClinAssure was at 85.

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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. That was a drop of 37 percent in terms of dollars, and 30 percent in terms of deal volume for the year. 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. That was a drop of 37 percent in terms of dollars, and 30 percent in terms of deal volume for the year. in investments.

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Southern California Investments On Uptick, Totals $686.5M For Q1

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San Diego was not far behind, with $222.4M The energy and clean technology sector actually helped boost investments in Los Angeles, as well, with big deals for Torrance-based Amonix , which raised $64.4M For Southern California, Orange County actually had the most dollars invested, with $239.6M across 31 days.