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APRIL 11, 2012

Local startup AnyMeeting is looking to help fellow Southern California startups out, saying this morning that it will provide free, one-year accounts to its premium, ad-free service to any employee of companies within select Los Angeles area incubators and accelerators. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels Startup SoCal 199

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2017

announced on Monday that GM Cruise, its self-driving car subsidiary, had acquired Strobe, a Pasadena startup developing a technology that uses lasers to measure distances to other objects. General Motors Co.

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Pasadena Company Companies Startup 154

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 17, 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 -- Start-Up Funding In Southern California. Panel includes Ray Chan, Managing Partner at K5 Venture Partners; Anil Tammineedi, Vice President at Angeleno Group; Kiran Rao, Associate at Vicente Capital Partners; Al Schneider, Co-Founder and Past Chairman of Pasadena Angels.

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Southern California Startup Funding Pasadena Angels 113

L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

But Pasadena-based Heliogen has a new technology that swaps fossil fuels for solar energy in industrial applications. For decades, solar technology experts have sought to generate electricity.

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Pasadena Startup Technology 263

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APRIL 17, 2012

Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. This is the list I would start with.

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MARCH 7, 2017

It looks like those days might be at an end, as a local startup, Miso Robotics , and hamburger chain CaliBurger have unveiled a new robot, "Flippy", which uses artificial intelligence to grill burgers in Pasadena. Remember those days of flipping hamburgers as your first job in high school?

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Pasadena Artificial Inteligence CalTech Custom 160

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MAY 16, 2010

A few days before the meeting the CEO asked me to change the meeting to 11:45 because “he was going to be wrapping up a meeting in Pasadena at 11am&# and it would take 45 minutes to get to Century City where my offices are. &# No problem,&# I replied. And that’s why he stood me up! I would have done the same.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Three companies--all started in Southern California--have been picked up for their cloud technology over the last few months, including today''s acquisition of Pasadena-based Metacloud by Cisco Corp.; READ MORE>>'

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Southern California Startup Santa Barbara SoCal 145

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AUGUST 1, 2014

How did you start the company? George Collado: I worked in Hermosa Beach, with a restaurant group, and we had opened up several restaurants. Through that, I designed a system using Excel spreadsheets to track this, and went on to start the company because I saw the need for it. Who is your ideal customer? READ MORE>>.

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Help Hermosa Beach Technical Review Redondo Beach 223

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 19, 2017

Artificial intelligence startup Oben Inc. said it has raised a $5 million round led by Chinese investment firm Tencent Holdings.

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Artificial Inteligence Pasadena Startup Invest 133

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

A new startup incubator and coworking space in the Los Angeles area-- Voivoda Labs --said this week that it is looking to looking to vet new startups in the area to join its newly built incubator in Glendale. Voivoda says that Babajov has ties to the Band of Angels, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Keiretsu Forum Angel networks.

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Glendale Incubator Tech Coast Angels Keiretsu 196

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The Pasadena Angels investment group released its investment totals for 2015 this week, saying that it has invested $4.9M across 27 deals in 2015, bringing its total invested since the group was started to over $65M in over 175 companies. The total number of deals in 2015 was up from just 17 investments in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Angels Pasadena Invest Angel 100

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pasadena has a long history as a center of the technology and innovation world�all the way back to first American experiments with rocket launches in 1936�Southern California's first foray into the rocket business (sorry, SpaceX)--through the Internet boom with Idealab, to today. They've filled up pretty quickly.

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Pasadena Orange County Idealab CalTech 100

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Gevo , a startup which is developing renewable chemicals and biofuels technology, has filed for an IPO, according to an S-1 filing by the firm Thursday afternoon. Gevo--which is now based in Englewood, Colorado--was started in Pasadena, and has licensed technology from both the University of California, Los Angeles, and Caltech.

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CalTech UCLA Technical Review SoCalTech 210

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Sunday, October 16, 2016 -- Attend Innovate Pasadena’s Connect Week 16. Attendees have the opportunity to enhance their innovation game and learn more about design trends, local startups, nanotechnology, growth hacking, coding, successful entrepreneurship skills and more at #Connect16. See https://connectpasadena.com/.

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Pasadena Design Organization Startup 100

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JULY 17, 2014

The latest venture capital totals from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association''s MoneyTree Report was released this evening, tallying up $761.12M in investments in Q2 of 2014 in Southern California, up from Q2 of 2013, when $616.83M was invested in the region.

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Southern California El Segundo Culver City Orange County 240

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 19, 2017

Pasadena avatar-generating startup Oben Inc. raises $5 million, NBC adds Snapchat news show, and SpaceX not going to land Dragon capsule on Mars with rocket thrusters.

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Pasadena Snapchat SpaceX Startup 100

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AUGUST 17, 2015

Innovate Pasadena , the non-profit which is helping to promote the technology industry in Pasadena, said Monday that it has hired on its first, full-time hire. Innovate Pasadena said that Guerrero has more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and event production, and is a Pasadena native. READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Sales Marketing Help 100

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JULY 10, 2012

The company, which is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels, said its new "Quick Start" program will provide those network marketers with a free, company-branded web conferencing tool, which can be made available to all of those firms' distributors at no cost.

