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Demand Media Market Cap Huge, But Green Dot Still Bigger

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The IPO this week of Santa Monica-based Demand Media has drawn widespread attention, with a number of articles yesterday talking about how the firm's market cap exceeded the New York Times Company after the IPO. In intraday trading Thursday, Green Dot (GDOT) had a market cap of approximately $2.68

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SiLC Technologies Sees $17M

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Monrovia, California-based SiLC Technologies, a developer of machine vision tools, says it has raised $17M in a Series A funding round. The company is developing an imaging chip aimed at the machine vision market, used in such areas as mobility, industrial machine vision, robotics, augmented reality, and consumer applications.

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Soliant Energy Names Marketing VP

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Monrovia-based Soliant Energy , a developer of concentrated solar energy systems, announced this morning that it has added Ben Jamison as the firm's new Vice President of Marketing. The firm said that Jamison will be responsible for all marketing related activities at the company. Solus Micro Technologies and NEC Technologies.

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AeroVironment Wins $13M USAF Award

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Monrovia, California-based Aerovironment , which develops unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the military market, reports that it has received a $13M contract from the United States Air Force. According to AeroVironment, the new contract award covers support of Latin America and Caribbean nations with its RQ-11B Raven drone.

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AeroVironment Releases New EV Charger Product

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Monrovia-based AeroVironment is expanding its lineup of chargers for the electric vehicle market, with a new product specifically aimed at the forklift and materials handling market. According to AeroVironment it has launched a new product, ConnectRx, as part of its PosiCharge ProCore line of electric forklift chargers.

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AeroVironment Deploys UAV With Royal Canadian Navy

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Monrovia, California-based Aerovironment , which develops unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the military and other markets, reported a win this week with the Royal Canadian Navy. Financial details of the contract were not announced.

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AeroVironment Launches New Drone For Farm Analytics

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Monrovia, California-based AeroVironment has launched its commercial drones into the agriculture market, said on Wednesday that it has launched the Quantex hybrid drone and related analytics software, specifically for the agriculture market.

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