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DECEMBER 14, 2016

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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JANUARY 5, 2015

My most significant event of 2014 is definitely Silicon Beach Fest, the multi-day tech community fest, which just keeps getting bigger. Silicon Beach Fest 2014 attracted more than 2,000 attendees, with more than 350 speakers, of which more than one third were women. What technologies are you looking at in 2015?

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Fisker's last company--Fisker Auotmotive--was sold out of bankruptcy to Wanxiang Group in 2014. According to an interview with Fisker by Bloomberg, the new company is based on energy storage and battery technology from "several professors from UCLA". to design a new electric vehicle.

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MAY 10, 2017

Gardena, California-based Cover , which develops technology which uses algorithms and software to build custom, prefab buildings, including backyard studios, has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures, and also included Fifty Years, Hyperspeed Ventures, and angels.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

Our first post over the holidays is from Howard Marks --who co-founded Activision--and recently founded startup accelerator StartEngine, and who has been very active in encouraging the technology industry in Los Angeles. What was your biggest lesson learned in 2014? What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2014

Here are some of our top staff picks thus far from CES 2014. TAO Wellness : Wearable technology is a huge business in the fitness sector. The post CES 2014 | Staff Picks appeared first on TechZulu. Overwhelmed yet? Well don’t be, because we’ve done the hard work for you. The price makes da Vinci 1.0

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MARCH 16, 2015

El Segundo-based technology service provider PCM announced this morning that it has acquired En Pointe Technologis Sales , in ann asset acquisition deal. PCM said it acquired En Pointe Technologies Sales IT solutions provider business, excluding the firm''s current tangible assets, accounts receivable and inventory. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Calabasas-based InnovateMR, which provides market research and sampling technology and services, says it has appointed Lisa Wilding-Brown as the company's new CEO. Wilding-Brown was most recently the company's Chief Research Officer, and has been at the company since 2014. She previously also served at uSamp and Harris Interactive.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

Colony Logic is a Los Angeles-based platform technology company that simplifies the overly complex world of profitably selling and supporting Digital products. Our platform combines Android, iOS, and web technologies to deliver a best in breed solution to our clients. Business Development Director, Colony Logic - Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 13, 2014

AT&T held their 6th annual developers summit in Las Vegas this year at CES 2014. What a simple way to better utilize available technology. AT&T Developer Summit Hack-a-thon. Good things coming from AT&T in 2014. The post AT&T Developers Summit at CES 2014 appeared first on TechZulu.

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MARCH 25, 2014

As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. Game changing technology here!). Morgan Intrator – Yoursigma, combining technology with classroom learning.

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JULY 27, 2021

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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2014

There''s less than a week to the technology industry''s biggest holiday event of the year--the Digital Family Reunion on Wednesday, December 10th at the Skirball Cultural Center. Southern California has had a banner year this year, with a huge number of successful exits, fundings, and more.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

It''s the season to celebrate the technology and media industry''s success here with the Digital Family Reunion on December 10th at the Skirball Cultural Center. Last year, we had over 700 people at the Digital Family Reunion/1st annual socalTECH 50 event.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

The cuts, which amount to around one-third of Glossier’s corporate workforce, will primarily impact the company’s technology team. “[W]e W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

L Squared says its sectors of focus include education technology, tech-enabled services & software, and industrial technology & services. The investor said limited partners include a number of large, US-based family offices. The company says it plans to make seven to nine investments from within its Fund III. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 16, 2021

The online website creation and hosting service — which has now expanded into e-commerce by hosting online stores — then raised another $40 million round in 2014. Squarespace, which has helped millions create their own websites, was founded in 2003 and bootstrapped until a $38.5 That round was raised at a $1.5

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles.

