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Four Local Firms Make Technology Review List

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The MIT Technology Review has published its 50 most innovative companies for this year, including at least four Southern California technology firms. Those firms joined such companies as Groupon, Zynga, Facebook, and others in the highlight of innovative technology firms.

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First Look SoCal Showcase: How Do You Create More SoCal Startup Success?

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The event featured a keynote by Bill Gross of Idealab , a panel of VC experts, and dozens of pitches by startups spawned by local universities and research institutions from across Southern California.

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Aptera Shuts Down

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Aptera had been attempting to gain funding from the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program, after initially failing to be qualify in 2008 for the program due to having three, not four wheels. READ MORE>>.

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X1 Discovery Takes On Social Media Discovery

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Sharpening its focus on the electronic discovery market, Pasadena-based X1 , the enterprise search tools provider backed by Idealab, has split out a new company called X1 Discovery , headed by John Patzakis, the former President of eDiscovery at X1.

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eSolar Raises $12.8M

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Idealab-based solar energy startup eSolar has just raised $12.8M Burbank-based eSolar is developing utility-scale, solar thermal power technology used for generating power on a large scale. Burbank-based eSolar is developing utility-scale, solar thermal power technology used for generating power on a large scale. READ MORE>>.

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Energy Innovations' Assets On The Block

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Energy Innovations--which had entered the solar market late--was backed by Idealab and Mohr Davidow Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Winter | Recap, Videos, and Thank You!

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Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. To close off the evening we had an especially inspirational super demo from Idealab’s Bill Gross.