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APRIL 27, 2021

Clio , a software company that helps law practices run more efficiently with its cloud-based technology, announced Tuesday it has raised a $110 million Series E round co-led by T. The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. Rowe Price Associates Inc. and OMERS Growth Equity.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies has tapped a Ford Motor Company veteran for its President, the company announced this morning. Fallbrook, which makes transmission technology used in electric vehicles, said it ha appointed Al Kammerer as its President. Kammerer has been on Fallbrook's board since February of 2009. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2011

An Irvine-based startup, backed by Lux Capital and Firelake Capital Management, said this week that it is deploying its technology to the embattled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant , to help support water cleanup at the plant's nuclear reactor. Kurion said it is the sole American company involved in the effort. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , a developer of continuous variable transmissions aimed at the electric vehicle market, has filed for an IPO, saying Tuesday evening in a filing that it is looking to raise up to $50M in an offering. For 2008, the firm had a loss of $11.9M Fallbrook reported a net loss of $11.7M

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JANUARY 4, 2013

The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Agoura-based Nomadix , which develops wireless and Internet gateway technology, which is in the midst of a patent fight with hotel entertainment company Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. , Nomadix ramped up its patent licensing and lawsuit efforts around 2008, targeting other technology providers in the hotel Internet industry.

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JULY 9, 2009

Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies , developer of the popular Gamebryo video game development engine, has added another $1.9M According to that filing, the firm has now raised $14,389,604 in funding as part of a round it commenced in December of 2008. Tags: emergent game technologies gamebryo video.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- Sustainable Energy Technologies Forum. A panel discussion moderated by Ben Kuo, founder, editor and publisher of socalTECH. See [link] (more).

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JUNE 1, 2023

As a keynote speaker on technology trends, I often started presentations beginning with a short history of innovation in the United States, using the twist of examining innovation through the lens of 150 years of cyclic bursts of bubbles, leading to subsequent recessions and depressions. My experience describing innovation. Duell, U.S.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 -- City of Los Angeles Technology and Education Summit. The purpose of the City of Los Angeles Technology and Education Summit is to support education, economic development, and the proliferation of information technology. See [link] (more).

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

San Clemente-based ophthalmic technology developer Glaukos Corporation says that Chris M. Calcaterra, who has been at the company since 2008, and has been serving as Chief Commercial Officer since he joined. Calcaterra has been named its Chief Operating Officer. He previously served at Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

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JULY 11, 2016

Goleta-based radio frequency filtering technology developer Resonant has acquired a Swiss company, GVR Trade SA , which provides design and consultation on Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) and Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) devices. The company said it paid $1.1M in stock and cash for GVR Trade, which was owned by Dr. Victor Plessky.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Woodridge, Illinois-based Elevance Renewable Sciences , a developer of renewable chemicals technology which was spun off from Pasadena-based Materia , has filed for an IPO. Elevance was spun out of Materia in 2008, in a partnership with Cargill, Incorporated. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Why You Should Write. Some have made the model work. and chartbeat. It’s great advice.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Soraa , the LED lighting technolgoy developers which was spun out of U.C. project to develop GaN substrates for use in power switches. project to develop GaN substrates for use in power switches. The company was founded in Goleta in 2008. According to the company, the funding comes as part of a four year, $3.2M

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

Carlsbad-based Aptera , the developer of a three wheeled, electric vehicle, has shut down. 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.

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MAY 4, 2015

La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a developer of brain monitoring tools and technology, said it has received a second financing round. NeuroVigil is developing a non-invasive, portable brain scanning device. The company raised its seed funding round in 2008 as part of the DFJ Venture Challenge. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Advanced battery technology developer ZPower announced a new ISO 9001:2008 certification for its rechargeable silver-zinc batteries, the company said today, another step in its efforts to bring its technology to market. The company also says its technology is far safer than those technologies.

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JULY 22, 2011

Elevance Renewable Sciences is developing processes to take plant-based oils and turn them into specialty chemicals. Elevance spun out of Materia in March of 2008, and had previously raised at least $140M in funding. The firm's technology is based on research originally created at the California Institute of Technology.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. On October 24th tech enthusiast will come together to discuss the latest in Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Irvine-based Kurion , the venture-backed developer of nuclear waste management technology, said this morning that it has shuffled its executive team. Raymont founded Kurion in 2008, and will focus primarily on Kurion's efforts in Japan where the firm has been working on cesium removal at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Elevance was spun out of Materia in March of 2008, based on the research conducted by Materia, whose technology is derived from Nobel prize winning chemical technology originally developed at Caltech. READ MORE>>.

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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. He left ColorLink in 2008. Bannon was most recently at Arisawa Manufacturing Co.,

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: Technology Space - The Final Frontier for Growth of Companies in Santa Barbara? Have you ever come up against a wall when trying to find "technology space" in the Santa Barbara region? See [link] (more).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the developer of cloud storage services, said this morning that it has named former HP-LeftHand vet Dave Barr as its Vice President of Cloud Storage Engineering. Barr had headed up HP's 130-strong, LeftHand engineering organization. Nirvanix is a provider of cloud-based storage services. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Gevo , a startup which is developing renewable chemicals and biofuels technology, has filed for an IPO, according to an S-1 filing by the firm Thursday afternoon. Gevo--which is now based in Englewood, Colorado--was started in Pasadena, and has licensed technology from both the University of California, Los Angeles, and Caltech.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Silicon Valley’s 9+, an accelerator founded by serial entrepreneur and company builder Peter Relan is investing $110,000 into game developers to quit developing games and shift to consumer, mobile, Big Data and wearable apps. 110,000 to quit developing games for wearable apps. 2 million raised. 2 million raised.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Thousand Oaks-based storage systems developer Nexsan has officially pulled its IPO plans, saying in a regulatory filing today with the SEC that it has decided to withdraw its IPO registration. Nexsan, which had filed for an IPO in April of 2008, cited "unfavorable market conditions" for the withdrawal.

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MAY 4, 2011

La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a firm developing non-invasive wireless brain recording technology and advanced computational analysis techniques, has raised a first round of funding, the firm said this week. NeuroVigil said the funding came from an "anonymous American industrialist and technology visionary".

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JANUARY 29, 2020

This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. It's developed quite a bit from when we first conceptualized the firm in 2008.

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JULY 21, 2010

SolarReserve, which is developing utility scale power plants, had announced in 2008 that it had received $140M in a Series B funding, however, according to regulatory filing appears to be drawing down those commitments piecemeal as it builds out its business. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2010

Storage hardware developer Adaptec is shutting down its Lake Forest, Orange County site, according to sources close to the company. Adaptec moved into Lake Forest in August of 2008, when it acquired Aristos Logic , a developer of RAID chips and technology. At that time, Aristos had approximately 75 employees.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego scientist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for research that led to the development of fluorescent proteins used to illuminate tissue and track biological processes, has died, according to a statement from the university. He compared himself to John C.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Bolingbrook, Illinois-based Elevance Renewable Sciences , a developer of ingredients for use in personal care products, detergents, lubricants and other specialty chemicals and fuel markets, based on renewable feedstock, has raised $100M in funding, the firm said Tuesday. Materia, TPG, and Cargill were the original investors in Elevance.

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MARCH 9, 2010

San Diego-based PowerGenix , a venture backed developer of Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) rechargeable batteries, announced Tuesday that the firm has sold a number of its batteries to the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), as part of a potential use of the firm's in military vehicles. READ MORE>>.

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