socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. Semiconductor advances are infamous for costing millions of dollars and requiring very significant investment in infrastructure.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

I had a programming job at UCLA at the time, working at UCLA Radiology. He was just a friend from church, and we actually connected at church through bible study. That says a lot about what's happening in LA, in terms of the investment scene. He sold it to ArtistDirect for $42.5M I was a sponge. They did a phenomenal job.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Being on the other side of the planet demands as much. After a short stint at a community college for some credits I needed, I was accepted to UCLA. MM: What did you study? Early on at UCLA I decided that I wanted to work on the political side of technology. It’s about the business community investing resources.

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Training UCLA Technology IP 98