Caltech Scientists's Kickstarter Project: Nanoart
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MARCH 19, 2012
Here's an interesting Kickstarter project looking for some (crowd) funding: a Caltech scientist is looking to raise $50,000 to create "nanoart".
Gevo, With Ties To Caltech and UCLA, Files For IPO
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AUGUST 12, 2010
Gevo--which is now based in Englewood, Colorado--was started in Pasadena, and has licensed technology from both the University of California, Los Angeles, and Caltech. coli) bacteria, as well as technology from Caltech from the lab of Dr. Frances Arnold. Gevo said it will raised up to $150M on the Nasdaq Global Market, trading as GEVO.
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Caltech Team Wins Top Prize, $100K In Bill Gates' Toilet Tech Effort
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AUGUST 15, 2012
A team for the California Institute of Technology has scored the top prize, and $100,000, in a major technology effort--funded by Bill Gates--to reinvent the toilet. The Caltech team won the top prize for its solar-powered toilet that generates hydrogen and electricity. in advancing toilet projects, as part of an overall $6.5
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Caltech Invests In Coursera
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JULY 17, 2012
According to Coursera, Caltech and the University of Pennsylvania have invested a combined $3.7M Coursera already has funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and New Enterprise Associates, and is based in Mountain View. in investments to back its efforts to put university courses online. READ MORE>>.
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Caltech Leads $122M Energy Effort
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JULY 22, 2010
Department of Energy is continuing its efforts to fund new energy innovation projects, saying Thursday that it is awarding up to $122M in funding to a project being led by the California Institute of Technology , based out of Pasadena. The new effort will be directed out of Caltech by Professor Nathan S. According to U.S.
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On Funding?—?The Denominator Effect
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JUNE 28, 2021
On Funding?—?The The Denominator Effect I recently wrote a post about funding for investors to think about having a diversified portfolio , which I called “shots on goal.” If you funded 30–40 deals perhaps just 1 or 2 would drive the lion’s shares of returns. Photo credit: Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash On Funding?—?The
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Calibrate Ventures Raises $80M Investment Fund
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DECEMBER 11, 2018
Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a brand new venture capital firm founded by Kevin Dunlap and Jason Schoettler, announced on Tuesday morning that it has raised $80M in its very first venture capital fund, Calibrate Ventures, L.P. READ MORE>>.
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MARCH 19, 2017
Saturday, March 25, 2017 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Funding. The Snapchat Effect: How the companys mega IPO may enhance the odds of your startup getting funded. Will we witness more venture funding and increased company valuations in the region?
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Guidance Software Funds Data Security Program At Caltech
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AUGUST 19, 2015
Pasadena-based Guidance Software , which makes computer forensics and digital investigation software, said today that it has funded a data security research program at the Caltech Institute of Technology (Caltech).
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Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Venture Funding
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APRIL 7, 2019
Saturday, April 13, 2019 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Venture Funding. The Los Angeles Tech and Venture Scene 2019 / Anatomy of a Successful Seed Round. Our program keynote will debut the 2019 Amplify.LA presentation which offers a comprehensive overview of the Los Angeles tech and venture landscape.
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100 Caltech, UCLA, UCSD Rank Highly On Tech Transfer Ranking
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APRIL 21, 2017
The California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of San Diego (UCSD) have all ranked very highly on a new ranking of universities for their technology transfer efforts, issued by The Milken Insitute , the Santa Monica-based thinktank. READ MORE>>.
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Caltech Gets $750M For Climate Research
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
The entrepreneurs--who own The Wonderful Company--will go towards research into what Caltech says are the "most pressing challenges" in environmental sustainability. The gift is the largest ever received in Caltech's history, and the largest ever for environmental sustainability research.
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113 Helixis Bumps Funding To $7.3M
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OCTOBER 28, 2009
Carlsbad-based Helixis , a developer of nucleic acid analysis tools, has upped its recent funding round to $7.3M, according to a filing from the firm this week. The funding is a continuation of a $10.0M Source of the new funding was not disclosed. Helixis is a spinout of Caltech. READ MORE>>.
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Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum
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JANUARY 15, 2017
Saturday, January 21, 2017 -- Aerospace and Defense: Finding and Funding Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Southern California. Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. From small sats and drones to headline-making rocketry by the big guys, our Southern California Aerospace landscape has been revitalized.
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Indi Molecular Picks Up $300K More In $1.8M Seed Funding
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DECEMBER 10, 2013
Culver City-based Indi Molecular , a developer of synthetic replacements for antibodies, announced Tuesday that it has raised $300,000 more in its seed funding, bringing the total raised in the round to $1.8M. The new funding was led by InterWest Partners, and also included several un-named, angel investors. READ MORE>>.
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Materia Raises $14.9M
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MARCH 14, 2014
Details on the funding have yet to be announced by the company. 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.
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178 Local Clean Energy Business Plan Contest Awards $160,000
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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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Helixis' Founders Other Startup: Rockoco
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JULY 28, 2010
On the heels of the successful exit of Carlsbad-based Helixis this week, it turns out the founders of the firm--Caltech professor Axel Scherer and Caltech Ph.D. in funding from the Pasadena Angels and other investors. Tags: acquisition merger semiconductor polish diamond startup spinout caltech rockoco helixis.
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UC, Caltech Key To Bill Gates' New $1 Billion Cleantech Investment Effort
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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.
