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JUNE 8, 2009

Canoga Park-based Topanga Technologies , a stealth-mode, developer of energy efficient lighting systems, has now raised $3.45M in funding for the firm, according to a regulatory filing by the company today. The $3.45M includes funding since December of 2007. Tags: venture capital topanga technologies khosla ventures.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Jacobs is currently founder and CEO of XCOM, a mobile technology company, and had been CEO and Chairman of Qualcomm. Bush was Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. The startup lets clients schedule in-home visits by doctors for both routine visits and other checkups.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to BlackLine, Thompson's experience as a ceo and previously CFO at several technology companies, including Surgient, SAS Institute and Red Hat, will help guide it through its next phase of growth. Thompson has been CEO at SolarWinds since 2010, and he joined the company in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Santa Monica-based The Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology and exchange operator founded by Frank Addante, surged in its IPO on Wednesday morning, trading up roughly 34% in morning trading. rubicon project advertising merger exchange exit technology rubi' Rubicon--which priced at $15.00 and Mayfield. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2009

Santa Barbara-based InTouch Technologies , which develops robotic telepresence sysetms for the health care industry, revealed this morning that it has settled a legal dispute with HeadThere Inc. InTouch Technologies sued HeadThere in October of 2007 over the alleged patent infringement. over the firm's patents.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Westlake Village-based Conversant --the online advertising company which until a few days ago was known as ValueClick --said it has acquired Set Media , a digital video technology advertising company. Conversant said it will use the buy to strengthen its technology stack and portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

Technology billionaire Henry T. The arrest is not the first time that Nicholas has been reported to have been involved in drugs; back in 2007, Nicholas was accused of building a "secret lair" underneath his estate in Laguna Hills , to fulfill an alleged "addiction to cocaine and Ecstasy" and "manic obsession with prostitutes".

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APRIL 10, 2015

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project has apparently just hits its one year anniversary on the public markets, saying today that it will be ringing the NYSE closing bell this afternoon. Addante founded Rubicon Project in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Santa Ana-based Iteris , which provides traffic management technology, said its CEO and president, Abbas Mohaddes, has resigned. Mohaddes had been CEO of Iteris since 2007. technology management traffic executive iteris' Iteris said it has tapped Heidrick and Struggles for the CEO search. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Calabasas-based audio technology developer DTS --which is now owned by Tessera Holding Corporation--said this morning that it has acquired All In Media , a developer of smartphone apps and broadcast systems for the radio industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The Trade Desk develops online advertising technology used to manage display, social, and video advertising campaigns. Jeff Green is a serial entrepreneur, who sold his last company--AdECN--to Microsoft, back in 2007. The Trade Desk is one of the companies out of the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC). READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Orange, California-based LogicBuy.com , an online technology deals and coupon site, has been acquired by Ziff Davis , Ziff said this morning. Ziff Davis said that LogicBuy.com had over 10 million visitors in 2010, and provides deals and coupons on technology products and services. LogicBuy was founded in 2007 by Thai Than.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

With a background in management and technology, he gives us something to think about regarding today’s top-of-news subject. Take a lesson from Ford Motor Company and their prescient CFO and President in 2006 and 2007. By Harley Kaufman, guest author. Note from Dave: Harley is an old friend and avid reader of BERKONOMICS.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.

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JULY 9, 2014

Cornerstone OnDemand cited Salen''s financial and operational experience, as well as familiarity of today''s technology landscape for the appointment. Bessemer was co-lead on Cornerstone OnDemand''s first institutional round in 2007. Salen replaces venture capitalist Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. The purpose was to deliver high value jobs.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project says today that it is one of the "fastest growing ad technology companies in history". The company was founded in 2007. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures, Mayfield, News Corp., Peacock Equity Fund, Stanford University, and the University of California Berkeley.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

Calabasas-based network testing software and hardware developer Ixia has been acquired by Keysight Technologies , in a deal worth $1.6 Ginsberg had served as CEO of Ixia until 2007, and has since been Chairman of the Board. billion in cash, the two announced this morning. Keysight and Ixia said that Keysight will pay $19.65

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based ImagineAb , a spinout of UCLA which is developing diagnostic imaging technology, reported Monday that it has been awarded $2.3M ImagineAB was founded in 2007 by three UCLA faculty. ImagineAB was founded in 2007 by three UCLA faculty.

