Aptera Is Back, With Solar Powered Car
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DECEMBER 7, 2020
San Diego-based Aptera , the latest reincarnation of an electric car maker started in 2005, has announced a new, solar powered car, which recharges from the sun, and not from a plug.
MaestroDev, Winston Damarillo's Latest Firm, Uncloaks At JavaOne
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
The firm appears to be the company Damarillo told socalTECH in July which had just received venture funding. Damarillo is behind a number of successful firms based on open source, the most notable of which was Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. He's currently heading up Morphlabs , which shares the same address as MaestroDev.
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Viridos In Algae Biofuels Effort With ExxonMobil
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NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Viridos was foudned in 2005 and has been working on synthetic, engineered microalgae intended to improve the production of biofuels. La Jolla-based Viridos (formerly known as Synthetic Genomics) said it has signed a joint development agreement with ExxonMobil, with the intent to bring its low carbon biofuels towards commercial levels.
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TeleSign Names Co-Founder To CEO Post
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MARCH 7, 2019
Disraeli co-founded TeleSign with Stacy Stubblefield and Darren Berkovitz in 2005. Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which develops customer identification products, including two factor authentication and other related products, has named co-founder Ryan Disraeli as its CEO, the company said on Thursday.
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Verifi Acquired By Visa
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JULY 1, 2019
Verifi had been led by CEO Matthew Katz, and was founded in 2005. Visa said it will integrate Verifi's chargeback tools with its own risk management services, including its service delivered by CardinalCommerce and CyberSource. READ MORE>>.
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Sonos Hardware Plan Casts Doubts On The Smart Home
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JANUARY 22, 2020
Sonos told its users on Tuesday that it is discontinuing support for its older products, saying that its legacy products--built between 2005 and 2011, "do not have enough memory or processing power to sustain future innovation".
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CoreLogic Buys UK's eTech Solutions
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FEBRUARY 12, 2018
eTech was founded in 2005. Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic announced this morning that it has acquired eTech Solutions Limited , a UK-based provider of mobile surveying and workflow management software. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.
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Kairos Venture Partners Raising New, $250M Fund
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NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Before becoming a venture capitalist, Demetriades founded SeeBeyond, which he took to an IPO, and later sold to Sun Microsystems in 2005 for $386M. According to the firm, it seeks to take leading scientific discoveries and commercialize them into viable businesses as quickly as possible, making investments between $150,000 and $20M.
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Mighty Oak Entertainment Gets Investment
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OCTOBER 14, 2019
before leaving in 2005 to found Might Oak Entertainment. Mighty Oak Entertainment is best known for its "Whacked Out Sports" clips. Might Oak said its founder, O'Brien, previously was a development and content sales executives for Warner Bros., READ MORE>>.
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113 FastSpring Acquired By Accel-KKR
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FEBRUARY 14, 2018
FastSpring was founded in 2005, and is led by CEO Chris Lueck. According to FastSpring, Accel-KKR has made a majority equity investment in the firm, to provide capital and resources for its technology and go-to-market initiatives. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. FastSpring was advised by Raymond James in the deal.
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Visa Completes Verifi Acquisition
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Verifi had been led by CEO Matthew Katz, and was founded in 2005. Verifi's tools connect consumers, merchants, and others in the dispute management process before they become chargebacks, according to the companies. Visa said Verifi already serves more than 25,000 accounts. READ MORE>>.
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Willdan Acquires Integral Analytics
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AUGUST 4, 2017
Integral Analytics was based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was founded in 2005. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Willdan said it expects the acquisition to add $10M in revenues in 2018. The company develops software used by utility managers to evaluate, plan, and dispatch electricity resources. READ MORE>>.
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Inseego Names New CFO
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AUGUST 21, 2017
Smith also was President of XiTron Tehnologies, and was SVP and Chief Finance and Accounting Officer for Applied Micro Circuits Corporation from 1999 to 2005, among other experience. Smith was previously interim CFO of TetraVue, and also was hief Financial Officer and Head of Operations for Micropower Technologies. READ MORE>>.
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Report: XCOR's Customers Still Holding Out For Refunds
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JANUARY 2, 2019
XCOR first received seed funding in 2005. XCOR filed for bankruptcy in 2017 , after failing to both gain additional investors to fund its development, and also failing to ever launch a single vehicle into space. The Times report says that there are 282 ticket holders hoping for something back from the failed firm. READ MORE>>.
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Pluggedin Media Looks For Buyer
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MARCH 5, 2009
The firm's chairman, Brett O'Brien, told socalTECH that, contrary to other reports, the firm is not shutting down, but that they are in the process of selling the company. "We O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. READ MORE>>.
