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OCTOBER 13, 2015

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, spun out of UCLA, is in the midst of looking to commercialize a technique developed by researchers at the school to create easily printable supercapacitors--circuits which, in the future, could further shrink the size of mobile electronics.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

AutoESL Design Technologies , a developer of software tools used for high level synthesis of electronic circuit designs, and a spinout of UCLA, was acquired this morning by Xilinx. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based Prometheus Laboratories , a developer of specialty pharmaceuticals, and the Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles campus, said Thursday night that they are in a exclusive research agreement. Financial details of the research deal were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a move that further bolster''s Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti''s reputation as LA''s "tech mayor", Garcetti has announced that he has appointed Peter Marx as the city''s first Chief Innovation Technology Officer yesterday, to help oversee the implementation of technology across LA''s city government. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based Nanotech Energy, a developer of graphene-based battery technology, says it has raised $64M in a Series D funding round. The company's technology is based on research of co-founder and UCLA professor of Chemistry and of Materials Science and Engineering, Dr. Richard Kaner.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Tribogenics , a startup working on technology to bring elements of Star Trek's "tricorder" to life, said this morning that it has raised $2.5M The firm, a spinoff of UCLA whose technology has been funded by DARPA, said the funding came from Flywheel Ventures and angel investors. in a venture funding round.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Gevo , a startup which is developing renewable chemicals and biofuels technology, has filed for an IPO, according to an S-1 filing by the firm Thursday afternoon. Gevo--which is now based in Englewood, Colorado--was started in Pasadena, and has licensed technology from both the University of California, Los Angeles, and Caltech.

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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. According to Starburst, is has launched the new accelerator in collaboration with UCLA, aimed at building an aerospace innovation hub in Los Angeles.

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APRIL 22, 2010

AutoESL Design Technologies , a electronic design automation (EDA) firm based on research out of UCLA, has received $2.0M for its technology, which is used for high level design synthesis in the semiconductor industry. Tags: autoesl design technology ucla transfer semiconductor software. READ MORE>>.

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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. Movie fans might recall that Costner was behind the 1995 movie, Waterworld.

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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. CarbonCure Technologies has already raised venture funding from Bill Gates' fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, BDC Capital and others.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

What's the best way to encourage development of the technology industry in Los Angeles? The group said that it is hoping to promote the path of the current Expo line as a new technology corridor, to create new "innovation hubs" along the corridor. The group also said it plans to launch a new program called the Edge.LA

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MAY 11, 2021

Los Angeles-based Appia Bio, a biotech startup focused on developing engineered allogeneic cell therapies from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) for cancer patients, has launched from stealth mode, saying it has raised $52M in a Series A funding round.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leonard Kleinrock and a few of his UCLA computer lab students worked to send the first several text characters from UCLA to Stanford in 1969 over a direct line established for the test. We can’t help but be amazed by the rapid developments in artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence (AGI). That was Charles H.

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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. developing a business model. You can signup here.

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MAY 11, 2012

The effort is part of a larger national effort by the Department of Energy (DOE) to spur businesses in clean technologies from university labs. Hawaiian firm eHale also was given a promising idea award for integrating solar cells into indoor and outdoor, home and office furniture.

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JANUARY 8, 2016

Los Angeles-based Bruin Biometrics , a developer of a hand-held medical devices for detecting early-stage pressure ulcers, said this morning that it has raised $9M in a funding round. Names of the investors were not announced by the company. BBI is led by Martin Burns. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

In what might be one of the more unusual perks for a Southern California high tech company, LRN , a developer of enterprise compliance and ethics software, has an unlimited, paid vacation policy. LRN--which is around the corner from UCLA--serves such customers as 3M, Dow, Johnson & Johnson, Loews, Pfizer and Siemens.

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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.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 15, 2019

Thursday, January 17, 2019 -- CES 2019 at UCLA Anderson. Technology has become an integral part of our lives, changing our lives and work, the opportunities for new ventures and established enterprises, and more broadly society. See [link] (more)

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MAY 8, 2017

com) is using technology--mobile apps, telemedicine, and more--to overcome those and other challenges. Belinda Tan: Science37 is a technology-enabled, clinical research company. What we are doing has the potential to allow companies to develop more, novel treatments, for conditions, more effectively.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics , a developer of carbon nanomaterials aimed at improving the power consumption and performance of wireless semiconductors, has raised $5.5M Carbonics says its technology is based on research conducted at UCLA and USC. carbonics venture capical material carbon semiconductor capital ucla'

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). Incubators, at the core level, take basic core level technology and try to build a company around it.

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DECEMBER 4, 2015

The startup said it is developing novel drugs based on the anti-cancer activity of metformin and designed to reduce cancer energy production to treat a range of cancer types. 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).

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, a carbon-on-silicon wafer aimed at helping advanced radio frequency (RF) semiconductor development. from TAQNIA International, and is a spinout of research conducted at UCLA and USC. Carbonics is backed by $5.5M Carbonics is backed by $5.5M

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Tribogenics , the developer of handheld, X-ray equipment initially being targeted for metal analysis, said late Thursday that it has signed up a distribution partner in Southeast Asia. Tribogenics said it has signed up HORIBA Scientific to distribute its new Watson hand-held XRF metal analyzers throughout Southeast Asia.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

Marina Del Rey-based Tribogenics , the UCLA spinout which is developing small, low power X-ray sources aimed at enabling X-rays from portable equipment, has added Dr. Peter Diamandis to its advisory board. Tribogenics technology was originally developed under a DARPA-funded project at UCLA. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2015

Santa Monica-based Rayton Solar , a startup developing solar industry manufacturing technology, announced this morning that it has raised $1M in seed funding, and is looking for another $1.2M. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based ImagineAb , a spinout of UCLA which is developing diagnostic imaging technology, reported Monday that it has been awarded $2.3M The company said the funding will go to help further develop diagnostic imaging agents for Positron Emission Tomography (PET).

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AUGUST 31, 2015

Los Angeles-based Water Planet , which develops water treatment membranes, said today that it has raised a new, Series B funding round. Water Planet said the investment came from Air Liquide's ALIAD Corporate Venture fund, Bluestem Capital and UCLA Venture Fund. Size of the funding was not disclosed.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Pacific Palisades-based VAL9000 , a developer of technology which gives doctors access to clinical information systems by voice, is one of fifteen companies which recently scored an award for innovative electronic health records software. Allscripts said more than 200 developers entered the challenge. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2012

El Segundo-based NanoH2O the developer of high efficiency, reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination, announced this morning that it has raised a total of $60M in equity and debt funding. According to the firm, it raised $40M in equity and $20.5M in credit facilities. NanoH2O is led by serial entrepreneur Jeff Green.

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JULY 16, 2012

Canoga Park-based One Lambda , a supplier of tissue typing testing technology, has been acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific is a deal worth $925M in cash. One Lambda is a developer of diagnostic testing kits, used in transplant diagnostics, and is privately held. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2018

San Diego-based Human Longevity , which is developing genomics-powered, health intelligence software, said on Friday that it has named David Karow, M.D., Karow has previously been a researcher at UC San Diego, UCLA, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. as its Interim CEO.

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MARCH 16, 2018

According to the company, it will start offering up content on programming, game development, data science, crytocurrency, artificial intelligence, and other topics through a monthly subscription later this year. Education Ecosystem's CEO is Dr. Michael J.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

the new electric car startup led by car designer Henrik Fisker, has announced its first vehicle, the Fisker EMotion , saying that it will tap technology from a UCLA spinout to help power the vehicle. Fisker said the new vehicle will be powered by graphene battery packs developed by Nanotech Energy Inc.,

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