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Making The Pasadena Angels Relevant To Today's Startups, With Terry Kay

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In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? First off, for those not familiar with the Pasadena Angels, talk about the group? That''s one thing we''ve talked about with incubators, with valuations.

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Heliogen Goes Public Via SPAC Acquisition

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Pasadena-based concentrated solar energy technology developer Heliogen, a spinout of the Idealab startup incubator, has gone public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) deal, the company said on Wednesday. According to Heliogen and Athena Technology Acquisition Corp.,

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Share Ventures, an LA-based studio for company creation, is MoviePass co-founder Hamet Watt’s next act

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Watt says that the new studio will focus on what he calls “human performance” The businesses will use a blend of technology and human interaction to create services targeting fitness, nutrition, and mental health, according to Watt. For Watt, the studio model represents the next iteration of startup investing.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). Matthew Goldman , Wallaby Financial (Pasadena, financial).

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DoE Selects Two SoCal Firms For Solar Program

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Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it has selected thirteen companies for an effort to commercialize solar energy technologies, including two firms based in Southern California. According to NREL, it is investing $6 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as part of a new PV Technology Pre-Incubator Award.

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Interview with Buck Jordan, Miso Robotics

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It runs our proprietary technology, and it's a platform that people can plug into. I had been seed investing and incubating businesses, and was sitting with a friend of mine, John Miller, who ran Caliburger, which is a 35 location burger chain, which is exporting the California lifestyle, much like In-N-Out does.

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LA Startup Report 2013 | A Rising Forecast

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Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. Pasadena another growing startup community, has startups focusing mainly on business products and services and sciences.

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