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Startup Weekend Ventura County Winner Gets $10,000

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Camarillo-based Semtech , which manufactures analog and mixed-sginal semiconductors, says the winner of the recent Startup Weekend Ventura County event, which was held in Camarillo last weekend, has been awarded $10,000 in seed funding. READ MORE>>.

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Cool Planet Energy Completes Road Test In Ventura County

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Camarillo-based Cool Planet Energy Systems reports today that it has completed a road test and trial in Ventura County, demonstrating its technology for converting non-food biomass into gasoline, jet fuel, and other products. Cool Planet said the vehicle test was used in the Ventura County Parks Department sport utility vehicle.

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reQall Adds MIT MediaLab Professor As Advisor

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reQall , the wearable software developer headed by former Apple Principal Scientist Rao Machiraju, said this morning that it has tapped MIT MediaLab Professor Alex (Sandy) Pentland as a strategic product advisor. Pentland has been called the " Godfather of Wearable Technologies ". READ MORE>>.

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SPONSOR POST: Southern California Technology Firms Are Hiring

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Not in Southern California's technology market! Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Sr Product Manager , West LA, Shopzilla. Slow job market?

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NetPlenish Launches, Lands $1.9M

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ventura-based NetPlenish , the mobile shopping service startup headed by Dave Compton , said today that it has launched with $1.9M NetPlenish designs iPhone and Android apps which help consumers automatically re-order products they use on an everyday basis, like toothpaste, diapers, dog food, and other products. READ MORE>>.

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Patagonia Invests In AeonClad Coatings

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Ventura, California-based outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia said Monday that it has made an investment in Teas-based AeonClad Coatings , a developer of water-repellent coatings and other specialty coatings technology. Patagonia is using AeonClad's technology as part of a water-repellent down filling being used in its products.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which.