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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

GTI and West Virginia University Research Corporation, which will advance fuel cell technology for on-road trucking and transit, near-zero emissions natural gas technology for rail locomotives, and best practices to reduce maintenance costs for alternative fuel vehicles. The company said $7.1M

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2018

Army Research Laboratory to develop new rotor technology for vehicles that the company will use in its uberAIR flying taxi network. After three months of discussions, Uber Elevate has selected The University of Texas at Austin as its partner alongside the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Security researcher Kevin Beaumont tweeted that he hasn’t seen “any evidence of malware being used in the wild on these things.” Several security researchers have dropped me messages saying they’ve seen proof-of-concepts, but nothing actively malicious. ” Which begs the question — why?

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JULY 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based startup MSBAI, which is developing artificial intelligence tools for assisting in engineering reports it has received a $1M US Air Force grant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

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. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Technology pilots. Business commercialization.

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MAY 15, 2020

A new, 60,000 square foot lab and research center in port Hueneme has been set up by the U.S. Navy and its NavalX unit, to help reduce barriers between the Navy and non-traditional partners such as start-ups, small businesses, academia, non-profits, and private capital. According to the U.S. Navy, NavalX was created in February of 2019.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But the no-longer nascent sneaker and streetwear market is a big market, with the potential to reach $30 billion in sales globally by 2030, according to a recent report by the research firm, Cowen ( cited by The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the financing). ” Money, it’s gotta be the shoes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Explore municipal development resources. Conduct your own customized market research.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

TechEmpower has been instrumental in developing chatbots like these, utilizing generative AI to sift through internal documents and user manuals, enabling them to provide precise answers to customer service questions. It also facilitates rapid prototyping, allowing for quicker iterations and thus shorter development cycles.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

After that a meme developed amongst many startups (and the advisors that coached them) that, “TechCrunch didn’t matter. It’s also important for recruiting, fund raising, business development and even company morale. It is every journalists starting point for researching a story. Kind of obvious.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2019

As CTO and vice president of Research and Advanced Engineering, Washington leads Ford’s worldwide research organization, oversees the development and implementation of the company’s technology strategy and plans and plays a key role in its expansion into emerging mobility opportunities.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

San Diego-based Truvian , which is developing a benchtop, blood testing system to provide lab results for a number of health tests, said it has named Shane Bowen, Ph.D., as its Senior Vice President of Engineering. Truvian says Bowen is the primary contributor to over 60 patent applications. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Los Angeles-based Q-CTRL , a company that is developing quantum computing and control technology, has received a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the investment arm of the U.S. Biercuk, who the company said previously received scientific research funding from U.S. intelligence community. Size of the funding was not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Universities are a rich source of new ideas from their students, their professors, and their own research, and they value entrepreneurs from the real world to decide which ones are viable in the marketplace. Product research and prototype development. Business plan assistance.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

Los Angeles-based market research provider and software developer MarketCast said on Wednesday that it has acquired Invoke, a provider of market research focused on video streaming services. MarketCast said the acquisition will help it grow its entertainment research and content testing for streaming and broadcast content.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

According to Esri, indoo.rs's headquarters in Vienna, Austria will serve as a new research and development center for the company. develops interactive, indoor mapping software, used to map corporate facilities, retail and commercial locations, airports, hospitals, event venues, universities, and other locations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2015

Most importantly – this should encourage LP funds to back more local firms and I would hope to see more indigenous funds to develop. We intend to put out more research both on our geography but also on the markets we’re interested in investing in.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Riverside-based FarmSense, a developer of "smart sensors" for the agriculture market, has raised $2.2M in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding. According to the company, the funding will go to ongoing biosecurity research, including the impact of Japanese Beetles and Gypsy Moths as invasive species.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Tustin, California-based THREAD , a developer of software used for managing decentralized clinical research, has raised $50 more in funding from private equity investors Water Street Healthare Partners and JLL Partners. The company was acquired by Water Street and JLL Partners last year, in 2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

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. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Technology pilots. Business commercialization.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

BlackBerry said on Monday that it is launching a brand new, advanced lab called the BlackBerry Advanced Technology Development Labs , which will leverage technology created by Irvine-based Cylance. According to BlackBerry, the new business unit will focus on research and development in the cybersecurity space.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

San Diego-based Model Medicines, a company that is developing artificial intelligence and machine learning software for the drug discovery and development process, has raised $4.1M According to the company, it will use the funding to develop its therapeutic pipeline. in a funding round.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

The Grand Challenge series brings together companies developing new transportation or airspace management technologies, the Agency said. There are preliminary technological tests that will take place this year. “We We consider this work as a risk reduction step toward Grand Challenge 1,” said Starr Ginn, NASA’s Grand Challenge lead. “It

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APRIL 2, 2019

Lucid Sight is developing blockchain-based games, including MLB Champions and Crypto Space Commander (CSC), which use blockchain as a fundamental piece of the games to enable "digital scarcity" and ownership of assets. The startup says the new funding brings its total raised to $11M.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

These grants include funding to educational institutions, researchers, research centers, colleges and universities, or private companies that are researching or developing leading edge solutions in several categories including agriculture, education, energy, health, medical, space, science and technology to name a few.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

After about a year of research, the company launched with an initial investment of $1.2 At the time, Barnehama had taken time off from DAQRI and had begun thinking about how to use the technologies he’d developed around computer vision and visualization to have more of an impact on human lives. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Explore municipal development resources. Conduct your own customized market research.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The two spent months pounding the pavement in Los Angeles pretending to be college students doing research on the industry. Through those months of interviews the two developed the booking management and payment platform that would become Boulevard.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Mark Lewis, most recently the Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering for the U.S. Department of Defense, to the group.

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APRIL 22, 2020

The company said the new funding will go towards development of its non-viral gene therapy, for delivering a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The company said its technology is based on research from the University of Washington School of Medicine, and researchers Nick Whitehead and Stan Froehner.

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MARCH 5, 2018

Pasadena-based robot developer Miso Robotics says it has officially launched its burger flipping robot, "Flippy", at CaliBurger's Pasadena location--and, separately, has inked a partnership to bring its robotics technology to the sports and entertainment venue market. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2020

Irvine-based satellite developer Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced a $2M deal this morning, where Tyvak will help develop a new telescope system for nanosatellites.

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MAY 26, 2021

San Diego-based Phanes Therapeutics, a developer of immuno-oncology drugs, has raised $40M in its Series B funding round. According to the company, the new funding will be used to advance several preclinical programs to clinic, expand the research and clinical teams, and support the advancement of research projects.

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MARCH 18, 2021

Online movie streaming service Netflix, which has a significant presence in Los Angeles, has quantified its carbon footprint, using a tool created by UK researchers.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 20, 2020

Berkeley on March 3, we’ll be speaking with a pair of founders developing offerings for precisely these needs. The company has developed the Moxi robot to help assist with chores and other non-patient tasks, in order to allow caregivers more time to interact with patients. Vivian Chu is the cofounder and CEO of Diligent Robotics.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Kairos specifically invests in scientific research and technology developed at universities and research institutions, and has made more than 80 prior investments. according to a regulatory filing by the firm. According to the filing, the fund has yet to make its first sale in the new fund.

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