socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

Southern California 200

Southern California Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 200

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

There are 9 innovation nodes in the US associated with I-Corp, and one of those nodes is out of the Viterbi School of Engineering, with UCLA and Caltech partners in that. What we do, is regional customer discovery for teams, typically academic. They're also familiar with traditional startup structure.

Marina Del Rey 150

Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We had a great launch and have seen great success, which has validated the fact that there is a lot of pent up demand for an organization here. Pasadena has long been known as the home for many spinouts of Caltech and JPL. There are also many from USC and UCLA. We began with the basics, by connecting people and running meetups.

Pasadena 100

Pasadena Orange County Idealab CalTech 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. They are very few and far between, partially because the demand is not out there. So those resources have been fantastic.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

I had a programming job at UCLA at the time, working at UCLA Radiology. That's something I am very passionate about, supporting the So Cal ecosystem, which is why we hire heavily from USC, UCLA, Caltech, Occidental, and the other local schools. He sold it to ArtistDirect for $42.5M I was a sponge.

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Google, Hulu, Riot Games, Demand Media, and many other big name players residing in Silicon Beach, it is no small wonder why many tech startups flock towards the sunny beach-side view. LA brings forth a lot of talent from USC, UCLA, and Caltech. With Yahoo!,

Report 104

Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

At the Twiistup panel last week, there was a debate over whether big companies could be created here, which is ridiculous--Demand Media is the latest example there, we've got Cornerstone OnDemand coming out soon, and there is no question there are market leading, large revenue companies coming out of Southern California.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154