socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The startup combines whole genome sequencing and other diagnostic tests, along with data analysis software, and provides counselor-driven, health coaching services aimed at long-term health and wellness of its clients. Leroy Hood, has launched itself into the Los Angeles market, as its first expansion beyond its home market of Seattle.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Angel CalTech Coach 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 10, 2011

Caltech/MIT enterprise Forum. Entrepreneurial opportunities exist in many spaces, including extended range electric vehicles, charging technologies, Smart Grid interfaces, first mile/last-mile vehicles (electric bikes, scooters, or shared transportation) and software to manage the devices at home and on the road.

Enterprise Forum 100

Enterprise Forum CalTech Entrepreneur Ideas 100

Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Cisco has agreed to pay $660 million for Luxtera, a Caltech spinout that makes optical chips for data centers. Cisco, the San Jose, CA-based tech giant (NASDAQ: CSCO ), said Tuesday that Luxtera’s advanced chips will help it offer its customers faster and better network service performance.

San Diego 49

San Diego CalTech Acquisition Design 49

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

According to FastSoft, the firm's products are being used to help speed the upload of content objects to Limelight's servers. FastSoft is a Caltech spinoff which has developed software appliances which accelerate TCP transfers; the firm's technology uses an optimized version of the TCP protocol to accelerate data transfers.

Networking 100

Networking Miramar CalTech Pasadena 100

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 spoke with CEO and founder Andy Wilson about how Rexter is looking to help business professionals further develop their relationships. What exactly is Rexter?

Networking 178

Networking Startup Software eHarmony 178

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Steve is helping to spearhead the efforts of TechLA Internships (techla.internships.com), an online site which lists local internships at high tech companies for college students. However, for students at USC, UCLA, and Caltech, that just doesn''t exist. We caught up with Steve earlier this week to learn more about the program.

Startup 185

Startup UCLA USC High Tech 185

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In 1985, Lotus Development Corporation acquired GNP and Bill became a software entrepreneur at Lotus Development. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

Today's interview is with Los Angeles-based Miso Media , a developer of iPad-based music education software, which uses note detection to help users learn guitar, ukulele, and banjo. First off, let's talk a little bit about your software. What does your software do? Aviv Grill: We just launched our 2.0

Media 267

Media Education Startup Google 267

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. We had to figure out what would help the other 90 percent build better and more interesting sites.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA. In the last couple ofyears, we've seen more enterprise technology and software locally here, and software is starting to grow up. I think that is a big strength for us.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

We were literally on the cusp of launching our prpoduct, and all of our work and money to date had gone into getting the innovative technology out of Caltech, exploring the marketplace, and making sure the product features matched with the demand of the market, which it clearly did. We think the next five years will be very interesting.

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps. Thanks, and good luck!

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

We think we are a company that will help ring in the 5G era, with high efficiency and high performance electronics. Kos Galatsis: A lot of startups funded these days are software companies, and they do not have to do real hardware like they used to ten years ago. level technicians there to help. Thanks, and good luck!

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We're able to help throw some gasoline on the fire, plus also help people even at the earliest stages of a business. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products. That's one area investors can usually help. That's part one.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

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. There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA. Of course, if you can get a referral through a person I know, it''s much more helpful because I can get that person''s opinion as well.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Our investment gurus advise against getting behind technology that needs the government’s support because in the end, new technologies need to help people save money, or make processes better. Between Caltech, USC, and UCLA, $1 billion has been put into research expenditures.

UCLA 99

UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

With LaunchPad’s help, more than 61 Orange County companies have raised more than $97 million in startup capital, seed, and series A investments — and much of that money comes from Valley investors betting on their neighbors to the south. Saudi Arabia uses your gas dollars to fund solar energy Health Cisco helps build first U.S.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. How did it help you? Having helped create Fantasy World , I'm a big believer in the value of social and games.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Don’t worry if they can’t help in your daily business. There are other ways you can get help. It helps that my first company was actually founded in Ireland! Product : You should build a product or a prototype.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product Ideas 350

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. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

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 ). Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future?

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318