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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Canoga Park Research Southern California Chatsworth 186

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. How did you two connect?

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Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Apparently, the firm is now being shopped by Sherwood Partners, which specializes in assignment for the benefit of creditors and shutdown and liquidation of failed technology companies.

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MyShape Tech Coast Angels Draper Pasadena Angels 217

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. Where was the technology for this developed? Let's talk about the recent funding round? Those are the two big things.

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USC Technical Review Startup Southern California 100

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.

Idealab 100

Idealab Design Product Ideas 100

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. READ MORE>>.

Idealab 100

Idealab Pasadena Equity Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2015

Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. The style, the systems, the technology, the branding, the culture, and what kind of company we want to create is very simple at the core, everyone can get it, and everyone understand its. How does Schlep and Fetch work?

Demand 100

Demand Tech Coast Angels Startup Pasadena Angels 100

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. So, we see ourselves as a technology provider. We understand your service also connects into Skype?

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IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

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. This week, the firm announced that it was renaming itself Contour Energy (www.contourenergy.com)--and said it was ready to talk about what its battery technology is all about.

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CalTech Technical Review Azusa Venture Capital 168

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. We caught up with Paul Gloger, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the technology and company.

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CalTech Startup Pasadena Angels Pasadena 149

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.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Belkin Entertainment Newsletter 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. An innovator in technology, especially monetization. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. Not derivative.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

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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Rancho Palos Verdes Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? At the time, I was looking for a book to teach web design to my students, but figured out that one had never been written.

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Startup Web Design Writing Web 242

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. Their focus is green technology. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

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. It's like an old world punchcard, taken to the current 21st century technology. There were also opportunities for me down here, as I was running the venture fund.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Their focus is green technology. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. to 9:30 p.m.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

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. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

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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Venture Capital Startup San Diego Class 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. Event Details.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. In 2012 over $3.2

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. Technology innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum. And sci-fi writers are but one example of the way society impacts technology. Today there’s many.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

Jason Nazar

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. While we often lack the technology and product depth of our counterparts in the Bay, I would argue that entrepreneurs in LA would thrive if you dropped them into any industry.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

Webtide is designed to be a company which is the expert on using Jetty in companies. Because we've really hit a strong note, with Jetty used in thousands and thousands of domains out there, our technology is our calling card, and our service is sold to people who value them. We also work with Google's App Engine and widget toolkit.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. And when I say this I don’t mean they funded billion dollar companies – they literally created them. He invented the category of sponsored search.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350