With the support of Orrick and their Total Access program, we're proud to unveil the free 100-page Los Angeles Venture Capital Almanac. Grab it and then be sure to thank Orrick on Twitter, FB, etc.
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Mo' money, mo' money. With rumors that A16Z's fourth fund may be around the corner, we took a look at the firm's investment size by stage versus NEA's and Greylock's. See the data here.
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VC deals, exits and more. It has been an eventful year for venture financing and exit activity in the Internet eCommerce industry, ranging from Zulily's "unicorn" exit to massive funding rounds. See the full ranking of 2013's most active investors, top exits and largest financings in the eCommerce space here.
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From Pritzker Group VC to Detroit Venture Partners. Of the most active early-stage investors in Midwest-based companies, Detroit Venture Partners sees its early-stage investments get follow-on investment most frequently. Check out a ranking of top Midwest VC investors based on follow-on rate here.
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Despite heavy hitters like Amazon and Verizon. The market for cloud computing infrastructure-as-a-service is heating up. While the PaaS ecosystem is seeing a decline in venture funding, deal activity to the cloud computing category known as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) has seen a steady increase. See financing trends to IaaS-related startups here.
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The rise of digital LA. Our friends at Orrick were generous enough to sponsor the first ever Los Angeles Tech Venture Capital Almanac. It's a free 100 page report that includes VC financing and exit trends, LA tech investor rankings, the most well-funded LA tech startups, investment syndicate analyses and more. Click to get your copy.
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Exuberance isn’t always irrational. Marcus Wohlsen at Wired explains how the kinds of Tech IPO Pipeline companies now being backed by investors are far different than the "me-too" copycats of the heady dot com days. See the full story.
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