socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster.com, an online community focused on students and homework, said today that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Mr. Shai Reshef, who the firm described as an online education industry veteran. READ MORE>>

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LATechDigest

MAY 30, 2016

Innovate Pasadena. MARCH CAPITAL Opens LA Shop with $240M Fund ( link ). Students & Educators — Win $25k in THE MAYOR’S CUP ( link ). VNTANA Spoke at Innovate Pasadena. Preparing to speak with Shahin Farshchi of Lux Capital & Seth Gerson of @Survios at @uclaanderson VC event pic.twitter.com/YwqpmyHvYg.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pasadena-based California Insitute of Technology said this week that it has tapped a venture capitalist for its Board of Trustees. According to Caltech, Narendra K. Gupta, cofounder and managing director of Nexus Venture Partners and an alumnus of the school, has been elected to its board.

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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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. Aaron Hawkey: Cramster is an online study community, built around students and educational subjects. We've been doing this for a while and capitalize on our head start.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” Funds like First Round Capital, True Ventures, Foundry Group, HomeBrew, USV and many others are still run by the founders and are still on the mission they started. We took it anyways.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. Think about venture capital. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. North of the 101]. And do so in real life, too.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Sangster lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in improving early childhood education. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

They generally are extremely well-educated with many holding numerous degrees and/or certifications, especially African American women. In addition, they volunteer, sit on boards, and are extremely philanthropic overall whether in support of their own non-profit endeavors, or those they choose to support financially, or with their time.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. In 1995 Netscape IPO’d and browsers started to become more prevalent. So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever.

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