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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Encino-based United Sample , a provider of online sampling services for the market research industry, has staffed up with a number of executive hires. According to the firm, it has named Robyn Tas as Senior Vice President of Business Development, Daniel Ross as Vice President of Information Technology, Edward J. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Here are a few of my favorites sampling techniques that I have seen work out well over the years: Take a job for a while with an early-stage startup. I find that building a business is more about the right people skills than solution development.

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MAY 18, 2010

Irvine-based Solarflare Communications , a developer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors, said today that it is now sampling its 40nm, quad-port 10GBASE-T PHY chip. The firm said the PHY is its fourth generation of product, and is targeted at high-density modular switches and servers.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Poway-based NEXUS Biosystems , a developer of automated sample management systems for the pharmaceuticals and biotech industry, said today that it has completed its acquisition of REMP AG of Switzerland, a developer of sample management systems. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. This will prove your product is worth building to you and to the developer. Ask for is code samples.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based Output , a startup developing music creation software aimed at professional artists, has raised $45M in a Series A investment. According to Outtput, its software-as-a-service offers up loops, samples and melodic content, making it easier for professionals turn those loops and sounds into tracks. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

San Diego-based Cardea Bio, a startup that is developing molecular biology equipment which uses semiconductors to analyze samples, said on Tuesday that it has raised $6.5M According to the company, it will use the funding to further develop its platform, to expand mass manufacturing, and grow its partnerships.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Carlsbad-based DNAe says it has developed a new, diagnostic platform that uses semiconductor DMA to help in treating antimicrobial resistant infections. government to developing DNA sequencing technology to help physicians by providing rapid diagnosis of antimicrobial resistant infections and influenza. million contract with the U.S.

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JULY 15, 2013

Encino-based sampling and online research firm uSamp announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a new round of funding. According to uSamp, the Series D round came from OpenView Venture Partners and DuPont Capital Management, and will go towards accelerating the development of the company''s Instant.ly in funding. in funding.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

According to Teledyne, the majority of the image sensor technologies used in the OSIRIS-REx were developed by Teledyne. Teledyne says its sensors are used in the OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS), which is being used to map the entire asteroid and determine where the OSIRIS-REx will take a sample of the asteroid. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2017

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina announced a win in the United Kingdom today, saying that Genomics England has been selected as the primary variant interpretation and reporting software vendor for tumor and matched normal samples characterized as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2014

Los Angeles-based uSamp , which develops surveying and sampling technology and services for the market research industry, said this morning that it has rolled out a set of new products. usamp sampling survey surveying market research mobile' Pricing on the new products were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Affinity Biosensors , a startup developing benchtop, automated systems for microbiology research, has raised $5.9M Affinity Biosensors' products are based on micro-electromechanical (MEMS) technology, which it says allows for cell counting, mass measurements, and visual observation of liquid samples. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based uSamp , the market research and sampling technology developer, says that it is in an expansion in Europe, and has opened up an office in Frankfurt, Germany. usamp europe sampling polling market research expansion international germany frankfurt executive' Gibbon has served at Capgemini, GE and Lloyds TSB.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Los Angeles-based survey and sampling provider uSamp said this morning that it has renamed the company to Instantly. The company develops a sample service which connect researchers and marketers with consumers for consumer surveys, in addition to related tools. instantly usamp survey sampling rename research consumer'

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Valencia-based Sanguine Biosciences , a startup developing a service around blood sample collection for research and development, said Thursday that it has closed on a seed financing round. Size of the round was not announced. The funding was led by INVENT Ventures and Heliant Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Encino-based survey and sampling technology developer uSamp announced this morning that it has expanded its Consumer Insights division through the hiring of a new Senior Director of Insights and Strategy. uSamp said it has hired Robert Clancy, a veteran of such companies as Diageo, JCPenney, Blockbuster and PepsiCo, to the position.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

Los Angeles-based Instantly , the provider of market research and sampling tools, said it has upgraded its offerings, adding a number of key updates to its tools. According to Instantly, it is now offering up unrestricted access to its Instantly Automated Sample tool, which lets businesses target specific consumer for their research.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

La Jolla-based molecular dermatology treatment developer DermTech announced this morning that its Canadian subsidiary, DermTech Canada, has received approval from Health Canada to market its Pigmented Lesions Assay (PLA) and non-invasive biopsy kit for the detection of melanoma in Canada.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said late Friday that it has completed its acquisition of CETAC Technologies , a developer of sample handling and sample introduction equipment for laboratory instrumentation. CETAC''s products are used for sample automation for elemental and chemical analysis systems.

