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AUGUST 15, 2019

Energy Vault , a startup of Pasadena-based Idealab developing radically different energy storage technology--based on the movement of large, concrete blocks via robotic arms--has raised $110M in a Series B funding, the company announced this morning.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2018

Pasadena, California- and Oxford, UK-based Rockley Photonics , a new startup focused on integrated optics for high-density digital systems, has raised $40M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday morning. The company says it has now raised a total of $100M.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

Five, Southern California firms are among companies who are splitting up $62M in government funding for the research, development, and demonstration of concentrating solar power systems, according to an announcement by the U.S. Southern California is a major beneficiary of the DOE grants, with Pasadena-based eSolar received $10.8M

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Pasadena-based 17hats , a startup that develops business management software aimed specifically at solo entrepreneurs (solopreneurs), has raised $4M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Wavemaer Partners, and also included Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao of Mezi Media and Tamim Mourad of PriceGrabber. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2014

We''ve designed a system where we track your employees in real time. Through that, I designed a system using Excel spreadsheets to track this, and went on to start the company because I saw the need for it. Talk about your funding? It''s kind of a challenge in those businesses, so that they don''t even do it. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2009

Pasadena-based X1 Technologies , a developer of desktop search software, announced today that the firm has raised new funding from backer Idealab, plus made a few executive changes. According to a statement by Gross, the new funding round will go to "accelerate growth" in X1. Venture Partner re-upped in the new funding round.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Pasadena-based New Matter , which is developing consumer focused, 3D printers, said today that it has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners, and also included Arden Road Investments, Biotechonomy, Dolby Family Ventures, First Round Capital, Idealab and frogVentures.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2012

The firm is one of Southern California's best kept secrets, and is one of the rare examples of a very successful company which was bootstrapped with no outside funding by its founders. Lynda.com originally started as Lynda Weinman's personal domain, when she was teaching classes at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

MyShape had raised north of $36M in funding from such investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and Tenaya Capital.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

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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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

Pasadena-based online dating site eHarmony has settled a class action lawsuit over its lack of support for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals, the firm reported Tuesday evening. According to eHarmony, it is in an agreement to settle Carlson, et. eHarmony, Inc., which was filed in 2007. eHarmony, Inc., which was filed in 2007.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our interview today is with Alan Horsager , the CEO of Pasadena-based Episona (www.episona.com), an angel backed startup which has already developed and has been offering up an epigenetic test for male fertility. Let's talk about the recent funding round? Not everyone in that round was from the Pasadena Angels.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2015

Pasadena-based New Matter (www.newmatter.com) is developing a 3D printer, the MOD-t, which it says will help bridge the world of 3D printing experimentation with the consumer. We''re doing that through really a low cost, affordable, elegant looking, and easy to use 3D printer designed for consumers, not just professionals.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2009

Pasadena-based eSolar , which is developing solar thermal power plants and technology, disclosed this morning that it has scored $30M in an investment from Indian firm ACME Group, in conjunction with a deal to construct 1 gigawatt of solar power plants in India.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

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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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2015

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.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

When you’re on Fund I or Fund II it is often a founding team that all started together, knew each other before and went through the trenches together to get a fund raised. It was more hedge fund than venture capital. The truth is that the newer the firm the easier that shared mission is. It was stunning but sterile.

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APRIL 17, 2012

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. North of the 101].

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LATechDigest

MAY 23, 2016

Philosophy & Design. Innovate Pasadena. SPACES VR Launches with $3M Funding ( link ). 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.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. We also added panels reflecting LA''s growing tech communities from the West Side to Pasadena, and topics including health tech and space tech, as these industries grow.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Not too many people are aware of the success and story of Lynda.com (www.lynda.com), started by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin , and how the firm's now grown to a double-digit, multimillion dollar business which is known as THE source for online training on such things as web design, graphics software, animation, video editing, and much more.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

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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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

It's unbelievably fund, and as we've been expanding into new cities, I feel like I'm becoming a tourism expert in all of those cities. If you go to Tripadvisor, you're not going to find the 10 hidden waterfalls in the Pasadena area. They handle legal, finance, and even design help and engineering. Idealab is fantastic with that.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. Andy Steuer: Back in 2002, I moved back to Southern California, because my wife runs her own interior design company, and there are great jobs down here for her.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2010

Last week, Pasadena-based Rockoco announced that it had raised $1.5M in funding from the Pasadena Angels, for its technology which applies semiconductor processing to diamonds to create more brilliant and super-polished stones. Roughly $500K to $600K came from the Pasadena angels, and the rest from other angel investors.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2010

Earlier this month, Azusa-based CFX Battery , a stealthy battery technology spinout from Caltech, announced it had raised a new round of funding worth $14.2M. Our headquarters are now in Asuza, because we weren't able to get permits in Pasadena. That round was worth $15.2M, but was tranched into three installments.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The Pasadena, CA-based urban office real estate investment trust (REIT), founded in 1994, has grown into one of the country’s largest developers of world-class collaborative science and technology campuses. Both are accompanied by separate new investment funds of between $10 million and $25 million. So it ranges.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125.

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MARCH 22, 2011

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. Challenge #2 – There is Not Enough Great Tech, Product and UI/UX Design Talent in LA. Simply put LA has a lack of GREAT product, UI/UX, and design talent.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Their focus is green technology. Event Details.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest covers more than 30 topics that uniquely reflect LA’s strengths, including: Investors, Entrepreneurship, Entertainment, Games, Social Media, Digital Content, Advertising Technology, Design UX/UI, Fashion, and more. June 17: Silicon Beach Fest: Pasadena Day , Hosted by Idealab. In 2012 over $3.2

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Webtide is designed to be a company which is the expert on using Jetty in companies. I was a VC at Mission Ventures, the VC that funded Gluecode, I was at Gluecode and among the first four people there, and we were acquired by IBM with 350,000 people. We also work with Google's App Engine and widget toolkit. It's extremely widely used.

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JULY 10, 2012

And costume & set designers. I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

And when I say this I don’t mean they funded billion dollar companies – they literally created them. His first “real&# business came in college where he designed audio speakers. IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion.

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