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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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JANUARY 19, 2011

Gevo , the biofuels startup spawned out of technology from the University of California, Los Angeles and Caltech, has set an offering range for its IPO. The firm's technology is based on research form UCLA focused on producing next-generation biofuels through genetically modified Escherichia coli (E. and $15.00 READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Azusa-based CFX Battery , the stealthy Caltech battery spinoff, said today that it has renamed itself Contour Energy , and emerged out of stealth mode. Tags: battery contour energy stealth mode advanced materials caltech chemistry. The firm--fresh off $14.2M The firm--fresh off $14.2M READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , the Caltech battery technology startup headed by Joe Fisher, said today that it has been awarded a new, U.S. Rachid Yazami and Andre Hamwi are the inventors on the patent; Yazami is a researcher at Caltech, and Hamwi is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

The firm said that Lupo, a 25-year vet of the industry, will drive strategic growth in aerospace, defense, medical and other niche primary-battery markets. Contour Energy is developing Flourine-based battery technology originally developed at Caltech and CNRS, the French National Center for Scientific Research. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. to 9:30 p.m.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , the venture-backed battery developer spun out of research from Caltech, said today that it has added two new lithium batteries to its line of coin cells. Contour said the cells are designed for OEM applications in the medical, consumer, automotive, and military markets.

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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 is headed by Michael Giardello. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 6, 2010

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. The global cloud computing market is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 28 percent from $47 billion in 2008 to $126 billion by 2012, according to IBM based on various market estimates. Keynote Speaker: Peter Coffee, Director of Platform Research,Salesforce.com.

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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. Joe Fisher: The reason we're changing our name, is our original name, CFX Battery, was descriptive of our first technology coming to market.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

We've initially focused on university-based research groups, and as we've gotten up and running, we've found that there's no need to limit it to just universities. If an existing company is not interested in licensing, and a researcher is not an entrepreneurial spirit, those projects go no where. Where is this talent coming from?

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AUGUST 4, 2010

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. It came out of a lab at Caltech, operated by Axel Scherer. Last week, Pasadena-based Rockoco announced that it had raised $1.5M

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008 -- "Building a Virtually Integrated Life Sciences Company" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. The traditional business model dominating the pharmaceutical industry for over 100 years is rapidly eroding under new drivers for innovation and increasing financial pressures.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Financial impact of the new joint development and marketing agreement were not disclosed. Materia's technology--olefin metathesis catalyst technology--is based on Nobel Prize winning research from Caltech. READ MORE>>

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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. So explain where you are now with the taking your technology to market?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. He then went on to teach Computer Science at Cornell, Caltech, and University of Pennsylvania. Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973. Then they consider if it is a big enough market. The Biggest Deal That Got Away?

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AUGUST 24, 2010

We were literally on the cusp of launching our prpoduct, and all of our work and money to date had gone into getting the innovative technology out of Caltech, exploring the marketplace, and making sure the product features matched with the demand of the market, which it clearly did. Is there a market?

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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. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2013

Lumbard of CalTech. The first step is to pick one idea (idea people find it hard to focus on only one), and go to work along the following lines: Do some specific market research. Don’t be surprised if your base idea changes considerably as you learn more about the market, technology, and the sales process.

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APRIL 13, 2021

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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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2012

Lumbard of CalTech. The first step is to pick one idea (that seems to be the hard part for idea people), and go to work along the following lines: Do some specific market research. Don’t be surprised if your base idea changes considerably as you learn more about the market, technology, and the sales process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2011

Lumbard of CalTech. The first step is to pick one idea (that seems to be the hard part for idea people), and go to work along the following lines: Do some specific market research. Don’t be surprised if your base idea changes considerably as you learn more about the market, technology, and the sales process.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Summary Startup 104

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Go research it. You cannot be just a biz dev type, salesperson, marketing genius or whatever and divorce yourself from product. Market validation – This one is optional but important. At an angel round you can get away with no market validation. If you don’t know what wireframes are you should.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. 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. Stamps.com - two back-ends - mainline service vs. marketing site. Server and client in Java.

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