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Southern California Teams Named Cleantech Open Semifinalists

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The Cleantech Open , the clean technology focused business competition, has named the semifinalists for its 2010 competition, indicating a number of Southern California firms are semifinalists in the competition.

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Local Universities Get $360K From DOE For Cleantech Entrepreneurship

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Three local universities, plus a Pasadena-based startup, have received a $360,000 grant to promote student entrepreneurship in clean technology. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West. OnGreen said it is the commercial partner for the effort.

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Insights and Opinions: Frank Peters Interviews John Dilts

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Southern California already has mature, well established angel groups like the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels; is there room for one more? Will a little competition be good for entrepreneurs? Maverick is based in Westlake Village, to be more specific, which once hosted a Keiretsu Forum chapter.

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KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year

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Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. organized by the Los Angeles-based venture firm Upfront Ventures as a showcase for technology and investment talent in Southern California, venture investor Josh Kopelman spoke to the heightened pace of dealmaking at his own firm.

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Digest 6/13-19: Big Raises for Vow to be Chic, Vrse, Exactly; Makers Kit, Branch Chosen for Target Techstars

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Innovate Pasadena. EA Announces Weekly eSports Competitions ( link ). TECHSPARKS PASADENA Held Their Monthly Get Together. And if you ever needed a reason to live in LA… Brilliant summer rays paint the perfect SoCal sunset #FollowTheSun : @Venice_Sunsets pic.twitter.com/U0NMhtu8EI. — VidCon (-6/25). SB Young Pros.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. Last year Forbes ranked Launchpad LA the top Southern California incubator, and Seed-DB has shown Launchpad LA companies have historically done well.

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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. In terms of costs, our focus has been on offering an install cost competitive with high end flat panels. Have you signed up installers yet?