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100 Pluggedin Media Looks For Buyer
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MARCH 5, 2009
The firm's chairman, Brett O'Brien, told socalTECH that, contrary to other reports, the firm is not shutting down, but that they are in the process of selling the company. "We O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. READ MORE>>.
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100 Beats' Founders Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine In Court Over Headphone Design
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JUNE 25, 2018
Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the founders of Beats Electronics , the onetime Santa Monica headphone-and-music-service, are in the midst of a lqsuit--and likely, a jury decision--over a lawsuit which claims Dr. Dre and Iovine owes royalties to a businessman work worked with the company back in 2005 and 2006.
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100 American Industrial Systems Sells Majority Stake To Foxconn
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JULY 5, 2016
AIS was founded in 2005. Ennoconn is a subsidiary of Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group. Nelson Tsay is the founder and CEO of American Industrial Systems, which will become part of Foxconn's IPC Business Group.
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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank
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DECEMBER 30, 2016
Silicon Valley Bank is big supporter and has been a sponsor of socaltech for many, many years. Since joining SVB in 2005, Rob has led debt transactions for more than 100 public and private companies. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen of Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). You can see all of our holiday reflections here.
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EcoSense Lighting Buys Journee Lighting
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DECEMBER 9, 2015
Journee was founded by Clayton Alexander in 2005. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Journee Lighting, which was based in Westlake Village, developed downlight and track lighting. EcoSense Lighting is led by Mark Reynoso. READ MORE>>.
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Kairos Venture Partners Raises $74.6M In New Fund
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JULY 5, 2017
The firm's founder and Managing Partner is Jim Demetriades, an entrepreneur who founded SeeBeyond, took public, and which he sold to Sun Microsystems in 2005. Kairos says it makes investments of between $150,000 and $5 Million.
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Yahoo Axes Upcoming.org
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APRIL 22, 2013
Upcoming.org , an online service which was started in Los Angeles, and acquired by Yahoo in 2005, is shutting down, according to Yahoo in an announcement over the weekend. Deals, SMS alerts, Yahoo Kids, and more.
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133 Snapchat Sued Over Electronic Messaging Patents
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JANUARY 12, 2017
Snap Inc), and cites a number of patents which were granted to Vaporstream in July of 2005 for Vaporstream's secure messaging products. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in the Ninth Circuit of the California Central District Court (Vaporstream Inc v.
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100 Frequency Inks Video News Deal With Newsy
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FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Harrison previously founded FasTV, and headed up iFILM, which he sold to Viacom back in 2005. Financial details of the content licensing deal were not disclosed. Frequency aggregates and distributes video content to mobile and other devices. READ MORE>>.
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RealD Exec Departing Firm
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OCTOBER 23, 2013
Peixoto has been in the position since 2005, having previously been President and CEO of United Cinemas International. Los Angeles-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, said Wednesday that Joe Peixoto, the company''s President, Worldwide Cinema, is retiring in March. The company said it will not replace Peixoto.
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XCOR Claims Progress On Space Vehicle
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DECEMBER 19, 2014
XCOR has been working on its vehicle since at least 2005. XCOR said it is making "rapid progress" towards final assembly of it spacecraft, and has attached what it says is a key part of its aircraft--the carry-through spar--to the rear-end of the Lynx fuselage. READ MORE>>. spacecraft vehicle subrobital space aerospace xcor'
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Kurion Signs New Licensing Deal In Japan
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DECEMBER 10, 2015
Kurion said its technology has been used for the treatment of asbestos, PCBs, dioxins, and other persistent organic pollutants sicne 2005 in Japan. The company said the deal calls for the companies to collaborate more closely on treatment of nuclear waste in Japan. READ MORE>>.
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XCOR Aerospace Fails To Launch, Lays Off Rest Of Employees
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JULY 6, 2017
XCOR--which has been working on developing a "space plane" since at least 2005--said the layoffs came due to "adverse financial conditions", although it apparently is still looking for funding. XCOR has apparently laid off all of its employees , due to the inability of the company to raise money.
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113 j2 Global Plans CEO Shift, As Zucker Joins LA Venture Capital Firm
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
Zucker became President at j2 in 2005, and has been CEO for the last eight years. According to j2 Global, Shah grew Ziff Davis from approximatley $50M in annual revenues to more than $500M--and is now more than half of j2's total revenues. The shift is a major one for j2 Global, which became a ravenous acquirer of companies under his shift.