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FastSoft Raises $950K
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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. No details on the funding have been announced by the firm. READ MORE>>.
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Elevance Renewable Sciences Finds $104M
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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. The funding will go towards its strategic growth plans. The funding will go towards its strategic growth plans.
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Rockoco Gets $1.5M For Super-Polishing Diamonds
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JULY 26, 2010
Pasadena-based Rockoco , a spinout of Caltech, has raised $1.5M in a funding round, according to lead investor the Pasadena Angels. According to the firm, it will use the funding to move the firm out of its current home at Caltech into its own facility.
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APRIL 8, 2018
Saturday, April 14, 2018 --.
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100 University Students Get $200K For Clean Technology Startups
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MAY 11, 2012
The Western Regional winners at Caltech were determined by a panel of judges from Mohr Davidow, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sierra Ventures, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund, the Angeleno Group and the Pasadena and Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.
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184 Illumina Accelerator Backs Seven Startups
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Companies which received funding were BIXBIO LIMITED (genomics in South Africa); EpiCombi.AI Illumina's startup efforts are led by Amanda Cashin, PhD, co-founder and Global Head of Illumina For Startups. Limited (AI technology focused on cancer); Genegoggle Sp. biotech in Poland); NewStem Ltd.
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Competition Dangles $200K To Students With Clean Technology Ideas
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FEBRUARY 16, 2012
A new competition--part of the Startup America effort launched by the Obama Administration, and spearheaded locally by Caltech, USC, and UCLA--said today that it is looking to award $200,000 in prize money to university students with clean energy business ideas. The competition is being funded via $360,000 grant from the U.S.
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Gevo Buys Ethanol Plant
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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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Contour Energy Scores Funding From In-Q-Tel
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JANUARY 17, 2012
The firm is a spinout of Caltech. Contour Energy is a developer of battery technology, including carbon-flouride batteries, which are expected to provide higher energy density, power, and reliability.
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Gevo Sets Range For IPO
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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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145 Indi Molecular Raises $1.5M For Antibody Startup
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
in a seed funding round. The funding was led by InterWest Partners, and also included a number of un-named angel investors. 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. READ MORE>>.
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Capsida Uncloaks With $140M In Funding
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APRIL 29, 2021
The startup is backed by $50M in a Series A funding from Versant Ventures and Westlake Village BioPartners, and an additional $90M multi-year strategic collaboration and option agreement with AbbVie. The deal with AbbVie also includes additional potential future option, development and commercial milestone payments.
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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Presenting Companies at CalTech
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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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Rexter Gets $1.5M To Put Contact Management On Steroids
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MARCH 19, 2013
in a seed funding round, which included local high profile technology executives Ted Meisel, Gil Elbaz, Sean Moriarty, Jarl Mohn, along with Siemer Ventures. Rexter , a brand new, Pasadena startup looking to put business contact management on steroids, said today that it has raised $1.5M
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193 Materia Lands Army Funding For Fuel Additive
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OCTOBER 2, 2008
Pasadena-based Materia has scored Army funding for a program focused on developing fire resistant fuel additives, the firm announced Wednesday. Materia, which is commercializing olefin metathesis catalyst technology developed at Caltech, said that the funding is going towards technology to provide greater fire protection for fuel tanks.
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Why the Future of Space Starts in LA
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JUNE 12, 2024
Credit: Apex Today, Apex announced their Series B funding round, led by XYZ Ventures and CRV, with participation from Upfront. Is it because of the rich engineering talent coming out of Caltech, UCLA, USC, Harvey Mudd, and all the other universities?
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237 Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena
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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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242 Materia Raises $11.75M
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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. Grubbs, has raised $11.75M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed by the company.
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CFX Battery Raises $15M More
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OCTOBER 22, 2009
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. CFX, a spinout of Caltech, is developing both primary and secondary batteries.
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153 Indi Molecular Raises $11.5M
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JULY 7, 2017
in a Series A funding. 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.
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124 Beyond Limits, Fresh Off $133M Funding, Links With Management Consulting Firm
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OCTOBER 21, 2020
Los Angeles-based Beyond Limits , the artificial intelligence software developer which recently raised a big, $133M funding round, has linked with management consulting firm The Carnrite Group , the two said on Wednesday. The company announced a big, $133M Series C funding at the end of September, from Group 42 and bp ventures.
Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 30, 2012
This Spotlight takes place Thursday, February 2, at Caltech. Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Take the next left on Holliston Avenue, into Caltech campus. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Event Details. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m.
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91 Materia Gets NIH Funding Grant
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MAY 3, 2012
Pasadena-based Materia , the developer of olefin metathesis catalyst technology developed at the California Institute of Technology, said this week that it has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH), Phase II funding grant. Amoumt of the grant was not disclosed.
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Sofie Biosciences Lands $5M In Series A
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OCTOBER 15, 2013
Culver City-based molecular imaging products maker Sofie Biosciences said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Tata Industries, and also included MRM Capital and the Cycad Group. The new funding comes on top of a SBIR grant the company announced earlier this month. READ MORE>>.
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SlipChip Gets $26.5M For Microfluidics Technology
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MARCH 9, 2015
Pasadena-based SlipChip , a Caltech spinoff developing microfluidics technology, has raised $26.5M as part of an ongoing, $30M funding raising effort, according to a filing from the company. Photo: Caltech, demonstration of technology licensed by SlipChip by the school. The filing says six investors participated in the round.
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