Hark is based in Seattle but also is active in Los Angeles in business development; ElNaggar might be familiar to Los Angeles entrepreneurs for his short stint sourcing venture deals for Redpoint Ventures in Los Angeles. The titles include Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and The Breakfast Club as well as Bridesmaids and Fast Five. MORE >>

In terms of venture firm activity, the report found that DFJ Frontier was the most active in the quarter, with five deals; GRP Partners , Mission Ventures , and Redpoint Ventures all had four deals each in the quarter. invested in Southern California in Q4. Those numbers were up from both Q3, when $506.9M in investments. MORE >>

The most active Southern California investors, including all of their investments both inside and outside of the region, were the Tech Coast Angels (7 investments), and Rustic Canyon Partners (6 investments); Redpoint , Mission Ventures , and GRP all had 4 investments total. Nationwide, there was $4.8 billion invested in the region. MORE >>

The most active firms investing in Southern California, according to the Pwc/NVCA report, were GRP Partners , Domain Associates , and TPG Growth --all with 4 investments each--followed by Allegis Capital , Benchmark Capital , and Sanderling Ventures , all with three investments each. received in the region in Q1 of 2009. across 31 days. MORE >>

In terms of venture firms, the most active firms from Southern California, nationally, were Redpoint Ventures (9 investments), Steamboat Ventures (5 investments), and GRP Partners , Rustic Canyon Partners , Blade Ventures , Avalon Ventures , and Angeleno Group , with four investments each. and 69 deals for Q2 of last year. totaled $6.5 MORE >>