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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

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At the same time, the need for the products and services that OCTANe provides are greater in a recessionary economy than in when the economy is booming. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow. Historically, OCTANe has been loosely married to UC Irvine, where OCTANe first started five or six years ago.

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Tear Film Innovations Raises $9M

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San Diego-based Tear Film Innovations , a developer of a medical device for treating "dry eye", has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding round was led by Visionary Ventures Fund and Tigris Ventures. Tear Film Innovations is led by CEO and President Rob Thornhill. READ MORE>>.

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LAVA Names Kovacs As President

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LAVA says it has recently been working on strengthening ties across the region with the Innovation Network of Southern California (INSoCal) with OCTANe and the San Diego Venture Group. LAVA's day to day operations are managed by Executive Director Len Lanzai. READ MORE>>.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Steven Cox , TakeLessons (San Diego, marketplace). Melani Gordon , Taphunter (San Diego, mobile apps).

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

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Venture capital. 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. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage.