socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . “Los Angeles is a great place for this, because we have a close relationship with Caltech and JPL,” according to Gross.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2012

In a typical business, the idea is to do that and make some money. Are nonprofits the only organizations that can solve these problems, or are there ways to make money (and find funding) while making life better for people at the bottom of the economic pyramid? Entrepreneurs identify problems and find ways to solve them.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

Those are faculty members who have a commercialization idea and want help with that. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&# Summary notes, as always, provide below. Shopping.com.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 3, 2010

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Venture capitalists are a traditional source of funding but there are other sources that can get your ideas and company moving forward. Saturday, January 9, 2010 -- Fun and Bucks: Harvesting Energy from Sun, Wind, Biomass and Water. California is leading the country in the cleantech revolution.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2010

in funding from the Pasadena Angels, for its technology which applies semiconductor processing to diamonds to create more brilliant and super-polished stones. 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.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

That's the idea behind the technology being developed by Pasadena-based ObEN (www.oben.me), which is led by co-founde rand CEO Nikhil Jain. Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co.,

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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. The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is the hub for innovators in the Caltech community who want to learn how to make their idea a reality. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. How did the new fund come about? There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA. Do you have institutional LPs in your fund, or is this your personal capital?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. So what's going on with the fund nowadays? Nice chatting with you today! Let's talk about the exit. Interesting. Is there a market?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

He is a unique human being with original thoughts & ideas and very limited concern for having to fit into other people’s narratives. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. ” That always stuck with me.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

For Friday''s interview, we spoke with Terry Kay ithe new Chairman of the Pasadena Angels (www.pasadenaangels.com) on the group, and its relevance in the technology funding world today. How is an angel group like the Pasadena Angel relevant in today''s world of accelerators, incubators, crowd funding, and more? READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

94 new startups have launched since January 2013 to June 2013 and the startup ecosystem has raised $500 million in funding in 2013 so far. A healthy startup community needs to communicate and create new ideas together. LA brings forth a lot of talent from USC, UCLA, and Caltech. Los Angeles has a diverse area of startups.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

At SBF, a number of good ideas were floated to do just that. The idea with the most momentum was an effort to change the tax code to offer greater incentives for startups and venture funds to headquarter in L.A.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite? Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Where: 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. On the east coast, the response is typically all the reasons why your idea is not going to work. Positive feedback feeds the idea. We then spoke about startups.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures. At Amplify, I evolved into wanting to do a fund, and thought about doing a regular venture fund. If you look at just Caltech, UCLA, and USC, and you look at our population base, we''re pouring out more engineers than pretty much anywhere.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech. We're fortunate we've been able to fund that from SocialEngine. We scaled that to almost $1.4

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2013

That's the idea behind Rexter (www.rexter.com), which recently raised seed funding to ramp up its software to put "LinkedIn on steroids". We also started looking at how statistics apply and how to evolve our model to learn over time, which is why we have people like Yaser Abu-Mostafa from the Learning Systems Group at Caltech.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

It all came back to this idea of on-boarding. This was before the App Store existed, and he was just unbelievably supportive of all my ideas. LA's ecosystem was not like it was today, and it now has a rich history, lots of smart people who have exited, and who now run funds and get the ecosystem.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

However, on the other hand, some ideas are more sensitive than others especially in the development phase, and an entrepreneur should be careful to disclose the idea only to those in whom he/she has a reasonable level of trust and who are genuinely in a position to help the company. Sounds like a great group.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. If you believe that you have a great idea that has a potential to sell and you need help in product development, we are here for your help. Event Details.

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CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. There’s no cost.

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CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. There’s no cost.

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CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. There’s no cost.

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CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. There’s no cost.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform?

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

MYTH 2: Silicon Valley companies will always have the best shot at funding. And, let’s not overlook the research juggernaut called Caltech, which managed $332 million in sponsored research and $1.77 Matthew has seen hundreds of startups pitch funding though OCTANe’s LaunchPad program. Editor’s picks. Featured stories.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

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. Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness.

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