Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp. which has most of its employees in Westlake Village; Los Angeles-based Gamefly ; City of Industry-based NewEgg ; San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies ; and Thousand Oaks-basd Nexsan. MORE >>

which has substantial operations in Westlake Village, Beverly Hills-based RealD , Monrovia-based Green Dot , and Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links. Other recent IPOs with Southern California roots include Inphi Corp. MORE >>

The LA region’s top firm, ReachLocal was also the tops last year (and actually was number one nationwide last year); but, you also see firms that have been around forever (in technology terms) like Activision Blizzard still making the list, which is impressive. San Diego. ReachLocal, Inc. San Diego. MORE >>

So far, two companies-- Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which completed its IPO in May, and Carlsbad-based Maxlinear , which hit the markets in March, have had successful IPOs. The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. MORE >>

In recent months, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal and Carlsbad-based MaxLinear also have managed to reach the markets via an IPO, and there are at least seven other Southern California companies waiting in the wings for the public markets. MORE >>