socalTECH
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 8, 2011
This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 17, 2012
World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
What they do, is accelerate that team or company to get them to the next level, and then go through and put in some investment money, help them build out the management team, and help with vendor relationships, help with overall strategy, and then help those companies riase their next round of capital. We actually are ideating internally.
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 25, 2013
The area between Santa Monica and Playa Vista, otherwise known as Silicon Beach, houses more than 35% of startups in Los Angeles. Compared to Silicon Valley, LA only has only about one-tenth of VC investments. LA brings forth a lot of talent from USC, UCLA, and Caltech. With Yahoo!,
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 17, 2010
We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so.
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 5, 2013
One of the hotter topics at the last Silicon Beach Fest (SBF) in Santa Monica was the exodus of homegrown tech talent. Another idea was to tap into the talent pool at CalTech, UCLA and USC early using accessible internship programs through a public-private partnership with the City. Some refer to it as “brain drain.”
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