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BQE Software Scores Private Equity Funding

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Torrance-based BQE said on Wednesday that it has received a "significant investment" from private equity investor Serent Capital. Serent Capital is a private equity investor that invests in technology and tech-enabled software companies. Financial details of the investment were not announced.

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

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The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M Tags: venture capital investment quarterly moneytree thomson reuters. was invested in the region.

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

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Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M in 29 venture capital deals for Q1. 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 received in the region in Q1 of 2009. across 31 days.

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

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The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. Those numbers were up from both Q3, when $506.9M was invested in the region.

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Amonix Raises $40M For Concentrating Solar

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Torrance-based Amonix , a developer of concentrating photovoltaic solar systems, has raised $40M in a funding round, according to a filing by the firm Monday. Ben Kortland of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Mark Cirilli of MissionPoint Capital Partners are listed as directors of the firm.

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Venture Firms Invest Around $1.6 Billion In Q2 2010 In SoCal

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An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 for Torrance-based Amonix , $27.75M for Westlake Village-based Row 44 , $31.0M billion in the area in Q2, up slightly from around $1.4 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0

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Pathology Inc. Gets Series A

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Torrance-based Pathology, Inc. , a provider of pathology and molecular diagnostics services, has received a Series A investment, according to lead investor ABS Capital Partners. Mark Anderson and John Stobo, both of ABS Capital, will join the firm's board as part of the funding. ABS said that Pathology, Inc.

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