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MARCH 23, 2021

Indeed, two of the best funded companies in the lab-grown meat market hail from The Netherlands, where Mosa Meat is being challenged by a newer upstart, Meatable , which just announced $47 million in new financing. Meatable has a long road ahead of it, because, as Gates acknowledged in his interview with MIT Technology Review (ed.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

in a seed funding round. The funding came from Allergan Aethetics and Fortunis Capital. According to the company, the new funding will go to advance development of its therapeutic solution to cure hair loss. The funding from Fortunis Capital came out of its Impact Fund. as Chief Technology Officer.

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JULY 27, 2016

The The Stage Fund , a investment and acquisition firm focused on acquiring turnaround companies, has tapped a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, Dan Tamkin , as a new Managing Partner in Los Angeles. According to the fund, Tamkin will be setting up a West Coast office for the fund, which is based in Denver, Colorado.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Size of the new funding round was not announced. As part of the funding, the company has named Michael Housman as Chief Technology Officer and promoted Eric Werab to Chief Revenue Officer. Housman was most recently Chief Data Science Officer at RappportBoost.ai. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

Winner previously served at such companies at Twitter, Stripe, and also was Chief Technology Officer for Marcus, Goldman Sachs' Consumer Business. He has been at Happy Money since early 2020, recently serving as Chief Operating Officer.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Los Angeles-based startup Emotive, which develops conversational text messaging software, said this morning that it has raised $50M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by CRV, and also included Mucker Capital, TenOneTen Ventures, plus new investors, Stripes and Vulcan Capital.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in online marketing (like the Dollar Shave Club commercial that launched what became a billion dollar acquisition ) think that its time to take technology where it’s never gone before — into targeted, direct mail campaigns using the best ad-targeting that money can buy.

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MARCH 19, 2019

The company said it has named Joseph Drambarean as Chief Technology Officer and Dave McCutcheon as Vice President Sales. said that both will join the company at a new office in Del Mar Heights. said that both will join the company at a new office in Del Mar Heights. Drambarean was previously at Capital One.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Pasadena-based Miso Robotics , the robot developer which is developing robots for assisting in commercial kitchens, has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. Miso Robotics is best known for its robot, "Flippy", which has taken over flipping burgers at one of CaliBurger's locations, in Pasadena.

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JULY 5, 2018

San Diego-based technology incubator EvoNexus , which has locations in both San Diego and Irvine, has named six new members of its board of directors, the group said this week. Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Xilinx to its board. EvoNexus says its portfolio companies have now raised over $1.4

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. Hardware makers have invested billions to improve the technology, and they’d like that money to not go to waste.

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JULY 16, 2018

The company also said Scott Sorenson will serve as Interim Chief Operations Officer; Sorenson was most recently Chief Technology Officer at the company, having previously been at Ancestry. Human Longevity--which had been headed by genomics pioneer J.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Irvine-based Adaptive Medias , the developer of programmatic advertising technology which acquired StartEngine''s Ember back in December, said Thursday that it has named Bryan Nguyen as its Chief Technology Officer. Ventures, Audioo, BetterPPC, and others, and also is an investor in a number of local venture funds.

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MAY 17, 2013

In some what-did-our-spam filter eat-recently funding news, Santa Monica-based Privlo recently raised $2.1M in a seed funding round, for its online marketplace for private mortgage loans. Privlo, which was founded by Michael Slavin, said the new funding came from QED Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Williams was most recently at TrueCar, where LootCrate said he created the unified data platform and technology strategy behind the company. Williams also has served at Preventsys, where he was Chief Technology Officer and co-founder. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. This is not a new model, and it makes no sense,” says Narasin.

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JULY 16, 2013

San Diego-based CyberFlow Analytics has raised $2M in a seed round of funding, to go towards its software for protecting corporate IP from corporate espionage and malware. The firm said the seed round of funding came from Toshiba America Electronics Components. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2013

San Diego-based green technology firm Sapphire Energy , which is developing algae-to-crude oil production technology, has named Dr. Matthew Croughan as its new Chief Technology Officer. Sapphire has raised more than $300M in funding from such investors as Arrowpoint Partners and Monsanto.

