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Apeel Sciences Finds $70M

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Goleta-based Apeel Sciences , a new startup which is developing technology to increase the shelf life of fresh produce--using substances derived from other plants--has raised a big, $70M funding round, the company announced late Wednesday. The company said the funding will go to meet demand from both U.S.

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Mobile Broadband: LTE and Beyond

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -- Mobile Broadband: LTE and Beyond. The need for mobile broadband grows every day, as enterprise use and various applications (especially video) drive demand for high-speed, low-latency data. See [link] (more)

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Venture Funding in Digital Media

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 -- LAVA Special Event: Venture Funding in Digital Media. Moderator: Sam Jones, Founder and CEO, Formation Media, Inc; Confirmed Panelists: Paul Bricault, Co-founder, Amplify.la, Leigh Collier, VP of programming/development, CBS, Mike Wann, Head of Business Development, Demand Media. See [link].

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

Located at the southeastern tip of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles suburb counts its biggest employers as the adhesive manufacturer Avery Dennison; the Los Angeles industrial team for the real estate developer CBRE; the International House of Pancakes; Disney Consumer Products; DreamWorks Studios; Walt Disney Animation and Univision.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million. Organic Academia.

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7 Strategies To Prepare For Global Market Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent in 2012 to 54 percent by 2022. with demands for new products and services. An international brand will command higher prices and additional customer demand. Reinforce your brand in international markets. Find global sources now.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

To top it all off, the AI startup recently partnered up with Getty Images, one of the largest repositories of paid stock imagery, to develop a new generative AI model ‘Runway’ geared towards the film and advertising industries. What started as a weekend project in 2012 is now a global marketplace that attracted 55.2

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