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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Monrovia-based Green Dot , a provider of pre-paid VISA and Mastercard cards, has filed for an IPO, saying this morning that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the NYSE. Green Dot is venture backed by Sequoia Capital, TTP Fund, as well as a significant number of Tech Coast Angels.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot --which created the entire category of prepaid credit cards when it was just a small, angel funded startup in Southern California--is now looking to turn another industry on its head--banking. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2012

Although the list did not contain any Southern California venture investors, at least two names in the list were boosted into the top 100 by their roles in funding Southern California companies.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Monrovia-based Ondax , which develops laser products and holographic gratings used in defense, industrial, medical diagnostics, analytical instrumentation, and consumer electronics markets, has added Andrea Belz to its board, the firm said Monday. Belz was the lead investor on the funding round. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Monrovia, California-based Prolatca Bioscience , which supplies human milk-based fortifiers for premature infants, said today that it has closed a Series D funding round. Size of the round was not announced by the company, however, a regulatory filing by the firm yesterday indicates the equity funding was worth $15.0M.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Monrovia-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture-backed provider of human milk-based fortifiers for premature infants, said today that it has inked a deal with the National Milk Bank , where the firm will process all of the milk through the bank for conversion into human milk formulations. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Monrovia-based Ondax , a manufacturer of volume holographic grating filters and lasers, said Tuesday that it has officially closed its $2.2M, Series E funding round. Andrea Belz joins the firm's board as part of the funding, representing both the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Monrovia, California-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture-backed company which is turning donated breast milk into human milk fortifier for premature babies, reported this week that it has donated more than $1M to various charitable organizations over the past five years. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

Monrovia-based Aerovironment , which manufactures unmanned aircraft systems for the U.S. The firm's development of the Global Observer is being funded by more than $140M from six government agencies. military, said today that the firm's Global Observer, endurance unmanned aircraft system has completed its first hydrogen-powered flight.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Monrovia-based Aerovironment , a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, reported Monday that it has received a $23.9M AeroVironment said the funding came from the approval of the a United States Department of Defense supplemental funding bill, and that the potential value of the order received by the firm is $66.6M.

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JUNE 4, 2010

Monrovia, California-based AeroVironment , which develops both electric car charging infrastructure as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, has scored a major win in South Carolina this week. Plug In Carolina, a nonprofit supported by South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., The network is expected to be available by December 1st. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2010

in a Series B funding round led by GRP Partners, which also included Park Ventures. As part of the funding, Brian McLoughlin of GRP Partners joins the firm's board of directors. Wave Crest looks to be in the same, prepaid payment card sector as Monrovia-based Green Dot, which is expected to hit the public markets very soon in its IPO.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Monrovia-based AeroVironment said today that the firm's Global Observer, unmanned aircraft systems, has completed wing load testing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. Global Observer is being funded by six U.S. government agencies, which have funded the program with more than $120M.

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JULY 22, 2010

Monrovia-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards, priced its IPO at $36.00 The firm is backed by Sequoia Capital, the Tech Coast Angels, TTP Fund, and the Tech Coast Angels. per share Wednesday evening, above its initial expected IPO range of $32.00 The IPO is being underwritten by J.P. and UBS Securities.

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JULY 22, 2010

Monrovia-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid credit cards which hit the markets this morning in its IPO, is up in early trading this morning on the NYSE. The firm is backed by Sequoia Capital, the Tech Coast Angels, TTP Fund, and the Tech Coast Angels. The firm, which debuted at GDOT this morning, was up as high as $44.83

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JUNE 4, 2010

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards run by Steve Streit, reported in an updated S-1 filing with the SEC this week that it has issued 2,208,552 shares of its Class A stock to Walmart, as part of a renewed distribution deal with the retail giant signed in May. on operating revenues of $92.8M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

Monrovia-based Tanner Research has received a $1.2M contract from the Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), the firm said Friday afternoon, in additional funding as part of a research program.

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JULY 19, 2010

In what seems like almost weekly news now about a Southern California firm gearing up for the public markets, Monrovia-based Green Dot is expected to hit the markets sometime this week. Green Dot is backed by Sequoia Capital, TTP Fund, and the Tech Coast Angels. and $35.00 per share, and will list on the NYSE at GDOT. and $35.00

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Monrovia-based Tanner Research , which provides technology research, electronic design automation (EDA) software, and other products and services, said Tuesday that it has been awarded a SBIR Phase I contract worth $100,000 from the Army Research Office.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Monrovia-based Covisus, a developer of supply chain tracking products, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding came from Hale Capital Partners.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Monrovia, California-based VivoAquatics , a provider of water management services for hotels, resorts, and waterparks, has raised $8M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the company this week. Details of the funding had not yet been announced by the company.

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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 says it has now raised $30M in total, including an earlier, $12M seed funding last year.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Boone Pickens; Aptera Motors , in Carlsbad, which has funding from Google and Idealab; and Phoenix MC , based in Ontario. Car makers are not the only firms in Southern California playing a role in the alternative vehicle market.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Monrovia-based AeroVironment , which develops both unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and also electric vehicle charging technology, said today that it has been selected by energy firm NRG Energy to develop a privately funded, comprehensive electric vehicle charging system.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

Monrovia-based biotechnology developer Xencor has launched a public offering of its common stock, with the aim of raising approximately $110M in funding, the company said on Wednesday. The publicly traded biotechnology developer--which trades on the NASDAQ as XNCR--said it has priced the offering at $24.000 per share.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid card and mobile banking giant, is powering the new banking offerings for mobile investing and financial app startup Stash. It's unclear if Green Dot has taken a stake in Stash with the deal; Stash announced its expansion of services comes alongside a $65M funding round, its Series E funding.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Monrovia-based Tanner Research is the recipient of a $1M, contract award from the Defense Logistics Agency, the firm said Tuesday afternoon. According to Tanner, the funding will go to accelerate production of a micro-initiator board, used for military applications.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Prolacta is venture backed by Alta Partners, DFJ Frontier, Arcturus Capital, DFJ Mercury, Funk Ventures, Phillip Capital, Gideon Hixon Fund, and Draper Associates L.P. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Based on recent funding activity, most of the clean technology activity in Los Angeles is actually currently in areas such as Santa Monica and Monrovia, with few--if any--companies located in or near the planned Clean Technology Corridor.

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MAY 27, 2011

Ever since the huge success of Monrovia-based Green Dot in its IPO last year, netting a huge return for local angels, investors here have taken a second look at financial startups. It takes ten minutes to sign up, we can do reloads in 30 seconds, and funds are instantly available at any ATM worldwide, as long as they have an ATM cash card.

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