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APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A quick message on a very busy funding day, to thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Technology.

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AUGUST 18, 2017

Last week, Pasadena-based Ocular Data Systems (www.oculardatasystems.com) announced a funding round from the Pasadena Angels, for its camera-based systems used by law enforcement to capture evidence in drunk or drugged driving cases. When did this become a business and when did the funding come about? What does Ocular Data Systems do?

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MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom is not new to the startup world -- in fact, his last startup, Fruugo, raised an astounding $48M in funding, and became one of the most heralded-- and controversial --startups in Finland. Everyone from our team is from Finland, one is from Portugal, and we come and go between California and Finland. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12B to get access to their 17,000 patents. Nortel sold its 6000 patents for $4.5B Even IBM (the #1 in US Patents) sold over 1000 of its patents recently. See how to fund a company with IP Funding, as an alternative to VC funding. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

We're honored to have two distinguished speakers joining us as panelists: Erik Rannala, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Mucker Capital, a VC fund, and co-founder of MuckerLab, ranked among the elite accelerators in the nation. Read more about Erik on the Mucker Capital website.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Obtaining a strong patent portfolio provides small businesses with the foundation needed to attract investors, secure early stage funding, and protect their creative ideas.CONNECT is pleased to host this timely Public Policy Forum focused on the proposed Three-Track Examination Process.

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MAY 14, 2010

There was also a fair amount of early stage investment, more so than in the past few years, which is a really positive sign. However, our challenge is that there are not a lot of venture capital investors in Southern California. But, as a whole, the Southern California region is pretty technology dense.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Zare'' Baghdasarian: This technology was funded by the Department of Homeland Security, the Army Research Lab, and the Department of Defense. It was started at the University of Southern California in 2006-2007. We''re now scaling it up, and we''ve also filed seven patents in that process. You can''t do it in real time.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Providing a patented way to successfully waterproof music for divers, it then moved into action water sports. By 2006, when it first presented at the MIT Enterprise Forum, it was heading into another phase of funding and growth with new products and marketing. By 2008, H2O Audio had hit the wall.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

This Sunday BetterWorks his hosting Coloft Hackfest in Santa Monica, CA,and what better way to spend your weekend then with an amazing group of individuals from your local Southern California Tech scene. 8 patents pending, and world programming finalist. There is still time to signup! Early designer of Paypal.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). In 2011, we had two of our patents approved. I was introduced to the founders.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

The firm was pitching for funding at the Technology Council of Southern California's VentureNet event earlier this month. So we started to work on that in the background, and towards the end of last year thought it was a very good idea and that we should file some patents and create the company, which we did.

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VentureNet Startup Mobile Technology Council 100

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I might also be concerned about taking my idea directly to a large, well funded competitor who is know for innovation. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. False Confidence.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Now, given our current economic crisis and VC ‘challenges’, the barriers to funding have gone up significantly as well.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

I might also be concerned about taking my idea directly to a large, well funded competitor who is know for innovation. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. False Confidence.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

You and I were talking about a startup recently and where they might go for seed stage funding, what is your impression on that aspect here in Los Angeles? It also helps if there is a reason that other people can’t compete with you, either because of some trade secret or patent. I'll have to engage with you around it.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

.” Founded in 2007 by Ravishanker and a small group of computer science graduates from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Southern California and Harvard University, CallFire has achieved just under $10 million in sales, is profitable and has built that substantial user base–all without venture funding.

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APRIL 30, 2010

It was funded in 2006 with about $8M in investments, and we were fortunate to have the benefit of that investment in the development of the intellectual property. We also assumed over 50 pending patents, from ten different patent families. But, it was important that was in Southern California.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. If you’d like to see some of the best technologies and meet some of the brightest minds in beautiful Southern California, SIGN UP NOW. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

Any funding yet, if yes how much and by who? We’ve secured $6M in Series A funding from Juvo Capital and PG Ventures. Discovery: We’ve built a patent-pending recommendation engine to help users discover incredible new images and new people with similar tastes. What is your business model? A Word to our Readers.

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Organization Content Tool Blogging 90

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

The short story is that he received 400+ responses and goes through how he categorized/vetted the responses: 300 Didn’t Fit – Outside expertise/interest, pushing for immediate funding assistance, too many ideas (not focused), looking for sales agents.

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Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

The firm's technology--which creates a 3D, virtual avatar from digital photos--was originally developed at the University of Southern California for the CIA, and was spun out into a venture funded company targeting the consumer market. In venture capital, there are no unilateral decisions.

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The Southern California locale benefits from its easy proximity to Silicon Valley, just an hours flight away, as well as from the many universities in the area, including Cal Tech, where Intel founder Gordon Moore went to school. My fund was an early investor in Overture. is equally convenient as in Silicon Valley.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

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JUNE 9, 2010

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. I Be specific. It's a great talk. they released a new 2.0

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

UFA Widows and Childrens Fund The Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York distributes donations directly to the families of fallen firefighters. Hardcore SEO Porn Harrys explicit SEO Dojo Peeping Geeking with Greg Bills search patent close-ups Tomorrows Free SEO Porn Edwards SEO TGP FAQ Sexy T-Shirts. Posting tweet.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

UFA Widows and Childrens Fund The Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York distributes donations directly to the families of fallen firefighters. Hardcore SEO Porn Harrys explicit SEO Dojo Peeping Geeking with Greg Bills search patent close-ups Tomorrows Free SEO Porn Edwards SEO TGP FAQ Sexy T-Shirts. Posting tweet.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Her patented product, Swiggies (wrist water bottles), have been a NASDAQ product of the year semi-finalist and are currently sold in 24 countries. The site has since grown to nearly 7.5 Brian Norgard – Co-founder of Chill.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78