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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Before that, I was at a multimedia design academy in high school. What were your backgrounds before Beatshare?

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Evolution Robotics Hits Retail Market With Floor Cleaner

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Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology startup backed by Idealab, said today that it has linked up with a number of retail partners on its Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner--the firm's entree into the household robot market. The robot puts the firm in direct competition with Roomba.

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Interview with Marco DeMiroz, Soliant Energy

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Recently, Pasadena-based Pasadena-based Soliant Energy , one of the solar energy firms in Southern California, opened up a new pilot production line. Our product is unique, in that it is designed for commercial use. Ours are designed for plug-and-play capability with existing, flat panels. that energy.

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Schlep & Fetch: Delivering Anything and Everything, On Demand

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Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. My wife is an illustrator and graphic designer, and she built the brand. We had the Pasadena Angels and three chapters of the Tech Coast Angels in our first round, and we just did another round with them. We manage all of that.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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Milk & Honey has had shoes designed by Rachael Ray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Malin Akerman, and Kate Mara amongst others and has appeared in People, Redbook, Inked, Lucky, Bridal Guide, InStyle, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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Interview with Cliff Rees, XCast Labs

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round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Can you talk about how you connected with the Pasadena Angels and Frontera?

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Digest 5/16-22: Raises for PatientPop, SpacesVR; Disney VR, Littlstar, Vntana

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Philosophy & Design. Innovate Pasadena. NFTE Hosted Their Annual Entrepreneur Competition. Hack for LA. LA Catalyst. Women’s Health. Wednesday May 25. SM New Tech 4th Anniversary. Innovation Day. Thursday May 26. Investor Fest (-5/27). LA Tech HH. Big Data UG. LAdobe 10th Anniv. Tracy Chou (Pinterest). Friday May 27.