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Metacloud Snags Google Exec

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Pasadena-based private cloud provider Metacloud announced today that it has hired on Conner Grey, the former head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google for Southern California, as its new VP of Operations. Metacloud said Grey had been at Google for the last decade, and also has served at Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

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X1 Loses Competitor: Google

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Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , the developer of desktop search software, has one less competitor: Google , as Google said Friday that it is shutting down its Google Desktop search software project. Google's service shuts down on September 14th. Google shut down a long list of projects late Friday.

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Google Invests $168M In Mojave Power Plant

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Search engine giant Google announced Monday afternoon that it is investing $168M in a plant in Mojave. Google said it has invested over $250M in the clean energy sector. Google is also an investor in Pasadena-based eSolar, another utility-scale solar energy firm, which was spun out of Idealab.

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Aptera Raises $9.8M

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Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, the firm has previously raised funding from Esenjay Investments, Google, Idealab, The Beall Family Trust, and The Simons Family. Tags: aptera motors venture capital equity google idealab automobile electric hybrid. READ MORE>>.

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eSolar Names Operations VP

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Pasadena-based eSolar , the developer of concentrating solar thermal power plants spun out of Idealab, said today that Gary J. eSolar is backed by ACME Group, Google, Idealab, NRG, and Oak Investment Partners. eSolar is backed by ACME Group, Google, Idealab, NRG, and Oak Investment Partners. READ MORE>>.

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eSolar Takes $20M More

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Pasadena-based eSolar , the solar thermal technology developer backed by Idealab, Google, Quercus Trust, ACME Group, NRG Energy, and Oak Investment Partners, has raised $20M in an unannounced funding round, according to numbers from the latest quarterly venture capital report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.

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YP Launches New Organic SEO Service

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Startup technology veteran and Idealab alumni Stu MacFarlane, who is now Executive Vice President of Products and Marketing at YP said the new product helps local businesses connect with consumers by providing a strong SEO strategy. According to YP, the new product will help local businesses earn top rankings in their organic search results.

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