socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics Retail , the Idealab firm which develops a visual recognition system for preventing bottom-of-the-cart loss at grocery stores, reported today that it has now deployed its systems in over 1,000 U.S. grocery stores. The firm did not say what kind of financial impact the sales have had on the company.

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Report Idealab Pasadena Sales 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

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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Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. As we reported at the time, Travis announced that he would be starting a new fund with the riches he made from Uber shares sold in its most recent major secondary round. million) Sprig , ($56.7

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Startup Los Angeles Demand Pasadena 279

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Their report crystallized the opportunity and pathways to moving SoCal forward as one of the leading global innovation ecosystem.

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Southern California SoCal Pasadena Startup 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Based on a trio of recent, cloud technology acquisitions by major, Silicon Valley technology powerhouses, that would be Southern California. Where is the future of the cloud being developed? the acquisition of Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus by HP last week; and the acquisition earlier this year of Los Angeles-based Inktank by Red Hat.

Southern California 145

Southern California Startup Santa Barbara SoCal 145

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2013

The report, from The Atlantic , found that Santa Barbara-Santa-Maria-Goleta was number five in the nation in terms of venture capital activity per 100,000 people, with $59.1M in deals in 2012 and 3.3 venture capital deals per 100,000 people. Provo-Orem, UT; and 10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara San Diego Venture Capital Capital 263

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of Internet traffic acceleration technology, reported today that online file storage service FilesAnywhere has selected its web acceleration software. FastSoft's technology was originally developed at Caltech, to speed access to the Internet2. READ MORE>>.

CalTech 162

CalTech IP Pasadena Web 162

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 was raised. In Los Angeles, near $324.2M in investments.

Southern California 210

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 210

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 was raised. In Los Angeles, near $324.2M in investments.

Southern California 180

Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2010

Pasadena-based eSolar , the solar thermal technology developer backed by Idealab, Google, Quercus Trust, ACME Group, NRG Energy, and Oak Investment Partners, has raised $20M in an unannounced funding round, according to numbers from the latest quarterly venture capital report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.

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Idealab Venture Capital Google Pasadena 154

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2014

Attending Wearable Tech LA on July 17th in Pasadena will give you an opportunity to meet and collaborate with the best of Hollywood, Music, Sports and Health including leaders from the NBA, NFL, NHL and others. Jose Vargas Ulloa – Tech Reporter, MundoFox TV. Mar Yvette – Lifestyle Reporter, Good Day LA Fox 11.

Entertainment 88

Entertainment Hollywood Pasadena Conference 88

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report were released today, finding that a total of $683.7M and Cardiaq valve Technologies in Irvine, a developer of mitral heart valve replacements, which raised $37.3M. was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. in funding.

Southern California 237

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics , the robotics technology firm out of Idealab, reports today that its first foray into the commercial market is seeing strong sales demand. The new retail product is a first for the firm, which previously was licensing its technology to others. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Idealab Pasadena Report 157

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2010

Pasadena-based eSolar , the solar thermal technology firm backed by Idealab, Google, and others, is being eyed as the next possible solar IPO in the pipe, according to GigaOm. research report released yesterday on Santa Monica-based SharesPost , the report says that eSolar has an estimated valuation of close to $700M.

Idealab 140

Idealab Santa Monica Google Pasadena 140

socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2012

The assets of Pasadena-based Energy Innovations are set to go up for auction on March 20th, according to auctioneer Heritage Global Partners, as the firm continues to wind down.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Idealab High Tech Pasadena 145

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2010

The VCR Plus+ codes, originally developed by Pasadena-based Gemstar-TV Guide , are officially disappearing, according to numerous reports from newspapers, who say that Rovi--which now owns the VCR Plus+ technology--has stopped issuing the codes.

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Guide Patents Hollywood Pasadena 145

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market. Carla Bourque: Smartify has been based in Pasadena for the past three and a half years. What is Smartify?

Marketing 196

Marketing Pasadena Platform Email 196

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The company recently reported record. The firm, based in Pasadena, has dozens of. NastyGal is just one of a number of fashion-meets-technology startups to emerge in Los Angeles, which. has long been home to both technology and fashion--but, based on its trajectory, looks to be one of the fastest growing. The now-public.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. organized by the Los Angeles-based venture firm Upfront Ventures as a showcase for technology and investment talent in Southern California, venture investor Josh Kopelman spoke to the heightened pace of dealmaking at his own firm.

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IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , which develops ad serving software used by online publishers, is reporting this morning that it has added more than 8,000 publishers since it launched its product in October of 2008. OpenX Technologies is venture backed by Accel Partners, Index Ventures and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.

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OpenX Custom Customer Advertising 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

Southern California 100

Southern California SoCalTech Technical Review Draper 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

One of the firms poised to take advantage of that growth is Pasadena-based OpenX (www.openx.org), which develops one of the most widely used ad serving solutions available. The software helps them manage all of that, so that they can target campaigns, optimize ads, and report out in different ways. We've grown enormously.

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OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

—Oral arguments in the landmark patent fight over ownership of the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 were set for Dec. —Separately, Bristol reported that nivolumab (Opdivo) became the first cancer immunotherapy drug to help patients with certain forms of stomach cancer live longer than they would on standard chemotherapy. .

Patents 87

Patents Study Pricing Research 87

Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Intel Capital has invested $38 million in 12 technology startups since July, highlighting its venture investment focus on innovations in self-driving cars and machine vision, the Internet of Things, sports and health, drones, and virtual reality. We need to be on a path-finding mission to find tangential investments,” he told reporters.

Capital 40

Capital San Diego Invest USC 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. Bill received his B.S.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Jason Nazar: Legal contracts, business forms and templates, conference presentations, financial models, research reports, any kind of professional content that you have which you use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. I think one of the main reasons, is that LA has some unique challenges when it comes to a technology community.

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Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

I was actually working for The Hollywood Reporter at the time and enjoyed the benefits of this marketing drive.:). This won’t be the end of the evolution of women’s involvement in the tech or entertainment sphere and I hope to continue reporting, living, changing and experiencing it firsthand for many years to come.

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Conference Entertainment Startup Digital Hollywood 40