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NASA Selects SpaceX, Other Local Space Companies For New Program

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NASA has selected Hawthorne-based SpaceX , Carlsbad-based Vulcan Wireless , and Canoga Park-based Aerojet Rocketdyne as part of a new program to boost technologies to land humans on the Moon by 2024, the space agency announced on Tuesday.

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Topanga Technologies Raises $15M

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Canoga Park-based Topanga Technologies , a developer of high efficiency, plasma lighting, has scored $15M in new funding, according to regulatory filings from the firm. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company.

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Topanga Technologies Launches Plasma Lighting Product

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Canoga Park-based Topanga Technologies , the venture backed provider of solid state lighting products, said Friday that it has launched a new plasma light source product Friday. The company said the new solid state lighting product is aimed at street, area, architectural, and industrial lighting applications.

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Five Area Firms Get DOE Funds for Concentrating Solar Power Research

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Five, Southern California firms are among companies who are splitting up $62M in government funding for the research, development, and demonstration of concentrating solar power systems, according to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy. for a new class of solar concentrators; and Riverside-based Terrafore receiving up to $1.4M

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Topanga Technologies Ups Funding To $3.45M

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Canoga Park-based Topanga Technologies , a stealth-mode, developer of energy efficient lighting systems, has now raised $3.45M in funding for the firm, according to a regulatory filing by the company today. Khosla's Ford Tamer sits on the company's board.

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Interview with Jon Ferrara on Nimble, The Microsoft Accelerator, And The Cloud

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Most recently, Nimble was accepted into Microsoft's Accelerator, aimed at taking companies and scaling them through Microsoft relationships. We caught up with Jon about the company's entry into Microsoft's Accelerator, and also got his thoughts on how the world is different this time around for his latest CRM startup.

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