socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In addition to the upfront cash, Pasadena, CA-based Arrowhead could earn up to $740 million in milestone payments. According to terms of the agreement announced Thursday, Arrowhead and Takeda will co-develop the drug, which is currently in Phase 2/3 testing. If the drug is. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our interview today is with Alan Horsager , the CEO of Pasadena-based Episona (www.episona.com), an angel backed startup which has already developed and has been offering up an epigenetic test for male fertility. Alan Horsager: The funding originally started with a convertible note, through the Pasadena Angels.

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USC Technical Review Startup Southern California 100

Steve Reich

MARCH 16, 2012

Mark asked Kevin Scanlon, Chairman of the Pasadena Angels, to critique his student’s draft business pitches, and I joined the two of them. I suppose you don’t get admitted to an Engineering Master’s program if you’re not… ) They came from as far away as Pakistan to study at CSLA.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The Nitto drug is in a Phase 1b study. —Shares of Pasadena, CA-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARWR ) fell more than 30 percent after the FDA halted a Phase 2 trial of its lead drug candidate, for hepatitis B. The FDA will decide by the end of December whether to approve it to treat bacterial pneumonia.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. Cramster is looking to create online study groups, to help high school and college students study math, science, and other topics. What we're trying to emulate is the face-to-face study group.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests. We really started to study the current generation of smartphones and what people do with them. Phil Kelly: It''s kind of interesting.

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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

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar is backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. We spoke with Costin Tuculescu , CEO of Freebinar, about the firm, how it's reaching out to Dimdim users, and the background on the company.

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Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. ” And the Kauffman Foundation just published a major study pointing out that all but the top 10% of VC firms fail to create value. The Angel funding process can be arduous. It’s not getting easier to find capital, particularly for A rounds.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We have a number of locations, including one in Santa Monica, one in Pasadena, one in Downtown, and one in El Segundo and the South Bay Area. We'd also love to create a venue where we could also send entrepreneurs from LA to Israel, to study or make connections, and network with their counterparts in Israel.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). The study of computer science brings broad based benefits, beyond the subject. That was encouraging. There are two other, very real benefits.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. I can’t really speak generically to this because the Tech Coast Angels / Pasadena in SoCal have produced Green Dot, MyShape and many other successes. But if you CAN find a way to even get your 0.1 And each town has their own group.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now. Digital LA Producer, Kevin Winston, always pulls together a great bunch of panelists and this conference was no exception.

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