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JULY 1, 2019

San Diego-based Biological Dynamics , a startup that is developing a biomarker testing platform which is smartphone-enabled for use in countries with limited access to testing labs, says it has received a grant award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Amount of that award was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has acquired laboratory automation and instrument developer CETAC Technologies , the company annoucned this morning. CETA, which was headquartered in Omaha, Nebrasca, designs and manufactures automated sample handling and sample introduction equipment for the laboratory instrumentation market.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

San Diego-based Biomatrica , a developer of technology for storing biological samples at room temperature, announced this morning that it has scored an investment from In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the U.S. Biomatrica's technology is used to allow the storage of DNA, RNA, proteins, and other biological samples at room temperature.

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JULY 16, 2010

Poway-based NEXUS Biosystems , a developer of automated sample management systems for the biopharmaceuticals industry, said Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire REMP AG , a Swiss-based firm which provides sample management systems and related products. REMP AG is a subsidiary of Tecan Group.

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MAY 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based location based data API provider Factual told its developers ysterday that it has officially annoucned the release of its official SDK for Android. Factual provides location-based APIs which allow developers to pull up information about nearby businesses and attractions, along with other data. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

San Diego-based wireless technology developer Qualcomm announced a set of new, systems-on-a-chip solutions for the 802.11ax protocol this morning, which the company says provides "end-to-end" solutions for the new protocol. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

SpaceX is serious about iteration – its strategy of building (and failing – and learning from its failures) fast is in full effect for its Starship development program. Japan is going to get and return a soil sample from a Mars moon. If all goes to plan, it’ll collect a sample and bring that back to Earth for further study here.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Encino-based uSamp , the online market research and sampling firm founded by former goZing founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding. uSamp's online platform is used to manage online polling and sampling for clients. uSamp was formerly known as United Sample. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio , a developer of molecular analysis technology being used for cancer treatment and management, has launched a new product for cancer diagnostics. Cynvenio said its blood-based, genomic testing product uses a standard blood sample, and detects the presence of or absence of cancer cells circulating in the blood.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

San Diego-based Illumina announced late Tuesday that it has acquired GenoLogics Life Sciences Software , a developer of laboratory information management systems. Illumina said that GenoLogics' software is currently used by over 120 genomic labs to manage lab samples. Illumina did not announced the financial details of the acquisition.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Westlake Village-based cancer diagnostics developer Cynvenio Biosystems said Thursday afternoon that it has named Paul Y. Cynvenio has developed medical diagnostics technology which uses standard blood draws in cancer patients, and is able to characterize tumor cells found in those samples. Song, M.D., READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Carlsbad-based MaxLinear , which develops radio frequency and mixed signal semiconductors, said this morning that it has launched a new product aimed at the long haul optical network market. The company said the new device is sampling now, and will be in production in Q4 of 2016. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Exact Sciences has gone from being a customer of Biomatrica, a San Diego-based vendor of equipment for storing and preserving blood and saliva samples, to now being the company’s owner. Biomatrica manufactures and sells tools for preserving biological samples.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

UCLA said that the team at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, led by Bahram Jalali, developed a digital camera able to process 100,000 cells per second in blood samples, approximately 100 times higher than conventional, image-based blood analyzers.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

Irvine-based RF semiconductor developer RFaxis is expanding its product lineup this morning, saying it has added a number of RF front ends for the Internet-of-Things and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) market. The company says the new product will sample in Q1. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based Biomatrica , a developer of technology for stabilizing DNA, RNA, and protein samples, has raised $5M in a funding round, the firm said today. Biomatrica develops ambient temperature biostability technology used for customers in the molecular diagnostics, forensics, biomedical research and other areas.

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