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DECEMBER 20, 2018

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory , in Pasadena, as well as dozens of technology companies--at least one managed service provider (MSP)--have been hacked by Chinese spies, according to an indictment by the Justice Department filed on Thursday.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Affinity Biosensors' products are based on micro-electromechanical (MEMS) technology, which it says allows for cell counting, mass measurements, and visual observation of liquid samples. The company was founded in 2006. Details on the funding have yet to be announced by the startup. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Avvo was founded in 2006, and was venture backed by Benchmark Capital, Coatue Management, DAG Ventures, Ignition Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Vulcan Capital. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. According to Internet Brands, Avvo will become part of its Legal vertical. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Newport Beach-based Jazz Technologies and Tower Semiconductor said Friday that the two companies have completed their merger. Amelio was formerly the CEO of Apple, and had headed up Acquicor prior to Jazz; Acquicor went IPO as a blank check acquisition firm in 2006 with ex Apple-CTO Ellen Hancock, and Apple founder Steve Wozniak.

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JUNE 11, 2014

Light was co-founded by Dr. Rajiv Laroia, who was previously the CTO of Flarion Technologies--whose base technology became LTE. Flarion had been acquired by Qualcomm in 2006 for $805M. Laroia was a VP at Qualcomm from 2006 until 2011. Jacobs joins the company''s board as part of the funding. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of IP communications software for the embedded market, said this morning that it has promoted two of its executives and created two new business units. Tags: technologies voip embedded software executive. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2017

The funding was led by Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG). Drucker was previously co-founder of Social Intelligence, and also co-founded Steel Card, an enterprise software company focused on software, which was sold to ChoicePoint in August of 2006. Carpe Data is led by Max Drucker. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2017

Veritone's CEO is technology startup veteran Chad Steelberg. The two brothers previously headed up Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), and the Steelbergs had founded dMarc Broadcasting, which the two sold to Google in 2006 for what, at the time, was a $1.2 billion price tag. billion price tag. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2015

Pang and Zhang allegedly transferred stolen technology from Avago Technology and Skyworks Solutions related to the development of thin-film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology that had originally been developed under a DARPA grant at USC. in 2006; Zhang received his a masters in 2006.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

KidZui , the developer of kid-friendly Internet browsers has been acquired by children''s entertainment technology developer LeapFrog , LeapFrog said this morning, to help bolster the company''s popular line of LeapPad educational tablets. KidZui had been founded in 2006 in San Diego. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

capital has produced 241 impact startups since 2006, with 95 companies founded in San Francisco. Commenting, Janet Coyle, managing director for business, London & Partners said: “San Francisco and London are two of the world’s top hubs for innovation and technology. billion into U.S. billion) and the United Kingdom ($6.1

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

These range from technology mainstays like Motorola to companies known for pushing the envelope like Tesla. With the Model S, Tesla has taken the next step forward — a car that is both appealing to the mainstream and seen as a technological innovation.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

With a background in management and technology, he gives us something to think about regarding today’s top-of-news subject. Take a lesson from Ford Motor Company and their prescient CFO and President in 2006 and 2007. By Harley Kaufman, guest author. Note from Dave: Harley is an old friend and avid reader of BERKONOMICS.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Irvine-based laser marketing technology developer TherMark Holdings has been acquired by Cleveland-based Ferro Corporation , in a deal worth $5.5M, the two said late Wednesday afternoon. TherMark develops laser marking technology used to permanently fuse marking materials to metals, ceramics, glass, and other surfaces. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Redfin employs real estate agents who are paid based on client satisfaction rather than commission, and is centered around iOS, Android apps, and a website, all geared towards clients more comfortable with technology than people. The company also offers up lower fees for both sellers and buyers.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Fulgent Genetics is developing genetic testing and laboratory testing technology, and is led by Ming Hsieh, who holds the majority shares in the company. Hsieh gave $35M to the University of Southern California in 2006, which renamed its Electrical Engineering Department as the USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. Well, both of those things happened but they were lagging indicators.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. She also founded CEO Circle, a confidential forum for early-stage technology CEOs. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? In 2006, Ms.

