INVESTMENT

Southern California received more venture funding last year than New England and was surpassed only by Silicon Valley! A captial of the Pacific Rim, Los Angeles is in a unique position for global innovation expansion.

 

Los Angeles has the advantage of international investment and innovation industries. LA is home to a large and globally influential market, a strong investment community, and strong complementary clusters in entertainment, aerospace, digital media, and logistics.

LOS ANGELES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

LARGE SUPPORTIVE INNOVATION COMMUNITY

LOS ANGELES IS HUB OF THE PACIFIC RIM

LOS ANGELES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

The November 3rd, 2008 general election significantly funded bond measures for the Los Angeles Community College District and the Los Angeles Unified School District

 

Measure J is $3.5 billion bond for Los Angeles Community College District projects; the money will provide for crucial improvements and bolster job training. The bond will fund construction of new buildings and repairs of old ones. It will also go toward upgrading technology in classrooms across the district's nine campuses.

 

Los Angeles Community College District does more job training in the L.A. area than any other group or organization. Measure J will allow LACCD to improve facilities on campuses, and also provide training in this economic environment.

 

Similarly, Measure Q represents a stable long-term funding stream for a $7 billion construction and modernization program of Los Angeles Unified School District.

 

LARGE SUPPORTIVE INNOVATION COMMUNITY

Examples of Southern CA Investors

 

Angeleno Group

Okapi Venture Capital

Craton Equity Partners

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Redpoint Ventures

Rustic Canyon Partners

TechCoast Angels

Palomar Ventures

LACERS

Clearstone Venture Partners

Miramar Ventures

Sheperd Ventures

Bio Star Private Equity Fund and LLC

DJF Frontier

NGEN Partners LLC

Forward Ventures

Anthem Venture Partners

ITU Ventures

National Healthcare Services

Shelter Capital Partners LLC

Zone Ventures

Avalon Ventures

Ventana Capital

US Renewables

Industry Groups

 

 

OCVG

 

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OCTANe

 

LAVA

 

LARTA

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

Entretech/ Nitro

LOS ANGELES IS HUB OF THE PACIFIC RIM

Los Angeles has unsurpassed network of goods movement and trade infrastructure to support the CleanTech Industry. The Port complex is the largest in the nation through which 44 percent of imports enter the United States. Los Angeles International Airport is number one in international flights, with 1,000 cargo flights per day.

 

  • LA is the largest international trade center in the U.S.
  • LA's total value of two-way trade reached $350 billion in 2007.
  • Los Angeles/Long Beach ports handle nearly half of total U.S. international trade transactions.
  • International trade is LA's largest employment sector.
  • With 99 foreign consulates and dozens of foreign trade offices, L.A. has the second largest consular core community in the world.
  • LAX is #1 for international flights among U.S. airports.
  • LA's Alameda Corridor is the busiest intermodal rail yard in the nation, handling over 1.5 million containers in 2006.