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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Monrovia, California-based unmanned aerial vehicle maker AeroVironment is ramping up its efforts in developing more commercial applications for its drones, saying it has launched a new effort with California State University, Fresno on identifying water stress in almond production using its UAVs.

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APRIL 10, 2014

Monrovia-based biopharmaceuticals developer Xencor reports this morning that it has received a milestone payment from Merck, for the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trail which uses its antibody engineering technology. Size of that milestone payment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Monrovia-based unmanned aircraft maker Aerovironment said this week that it has entered into a $2.3M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

According to the company, its new Los Angeles satellite office will be located in Monrovia, and will go to help its work in Los Angeles County, providing political advocacy, special industry events, and professional development for the life sciences sector.

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MARCH 9, 2012

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid debit card provider headed by Steve Streit, said this morning that it has acquired Silicon Valley mobile social networking firm Loopt. Green Dot said it will pay $43.4M in cash for Loopt, which will become its Silicon Valley hub for its mobile technology and product development team.

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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.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid payment card provider, has launched itself into the mobile banking market today, unveiling its new GoBank bank account. The firm said it designed the new, mobile banking account "from scratch", specifically aimed at the new mobile generation.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Monrovia, California-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture backed firm developing human milk fortifiers for premature infants, announced this morning that it will be donating funds to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure as part of its milk donation program.

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MAY 24, 2012

Monrovia, California-based unmanned aircraft maker Aerovironment said today that it is looking to demonstrate the use of its small, unmanned aircraft for use in post-disaster communications, for the Federal Communications Commission.

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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.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Monrovia-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture backed firm which is extracting nutritional fortification from human breast milk, used to help premature and other ill infants, said Wednesday that it has renewed an agreement with the International Breast Milk Project (IBMP), a provider of donated breast milk to infants suffering from HIV/AIDS, malnourishment, (..)

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The TCA said that the fund will help members benefit from the "collective wisdom" of the Tech Coast Angels, will allow investors to diversify their portfolios, and will simplify the process of raising funds for entrepreneurs.

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