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Stickam Shuts Down
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JANUARY 31, 2013
Stickam had been founded in 2005. Reason for the shutdown was not disclosed. The Los Angeles-based company said that it "did everything we could to keep this dream alive", but was "sad to have to say goodbye." Last August, the company had announced a VIP membership program, which charged users $39.99
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SOA Software: Profitable, Double Digit Growth
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FEBRUARY 18, 2014
The last time the company actually discussed revenue numbers was back in 2005, when it had around $29.9M SOA Software is led by Paul Gigg. The company said in 2013 that it had revenue growth of 52% in 2012. in revenues. READ MORE>>. revenues software middleware enterprise'
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138 Xirrus Acquired By Riverbed
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APRIL 20, 2017
The acquisition comes just over 12 years after Xirrus was founded by Dirk Gates in 2005. The company had counted Microsoft, University of Mississippi, Liverpool Football Club and Paul Hastings Law Firm as major customers.
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MindTouch Picks Up $12M For Customer Self Service Software
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JANUARY 14, 2016
MindTouch, which was founded by Steve Bjorg and Aaron Fulkerson back in 2005, said the funding will go to increase its integration with software such as Salesforce, SAP, and Oracle, and grow its marketing, business development, sales, and engineering teams. The funding came from PeakSpan Capital, along with SK Ventures and SAP SE.
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Wpromote Buys Standing Dog For Digital Marketing Efforts
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JULY 26, 2016
Standing Dog was founded in 2005, and was based in Texas. Wpromote says it has hired on senior management and more than 70 employees from Standing Dog, which will help boost the company's annual run rate to $35M this year.
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News Corp. In Repeat With Sale To Local Tech Firm
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FEBRUARY 4, 2013
acquired IGN in September of 2005, for $650M. Those numbers--and the story--seems to be almost an exact repeat of the story behind MySpace , which--also in 2005, in July--was acquired by News Corp. That deals loooks to be worth around $100M, based on reports from the WSJ. in a $580M deal.
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Verizon Digital Media Acquires Volicon
socalTECH
MARCH 16, 2016
Volicon was based in Massachusetts, and had been founded in 2005. Verizon Digital Media Services, which is now part of AOL, said it will use the acquisition to help it bolster its servies in the area of broadcast and online video. Verizon Digital Media Services--which has a big building in Playa Del Rey--is led by Bob Toohey. READ MORE>>.
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Tech Coast Angels See 42x Return At MindBody
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AUGUST 11, 2015
TCA said its members first invested in MindBody in 2005, and saw a 42x return at IPO on their investment. The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's biggest angel investment group, said Tuesday that it has seen a successful exit in MindBody , the developer of cloud-based business management software for the wellness industry.
Virgin Galactic Has First Rocket-Powered Flight Test
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APRIL 29, 2013
The company has been working since 2005 to commercialize technology in SpaceShipOne for space tourism. In an actual flight, the SpaceShipTwo will power itself into space, and later return by gliding back to earth. Virgin Galactic''s design is based on the first, commercial vehicle to reach space, the SpaceShipOne. READ MORE>>.
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208 TrueCar's Painter To Step Down As CEO
socalTECH
AUGUST 7, 2015
Painter has been CEO of the company since he founded TrueCar in 2005. Painter will remain as Chairman of the board, and will continue as CEO as the company searches for a new chief executive.
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100 SRS Labs Names Accounting Head
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NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Oppegard was previously Corporate Controller at the company, and has been at the firm since 2005. Santa Ana-based SRS Labs , the developer of surround sound and other audio technology, said this morning that it has named Maria Oppegard its Chief Accounting Officer. READ MORE>>.
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133 Logicube Names New CEO
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AUGUST 24, 2012
Emrani has been at Logicube since 2005, and was most recently EVP and COO. Chatsworth-based Logicube , which develops hard drive duplication technology, announced this morning that it has named Farid Emrani as its new President and CEO. Emrani replaces Jack Schuster, the firm's Chairman, President, and CEO, who is retiring.
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Conatus Pharmaceuticals Buys Idun Pharmaceuticals
socalTECH
AUGUST 2, 2010
Idun has been acquired by Pfizer in 2005. who also was CEO of Idun Pharmaceuticals when it was acquired by Pfizer in 2005. The firm said it plans to continue working on developing treatments for liver disease and oncology. Conatus' lead compound is a drug for treating the hepatitis C virus. The company is headed by Steven J.
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SOA Software Becomes Akana
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MARCH 10, 2015
The name change is actually the second for the company, which changed its name to SOA Software in March of 2005 from its original name, Digital Evolution. READ MORE>>. devops rename cloud enterprise software akana'
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Tekelec Acquired By Oracle
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MARCH 25, 2013
The firm, which was then based in Calabasas, moved out of the area in 2005, taking with it hundreds of jobs. Tekelec had started in Southern California back in 1978, and had been a onetime technology darling when it had its IPO back in 1986. The firm has since been in Morrisville, North Carolina.
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