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APRIL 21, 2011

Impinj , a developer of RFID chips which has satellite engineering office in Rancho Cordova and Newport Beach, and which was founded by a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) professor, has filed for an IPO. The firm said it is raising up to $100M on the markets. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley , J.P. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 14, 2014

Materia develops Nobel prize winning technology for the production of small, medium, and large molecules, called metathesis, which was developed at Caltech. Materia''s technology was developed by Caltech Nobel Prize winner Robert H. materia nobel chemistry olefin metathesis venture capital' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2010

Pasadena-based Rockoco , a spinout of Caltech, has raised $1.5M According to the firm, it will use the funding to move the firm out of its current home at Caltech into its own facility. Tags: rockoco diamond polishing semiconductor venture capital pasadena angels.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Pasadena-based FastSoft , a developer of Internet acceleration appliances based on research out of Caltech, has raised $950K in a debt funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. FastSoft has previously received funding from Miramar Venture Partners, Caltech, and angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Gevo , the Caltech spinoff developing biofuels processing technology, said last week that it has completed its acquisition of a biofuels plant in Luverne, Minnesota. Gevo's technology is based on research developed out of Caltech, although the firm is now located in Colorado. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Gevo , the biofuels startup spawned out of technology from the University of California, Los Angeles and Caltech, has set an offering range for its IPO. Gevo is venture backed by Khosla Ventures, Virgin Green Fund, Total Energy Ventures, Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund, Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund, and LANXESS, among others.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Both the University of California , and Caltech both appear to be key to the new clean technology investment fund, Breakthrough Energy , which is being led by former Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Gates called climate change a "serious threat" , especially in the poorest parts of the world.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

CFX, a spinout of Caltech, is developing both primary and secondary batteries. Tags: battery materials venture capital. Azusa-based CFX Battery , a developer of advanced battery technology, said today at Los Angeles Technology Week that the firm has just closed a $15M, Series B funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is the hub for innovators in the Caltech community who want to learn how to make their idea a reality. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, February 2, at Caltech. Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Caltech professor Jim Heath is a co-founder and board member of the startup, and the company has also licensed technology from the Scripps Research Institute. indi molecular venture capital diagnostics medical lifescience protein' The funding is being used to spin Indi Molecular off from parent firm Integrated Diagnostics.

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JULY 16, 2013

One of those high profile neighborhoods here is Pasadena, home of Idealab, Caltech, OpenX, and many other high tech companies and institutions. Because of that, I formally reached out to Caltech, Idealab, the Art Center College of Design, and all the CEOs I knew running tech companies out here. We were at ground zero.

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JULY 7, 2017

The funding was led by M Ventures (Merck Ventures BV, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA), and also included Legend Capital, Sabey Corporation, and Asset Management Ventures. Dr. Andreas Jurgeit from Merck Ventures and Dr. Darren Cai from Legend Capital will join the company's board with the funding. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Pasadena-based Materia , which is commercializing olefin metathesis catalyst technology developed by Caltech Nobel Prize winner Robert H. Tags: materia venture capital olefin nobel prize chemistry materials. Grubbs, has raised $11.75M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Helixis has previously received funding from Advanced Technology Ventures, Domain Associates, and Okapi Venture Capital. Helixis is a spinout of Caltech. Tags: helixis analysis lifescience biotech venture capital. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Indi Molecular''s technology is based on research out of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). lifescience capital venture startup biology synthetic molecular indi indidx' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 12, 2012

An Illinois firm whose technology is based on, and licensed from Pasadena-based Materia and Caltech , has raised a whopping, $104M funding round. Elevance is using olefin metathesis technology, licensed from Materia, and originally developed by Noble Prize winning Caltech professor Robert H. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

The funding was led by Tata Industries, and also included MRM Capital and the Cycad Group. Sofie Biosciences--which is a spinout of UCLA and Caltech--said the funding will go towards further development of its technology. sofie biosciences venture capital lifescience molecular diagnostics positron' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

CalTech / MIT Enterprise Forum (Sat 9th Oct – Pasadena) - I love speaking at CalTech because you get a great cross section of some of LA’s smartest people (I think definitionally this is people from CalTech) with many people from the business community. with high calibre technology people will get my time.

