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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Kurion said the grant, for one billion Japanese Yen, will go towards demonstrating the company''s tritium removal technology for possible deployment at the Fukushima nuclear power site. Kurion has been deeply involved in the cleanup at Fukushima since 2011, immediately following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated that power plant.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2017

StartEngine's site lets investors browse investment opportunities for a wide range of companies, with background on the founders of those companies, their products and technology, as well as tools to manage the actual equity crowdfunding efforts. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. venture capital exits in. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch. We have no idea.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

OpenX develops online ad serving software, used by web publishers to serve up advertising on their web sites; the firm also offers up a real-time bidding exchange, OpenX Market, used by advertisers and publishers for deciding what advertising to serve up to consumers.

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OpenX Advertising Pasadena Web 178

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

But before you jump on the bandwagon, you should consider the advice I saw recently from the maven of venture capital, William H. Being thinly capitalized doesn’t necessarily mean you need a big cash infusion. Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” Is the money going to be enough?

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Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2013

This traveling player can allow direct digital rentals from any blog, Facebook page, Twitter profile or other online site. Their baked in marketing technology helps producers determine the best distribution system by matching genres with online viewers demographics across 4,000 affiliate sites. The company has been funded for $3.1M

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Platform Netflix Hulu Content 69

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

We spoke with Christopher Webb, the firm's CEO, to hear about how ChowNow's goal is to make mobile, social orders something any restaurant can afford and implement--and how a new $3M funding round from GRP Partners, Double M Capital, Daher Capital, Karlin Ventures, and Velos Partners is helping it to deliver on its mission.

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Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

However, the founder recognized back in early 2011 that they wanted to take the platform to another level, and get DreamHosting in front of a much bigger audience, worldwide. I was hired back in the middle of 2011, and have now been ceo for about two and a half years. It''s really a combination of the two. Simon Anderson: It is.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. Next I might steal this. Thanks, guys. We didn’t want this section to be our recommendations but those of our portfolio. Right now it’s a bit light but I’m sure it will fill up.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Florists receive their orders through these other sites, but the problem is, there''s no profit. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011. Concurrently with our product launch, we announced our seed round from Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Chicago Ventures, CrunchFund and MuckerLab. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

.” The new mansion will reportedly be inhabited mostly by Tyler, who will use it as his home base while launching West Coast operations of the brothers’ new NYC-based venture capital firm , Winklevoss Capital. 2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. SIGN UP for CrunchDaily. Gift Guide.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

IndieGoGo and other crowdfunding sites have been on the rise on becoming the new medium to gain capital for businesses and projects. One of the hardest times we had was getting access to capital. What IndieGoGo allowed us to do was start a campaign on October 2011 and we had a goal set at $10,000.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

million in Series A financing from Sherpa Capital along with three other funds. Hyperloop One set up a development site in the desert outside of North Las Vegas Nevada where the company conducted a series of tests, this included establishing the Apex Test and Safety site and conducting a live Propulsion System Open Air Test.

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SpaceX Design Technology Competition 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. By using SteelHouse, ecommerce sites can use live data to instantly respond to a customer’s wants and needs for stronger transaction values, increased conversion rates, and an overall better customer experience. Today’s startup innovators come from about six hours south of Silicon Valley.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

So I did an internship in digital media space and then worked at Global Grind, a content media Hip Hop site, after graduation. Andrea: At May Company, they sold me on the buying career path by saying it was like owning your own business without having to raise start-up capital. Kyle: How did you get started in the entrepreneur world?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

LoveIt is a site for individuals and groups to discover, collect, organize and share images they love in public or private collections. We did some informal research toward the end of 2011 when the “pinning” phenomenon emerged because we found it very interesting. We’ve secured $6M in Series A funding from Juvo Capital and PG Ventures.

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Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. andi also lets users share text, photos, videos, live panels, and soon even comprehensive queues consitsting of offline and online content in all of your popular social sites including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. Derek Wooden. County: 0.9%.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” The site features running commentary and visual diagrams on the idiosyncrasies of fatherhood, parenting missteps and his own adjustment to having children.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap.

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Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

20 Recommended Quora Threads for Startups - ReadWriteStart , November 1, 2010 The Q&A site Quora has become an indispensable trove of knowledge and expertise when it comes to the tech industry. Ask a question and get an answer - that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. If nothing changes, when will you run out of money?

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

in terms of time spent on the sites. Close shop to try and control monetization and you can only rely on your own internal innovation machine & capital. Ask Microsoft, Autodesk or Salesforce.com – the evidence was there from Seattle to Sand Hill Road. Facebook went on become larger than even Google and Yahoo!

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318