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Catching Up With Mike Giardello, President of Innovate Pasadena

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Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today. What else do you think Pasadena needs in the ecosystem?

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Bluebeam Nets Local Angel Groups 20X Return

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Local angel groups have hit the jackpot again with an investment, this time with the October acquisition of Pasadena-based Bluebeam in a $100M deal by German software company Nemetschek AG. The Tech Coast Angels and the Pasadena Angels revealed today that their return on Bluebeam was 20x for angels who participated in funding Bluebeam.

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Episona Gets $4M For Male Infertility Testing

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Pasadena-based Episona has raised $4M in seed funding, to go towards expansion of its male fertility testing product, Seed, the company said last week. According to Episona, the funding came from the Pasadena Angeles, as well as other high-net worth individuals from Pasadena and San Francisco.

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Axial Biotherapeutics Finds $25M For Parkinson's, Autism Treatments

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Pasadena-based Axial Biotherapeutics , a biotechnology company which is focused on developing treatments for Parkinson's disease and Autism Spectrum Disorder, has raised $25M in its Series B funding round, the company announced this morning.

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Spokeo Hires LowerMyBills Vet

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Pasadena-based Spokeo , which provides an online, people search service, is bolstering its team this week, saying that it has named LowerMyBills vet Ken Nagdev as its new VP of Optimization Strategy. Nagdev also has served at 20th Century Fox, Bizrate.com, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Adventure Net. READ MORE>>.

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Mindbody Moves Closer To IPO, Sets IPO Trading Range

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Mindbody is selling 7,150,000 share of its stock in its IPO, which would net $123.3M Morgan, along with the Tech Coast Angels, Frontera Capital, and the Pasadena Angels. Mindbody said in a filing this morning that it now expects its IPO to debut at between $13.00 and $15.00 for the company if its prices at the high range.

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AnyMeeting Names VP

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Gerken was previously the founder of BuzzDash, and also had served at Net Effect Systems and Ask Jeeves, where he was COO of Ask Jeeves, U.K. Anymeeting is headed by Costin Tuculescu, and offers up free online meetings; the firm is angel backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. and Ireland. READ MORE>>.