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Marlin Equity Backs Elenion Technologies

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Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners unveiled a new company, Elenion Technologies , focused on silicon photonics. According to Marlin Equity Partners, Elenion has been in existence since 2014, and has been operating in stealth mode. READ MORE>>.

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CLU's Gerhard Apfelthaler: What I Learned In 2014

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What was your biggest lesson learned in 2014? What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? I''d like to see big leaps in adaptive learning technologies, true mobile learning, and the credentialing of non-traditional learning. gerhard apfelthaler education incubator' READ MORE>>.

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Five Years After Y Combinator First Admits Biotechs, They’re Dug In

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Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively. That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time.

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Walt Disney Announces 2021 Accelerator Companies

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According to the company, it has selected eight companies for the 2021 Disney Accelerator Program, including companies in the areas of messaging, the frontiers of technology, e-commerce, data, and personalization. The three month mentorship program has been run since 2014.

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NantWorks, JAKKS Joint Venture Shows Disney-Branded Toys

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DreamPlay Toys , the joint venture between NantWorks , the technology incubator and development organization run by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, and JAKKS Pacific , announced their first products at the Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday in Las Vegas. with international rollout in 2014.

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Stained Glass Labs Rebrands to Wearable World to Commit to Wearable Tech & the Internet of Wearable Things

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effective December 2, 2013 in a move to emphasize its commitment to Wearable Technology and the Internet of Wearable Things (IOWT). Redg Snodgrass co-founder Stained Glass Labs said the firm wants to focus on the world of Wearable Technology plus innovative consumer products beyond GLASS.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

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The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

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