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Networking Tech Coast Angels Marketing Pasadena Angels 206

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

According to the startup--which is based in San Francisco--it will let participants in the process share in equity and other profits from those companies.

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Ideas Idealab Startup Pasadena 159

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

A few days before the meeting the CEO asked me to change the meeting to 11:45 because “he was going to be wrapping up a meeting in Pasadena at 11am” and it would take 45 minutes to get to Century City where my offices are. “No problem,” I replied. And that’s why he stood me up!

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Conference Startup Century City Email 369

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JUNE 12, 2012

Monday, June 18, 2012 -- How Investors Really See Your Startup. SCV Startup. Ever wonder how an investor would view your startup? If you read Tech Crunch it seems like every startup is raising capital.that's far from the truth. How do they make decisions on what to invest in? How do they decide how much to invest?

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Startup Pasadena Angels Pasadena Writing 147

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The Pasadena Angels , one of the most active organized angel investment groups in the Los Angeles area, released some details on the groups'' 2014 performance over the holidays, saying that it saw a total of four exits--including a $100M exit over at Bluebeam --and closed 17 deals during the year. The group said it provided $4.7M READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Venture Capital 100

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Flywheel develops a mobile app which lets users hail local taxi companies, track locations, and pay with their smartphone, and says it has launched its service across Los Angeles, starting with Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, San Fernando Valley, and Pasadena. Flywheel''s service is available across LA except Santa Monica and Beverly Hills.

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MAY 28, 2014

A new, Pasadena-based startup out of Idealab , the startup incubator headed by Bill Gross, is hoping to bring 3D printing to the masses for $149. According to New Matter , it is hoping to bring its 3D printer to users, starting at only $149, in an attempt to make 3D printing accessible to everyone.

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Idealab Startup Funding Incubator 164

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JULY 28, 2010

in funding from the Pasadena Angels and other investors. Tags: acquisition merger semiconductor polish diamond startup spinout caltech rockoco helixis. On the heels of the successful exit of Carlsbad-based Helixis this week, it turns out the founders of the firm--Caltech professor Axel Scherer and Caltech Ph.D.

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CalTech Startup Pasadena Angels Pasadena 150

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JULY 10, 2012

I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. And make-up artists. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley. As a result younger people are creating startups because they can.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

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MAY 11, 2012

The Western Regional winners at Caltech were determined by a panel of judges from Mohr Davidow, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sierra Ventures, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund, the Angeleno Group and the Pasadena and Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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Technology CalTech Tech Coast Angels Startup 184

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JANUARY 5, 2021

What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? For the tech/startup ecosystem in SoCal, I am looking forward to continued momentum in addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workforce and support for emerging entrepreneurs. He previously held C-level roles at Overture Services/Yahoo!,

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Southern California SoCal Technical Review Startup 202

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

In an unusual move for an otherwise dismal job market, Pasadena-based Idealab is joining the ranks of local companies doing aggressive recruiting of technology talent, saying today that it is running a technology job fair next week for its companies.

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Idealab Pasadena Software Engineering Technology 235

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. The firm so far has signed up a number of restaurants in the Pasadena area. What is Foodme all about? How do users do that?

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Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based ranking and polling website Ranker , the startup led by Clark Benson and backed by Draper Associates, Rincon Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures, Lowercase Capital, BullPen Capital, Data Collective, TenOneTen Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, and Pasadena Angels, said today that it hit 11.5

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Tech Coast Angels Draper Pasadena Angels Pasadena 242

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MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. For example, if you as a consumer shop at a place, when you're done with your transaction, you can take a picture of your receipt, and start earning "punches" on Punchard at the places you shop.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Custom 245

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MARCH 16, 2012

The newly launched feature allows users to instantly start a free web conference session, even without creating an account on the service. AnyMeeting said the new service--available via a "Start A Meeting Now" button on its home page--is aimed at encouraging new users to experience its free web meeting service. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Services Pasadena Angels Conference 162

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JANUARY 20, 2011

And while I generally agree and give similar advice, here are three anecdotes or truths about SoCal investing and startups that contradict. One of my investments doing GREAT (and I mean GREAT) is SupplyFrame in Pasadena. Read the rest of Jim's response and comments on investing and startups in LA. On associates. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Invest Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 160

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JUNE 25, 2013

Pasadena-based DoubleBeam , which develops mobile shopping and payment systems for retailers, has scored $5,000 and the top prize in the Silicon Beach Fest Startup Showcase Competition. DoubleBeam says its product can save up to 80% off on interchange fees.

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Startup Pasadena Competition Mobile 153

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APRIL 3, 2013

The boast and challenge is a big one for the small startup, which only launched its services a few years ago, and only recently started focusing primarily on the small business web conferencing market. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Keiretsu Pasadena Angels Conference 248