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MAY 23, 2019

When Ezra first launched about six months ago, the company was using magnetic resonance imaging machines to test for prostate cancer in men. But the company’s founder, Emi Gal, always had a larger goal. Insurance companies won’t pay for Ezra’s screens… yet.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina said over the weekend that it has launched a new company, GRAIL , to focus on early cancer detection via blood-based screening. According to Illumina, GRAIL will focus on a pan-cancer screening test, by measuring circulating nucleic acids in the blood. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Irvine-based BlueCava , a developer of a cross-screen advertising platform, said Thursday that it has raised $13M in a new funding round. According to the company, the second round of funding came from S3 Ventures, Performance Edge Partners and Zeitgeist Capital. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

A technology that will surely revolutionize how viewers interact with content and television in the very near future. Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. Cool, right?

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JUNE 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based The Gores Group , the private equity investment firm, reported this morning that it has completed its acquisition of touch screen technology provider TE Connectivity. The deal was worth $380M in cash. Elo Touch was based in Menlo Park, California. Gores said that Elo Touch Solutions had sales of $413M in fiscal 2011.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

We also are going to talk a lot about startups getting exits and ultimately: Companies are bought, not sold. Being a radar screen of a buyer helps. Much as tech companies & VCs hate to admit it. You need to build relationships early. People who tell you otherwise are wrong. They say the same about VC. So, too, does PR.

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Technology Council

JULY 25, 2008

The VentureNet 2008 Selection/Screening Committee has been announced. Wow, what a prestigous list of Southern California venture capitalists, angel investors, and conference sponsors! We’re fortunate to have such a talented group that will ensure a very exciting software and IT capital conference this year.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

The region's large stable of high tech hardware companies are out in force this week at CES, with San Diego-based Qualcomm leading the charge and the keynote; Irvine-based Broadcom announced a new chip aimed at UltraHD TV Home gateways, MoCA 2.0 Who says that Southern California's high tech industry is all about Hollywood and e-commerce?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

We spoke with VP of Indeed Prime, Terence Chiu , about the new service�and more importantly, why the company decided that it needed to be in Los Angeles, as one of the growing tech hubs in the U.S., In fact, it's one of the top five tech hubs, according to technology workers looking for job opportunities.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Poway-based First Advantage , a provider of employment background screening, occupational health services, recruiting, business tax consulting, and other workforce management services, has been acquired by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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JULY 28, 2020

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , the organization which creates competitions to help encourage the advancement of technology to solve some of the world's biggest challenges, says it has launched a new prize, aimed at the rapid testing issue with COVID-19.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Irvine-based background check services provider HireRight is hoping to smooth the way for peer-to-peer marketplaces with a brand new product, aimed specifically at helping those companies to screen people in their marketplaces. economy sharing peer marketplace screening check background airbnb uber hireright' READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But there's more to the city than what's on the big screen. Another local company, CoSchedule , just attracted $2.2 What makes Fargo an ideal place to start a company? Finally, our state department of commerce has established a development fund, which has played a major role in the funding of many companies over the years.

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

TVSync’s parent company Voible , has provided fingerprint protection technology to most major movie studios and TV networks since 2005. Their VDNA technology helps protect and manage content rights for works that may be pirated and uploaded illegally by automatically identifying that content, tracking it and taking it down.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Not in Southern California's technology market! Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Looking for other companies hiring in Southern California?

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JULY 17, 2019

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , which uses computer vision technology to analyze the value of sponsorship of sporting events, says that the recent matches at the World Cup, featuring the U.S. Women's National Team, was a lost opportunity for the tournament. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Originally called Dopamine Labs, the company was founded in 2015 to bring some of the same technologies that social media companies like Facebook used to boost engagement to a broader range of applications. Meet the tech company that wants to make you even more addicted to your phone.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina announced this morning that it has acquired Menlo Park-based GRAIL , a developer of cancer early detection technology. GRAIL is developing a multi-cancer screening test. GRAIL was spun out of Illumina in 2016 as a standalone company. billion in cash and $4.5 READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since I have been involved at the board level with so many companies over the years, sometimes I can see connections that might be missed by a CEO with a singular focus. So, I was surprised and excited when one of these verbal fishing expeditions during a lunch brought up a technology the company had patented years before and forgotten.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

In a sign of the growth of the Silicon Beach technology world, last year, Google moved its headquarters out of a space on Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, and into a new fancy headquarters space in Venice. Today, we just had a screening for the Tech Coast Angels, they're screening companies and having lunch here.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 25, 2013

Apple is a remarkable company. Apple was a remarkable company. Something has to happen to keep this company going and growing. If Apple were my company, here’s what I would do: 1. When connected, it’s a retina screen for the laptop. In technology, if it ain’t broke, break it and rebuild it.

