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In Venice Beach, A Coming Out for Silicon Beach

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These days, it's not unusual for a handful of tech and startup mixers and events to be going down on the westside. Set on the corner of Main street at Windward Circle, it positions itself in the heart of Venice. Memberships start at $99 per month. Something very, established about it. I've lived in Los Angeles for ten years now.

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Nirvanix Shuts Down, Gives Mere Two Weeks To Customers

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San Diego-based cloud storage firm Nirvanix is shutting down, and has given its customers only two weeks to move their data elsewhere, in a stunning flameout for the venture backed startup. Nirvanix had started life as a competitor to Amazon S3, but in recent years had shifted its focus to supplying cloud storage to enterprises.

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Nirvanix Adds Nasuni

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San Diego-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix has added a new customer of the firm's storage service, Nasuni , a Massachusetts startup providing virtual file server software. Nirvanix is backed by Intel Capital, Valhalla Partners, Mission Ventures, Windward Ventures, and the European Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

But like a Darwinian experiment, the extent to which these gifts are utilized remains entirely up to each individual entrepreneur. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

But like a Darwinian experiment, the extent to which these gifts are utilized remains entirely up to each individual entrepreneur. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.