socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Elevance Renewable Sciences , the producer of specialty, renewable chemicals based on research licensed from Pasadena-based Materia , has pulled its IPO. Elevance just announced a $104M venture capital round in July, a Series E round which came from Lacustrine Limited via Genting Genomics Limited, and Total Energy Ventures International.

CalTech 133

CalTech Technical Review Pasadena Research 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Pasadena-based FastSoft , a developer of Internet acceleration appliances based on research out of Caltech, has raised $950K in a debt funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. FastSoft develops appliances used to accelerate Internet transfers, which the firm says increases throughput by 2 to 5 times.

CalTech 140

CalTech Miramar IP Pasadena 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We have every major research university in Southern California in the Alliance now, and that was extremely hard to do. There's not much of a track record of universities and research institutions working together. As you know, Silicon Valley has a locker grip on the venture capital community.

Southern California 170

Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light. Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital. Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment.

Westlake Village 73

Westlake Village Los Angeles Angel Venture Capital 73

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. It was technology developed by Panasonic in the mid 70's. How did Contour Energy spin out of Caltech? CFX stands for Carbon, Flourine, and X is the ratio between the two.

CalTech 168

CalTech Technical Review Azusa Venture Capital 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , the developer of battery technology based on research from Caltech, announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. Other investors in the round included CMEA Capital, Harris & Harris, Schlumberger and U.S. as a new investor in the round.

Azusa 133

Azusa CalTech Research Capital 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Bolingbrook, Illinois-based Elevance Renewable Sciences , a developer of ingredients for use in personal care products, detergents, lubricants and other specialty chemicals and fuel markets, based on renewable feedstock, has raised $100M in funding, the firm said Tuesday. Materia, TPG, and Cargill were the original investors in Elevance.

CalTech 145

CalTech Pasadena Research Funding 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Culver City-based Sofie Biosciences , a firm developing agents and devices for molecular imaging, said today that it has raised $2M in funding. The round came from Cycad Group and other investors. Sofie Biosciences technology is being applied to new imaging agents for PET. READ MORE>>.

Culver City 145

Culver City UCLA CalTech Research 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Monrovia-based Ondax , a developer of optical filters and laser sources based on research out of the California Institute of Technology, has raised $2M in a Series E investment. According to the Pasadena Angels, one of the investors in the firm, the round also included the Tech Coast Angels and un-named venture capital firms.

Tech Coast Angels 159

Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Pasadena Monrovia 159

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Go research it. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They might be as hard as raising VC.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. READ MORE>>.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

It's been a good summer for Laguna Beach-based venture capital firm Okapi Ventures (www.okapivc.com), which recently saw its first portfolio firm exit last month in Carlsbad-based Helixis , which was acquired by Illumina for $105M. which have lots of interest, government dollars, and smart minds researching products around them.

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. During our past two years, we created our first product, which are Carbon on Silicon wafers.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups. Mike Swords – Executive Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Global Partnerships, UCLA. In simple terms, developing state of the art materials costs a lot of money.

UCLA 99

UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2011

Elevance Renewable Sciences is developing processes to take plant-based oils and turn them into specialty chemicals. The firm's technology is based on research originally created at the California Institute of Technology. Elevance spun out of Materia in March of 2008, and had previously raised at least $140M in funding.

Pasadena 153

Pasadena Research Funding Technology 153

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Gianelle Veis , manager of prize development at X PRIZE Foundation. Neuroscientist at Caltech, UCLA’s Department of Neurosurgery, and NYUMoran is interested in attention, emotions regulations, and dreams. Director of Business Development, WellnessFXZak is fascinated by the cross section of technology, experience design and health.

Technical Advisors 89

Technical Advisors Design Education Study 89

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. Finally we get to: Peter Coffee , Director of Platform Research, Salesforce.com His premise is that we should be beyond having to buy servers, software, or any other infrastructure.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. Venture capital. Developers. While real estate and tourism continue to be strong economic drivers, there is also a thriving business climate developing life-changing technologies. Skip to secondary content.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57