socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

According to Pasadena-based green marketplace firm OnGreen , the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and University of Southern California (USC) scored a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West.

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socalTECH

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.

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Draper CalTech Southern California Education 191

socalTECH

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. DOE, being managed by OnGreen, UCLA, USC, and Caltech.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 20, 2019

Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. Keynote Speaker: Gil Elbaz, Founder and CEO of Factual Inc, Co-Founder of Applied Semantics; Wes Nichols, Board Partner, Upfront Ventures; Dominique (Mike) Hanssens, Distinguished Research Professor of Marketing, UCLA Anderson Graduate School. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 22, 2017

Over 40 presentations from our region's most prominent research institutions: CalTech, UCS, UCLA, UCSB, UCI, Childrens Hospital LA, Cedars Sinai, University of Hawaii, Arizona State University, LA BioMed, City of Hope, CalState LA and more!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Harvard, Caltech, UCLA, USC, the BBC, and NASA. The City of Burbank, in partnership with TechFire is featuring a Burbank tech success story, Angel City Data's Founder and President, David Knight. Angel City Data has deployed over 2,000 custom desktop, web and mobile software solutions for clients such as Apple, Disney, Warner Bros.,

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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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Incubator CalTech USC UCLA 222

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Gevo , the biofuels technology startup spawned out of technology at Caltech and UCLA, has raised $107M in an IPO this morning. The firm, which is now based in Colorado, debuted on the Nasdaq Global Market Wednesday morning as GEVO, debuting at $15.00. The stock was trading as high as $17.50 in morning trading.

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CalTech UCLA Pasadena Pricing 174

socalTECH

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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Sofie Biosciences--which is a spinout of UCLA and Caltech--said the funding will go towards further development of its technology. Culver City-based molecular imaging products maker Sofie Biosciences said Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round.

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Culver City CalTech UCLA Venture Capital 147

socalTECH

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. The firm's technology is based on research form UCLA focused on producing next-generation biofuels through genetically modified Escherichia coli (E. and $15.00

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Westlake Village CalTech UCLA Southern California 145

socalTECH

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.

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Technology CalTech Tech Coast Angels Startup 184

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The Ultra-Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells team at Caltech is developing solar cells which solve the problem of current photovoltaic panels, where there is a lot of loss of material due to trimming of silicon wafers. The last university team recognized by Popular Mechanics comes out of UCLA. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California SoCal CalTech UCLA 145

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2013

The first was Gevo, a biofuels company originally started in Pasadena and based on technology from Caltech and UCLA, and which moved to Colorado to escape local rules and regulations over its biofuels manufacturing efforts, and eventually had an IPO.

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Southern California CalTech UCLA High Tech 153

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2012

According to Wheelz, it has added the Claremont Colleges, Loyola marymount, Caltech, and Occidental to its list of local schools, which already includes USC and UCLA. Wheelz lets people offer up their cars for rent, via a special in-car box and integrated smartphone apps.

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Los Angeles Claremont Angel CalTech 140

socalTECH

MAY 13, 2016

CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California) runs the California Research and Education Network (CalREN) , which connects such institutions as Caltech, UCLA, USC, Cal State LA, and the Los Angeles Community Colleges, as well as K-20 students and educators.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

You’ll find engineers out of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Caltech or execs out of UCLA, Spelman, NYU, etc. In the current market it’s not that hard to find executives leaving: Facebook, Google, Airbnb, Netflix, Snap, Salesforce.com, SpaceX … you name it?—?to to start their next company.

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Funding UCSD Netflix CalTech 301

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

Traditionally, the county has seen lots of engineering students instead head either South to schools such as UCLA, USC, and Caltech, or farther north to UCSB.

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Ventura Orange County Santa Barbara CalTech 191

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Caltech generates more patents than any other university while UCLA boasts more startups founded by its graduate than any other school in the nation. Suster has also noted for years that the region produces more technology doctorates than any other geography in the United States.

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Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

The new group says it will develop initiatives that encourage tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and top talent to locate to and stay in Southern California, complementing and extending the success of Silicon Valley and the Bay Area.

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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.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 26, 2011

Cleantech Career Night is a collaboration between Caltech, UCLA, USC, and CleanTech LA with the goal of connecting LA´s brightest business and engineering students with leading clean technology companies. Tuesday, February 1, 2011 -- CleanTech Career Night. Cleantech LA.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

However, for students at USC, UCLA, and Caltech, that just doesn''t exist. The second, which involves a lot of people, is building awareness at universities--notably, USC and UCLA. That''s also true of UCLA. Steven Dietz: We have three basic roles that TechLA needs to accomplish. I think it''s also a little bit cultural.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Caltech and UCLA are now equidistant from CU Boulder and MIT, and that has been a surprising benefit. Furthermore, while a small fund, we invest across the country, and Thin Line has relationships in every time zone. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

CalTech MIT Enterprise Forum – Great events on various topics – there's one this Saturday that would be great to go to. They put on great events. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. AITP-LA – Monthly events. Often very IT focused, but can be interesting topics.

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Southern California Los Angeles Technology Council Stirrers and Shakers 243

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is a non-profit organization that emerged from the CleanTech Los Angeles (CTLA), an alliance including the Mayors office, the areas exceptional educational and research institutions  UCLA, USC, Caltech and NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory  the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, the (..)

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Los Angeles Incubator Angel CalTech 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2010

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Culver City UCLA CalTech Research 145

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

LA Cleantech Incubator , officially launched last week, and was created by Los Angeles Cleantech Alliance, a group supported by 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.

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Southern California Orange County Incubator Tech Coast Angels 216

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The new group, The Tech CEO Network , said it is looking to help bridge between the technology present at local schools like Caltech, UCLA, USC, UC Irvine, and other universities, and actual, viable companies. The founders of the group, Richard Koffler and John Morris , are two well known investors in the Los Angeles area.

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Research Tech Coast Angels Company Companies 164

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Mike Swords – Executive Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Global Partnerships, UCLA. The work he performs is a mixture of research and enterprise, with UCLA being a hotbed petri dish of industry.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We have one of the most diverse ecosystems around, from software companies, to hardware companies, to hard science technology out of Caltech and JPL, to design driven opportunities out of the Art Center. Pasadena has long been known as the home for many spinouts of Caltech and JPL. There are also many from USC and UCLA.

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Pasadena Orange County Idealab CalTech 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

So, despite their rivalries and silos, people have come together, and we now have all 5 UC campuses in Southern California, plus Caltech, Harvey Mudd, USC, UC San Diego, and others involved. But, there is broad agreement that it would be a wonderful thing to get more entrepreneurs and venture capital into the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. Home of JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), which helps put rockets into space. downtown LA].

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

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. The company's CEO, Kos Galatsis , spoke to us a few years ago at the very beginning of their journey.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

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.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

We've been hiring from all of the top schools�Carnegie Mellon, Caltech, USC, Berkeley, UCLA ,and it has taken a combination of deep learning, machine learning, speech synthesis, linguistics, and psychology to come up with all of this. We have about 25 people in house, and around 15 outside whoh have worked on this.

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Idealab Artificial Inteligence Startup Ideas 173

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.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113