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MAY 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology provider RealD has expanded its footprint in China again, saying Thursday that it has inked a deal with Zhejiang Xingguang Cinema Circuit. RealD said the deal will add its technology in 50 auditoriums in China. Financial impact of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2010

Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Have a look at the companies below.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Santa Monica-based ad technology developer GumGum --which injects contextually relevant ads into images on publishers' websites, said today that it has signed a renewed partnership with Wenner Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone , Us Weekly and Men's Journal.

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APRIL 1, 2020

San Diego-based Aspen Neuroscience , a biotechnology company developing treatments for Parkinson disease, said it has raised $70M in a Series A funding round. The company said its technology is based on the work of stem cell scientist Dr. Jeanne Loring.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

Irvine-based HireRight , the software-enabled provider of employment screening, drug, and health testing services, said Wednesday that it has named Thomas Spaeth as the company''s Chief Financial Officer. Spaeth was previously CFO at UBM Technology, and has also served at Motorola, Ernst & Young, and Deutsche Bank.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Oblong says its new software provides simultaneous access to shared screens fro m meeting participants, with such features as shared cursors, annotation, and emojis for signaling sentiment. According to Oblong, the new Rumpus software uses technology it developed on its enterprise product, Mezzanine.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology provider RealD announced an expanded agreement with a Chinese company today, to install an additional 50 screens across Northern China. RealD said it has reached an agreement with UME International Cineplex, one of its existing customers, to add an additional 50 cinema screens.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Santa Barbara-based BioIQ , which develops technology for corporate health and wellness programs, said yesterday that it is helping employers to comply with regulations that are part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). BioIQ''s online platform combines an online health dashboard with offline health screening and testing.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Technology mogul Elon Musk , the founder and CEO of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , has finally been sued by Thai cave rescue diver Vernon Unsworth, over statements Musk made on Twitter claiming that Unsworth was a "pedo" and "child rapist". Those moves include an odd appearance on a podcast earlier this month where Musk smoked marijuana on screen.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Venice, California-based startup Vyng , which develops software which turns calls from friends into cute "video ringtones" that show up on your lock screen when a friend calls, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said on Thursday. Paul Kats is the CEO and co-founder of Vyng. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Beverly Hills-based 3D movie projection technology provider RealD said today with theater exhibitor Cinemark Holdings , that the two have renewed Cinemark's 3D agreement with RealD through 2022. The companies said that Cinemark will also be installing RealD 3D systems in all of its new-build theaters during the term. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based 3D film projection technology provider RealD reported over the weekend that its screens delivered approximately 41 percent of the domestic, opening weekend gross of the new film, Mad Max: Fury Road. The company said that approximately $18M came from its 3D auditoriums. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

San Diego-based Illumina , the developer of life sciences tools, said this morning that it has acquired BlueGnome , a UK-based provider of in-vitro fertilization and cytogenetics screening products. Illumina said that BlueGnome has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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APRIL 29, 2019

The opening of the Marvel Studio's Avenger: Endgame has set records as the biggest, 3D movie opening of all times, according to Beverly Hills-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD. According to RealD, 3D screens represented approximately 45 percent of the estimated $1.2 billion generated from the opening of the movie.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based RealD , the provider of 3D theater projection technology, has signed another Chinese theater chain, the company reported today. RealD said it has signed an agreement with SHIMAO Cinema Investment Company Limited, to install its technology in 100 cinema screens in China. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 14, 2012

Los Angeles-based RealD , which developer 3D projection technology for the movie theater industry, has signed its fourth, Chinese exhibitor for its technology, the firm reported this morning. Financial impact of the win was not announced. Financial impact of the win was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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