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OCTOBER 28, 2018

Saturday, November 3, 2018 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Venturing to Mars. The US Government is preparing for manned missions to Mars but private companies like SpaceX may well get there first. Mars entrepreneurship has entered its lift off phase. Elon Musk declared that SpaceX will put one million people on Mars.

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MARCH 19, 2017

Saturday, March 25, 2017 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Funding. The Snapchat Effect: How the company’s mega IPO may enhance the odds of your startup getting funded. Will we witness more venture funding and increased company valuations in the region?

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CalTech Entrepreneur Funding Snapchat 100

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JANUARY 20, 2017

Larry Gilbert , the founder of the technology transfer program at Caltech , passed away in November in Florida, Caltech said this week, with a tribute to Gilbert's efforts at the school. Gilbert was the "founding father of technology transfer" at Caltech, according to the school, forming the Office of Technology Transfer in 1995.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Saturday, January 21, 2017 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Aerospace. Our Southern California Aerospace landscape has been revitalized.

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MAY 31, 2016

Pasadena-based Caltech has sued both Apple Computer and Broadcom over their use of technology used in Wi-Fi networking. The patents owned by Caltech are U.S. Caltech is specificdally suing the three companies over use of IRA/LDPC encoders, which are related to the implementation of 802.11n networking and parity checks.

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CalTech Patents Pasadena Networking 100

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

According to Caltech, Narendra K. Gupta's firm is based in Menlo Park, and primarily invests in companies serving India and the global markets. Gupta is also on the board of TIBCO Software and Red Hat, among other companies. Gupta also previously was co-founder of Integrated Systems, which he took public in 1990. READ MORE>>.

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CalTech Pasadena Invest Software 145

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Los Angeles-based biotechnology company Appia Bio said this morning that it has named Robert S. who is president emeritus and distinguished professor of biology, Caltech; Pin Wang, Ph.D., who is president emeritus and distinguished professor of biology, Caltech; Pin Wang, Ph.D., Negrin, M.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

According to the newly created venture capital firm, it will focus on early revenue startups, focused on companies across both the consumer and enterprise sectors. The firm's founders have previously made investments in such companies as Chegg, Dollar Shave Club, Ring, ServiceMax, and SolarCity, according to the venture firm.

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Dollar Shave Club Invest CalTech Funding 173

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The company said that the investments were made as part of two different programs, the Illumina Accelerator Cambridge, UK, and the Illumina Accelerator San Francisco Bay Area. Companies which received funding were BIXBIO LIMITED (genomics in South Africa); EpiCombi.AI Limited (AI technology focused on cancer); Genegoggle Sp.

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Startup CalTech San Diego Invest 203

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, February 2, at Caltech. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

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JULY 14, 2021

San Diego-based PowerFlex, a provider of solar, storage, smart EV charging, microgrids, and energy management which originally started at Caltech--and is now owned by EDF Renewables--has installed a big solar plus storage project in San Diego.

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San Diego CalTech Research Company 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Thousand Oaks-based Dantari has raised $47M in its Series A funding, saying that it has launched a new, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancers and other diseases. Dantari has appointed Richard A. Markus, M.D., a co-founding managing director at Westlake. Markus, M.D.,

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Westlake Village Thousand Oaks CalTech Funding 100

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JUNE 28, 2018

The startup's CEO is Debajyoti Ray, former CTO of End Cue and Caltech AI Ph.D.; the team also includes Sadaf Amouzegar (SpaceX, Caltech) and Nathan Crockett (astrophysicist from the University of Michigan and postdoc, Caltech). READ MORE>>.

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Hollywood Artificial Inteligence CalTech Tool 113

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AUGUST 26, 2019

We spoke with Thomas on how the company's technology was spun out of Caltech, and why the startup believes the solar cell industry needs its technology. Thomas Russell: We're a spinout of Caltech, out of the labs of Professor Harry Atwater. While I was working at Caltech we invented this technology. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012 -- Creating Successful Companies Through Incubation. Caltech/MIT In todays economic environment early stage companies need to optimize their resources, and can benefit from assistance in building their organizations into growing and successful businesses. See [link] (more)

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JULY 7, 2017

Andreas Jurgeit from Merck Ventures and Dr. Darren Cai from Legend Capital will join the company's board with the funding. Indi Molecular was founded by Leroy Hood (Institute of Systems Biology, Seattle), James Heath (Caltech) and Al Luderer, to commercialize the PCC technology developed by Heath at Caltech.

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Culver City CalTech Research Tool 124

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

According to the company, it has closed on $113M of that funding, with another $20M committed in the round. The company says its artificial intelligence software "human-like reasoning to solve problems, much like how humans form conclusions using inference and logic." The funding was led by Group 42 and bp ventures.

