SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

The problem is you don't yet have product/market fit, and until you do, you don't really know what to build. When product vision is truly clear, then it makes sense to execute it, and hiring follows. These companies are very early-stage and definitely have not shown product/market fit. They need to determine product/market fit.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- Software Product Development - How to Triple Your Likelihood of Success. Product development has always been challenging. Software products, while being easier to mold and perfect, offer additional set of management and technical challenges. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based online ordering technology developer ChowNow says it has launched a new product, called the Order Better Network. According to the company, the new product helps connect restaurants to over a dozen channels for delivery and takeout. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. ” TAE Technologies Michl Binderbauer standing next to the company’s novel fusion reactor. .”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs.

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MAY 25, 2021

Monrovia, California-based SiLC Technologies, a developer of machine vision tools, says it has raised $17M in a Series A funding round. The company is developing an imaging chip aimed at the machine vision market, used in such areas as mobility, industrial machine vision, robotics, augmented reality, and consumer applications.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Newport Beach-based startup OnSite Waste Technologies , which is developing counter-top, on-site medical waste sterilization products, says it has signed on a supplier of products for the senior living industry.

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APRIL 13, 2016

San Diego-based Maxwell Technologies has sold off its microelectronics product line, in a deal worth $21M in cash, the company said Tuesday. Maxwell Technologies is a developer of energy storage devices based on ultracapacitors. Maxwell Technologies is a developer of energy storage devices based on ultracapacitors.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact. It plays a crucial role in product development too, where generative AI speeds up design processes, streamlines testing, and tailors user experiences effectively.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

San Diego-based sales enablement and marketing software developer Seismic said this week that it has named a new Chief Product Officer. Seismic said it has named Krish Mantipragada as its new Chief Product Officer, joining the company from Medallia, where he also was Chief Product Officer and an Executive Vice President.

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JULY 14, 2020

Pasadena-based Guru , a venture backed startup developing wireless power distribution technology, said this morning that it has released a development kit for its technology, which will allow potential partners to trial its millimeter-wave wireless power products.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

San Diego-based 5G device maker Inseego said this morning that it has named Adam Gould as Senior Vice President, Product Management, IoT & Mobile solutions. Gould was most recently CEO of QuantalRF, a developer of low-power, high sensitivity RF technology. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Irvine-based battery developer Enevate announced on Tuesday that it has inked a new, production licensing agreement, with EnerTech International. According to the company, EnerTech International will commercialize its battery technology in the transportation, mobility, and reserve power markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Technology pilots.

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JULY 19, 2017

San Diego-based Qualcomm has backed Particle , the developer of hardware- and software- toolkits for helping connect their products into the world of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), as part of a $20M funding round today.

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JULY 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , which develops call tracking and analytics tools, says it has released a new version of its software. According to the company, its summer 2020 product release includes simplified and automated call tracking for multi-location businesses, expanded technology integrations, and other features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2023

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan.

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JULY 13, 2021

Carlsbad-based Smart Earth Technologies (SET), a developer of LTE and 5G products for the water utility market, has been acquired by San Francisco-based CrescoNet. The two said that SET has delivered its products to more than 100 water utilities and advanced metering infrastructure providers worldwide.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Huntington beach-based Newlight Technologies , a developer of an ocean-degradable biopolymer, which can be used like plastic but decays with exposure to seawater, has raised $45M in the company's Series F funding round. The funding came from private equity firm Valedor Partners, as well as GrayArch Partners. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Costa Mesa-based wireless access point developer EnGenius Technologies said this week that it has launched two new products that offer up cloud-managed security.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based Karman Missile & Space Systems, a developer of flight hardware and sub-assemblies for the space market, said Friday that it has acquired Systima Technologies, a provider of integration of mission critical space and hypersonic systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Newport Beach-based OnSite Waste Technologies has raised $3.5M The startup says it is developing technology for immediate sterilization of medical waste. in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding round was led by Mark IV Capital, which also is based in Newport Beach.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Carlsbad-based life sciences equipment developer Life Technologies has expanded its testing equipment in the food safety and testing area this morning, saying that it has partnered with PIKA Weihenstephan to provide molecular testing for testing in the brewing and beverage market. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based food service robot developer Miso Robotics announced this morning that it has rolled out a new product line, called Flippy Wings, which automatically fries chicken wings. The company said the technology allows restaurants to "redeploy team members to more guest-facing functions.".

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based Hubble Connected, a technology products developer, says it is launching a new set of products at at parents, infance, children, and expecting mothers. The company said it has launched a new brand called "Hubble Connected" which includes a baby monitor, infant sleep monitor, and camera.

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MAY 12, 2011

Los Angeles-based Topanga Technologies , the stealthy, Khosla Ventures-backed plasma lighting startup, said today that it plans to launch its products next week at an upcoming trade show.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle developer Fisker Inc. --the the latest incarnation of Fisker--says it has opened up a new "technology center" in San Francisco, which it says will help support design and engineering of software systems for the Fisker Ocean SUV and future products. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Swell Energy , an installer and manager of residential renewable energy, energy efficiency and storage technologies, is raising $450 million to finance the construction of four virtual power plants representing a massive amount of energy storage capacity paired with solar power generation.

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MARCH 26, 2015

San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies , which develops wireless video surveillance hardware, has rolled out a new product. The new product offers up 720p resolution and frame rates of up to 15 fps, and is aimed at offering up high resolution security video coverage in perimeter and outdoor areas. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2018

Metawave , a developer of wireless technology specifically aimed at self-driving vehicles, fixed wireless, and 5G networks, announced on Wednesday that it is opening up a brand new, advanced development center in Carlsbad.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

More people are focused on the beginning of the product lifecycle; very few are focused at the end.”. The end of the product lifecycle is where Murthy and Kaplan feel Ghost has “an enormous opportunity to help people be more efficient in that process,” Murthy added. Ghost is not alone in developing technology focused on inventory.

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APRIL 15, 2019

Aliso Viejo-based Corent Technologies , which develops cloud migration software, and AI and data analytics software developer MapR Technologies said this morning that MapR Technologies has selected Corent's SurPaaS platform to help customers access MapR's Data Platform for AI. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

MARCH 7, 2019

Chinese pharma company BeiGene has agreed to pay Ambrx $10 million upfront to experiment with technology the biotech has developed in a bid accelerate BeiGene’s search for new protein drugs for cancer treatment. Ambrx says its technology is able to incorporate “non-natural” amino acids into cells like E.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based CitySourced , which develops mobile apps to help cities communicate with their constituents, has merged with Rock Solid Technologies , a provider of software to the government. Kiesel becomes Chief Product Officer at Rock Solid as a result of the merger. Financial terms of the merger were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Santa Barbara-based C-Zero, a startup developing natural gas decarbonization technology--based on research out of UCSB--has raised $11.5M The company said the funding will go towards accelerating its first commercial-scale deployment of its technology. in a Series A funding, the company said this morning.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Long Beach-based Way2H , a startup developing technology to convert waste into clean hydrogen fuel, has scored a strategic investment from Pacific6 Enterprises, the company announced this morning. Size of that investment were not announced. Pacific6 Enterprises is led by John C.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 8, 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 -- Technology Strategy for RandD and Product Development. Build technology roadmaps that guide innovation and growth with customer focused technology investments. Anticipate potentially disruptive technologies. Uncover current and future customer needs. See [link] (more).

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