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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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Linksys is owned by Foxconn Interconnect Technology, which merged with the parent company of Linksys, Belkin International, back in 2018. Foxconn said it recently entered into a strategic alliance with networking products maker Fortinet, which included a $75M investment in Linksys.

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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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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. At the end of 2013, we were excited when there was an investment round of $20M to $30M. This is just the start. Watch for more in 2015.

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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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MSN Money Investing. Investment Land For Sale. Investing Tools. Michael Belkin Predicts 40% Stock Market Drop. Wie Facebook Ihre intimsten Geheimnisse ausplaudert. Gefährliche Freunde: Drei Fallen auf Facebook. So schützen Sie Ihre Privatsphäre bei Facebook. MSN Money Homepage. Available to WSJ.com Subscribers.