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Heliogen, Backed By Bill Gates, Idealab and Nantworks, Aims At Solar Thermal

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Pasadena-based Heliogen , a clean energy startup which is backed by such notable investors as Bill Gates, Idealab and local billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong of NantWorks, says it has demonstrated for the first time, concentrated solar energy which exceeds temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius. READ MORE>>.

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Nexus eWater Gets $2.1M For Water, Energy Recycling Device

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Nexus eWater , a startup that has developed a device that recycles both residential water and energy, said today that it has raised $2.1M The company says it it has already been installing its systems in pilot installs in Los Angeles and Pomona, including at the KB Home Double ZeroHouses in Lancaster and El Dorado Hills. READ MORE>>.

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Heliogen’s new tech could unlock renewable energy for industrial manufacturing

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Last Monday a group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif. For Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab and brains behind the excursion, the unveiling was simply the latest in a string of demonstrations for new technologies commercialized by his nearly three-decade old startup company incubator.

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Women Entrepreneurs Surge But Fight Their Demons

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Women entrepreneurs are starting small businesses at approximately twice the national average for all startups. As a result, there have also been many new resources and mentors popping up specifically aimed at women. Your work is never done, but that doesn’t mean you need to spend your life catching up. Pace yourself.

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Mate Fertility is aiming to create a franchise of fertility clinics open to everyone

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Mate Fertility , the new Los Angeles startup launching today with $2.8 Founded by serial entrepreneur Oliver Bogner and his brother Gabriel, Mate was born from both brothers’ struggles with trying to start a family. These 460 clinics are allowed to radically mark up the process,” said the elder Bogner. Lancaster, Pa.,

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