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OnGreen Launches Patent Marketplace

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Pasadena-based OnGreen , the online marketplace for green and clean technology businesses, said today that it has launched a new, patent marketplace focused on allowing users to license or sell their intellectual property (IP). According to OnGreen, the new marketplace will provide additional funding avenues for entrepreneurs.

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Interview with Marcus Filipovich, Ocular Data Systems

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Last week, Pasadena-based Ocular Data Systems (www.oculardatasystems.com) announced a funding round from the Pasadena Angels, for its camera-based systems used by law enforcement to capture evidence in drunk or drugged driving cases. When did this become a business and when did the funding come about?

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Barry and I worked together to create Beatshare as a business and go out for funding. All are separate.

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Interview with Nikhil Jain, ObEN

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That's the idea behind the technology being developed by Pasadena-based ObEN (www.oben.me), which is led by co-founde rand CEO Nikhil Jain. Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co.,

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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And when I say this I don’t mean they funded billion dollar companies – they literally created them. We talked about patents. I brought up the fact that I find many larger companies abusing the patent system to slow down smaller competitors which is actually anti competitive. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel.

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Interview with Cliff Rees, XCast Labs

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round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Can you talk about how you connected with the Pasadena Angels and Frontera?

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Interview with Joe Fisher, Contour Energy

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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. Our headquarters are now in Asuza, because we weren't able to get permits in Pasadena. That round was worth $15.2M, but was tranched into three installments.

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