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JULY 23, 2015

Los Angeles-based Prevoty said this morning that it has named Roger Thornton, the Chief Technology Officer at Alienvault, to its board of directors. Thornton is also the founder of Fortify Software, which he sold to HP in 2010. Prevoty develops runtime application security software. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. Relativity Space chief technology officer Jordan Noone next to one of the company’s 3-D printers. space industry. ” .

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology firm headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, looks like it may just be the next Southern California company to file for an IPO, based on a number of executive appointments made Tuesday.

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JUNE 22, 2011

Pasadena-based OnGreen , the clean technology, funding marketplace headed by Nikhil Jain, said this week that it has named Mark Richards as its Chief Technology Officer. OnGreen operates an online marketplace which allows companies to find investors for their clean technology projects and businesses.

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MARCH 8, 2012

in a funding round. The company is led by Jim Gilliam, who was previously co-founder of Brave New Films, and was also Chief Technology Officer at Business.com. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based Campus Steps , a new startup aimed at college counseling, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a funding round. The funding included $2M in a strategic investment and $1M in a venture commitment, according to the company. Names of those investors were not announced.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Venice-based CitizenGlobal , a startup working on crowd-sourced video content, has landed the inventor of the web wiki as Chief Technology Officer. in a stealth funding last August. The news was first uncovered by The Oregonian , a Portland paper, which noticed Cunningham had departed AboutUs, a Portland wiki firm.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2020

million in funding from a clutch of high-quality firms and individual investors, led by the Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures with participation from Advancit Capital and angel investors Jarl Mohn, president emeritus at NPR and former Riot Games board member; Dan Dinh, founder of TSM; and William Hockey, founder of Plaid. .

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JUNE 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Worlize , the user-generated social gaming firm headed by Brian McKelvey, has added a new Chief Technology Officer, the firm is announcing tomorrow. Sansoy also has served as Vice President of Interactive Entertainment Technology at Game Show Network (GSN). READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2010

MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe, Colin Digiaro, and Aber Whitcomb are taking the reins at a casual and social gaming venture called MindJolt, which announced its funding Wednesday. The new firm, based out of San Francisco, is being funded by Austin Ventures. The new firm will be headed by former MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

I have been through many months with them but because of lack of funds, I spent lot of time doing non-technical work for first 4-5 months, spending time with them on putting pitches for investors, cash flows, budgets, writing business plans, product prototype setups etc. What happens when this round of funding begins to dry up?

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JUNE 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace Music announced this morning that it has hired Dmitry Shapiro , who founded Veoh, as its new Chief Technology Officer. Shapiro had raised over $70M in funding for Veoh, until legal battles and the economy sunk the online video sharing site. Shapiro also served as founder of Akonix Systems.

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MAY 19, 2011

Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. The firm also announced a number of other employee promotions and additions, saying it is continuing its "strong growth".

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MAY 19, 2011

Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. The firm also announced a number of other employee promotions and additions, saying it is continuing its "strong growth".

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JANUARY 18, 2011

I have been through many months with them but because of lack of funds, I spent lot of time doing non-technical work for first 4-5 months, spending time with them on putting pitches for investors, cash flows, budgets, writing business plans, product prototype setups etc. What happens when this round of funding begins to dry up?

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JUNE 28, 2010

According to Inphi, Tse joins the company from Intremag Systems, where he was Chief Technology Officer. The firm is venture backed by Walden International, Tallwood, Mayfield Fund, and Samsung Electronics. High speed semiconductor firm Inphi Corp. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

De Luca was most recently the company's Chief Technology Officer, and had previously served as Vice President and Chief Information Executive at Yahoo! Los Angeles-based MyShape , which develops a personalized shopping site for women's apparel, said today that it has named Mercedes De Luca as CEO of the firm. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2009

Nirvanix described Russell as a longtime technology executive with more than 20 years of hands-on experience. Nirvanix said Russell hails from NextEngine, where he was vice president of technology. Before that, Nirvanix noted, he was chief technology officer and a general manager for DivX Inc. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Small Business Administration as a Growth Accelerator Fund Competition winner. The mystartupXX accelerator is focused on providing mentorship, education, and funding to female-led technology-based startups at UC San Diego. We were one of 68 winners announced Aug. 31 in the nationwide contest.

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