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MARCH 18, 2014

Santa Monica-based online advertising attribution technology provider Convertro --which is led by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling--said today that it has added UCLA Anderson School professor Sanjog Misra as the chair of a new research committee for the company. Dr. Misra will work in an advisory role to the company.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Henrik Fisker , the automotive designer behind ill fated Fisker Automotive, said today that he is starting a new company , Fisker Inc. , Fisker's last company--Fisker Auotmotive--was sold out of bankruptcy to Wanxiang Group in 2014. to design a new electric vehicle.

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MARCH 17, 2017

founding director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), to its board of directors. Witte is already on the company's Scientific Advisory Board, where he had been chairman for the past eight years. Witte, M.D.,

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Verge Genomics , a biopharmaceuticals startup founded by scientists out of UCLA, said Tuesday that it has raised $4M in a seed financing round. The company's founders are Alice Zhang, a current 5th year MD/PhD candidate at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and Jason Chen, also a 5th year MD/PhD candidate at UCLA Geffen.

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MARCH 27, 2012

A startup, Sparefoot , headed by two former UCLA students who founded the company out of their experiences at the school, said today that it is offering up a $5,000 scholarship to students who use its service. Sparefoot is venture backed by Silverton Partners, FLOODGATE, and Capital Factory, and is located in Austin, Texas.

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Tech.Co

JULY 21, 2016

The UCLA Conference to Advance Women in Technology will take place on Friday, August 12, 2016 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm (w/Networking Reception 3:00 – 5:00 pm) at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion Club. If you would like to make an individual donation on behalf of yourself or company, please visit this page. Registration.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Los Angeles-based biotechnology company Appia Bio said this morning that it has named Robert S. associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics, UCLA. associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics, UCLA. Negrin, M.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 10, 2013

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 -- Startup UCLA Fireside Chat with Mich Mathews, former CMO and SVP of Microsoft. As the former CMO and SVP of Microsoft, Mich Mathews oversaw the company's global marketing function, spanning a diverse set of household brands including Windows, Office, Xbox and Bing.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2011

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 -- UCLA Electric Vehicle - Smart Grid (EV-SG) Living Lab Demo. On August 3, 2011, UCLA's Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC) and Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium (WINMEC) will be hosting its first EV-SG (Electric Vehicle in Smart Grid) Living Lab Demonstration.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Monday, December 15, 2008 -- UCLA MBA Intern Fair for VC / Portfolio / Small UCLA MBA Intern Fair for VC / Portfolio / Small Companies. Companies Registration Deadline. The goal of the fair on January 13th is to match companies with both paid and academic interns.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

The company said the funding was led by Fubon Financial Holding Co., Taiwan's largest financial services company. The company said the latest round gave it a $550M post-Series D valuation, and brings its total raised to $94.9M. The company currently has a factory in Chico.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A new startup accelerator, SCALE Aerospace Ventures, launched in Los Angeles on Tuesday, backed by UCLA and Starburst, the company that had backed the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator. Starburst said it was awarded a 2020 Venture Challenge grant of $1.4

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, October 27, at UCLA. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 7, 2009

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 -- UCLA MBA Intern Fair for VC / Portfolio / Small Companies. The goal of the fair on January 13th is to match companies with both paid and academic interns. Over 100 MBA students have expressed interest in obtaining an internship in a variety of industries and functional roles this winter.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

This weekend UCLA has put together 48hr Startup and TechZulu will be there to bring you all the final startup presentations live. UCLA 48hr Startup brings together people with technical, design or business background to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups. You can signup here. The top team receives prizes.

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MARCH 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based Water Planet , which develops water treatment membrane technology originally developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), revealed today that its seed investor is none other than actor Kevin Costner. Water Planet's CEO and founder is Erik Hoek, who was a Professor of Engineering at UCLA.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. The University of California has ten campuses, of which half of them are in Southern California, including UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. Image courtesy Chris Radcliff , via Flickr. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed. In this it has disappointed to fully achieve the aspirations of its founding fathers.

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JANUARY 8, 2016

Names of the investors were not announced by the company. BBI's technology was developed at UCLA, and is based on research from the UCLA Wireless Health Institute, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA School of Nursing, and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation does not always equal invention. ARPANET becomes the Internet.

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MAY 11, 2021

The company said its technology was originally developed in the laboratory of Lili Yang, PhD, associate professor at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The company said the proceeds from the funding will go to support advancement of its therapy candidates.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

The company--led by UCLA Anderson grad Sunil Rajaraman--had originally raised funding from such local LA investors as Jody Mulkey (Shopzilla), Paige Craig, Keith Richman, and actor/director/writer Edward Burns. The company is now in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Carbonics says its technology is based on research conducted at UCLA and USC. The company is led by Kos Galatsis. carbonics venture capical material carbon semiconductor capital ucla' Carbonics says it is working on incorporating its carbon nanomaterials into semiconductor radio frequency (RF) components. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 7, 2009

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 -- UCLA Internship Fair for Small and Start-up Businesses. The goal of the Fair is to match entrepreneurial companies in need of talent in a variety of corporate functions with Anderson MBA students searching for both academic and paid internships.

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APRIL 20, 2021

According to XPRIZE, it has awarded two companies--CarbonCure Technologies and CarbonBuilt, both working on ways to decarbonize concrete. CarbonBuilt's technology was originally developed at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Los Angeles-based XPRIZE says it has named two winners in its $20M, NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition.

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JULY 22, 2020

According to the company, the study is being led by Charles S. Grob, MD, a Lundquist Institute investigator and Professor of Psychiatry and Bio-Behavioral Sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine, and Anthony P. Source of the funding was not announced.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

With software developed, tested and turned in, the results of UCLA Anderson School of Management’s DEV Contest were announced on Sunday afternoon to a room full of smiling faces. Everyone was talking, subjects ranged from comparisons of software to successes and failures of companies in the industry. Show as slideshow].

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AUGUST 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based SuperMetalix , a UCLA technology spinout developer super-hard metals, said today that it has named Dr. Kesh Keshavan as the company's Director of Development, to head up the company's research and development efforts. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 4, 2015

The company was founded by Dr. Michael Jung and Dr. Richard Pietras, both of whom are professors at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Enlibrium said the technology has been exclusively licensed from UCLA. Enlibrium is being led by David Campbell, Ph.D. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

City of Industry-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture-backed company which takes and processes human milk to help premature infants, has named Victoria Niklas, M.D. as its new Chief Medical and Scientific Officer.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. The group includes a number of experienced CEOs with experience raising venture capital as well as bringing companies to an IPO or exit.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

K1 Investment Management says it invests in high growth, enterprise software companies. The companies said the funding will provide Graduway with "significant resources" to continue its growth and innovatino efforts, as well as to expand its product suite, plus to help it grow its operations in North America. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2015

Water Planet said the investment came from Air Liquide's ALIAD Corporate Venture fund, Bluestem Capital and UCLA Venture Fund. As part of the funding, the company said it has changed its name dfrom Water Planet Engineering, LLC to Water Planet, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , which develops e-discovery and search software for the legal industry, has named Craig Carpenter as its new CEO, according to the company. Carpenter--who also is an attorney--had been a quarterback for UCLA.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The company said its ZEBRA carbon-on-wafer helps with the dvelopment of next-generation, semiconductor devices using semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT), which will allow for densities exceeding both GaAs pHEMT (gallium arsenide metamorphic high electron mobility transistor) and current silicon technology. READ MORE>>.

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