socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2014

If it seems strange to find the inventor of Bitcoin living in the San Gabriel Valley, it''s actually not all that surprising given the area is home to one of the most prominent research universities in the United States, The California Institute of Technology ; NASA''s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; and the original Internet incubator, Idealab.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, February 2, at Caltech. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Their focus is green technology. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The City of Los Angeles said this morning that it will be officially launching its Cleantech Incubator tomorrow, as it attempts to create a cluster of clean technology companies downtown. According to Mayor Villaraigosa, the effort is to help develop new businesses and create jobs in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

With lead investors like Fika Ventures and Fathom Capital, and co-investors, including Toyota AI Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Riot.vc, Osage University Partners and Stage Venture Partners, Elementary Robotics is readying itself for commercial pilots with a few undisclosed customers as it proves out its technology.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Physicists invent the technology. Electrical engineers design and make the hardware. The bankers take care of the piles of money the entrepreneurs, angels and venture capitalists make on bringing the technology to the health care marketplace. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Cisco has agreed to pay $660 million for Luxtera, a Caltech spinout that makes optical chips for data centers. The semiconductor company, founded in 2001, is based in Carlsbad, CA, a San Diego suburb. David Goeckeler, executive vice president and. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

The rover was designed, developed, and assembled at JPL, which is a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The successful landing adds to an already resurging space industry in Southern California, which has seen a big upswing in space-related technology in the past few years.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The magazine, which announced its 2010 Breakthrough Rewards today, recognized Armand Tanguay of the University of Southern California, Yu-Chong Tai of the California Insitute of Technology, and Robert J. The technology is apparently being applied to diagnose diseases such as malaria, screen for parasites, and other uses. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today. For example, Orange County with medical devices.

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Pasadena Orange County Idealab CalTech 100

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2010

Earlier this month, Azusa-based CFX Battery , a stealthy battery technology spinout from Caltech, announced it had raised a new round of funding worth $14.2M. This week, the firm announced that it was renaming itself Contour Energy (www.contourenergy.com)--and said it was ready to talk about what its battery technology is all about.

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CalTech Azusa Technical Review Venture Capital 168

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout developing Internet acceleration devices, disclosed earlier this week that it has rolled out a new product. FastSoft is venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners, Caltech, and angel investors. Pricing on the new product was not released. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 10, 2011

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Entrepreneurial opportunities exist in many spaces, including extended range electric vehicles, charging technologies, Smart Grid interfaces, first mile/last-mile vehicles (electric bikes, scooters, or shared transportation) and software to manage the devices at home and on the road.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Winter. Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2009

Pasadena-based Protabit , a brand new startup based on research from Caltech, and chemical giant Monsanto disclosed this morning that the two firms have entered into a two-year collaboration, to develop new tools for protein design and optimization.

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CalTech Startup Pasadena Tool 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2010

in funding from the Pasadena Angels, for its technology which applies semiconductor processing to diamonds to create more brilliant and super-polished stones. It turns out that the firm--a spinout of Caltech--came out of the exact same lab as Helixis, the molecular diagnostics firm acquired for a healthy $105M by Illumina last week.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

LA Cleantech Incubator , officially launched last week, and was created by Los Angeles Cleantech Alliance, a group supported by Mayor's Office, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Community Redevelopment Agency for Los Angeles, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA, USC, CalTech, and Arts Center College of Design.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We talked with Eli Aizenstat , the founder and CEO of Beatshare�and still a student--as well as President and longtime technology vet Barry Lieberman about the startup. Before that, I was at a multimedia design academy in high school. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience.

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Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology ( CalTech ) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Summer. Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. Their focus is green technology. If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. We're looking for inventors interested in commercializing and spinning out their technology into a company. Thanks for the time today.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Truecar 376

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. An innovator in technology, especially monetization. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. We're trying to build a center-of-mass on the East side, to draw talented developers and designers, to recruit more effectively, and reinvest in the local ecosystem. How did you and Charlotte get into software?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. Their focus is green technology. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Bushnell is currently co-founder and chief game designer for Anti-Aging Games. Neuroscientist at Caltech, UCLA’s Department of Neurosurgery, and NYUMoran is interested in attention, emotions regulations, and dreams. He make others see technology as magic. and the Chuck E Cheese’s Pizza-Time Theater chain. 10:15am: MIND.

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Technical Advisors Design Education Study 89

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

It's a diverse group, both entertainment and technology. I was friends with two kids from Caltech, and I had brought an idea to them--which ended up totally different from what we ended up doing--and we decided to start a business together. How did you find those investors? We thought we could build some really cool stuff.

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Media Education Startup Google 267

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

For Friday''s interview, we spoke with Terry Kay ithe new Chairman of the Pasadena Angels (www.pasadenaangels.com) on the group, and its relevance in the technology funding world today. First off, for those not familiar with the Pasadena Angels, talk about the group?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Social Networks: Past, Present & Future.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform. StructuredBlogging.org is an initiative to create blogging tool plugins which support not only microformats, but other technologies that will provide a comprehensive set of standards for producing microcontent.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. While real estate and tourism continue to be strong economic drivers, there is also a thriving business climate developing life-changing technologies. Web Design Software. Shopping Cart Software. Footer Menu.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. His first “real&# business came in college where he designed audio speakers. He sold so many that after Caltech he decided to open a retail store.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Is the game over?

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