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Belkin Spins Out Wemo Water To New Joint Venture, Phyn

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Playa Vista-based Belkin International , and safe drinking water delivery systems developer Uponor said Wednesday that the two have teamed together to create a new, joint venture, called Phyn. Belkin and Uponor said that Phyn will be a standalone entity, using Belkin's former Wemo Water technology as the basis for future products.

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Linksys Names New CEO

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According to the company, Harry Dewhirst, who had been Vice President at the company overseeing product and business development, will step into the role. Linksys is owned by Foxconn Interconnect Technology, which merged with the parent company of Linksys, Belkin International, back in 2018.

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Phyn Taps Into $10M More For AI-Powered Plumbing Monitoring Device

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Torrance-based Phyn , the developer of the remarkably advanced water monitoring technology spun out of Belkin, said today that it has raised another $10M in funding, from current investor Uponor. According to Phyn, the new investment will go towards market penetration and to scale the company's operations.

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How Phyn Is Bringing The World Of High Tech To Water Conservation, With Ryan Kim

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We talked with Ryan Kim , the company's CEO, to learn more about the company, how it spun out of Belkin's WeMo efforts, and how water usage is a huge area ripe for innovation. We identified this as a problem about eight or nine years ago at Belkin, just at the beginning of the WeMo efforts there.

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Miven Venture Partners Gets IPO Exit At A10 Networks

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Newport Beach-based Miven Venture Partners , the private investment arm of Linksys founder Victor Tsao, has scored an exit in one of its portfolio companies, A10 Networks , after that company''s successful IPO this morning. Miven had invested in A10 Networks way back in 2006, as part of a Series B funding round for the company.

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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

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As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. The themes expanded to include both hot new startups, as well as companies like Cornerstone OnDemand, Belkin, and Telesign which have been part of LA tech for more than a decade.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Developments Blog. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 The arrival of techies has also had a profound effect on the rental market, brokers and real-estate developers say. Developers are scrambling to cater to the influx. MSN Money Investing. Investing Tools.