socalTECH

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. We caught up with Andy Wilson , who is behind the effort, to hear about why he thinks Pasadena needs its own technology identity. What is Innovate Pasadena? I got a resounding yes.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). LawPivot is a legal Q&A website enabling companies, especially startups, to confidentially receive crowdsourced legal answers from highly qualified lawyers for a fraction of the cost. Their focus is green technology. Event Details.

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2009

Pasadena-based Protabit , a brand new startup based on research from Caltech, and chemical giant Monsanto disclosed this morning that the two firms have entered into a two-year collaboration, to develop new tools for protein design and optimization. Tags: protabit monsanto lifescience protein software startup.

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CalTech Startup Pasadena Tool 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

What's the latest craze in startups in Southern Califonia? It looks to be startup accelerators. In just the last few weeks, at least five different incubation/acceleration efforts have booted up in the region. The group is a member of the TechStars Network, and boasts a who's who of successful local CEOs and investors.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Elementary Robotics was co-founded by Bill Gross, the brains behind an increasingly resurgent Idealab incubator, and Arye Barnehama, a former head of design at the augmented reality startup DAQRI. This is a game-changer, and opens up a new frontier of lower cost, easier to program, easier to use robotics for more mainstream operations.”

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Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? He started the group because he wanted to help companies succeed. We want to help companies find success, with our help on board, our connections, and advice.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator was created by the Los Angeles Cleantech Alliance, a group created by the Mayor's Office, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Community Redevelopment Agency for Los Angeles, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA, USC, CalTech, and Arts Center College of Design. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We thought we'd catch up on what's happening today, and in particular, how Innovate Pasadena (www.innovatepasadena.org) is looking to spur even more startups and technology in Pasadena�and why that's important for the rest of Southern California. They've filled up pretty quickly. For example, Orange County with medical devices.

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Pasadena Orange County Idealab CalTech 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Before that, I was at a multimedia design academy in high school. What is Beatshare?

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Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2010

It turns out that the firm--a spinout of Caltech--came out of the exact same lab as Helixis, the molecular diagnostics firm acquired for a healthy $105M by Illumina last week. We caught up with Paul Gloger, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the technology and company. It came out of a lab at Caltech, operated by Axel Scherer.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. Alex Benzer: I'm actually building two startups. SocialEngine is four years old, and that's the startup we applied to TechStars with.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2010

Earlier this month, Azusa-based CFX Battery , a stealthy battery technology spinout from Caltech, announced it had raised a new round of funding worth $14.2M. So, we came up with a name that was broader, and more than about CFX chemistry. We came up with Contour Energy, with a tag line of Reshaping Portable Power.

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CalTech Technical Review Azusa Venture Capital 168

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. After graduating from college, Bill and his brother Larry started GNP Development, Inc.,

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Steve Reich

MARCH 2, 2013

Somehow the home of IdeaLab, OpenX, CalTech, Art Center College of Design, and JPL doesn’t have much of a reputation as a innovation hub. A number of tech companies, such as Bluebeam and Materia, are quietly building powerful businesses, and many startups are in Old Town. Pasadena may be the best tech story never told.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Winter. TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. Co-Founded by Jesse Bouman and Gaia Dempsey, the company serves technology startups and companies with a focus on sustainability.

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CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. Myself, I am now working with a medical ultrasound technology firm, working directly with the researcher and a design firm.

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

We caught up with founder Aviv Grill to dig deeper into what the firm is doing. Other investors include Justin Timberlake, Dave McClure of 500 Startups; Keith Rabois, CEO of Square; and Lauren Sizkin, the recently deceased producer of Spider Man. The firm is backed by Google Ventures, as well as a number of well known angels.

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Media Education Google Startup 267

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. We then spoke about startups.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace. Social Networks: Past, Present & Future.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh earned his B.S.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology ( CalTech ) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Summer. TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and the all electric car company CODA as the SuperDemo. This could be your company’s chance to shine in the Spotlight. Attend and Support.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Bushnell is currently co-founder and chief game designer for Anti-Aging Games. There are already hundreds of cultured Angelenos signed up and ready to converge on downtown LA’s Arts district to experience the mind-meld of Mindshare 50. Here are just a few: Nolan Bushnell , a seasoned entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc.

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Technical Advisors Design Education Study 89

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Start-up on top of pen computing - Go Corp - pen point.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, Investors are no longer compelled to stick to their own backyard, and Southern California is changing the startup landscape, consistently ranking in the top three along with Silicon Valley and the Boston area. 11 hrs ago.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

At the time when you did a search on Lycos, Alta Vista or similar for a category such as Cars you ended up getting 9 spam results and 1 proper website to meet your needs. He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&# The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee.

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