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Trends in Seed Stage Funding for Entrepreneurs

Gust

Note that I merged the two Southern California regions (LA/Orange County and San Diego) into one. Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . Southern California*.

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Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads

Both Sides of the Table

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

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Shark Tank 2012 Holiday Episode Breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

These firms typically charge more than banks and have higher warrant coverage, but have fewer restrictions on the use of capital, no covenants, and will often lend more than a bank will. They had raised an additional $50k for 40% of the company from new investors a month ago and were now seeking a big markup in valuation from the sharks.

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California Startup Gold – bring it here to scale it

Scalable Startup

Great PR and finance firms, but not many startups. Southern California, The “Silicon Basin” - - With the convergence of social media, the Internet, and digital entertainment, Southern California is now humming as a great startup region. If you plop your company here, great things could happen.