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Artificial Inteligence CalTech Software Los Angeles 113

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MAY 11, 2021

The company said its technology was originally developed in the laboratory of Lili Yang, PhD, associate professor at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The company said the proceeds from the funding will go to support advancement of its therapy candidates.

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CalTech UCLA Los Angeles Funding 113

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MARCH 9, 2015

Pasadena-based SlipChip , a Caltech spinoff developing microfluidics technology, has raised $26.5M as part of an ongoing, $30M funding raising effort, according to a filing from the company. Photo: Caltech, demonstration of technology licensed by SlipChip by the school. The filing says six investors participated in the round.

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JUNE 26, 2013

One of those areas is Pasadena, home to Idealab, Caltech, and a large number of technology companies, big and small. materia caltech idealab group economic startup pasadena innovate' The new group is launching at a private event Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Idealab CalTech Santa Monica 171

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JANUARY 27, 2017

The company's founders are professor George Djorgovski, the founding director of Caltech's Center for Data-Driven Discovery; Michael Amori (former Deutsche Bank managing director); Dr. Ciro Donalek, computational scientist at Caltech; and Dr. Scott Davidoff, manager of the Human Interfaces Group at NASA's JPL.

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Artificial Inteligence CalTech Seed Funding Startup 100

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APRIL 29, 2021

Thousand Oaks-based Capsida Biotherapeutics, a new biotechnology company focused on using adeno-associated virus (AAV) engineering and cargo development platform to develop tissue-targeted gene therapies for multiple types of diseases, has uncloaked from stealth mode, saying it has raised $140M in total capital.

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Westlake Village Thousand Oaks Funding CalTech 113

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MARCH 14, 2014

Details on the funding have yet to be announced by the company. Materia develops Nobel prize winning technology for the production of small, medium, and large molecules, called metathesis, which was developed at Caltech. Materia''s technology was developed by Caltech Nobel Prize winner Robert H.

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CalTech Pasadena Venture Capital Capital 178

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

In addition to the strategic consulting services deal, the companies said The Carnrite Group will receive IP licensing rights to Beyond Limits' cutting-edge Cognitive AI technology. The company announced a big, $133M Series C funding at the end of September, from Group 42 and bp ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Artificial Inteligence Funding CalTech IP 113

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OCTOBER 5, 2008

Saturday, October 11, 2008 -- "Successful Companies Through Incubation: SoCal Incubators Serve the High Tech Industry" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. The Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum on October 11 will feature some of the award-winning business incubators supporting the high tech industry in Greater Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

The CalTech Enterprise Forum presents Renewable Energy & The Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur this Saturday May 7th. They will examine opportunities and strategies being pursued by early stage start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, and discuss remaining gaps and challenges to achieve the full vision of the smarter grid.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. Gordon Binder, Venture Capital investor, former Chairman and CEO of Amgen, and Trustee Emeritus of both Caltech and MIT, leads the November Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum program, "Entrepreneurs in a Biotech Age." Saturday, November 12, 2016 -- Entrepreneurs in a Biotech Moment.

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Entrepreneur CalTech Southern California Startup 100

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JULY 14, 2020

The company says its technology efficiently powers devices over-the-air at distances of three feet and beyond using proprietary 24GHZ "smart RF lensing" technology it developed.

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Develop Development CalTech Pasadena 113

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JUNE 5, 2019

Clarity Partners, based in Beverly Hills, invests in communications, media, and related technology companies. The company's investments have included such companies as CaseStack, Oxygen Media, MetroPCS, ImpreMedia, and many others.

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Beverly Hills Southern California CalTech Equity 124

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. The group includes a number of experienced CEOs with experience raising venture capital as well as bringing companies to an IPO or exit.

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Research Tech Coast Angels Company Companies 164

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APRIL 21, 2011

Impinj , a developer of RFID chips which has satellite engineering office in Rancho Cordova and Newport Beach, and which was founded by a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) professor, has filed for an IPO. Morgan, Needham & Company , Pacific Crest Securities , and Raymond James. READ MORE>>.

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CalTech Orange County Venture Capital Capital 165

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Sharp most recently led BP Ventures/Americas investment in Beyond Limits in 2017, leading the company's $25M Series B funding round and joining its board. Sharp had been at BP's venture arm for the last nine years; the company said Sharp helped BP's investment portfolio of over $600 million with investments into more than 50 companies.

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Artificial Inteligence Venture Capital Glendale CalTech 100

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FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. Our February Forum will address these questions and others with a panel of researchers, industry experts and entrepreneurs building companies in the quantum space.See [link] (more) Saturday, February 23, 2019 -- Quantum Computing: From Physics Lab to Applications.

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MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition.

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Draper CalTech Southern California Education 191

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NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008 -- "Building a Virtually Integrated Life Sciences Company" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. How, and when, does the fledgling company develop relationships with other companies with complementary strengths? Which relationships are advantageous and which are potentially dangerous?

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Enterprise Forum Company Companies CalTech 100

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MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more.

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