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JUNE 26, 2013

According to The Design Accelerator , it will help startups by selecting promising early stage, design-driven technology companies from the Art Center and Caltech communities for an intensive three-month program. >. The new incubator is headed by Mark Breitenberg and Erik Hovanec. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

cancer therapeutics and diagnostics in Israel); ImYoo (single-cell transcriptomics company from Caltech); Solena Ag (agricultural biotech company from Mexico); and Yali Biosciences (synthetic biology for creating climate-smart, sustainable foods.). Companies which received funding were BIXBIO LIMITED (genomics in South Africa); EpiCombi.AI

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Elevance just announced a $104M venture capital round in July, a Series E round which came from Lacustrine Limited via Genting Genomics Limited, and Total Energy Ventures International. Elevance Renewable Sciences , the producer of specialty, renewable chemicals based on research licensed from Pasadena-based Materia , has pulled its IPO.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

The round included $10M in new capital, combined with conversion of $6M in convertible debt. The funding was led by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and also included Alethea Capital, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Brace Pharma, EcoR1 Capital, F-Prime Capital, Moore Venture Partners and Tavistock Life Sciences. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2015

Pasadena-based SlipChip , a Caltech spinoff developing microfluidics technology, has raised $26.5M Details on the Series B funding have not yet been announced by the company, whic his a spinout of technology developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2009

Carlsbad-based Helixis , a developer of nucleic acid analysis tools based on technology spun out of Caltech, has raised $5.3M Helixis has previously received funding from ATV, Domain Associates, and Okapi Venture Capital. Tags: helixis venture capital caltech. out of a ongoing, $10.0M venture round. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based Equipois , which develops ergonomic arm technology, was the winner of a fast pitch competition hosted by the Monte Jade Science & Technology Association last week at Caltech. Tags: equipois venture capital fast pitch competition. The technology is based on the technology behind Hollywood's Steadicam. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

The firm, which develops optical interconnects, is a Caltech spinoff. No details on the funding have been disclosed, however, the firm has previously raised three rounds of capital from August Capital, ITU Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Sevin Rosen Funds, and Zone Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Elevance is a spinout of Pasadena-based Materia , the material research firm based on research out of Caltech. The new funding for Elevance came from Naxos Capital Partners, Total Energy Ventures, TPG Biotech and TPG Growth. Materia spun out Elevance Renewable Sciences in March of 2008, with $40M in funding.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

We’ve also seen a substantial inflow of venture capital from all over the world.”. Caltech generates more patents than any other university while UCLA boasts more startups founded by its graduate than any other school in the nation. In fact, as is well-reported, the luster of Silicon Valley is fading.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. But even this is changing.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Rexter said its technology--developed with the help of Dr. Galen Buckwalter, founding chief scientist at eHarmony , along with Yaser Abu-Mostafa, leader of the Learning Systems Group at Caltech calculates daily changes in relationship strength versus users' short and long-term goals, and optimizes who a person should be networking with or calling; (..)

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MARCH 6, 2014

Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, who got his PhD in Chemistry from Caltech, then went to co-found Fairchild Semiconductor, and built Intel from an initial $2.5 million in venture capital into one of the biggest semiconductor companies in the world. Any notable local inventors/technology we missed? Comment below! READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Is it because of the rich engineering talent coming out of Caltech, UCLA, USC, Harvey Mudd, and all the other universities? And if you spend much time in LA, you’ll quickly realize that we’re in a groundswell of space and defense startups.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Morgan Asset Management and an affiliate of Upper Bay Infrastructure Partners , which will provide over $200M in capital for 8minutenergy's pipeline of products. As part of the financing deal, Alex O'Cinneide of Gore Street Capital will join 8minuteenergy's advisory board. gigawatt pipeline of projects.

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JULY 28, 2010

Laguna Beach-based venture capital firm Okapi Ventures , which is run by Sharon Stevenson and Marc Averitt , has seen its first portfolio exit, in Carlsbad-based Helixis. Okapi said that the first exit represented a return of more than six times the invseted capital in the firm, which it first invested in less than three years ago.

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JULY 26, 2012

Impinj , a developer of UHF, radio frequency identification (RFID) chips which has linked to Caltech, and an office in Orange County, said today that it has raised $21M in an equity funding round, as well as dropped its plans for an IPO. Impinj said the funding came from AllianceBernstein L.P.,

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