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JULY 26, 2011

billion in deals, the highest since the financial crisis started in late 2007. The report also found that technology deals had the most number of registrations in Q2, led by daily deals site Groupon. According to a report from Ernst & Young, the second quarter of 2011 saw 140 potential IPOs, representing $23.7

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Calabasas-based online travelbooking site CheapAir.com , in what looks to be the first by a travel company, wil let its customers pay on installment for an air flight, through a partnership with financial services technology provider Affirm. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). I'm also interested in technology companies, in data analytics, and low CAPEX hardware.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, said today that it has named Leo Bannon as its Executive Vice President, Global Operations. and had previously been President and CEO of ColorLink, a firm which was acquired by RealD in 2007. Bannon was most recently at Arisawa Manufacturing Co.,

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APRIL 4, 2012

Monrovia-based Xencor , the developer of antibody technology which is headed by Dr. Bassil Dahiyat, said today that it has received a second, milestone payment from Boehringer Ingelheim. Financial details and amount of the payment were not disclosed.

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MAY 16, 2011

Pasadena-based venture capital firm Arcturus Capital has scored an exit out of its portfolio this morning, as Milpitas, California-based Pliant Technology was acquired by SanDisk in a deal worth $327M. Arcturus first invested in Pliant in 2007. SanDisk is a major manufacturer of flash memory.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Decker was president of Yahoo from 2007 to 2009, and served as CFO of Yahoo from 2000 to 2007. The move might be an indication of things to come: LegalZoom has been widely rumored in the Los Angeles technology community to be prepping for an IPO offering, although the firm has not announced any plans for such a move.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

The Fox Audience Network was created in 2007 as a spinout of MySpace. Mike Jones, President of MySpace, said in a statement that the move would put it in a "great position" to leverage FAN's technology. The move comes as FAN President, Adam Bain, is leaving the firm. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 12, 2012

An Illinois firm whose technology is based on, and licensed from Pasadena-based Materia and Caltech , has raised a whopping, $104M funding round. Elevance is using olefin metathesis technology, licensed from Materia, and originally developed by Noble Prize winning Caltech professor Robert H.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

After Techstars opened its first program in Boulder, CO, in 2007, the startup accelerator program expanded into three cities over the next four years. It partnered with Nike in Portland, OR , on apparel-related technology in 2012 and with Barclays on fintech in 2014. But then the real growth started happening. This morning, Techstars.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

The two said that MagnaChip has ramped Peregrine's RF switch products to mass production on MagnaChip's UltraCMOS SOS Silicon-On-Sapphire (SOS) technology. The two have been working together since mid-2007.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. Lunsford oversaw WebSideStory’s IPO in 2004, and Limelight’s IPO in 2007.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

Lim has been at Guidance Software since 2007, serving as Assistant General Counsel, and also previously served at Jones Day, McGlinckey Stafford, and Beck, Redden & Secrest, among other positions.

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JULY 26, 2012

El-Hillow joins the firm from Massachusetts-based solar panel manufacturer Evergreen Solar, where he served as CFO from 2007 to 2010, and later was appointed CEO to restructure and sell the company. He also has served at MTM Technologies, Advanced Energy Industries, and was previously an audit partner at Ernst & Young.

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MAY 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based 3D technology provider RealD announced today that it has named Bob Mayson as President of the firm's Consumer Electronics Division, and appointed Marlene Songin as Vice President of Cinema and Appointed General Director, RealD Europe. Songin has been at RealD since 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

For example, you may think that disruptive smartphones were an overnight sensation, but in reality, it took huge investments by several different companies starting in 1992, including IBM, Apple, and Google, before the market really took off in 2007. Innovation doesn’t even require technology.

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MAY 4, 2011

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm run by technology mogul Elon Musk, disclosed today in an email to supporters that the firm has racked up over $3 billion in revenues in its launch manifest, and has been profitable since 2007. The firm said an inflation adjusted price for a NASA Dragon cargo mission will cost $115M.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

Irvine-based semiconductor maker Broadcom said late Monday that the firm has settled all litigation and legal proceedings with CSR , the parent firm of SiRF Technology , and including Broadcom's subsidiary Global Locate. Broadcom bought Global Locate in 2007; CSR acquired SiRF in February of 2009. READ MORE>>.

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