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Gevo, With Ties To Caltech and UCLA, Files For IPO

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Gevo , a startup which is developing renewable chemicals and biofuels technology, has filed for an IPO, according to an S-1 filing by the firm Thursday afternoon. Gevo--which is now based in Englewood, Colorado--was started in Pasadena, and has licensed technology from both the University of California, Los Angeles, and Caltech.

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Reflections on 2020: Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital

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Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Thin Line Capital successfully reached the final close of its first fund. It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment?

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Interview with Dave Eastman, Viterbi Startup Garage

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The NSF determined eight to ten years ago that the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants they were funding to academic teams, to commercialize technology, they were losing, because not many academics had the background to understand how to go out and source customers, and did not know how to run a startup.

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REACH Connected Future | Cleantech Recap

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It’s almost been a work week since Techzulu and Gadget Review’s REACH | The Connected Future and we’re still reeling with excitement. Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Technology Drives Carbon Reduction. Cleantech, a Misnomer.

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Interview with Mike Gammarino, Students4Startups

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Despite the excitement and lure of startups to those in the tech industry, not everyone wants to join a startup after college--according to Mike Gammarino , who is helping to organize a new effort here to recruit students to startups. Mike Gammarino: I'm an entrepreneur who has been working in technology since I graduated.

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

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No one has ever been able to execute on that from a technology standpoint before. We are a technology company, not an ad agency, and we are really just a bunch of nerds who believe we can turn this thing upside down, and let people try those apps out before downloading. The basic premise, is try before you buy. I was a sponge.

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