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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. begreen packaging cleantech recyclable riverside merger acquisition ecofriendly recycle compost' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. The University of California has ten campuses, of which half of them are in Southern California, including UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Bill Maris recently opened up Section 32 as a new, $150M investment fund in San Diego. The new group says it will develop initiatives that encourage tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and top talent to locate to and stay in Southern California, complementing and extending the success of Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

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