socalTECH

MAY 16, 2011

Pasadena-based venture capital firm Arcturus Capital has scored an exit out of its portfolio this morning, as Milpitas, California-based Pliant Technology was acquired by SanDisk in a deal worth $327M. SanDisk is a major manufacturer of flash memory.

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Arcturus Pasadena Venture Capital Equity 150

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2013

Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology firm headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, looks like it may just be the next Southern California company to file for an IPO, based on a number of executive appointments made Tuesday.

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Southern California Chief Technology Officer Legalzoom OpenX 180

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

An Illinois firm whose technology is based on, and licensed from Pasadena-based Materia and Caltech , has raised a whopping, $104M funding round. Elevance is using olefin metathesis technology, licensed from Materia, and originally developed by Noble Prize winning Caltech professor Robert H. READ MORE>>.

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CalTech Pasadena Equity Funding 140

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>>.

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Idealab Pasadena Equity Venture Capital 100

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. organized by the Los Angeles-based venture firm Upfront Ventures as a showcase for technology and investment talent in Southern California, venture investor Josh Kopelman spoke to the heightened pace of dealmaking at his own firm.

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IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

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. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience. That's how Barry came in.

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Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Pasadena-based eSolar , which is developing technology for utility-scale, solar thermal energy plants, has scored a deal with power generator NRG Energy, NRG said today. The deal calls for NRG to use eSolar to develop solar plants with a capacity of 500 megawatts, and will invest $10M in equity in three project sites.

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Idealab Outsource Development Pasadena Sites 100

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for? After three years of that, I decided I needed to go back to the entrepreneurial world, and joined up with another young company, which was SupplyFrame in Pasadena. Where did all of that technology come from? Jeff Curie: It is a very advanced piece of technology.

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

It runs our proprietary technology, and it's a platform that people can plug into. Crowdfunding allows everyday people the opportunity to help transform technology, and be part of that transformation. We're also at Caliburger in Pasadena, at Dodger Stadium, and Chase Field. What is Miso Robotics? The demand is there.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

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. Currently, we have about 1 percent of the population in Pasadena already using our app.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

For the life sciences industry, one of the largest landlords, and closest observers, is Alexandria Real Estate Equities. 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.

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Venture Capital Startup San Diego Class 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

They have PR and distribution through key partnerships that leverage their brands into markets they want by simply sharing equity. It was interesting to learn the criteria, depth and breadth of what other companies were willing to provide if they believed in their offerings. Novel concept.

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Conference Entertainment Startup Digital Hollywood 40