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Ondax Raises $2M More

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Monrovia-based Ondax , a developer of optical filters and laser sources based on research out of the California Institute of Technology, has raised $2M in a Series E investment. The Pasadena Angels said the funding will go towards expanding and growing Ondax's optic solutions. READ MORE>>.

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Here is The Best Data You’ll Find on the LA Tech Market

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If you’re an investor considering putting dollars in the ground in LA, you can see that there is a tremendous opportunity both because of the growth of our markets and there are fewer VC funds here relative to the opportunity than anywhere else in the country. We read their funding reports daily and their analyses religiously.

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Interview with Paul Gloger, Rockoco

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in funding from the Pasadena Angels, for its technology which applies semiconductor processing to diamonds to create more brilliant and super-polished stones. We do that by etching a diffraction grating to the bottom surface of the diamond. Last week, Pasadena-based Rockoco announced that it had raised $1.5M

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Angel Investing – The Most Underrated Skill: Access to Buyers

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Imagine that you funded Larry & Sergey, Chad Hurley & Steve Chen, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Pincus or Evan Williams. I’m obviously only naming a small fraction of their investments since I don’t feel inclined to research them all and many other great venture firms have this kind of access. Ultimately Yahoo! Or the CEO?

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Choosing Internet Platforms

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The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Finally we get to: Peter Coffee , Director of Platform Research, Salesforce.com His premise is that we should be beyond having to buy servers, software, or any other infrastructure. does make it seem like it's a lot of work.

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Why We Must Have Zero Tolerance for Sexual Misconduct in Venture Capital

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I am grateful to the many women who have spoken up and made me realize the kinds of actions they’ve had to deal with their entire lives. This past week he was accused of having made sexual advances on 6 women in a well-researched article published by Bloomberg’s Emily Chang. I was wrong. And it has to stop.