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JULY 29, 2020

Dimer was founded in 2014 specifically to take the technology of UV-C lighting to commercial airplanes, healthcare, and the International Space Station, but only recently found interest in airlines after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JULY 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based Lucidity , a developer of blockchain advertising technology, said this morning that it has named AdColony co-founder Nikao Yang as its Chief Operating Officer. AdColony develops mobile video advertising technology, and was acquired in 2014 for $350M by Operat Software. The company is led by CEO Sam Kim.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

San Diego-based SGI-DNA , a biotech company which is developing synthetic genomics and dna data storage technology, announced this morning that it has raised $25M in its Series A funding round. SGI-DNA spun out of San Diego's Synthetic Genomics in March, and was founded in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Oberreiter has been the company's Chief Operations Officer (COO) since 2014, and replaces existing CEO David Cuccia, Ph.D., Modulim said Cuccia will now focus on efforts to take the company's technology into new areas and applications. the company's founder, who remains as Chief Technical Officer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business that builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There is always time later for your next startup, using that disruptive technology of your dreams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. These founders all seem to be pushing their technology, rather than highlighting their solution to a painful need. Limit the features and complexity.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Irvine-based NGD Systems reported this morning that it has received two new patents for its solid state drive (SSD) technology. Both patents were developed by Vladimir Alves, the company's Chief Technology Officer, and Joao Alcantara. The company says it now has 14 patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , the publicly traded provider of online ad-serving technology, says its Chief Financial Office, Paul Ross, is retiring. Ross had been the CFO of The Trade Desk since 2014, and was in charge during the company's IPO.

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JULY 31, 2019

International Trade Commission and lawsuits against five major retailers for the unauthorized distribution of what it says is its patented filament LED lighting technology. The retailers covered by the lawsuit include Walmart , Target , Ikea , Amazon.com and Bed Bath & Beyond. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2014

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand. Often new technologies are seen by senior decision-makers as new opportunities for litigation and hack attacks.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against two companies in Germany, Volfoni and CinemaNext , allegig the two are infringing on a number of its patents. The company asserts the companies have infringed on patents covering its light-doubling 3D cinema system technology.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Ellison founded Oracle in 1977, and was CEO until 2014, when he shifted to Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer. Larry Ellison , the founder and Chairman of Oracle , has been named the speaker for the University of Southern California commencement, the school said on Thursday. The commencement will be held on May 13th.

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MARCH 26, 2018

Snap has a history of buying companies to help it advanced its products; the company bought Vergence Labs in 2014 to power its Spectacles line; it recently acquired Metamarkets, a developer of programmatic advertising tools; and acquired Ctrl Me Robotics, a maker of drone technology, back in May. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2020

Ellison owns nearly all of Lana'i, which he purchased in 2014 for approximately $300M. According to Sensei Ag, the leisure division of Ellison's holdings will run separately as Sensei Retreats. The company said that it is developing "innovative, agile growing systems" that can dramatically increase farm productivity.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2023

Teaching about the five types of resources In my book, “Extending the Runway” (Second Edition, Berkus Press 2014), I explore the thesis that there are five basic types of resources an entrepreneur must exploit in growing a successful business: time, money, process, relationships and context. Speed of change is inevitable.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Newport Beach-based Title365 , a developer of technology and services for the title insurance and escrow business, has been acquired by Texas-based Solutionstar. Solutionstar said it will pay $36M in cash for Title365, which it says is expected to have $63M in revenues in 2014. Title365 was advised by JMP Securities in the deal.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in online marketing (like the Dollar Shave Club commercial that launched what became a billion dollar acquisition ) think that its time to take technology where it’s never gone before — into targeted, direct mail campaigns using the best ad-targeting that money can buy.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

It’s the seventh company that Turchin has been involved in around applying technology to help employees, he says. Most recently, Turchin worked at ServiceNow, which he left in 2014 to launch Astound. A study from McKinsey indicates that 70 percent of companies will bring in at least one automation technology by 2030.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

Santa Ana-based traffic management technology developer Iteris has staved off delistings efforts by the NYSE, saying last week that the NYSE has accepted the company''s plans to regain compliance with listing standards on the exchange. The company apparently has been having issues completing its fiscal 2014 audit. READ MORE>>.

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