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APRIL 11, 2013

According to Green Dot, Keatley will be relocating his family to Sweden, his wife''s original home, where he will become CFO of a Stockholm-based technology company. Keatley had been CFO of Green Dot since 2006, before the firm''s IPO. Green Dot said that Keatley will continue to serve full time as CFO until September 1st. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The technology behind Hyundai’s new car-sharing service in Los Angeles is provided by a company that is largely unknown despite its ubiquity. The French-based company has been providing the underlying hardware and software needed for car-sharing services since 2006. Vulog might have a low profile, but it’s hardly a startup.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the first “public cloud” offering third-party data storage and compute services, launched in March 2006, and by 2012, there were multiple credible competitors. The hype was strong.

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JULY 1, 2013

The companies said that Thoma Bravo will provide Intuit Financial Serviecs with both leadershpi and resources to scale the company; the private equity firm said that deal fits its strategy of acquiring "great technology franchises with significant recurring revenue." Intuit had acquired Digital Insight back in 2006, for $1.35

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JULY 16, 2012

Holly had helped to shape the center--funded by Sequoia Capital venture capitalist and USC alum Mark Stevens--helping to strengthen the school's link to the local technology industry, and help spin off technology from the university. Holly took the reins at USC Stevens in 2006, shortly after the center was funded.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Alcatel-Lucent said its DMS unit develops technology for the areas of advance television, new media, digital advertising, retailing services, and health. Alcatel-Lucent''s Digital Multimedia Solutions business came out of the 2006 acquisition of an Israeli startup called Mobilitec, which was estimated to be worth $75M at the time.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

24/7, which is part of WPP, said it will incorporate Panache's digital video ad technology and formats into its Open AdStream platform. The firm was founded in 2006. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Evolve Media said that it originally acquired SheKnows.com in 2006, when it was a five person company with 600,000 unique visitors per month. Evolve Media said the proceeds for the sale will go into acquiring new websites, and investment in technology.

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MARCH 5, 2012

Nasty Gal is led by Sophia Amoruso, who started the company selling vintage clothing on eBay in 2006; the company says its now had over $28M in revenues in 2011, with revenues increasing around 500 percent each year. The firm said the funds will go towards technology, operations, creative curation, and editorial design.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2018

In March 2006, Amazon launched Simple Storage Service (S3). The first generation of cloud storage products—as represented by Amazon S3, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure—made the best of disk technology as it existed a decade ago. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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JUNE 12, 2013

Shah has been at the firm since 2006. Shah sits on the boards of Zyga Technology, Benvenue Medical, Cotera, Miramar Labs, Sequent Medical, and Twelve (Foundry Newco VII). San Diego-based biotech investment firm Domain Associates announced this morning that it has promoted Nimesh Shah to Partner at the firm.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Superconductor Technologies, and Coopers & Lybrand. The firm said that McDermut replaces Rich Yonker, who had been CFO since 2006. McDermut was previously at financial advisory firm Avant Advisory Group, and has also served at Iris International Inc., Reason for the CFO switch was not announced by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

All of us are struggling to keep up in this age of technological acceleration, where we learn every day that we can’t trust links in our email, marketing guarantees, or phone requests from people we don’t know. I’m sure that all of you recognize that the technology available for marketing has changed.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

Among interesting tidbits from Dow Jones, the company highlighted the drastic drop in interest in clean technology and energy companies; the group said that investments in energy and utilities saw its worst year since 2006 in terms of both deals and capital raised. For the year, Dow Jones totaled $29.7 billion in 2011.

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MARCH 23, 2011

The sale this morning of El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies was a big win for San Diego investment firm TVC Capital. TVC invested $4M in Accordent in 2006--the only investment round the firm raised over its lifetime. TVC was the sold institutional investor in Accordent, which sold to Polycom for $50M.

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APRIL 1, 2013

Bolt was most recently at Avamar Technologies, where he was CTO of the firm before its acquisition by EMC in 2006. The firm's software works with virtualized servers to optimize access to storage to eliminate bottlenecks. The firm is led by Rory Bolt. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mojix , a developer of RFID technology, said today that it has promoted Dr. Christopher R. Jones as its new Chief Technology Officer. Jones also served at Broadcom. Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital. READ MORE>>.

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