socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based NanoH2O , a UCLA spinout commercializing water filtering and desalination technology, has raised $5M in a equity funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Wednesday. Tags: nanoh2o venture capital funding water membrane technology ucla desalination. READ MORE>>.

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UCLA Venture Capital Equity Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2010

Pong, which was started by UCLA professor emeritus of physics Alfred Wong, previously only had an iPhone version of the firm's silicone protective case. Pong is backed by private equity firm Bridgewater Capital Partners.

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UCLA Equity Research Los Angeles 154

socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2010

Pong, which was started by UCLA professor emeritus of physics Alfred Wong, previously only had an iPhone version of the firm's silicone protective case. Pong is backed by private equity firm Bridgewater Capital Partners.

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UCLA Equity Research Los Angeles 133

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

Our team comes from two different areas, at UCLA and Stanford, and we have some DNA from the University of Pennsylvania. Michael Greenberg: My original background was in theoretical physics, at UCLA. We were acquired in 2014 by Summit Partners, and I ended up in private equity, post-acquisition at Summit Partners.

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Dollar Shave Club Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 21, 2011

the President of the World Trade Organization, the Managing Director of a Private Equity Fund and board member of the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) and a real estate expert form the UCLA Anderson School of Management. See [link] (more)

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LAVA UCLA Equity Los Angeles 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Caltech generates more patents than any other university while UCLA boasts more startups founded by its graduate than any other school in the nation. Suster has also noted for years that the region produces more technology doctorates than any other geography in the United States.

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Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

in an equity funding round, according to a filing by the firm today. Solarmer is a spinout of UCLA, and is applying its photovoltaic technology to create solar power panels which can be incorporated into fabrics, for consumer electronics, and other applications where flexible panels overcome limitations of existing technology.

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El Monte UCLA Venture Capital Equity 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

LAVA inducted Mayor Riordan--who had a long and involved career in venture capital and private equity before his efforts in politics--into its LAVA Hall of Fame. In Best venture funding for clean tech, NanoH2O , the firm developing reverse osmosis membranes for desalination and water purification based on research out of UCLA scored honors.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

Dave Eastman: For one thing, although we're not completely unique in this, is we don't take equity. There are 9 innovation nodes in the US associated with I-Corp, and one of those nodes is out of the Viterbi School of Engineering, with UCLA and Caltech partners in that. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc?

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

From the Venture Trenches

MAY 21, 2013

I recently caught up with a classmate from UCLA Anderson and told him the exact opposite in regards to raising money for his own startup. Since investors are looking to minimize the risk they are taking the more you prove your model works, the higher the price an investor will pay for equity in that business.

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UCLA Startup Venture Capital Mahalo 45

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA. The third area, are the private equity players. In terms of that, they are people like Vista Equity, particularly, but also Summit, TPG, KKR, and Silver Lake.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

Three years ago, I started the first of three companies in a portfolio out of the UCLA health system, VAL9000. We''ll give away some equity in exchange for the license, to the researcher, the founding team and engineers and scientists who are going to get this moving from the lab to the market.

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Incubator Startup USC Tech Coast Angels 217

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

An inadvertant bump led on the crowded Southwest flight prompted a conversation between Spitulski and Zhu, and by flight’s end, Zach had agreed to leave UCLA to join the startup. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet. We asked if he was willing to take a pay cut for more equity. He said no.

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Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We''ve raised around $72 million now in equity capital. We also have a growth equity firm out of New York, the Stripes Group, which is run by guys like Ken Fox, and his partner, Dan Marriott. We went to college together at UCLA, and he was one of the early guys at Scour. Dan Rodrigues: Travis and I are good friends today.

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Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

We sat down with Wong--professor emeritus at UCLA--and Liu to talk about the company's roots from research at UCLA, and how it's trying to get past the poor reputation of products in its segment, the debate over whether radiation from cell phones does or does not affect humans, plus its private equity backing by Bridgewater Capital Partners.

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Research UCLA Design Product 138

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

An inadvertant bump led on the crowded Southwest flight prompted a conversation between Spitulski and Zhu, and by flight’s end, Zach had agreed to leave UCLA to join the startup. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet. We asked if he was willing to take a pay cut for more equity. He said no.

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Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. Side note: LA seems to have had some success in mega deals led by private equity firms as evidenced by DemandMedia and Chris DeWolf’s latest company backed by more than $20 million in private equity. You can find very talented technology executives.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

And, the equity markets are certainly a more challenging environment. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA. Mike Napoli: Obviously, it's still tough. The debt market has pretty much shut down for people, though there is some money coming out of the SBAs that have been somewhat helpful.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The Startonomics conference at UCLA Anderson business school, hosted by DealMaker Media, was a great event for the talks as well as the networking. For consulting work, I have done several projects with Lou Sokolovskiy of Genero Capital , a boutique private equity firm. Lou is a friend and colleague from UCLA Anderson.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Econ/Business from UCLA and with a JD from UCLA Law, Brian Lee was a talented attorney. A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. Brian Lee – LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. Date & Time: Friday, March 13. 7:30a – 9:30a: CEOFlow working session.

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Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. Date & Time: Friday, March 13. 7:30a – 9:30a: CEOFlow working session.

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Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. Date & Time: Friday, March 13. 7:30a – 9:30a: CEOFlow working session.

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Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. Date & Time: Friday, March 13. 7:30a - 9:30a: CEOFlow working session.

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Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Where: UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). As an undergradudate, Leila authored background papers for the World Bank's Development Research Group and Ashoka on equity and social rights. Dave McClure. .

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