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DECEMBER 9, 2011

A new study compiled by the University of Southern California tallies up $380M raised in capital by USC spinouts in the last three years, and a 15 year total of $800M raised by 39 startups with roots at the school. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Patrick Soon-Shiong , the billionaire founder of Abraxis Bioscience, has made a "multi-million" dollar donation to the University of Southern California , to endow a new chair at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. According to USC, the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation, funded by Soon-Shiong and his wife, Michele B.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Department of Energy said this week that it has awarded more than $76M in funding, for advanced energy-efficient building technology projects and the development of training programs for commercial building equipment technicians, building operators, and energy auditors.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

The University of Southern California is reporting today that spinouts out of the school have raised $148m in the last two calendar years (2008-2009), and that there are now at least 24 USC spinouts currently in business. USC also reported that it owns equity in 32 startups, though none of those startups were identified.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based audio processing technology developer Audyssey and Intel Capital said Tuesday morning that Intel Capital has made an investment in Audyssey. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed. Audyssey''s technology is based out of research spun out of USC''s Immersive Audio Lab, called MultEQ.

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JUNE 7, 2010

USC Stevens Institute , the effort at the University of Southern California to spur innovation within the school, has tapped a number of venture capitalists to help guide a new mentorship and funding program, the institute said this morning. Amount of funding available to teams was not announced by the school.

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MARCH 7, 2012

In a bid to spur more startups out of the University of Southern California, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday that it has awarded $498,700 to six research projects. USC's effort, the Ideas Empowered Program, is funded by James C. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 6, 2012

El Segundo-based Fetch Technologies , the developer of data aggregation and analysis software which was a spinout of USC's Information Sciences Institute, has been sold to New Jersey-based Connotate. Fetch Technologies was advised by Siemer & Associates in the sale. Fetch Technologies had raised at least $5.7M

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APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. Obviously, we closed in March of last year, just like the rest of USC, and we have been virtual since then.

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MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

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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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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

The USC Stevens Institute for Innovation , the effort of the University of Southern California to foster innovation within its campus and the community, has been turning an eye to how to more effectively spin out academic efforts into companies. Tags: technology university venture capital transfer education. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com). TX Zhuo: Karlin Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in LA. We have four investments so far, two of which are public.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Los Angeles has been in the midst of a technology boom over the last few years, with many of high profile startups growing in the area. We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. So, what is TaskUs?

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MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. David Waxman.:

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 31, 2014

It isn’t the biggest secret that the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins aren’t the best of friends, especially on the football field. On Sunday, March 2 nd at USC, these rivals took their battle to a new platform: startups.

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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. One of the areas where people are starting to look at innovation, is using technology to make trials more accessible to patients.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? After you reach success, celebrate, and thank supporters.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

We chatted with Alan about the company, the process of taking a new, genetic test to market, and his experience taking research from the University of Southern California and University of Utah and commercializing that research. Where was the technology for this developed? I also have a visiting appointment at USC.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

in a funding round. Brett and I both grew up in Southern California. I grew up in Thousand Oaks, went to USC, and we met each other way back in the 90's. So, what is PeerStreet? We said, let's create a technology marketplace and platform that creates benefits for those existing lenders, as well as investors.

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APRIL 4, 2013

That''s how recruiting works now, and continues to work with our technology. Why is technology important here? Coaches are looking to use technology more efficiently, so they can connect in a more effective manner with the people they want to, but still have the rules around our industry and how the industry operates.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. I like to book my own travel, so I might be on Expedia or on an airplane. What was the best one you've been to recently?

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JULY 1, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, a brand new, startup incubator launched in town--with a slightly different focus, on biomedical technology. Richard Koffler: It''s an incubator of biomedical technology. Finally, I started a third project out of the USC Keck School of Medicine, using software to optimize drug dosages for individuals.

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JULY 22, 2014

SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. We met at University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering’s Robotic Embedded Research Laboratory where Harsh is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate. The sensing technology, too, is unique to our solution. This was run out of USC?

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JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. Carbonics is focusing on wireless technology, using new semiconductors that bring us into the 5G era.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Last week, the University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering announced that it had established a new, business plan competition, the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition ([link] specifically aimed at students in the engineering school. Now, I run a hedge fund and finance firm in Southern California.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

In what has been an unprecedented surge in interest in helping entrepreneurs, there have been more than a half dozen accelerators--most patterned after the successful YCombinator and TechStars programs elsewhere in the country--established in Southern California in the last month or so. Howard Marks: Absolutely. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2017

We have already proven out that they are a high lifetime value user, someone who will actually stay in their game, so that they have higher retention, and the user ends up spending more money over time. No one has ever been able to execute on that from a technology standpoint before. The basic premise, is try before you buy.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

But, despite these advantages, the region is finding itself in the unusual position of watching qualified graduates flee Southern California for the sheen of Silicon Valley, Seattle and Austin. But it’s not just the pull of outside influences sapping the talent, as many of L.A.’s s wounds are self-inflicted. But it is the L.A.

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APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. So, yeah, I would like LA to be LA. We need to be different & unique. Not derivative. Also East of the 405?

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AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. So what's going on with the fund nowadays? Marc Averitt: We're doing both life sciences and technology deals. Interesting.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Where did the technology come from? Zare'' Baghdasarian: This technology was funded by the Department of Homeland Security, the Army Research Lab, and the Department of Defense. It was started at the University of Southern California in 2006-2007. What kind of adoption do you have on this so far?

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JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

According to Mike, startups have an uphill battle recruiting from college campuses, including fighting over the best students with big name technology firm. Mike Gammarino: I'm an entrepreneur who has been working in technology since I graduated. Yet you say you have issues finding technology majors?

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MAY 25, 2012

We talked with Scott--who until recently, was a student at the University of Southern California--about how he created his company and how that investment from Branson pushed him to take his startup full time. The whole getting funding and everything made me realize we had to be on this full time.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. 28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica.

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