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Evolution Robotics Gets $1M Navy Contract

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Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , an Idealab-backed firm developing robotics software, said today that it has won a federal contract from the U.S. According to Evolution Robotics, the contract covers research on scaling visual recognition for maritime domain awareness. READ MORE>>.

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Green Dot Opens Development Center In Shanghai

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Pasadena-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid Mastercard and mobile banking services, said today that it has opened up a new office in Shanghai, China, which will provide engineering and software development resources to the company. According to Green Dot, it officially opened up Green Dot Shanghai Software Technology Co.

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eSolar Inks Technology License Deal With Sundrop Fuels

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Pasadena-based solar thermal technology developer eSolar has inked a deal with another clean technology firm, Sundrop Fuels, the company announced today. Exact details on the size of the contract were not provided. eSolar said the licensing will augment its core solar thermal power plant business.

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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

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The idea was they were going to create their own interactive voice response (IVR) technology, which we would keep in house and allow us to open up a nationwide call center to handle taxi calls. Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services.

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eSolar Signs 500MW Solar Deal

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Pasadena-based eSolar , which is developing technology for utility-scale, solar thermal energy plants, has scored a deal with power generator NRG Energy, NRG said today. The deal calls for NRG to use eSolar to develop solar plants with a capacity of 500 megawatts, and will invest $10M in equity in three project sites.

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Interview with Jay Ackerman, Reveleer

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Glendale-based Reveleer (www.reveleer.com) is a developer of cloud-based software used for managing medical data, and recently announced a Series C funding round from investors Boston Millenia Partners and Upfront Ventures. What is Reveleer? What's your background? I've been a sales leader, a Chief Revenue Officer, Head of Customer Success.

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Schlep & Fetch: Delivering Anything and Everything, On Demand

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Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. The style, the systems, the technology, the branding, the culture, and what kind of company we want to create is very simple at the core, everyone can get it, and everyone understand its. How does Schlep and Fetch work?

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