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MARCH 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , the nonprofit which runs competitions to encourage the development of new technology to solve some of the world's problems, has put its efforts behind forest health, saying it has put together an outline of potential breakthroughs required for healthier forest ecosystems. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

Yucca Valley-based FundaGeek , a new startup headed by Daniel Gutierrez, said over the holiday that it has launched its crowdfunding platform, aimed at startups and scientific researchers. There area number of crowdfunding sites which focus on the arts and creative projects, as well as education.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Irvine-based Lumitron Technologies , a developer of X-ray imaging systems which is aimed at use in cancer diagnosis and treatment, has spun out of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) due to the efforts of a University of California Irvine professor. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2018

How do you take the energy of such successes as Dollar Shave Club, Ring, Cornerstone Ondemand, and the many other local successes from the startup energy, and tap into the resources of local universities and research institutions?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Tortuga Logic , a new startup focused on chip-level cybersecurity technology whose founders include professors from UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Thursday. The seed funding came from Eclipse Ventures.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Soraa , the developer of Gallium Nitride (GaN) LED lighting technology based on research out of UC Santa Barbara, has won an install of its LED lamps at Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum. The Crocker said it turned to Soraa's LED lamps due to their color rendering, which is at around 3000K, or close to sunlight.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Elevance Renewable Sciences , the producer of specialty, renewable chemicals based on research licensed from Pasadena-based Materia , has pulled its IPO. The Illinois company said in a filing this morning that it has pulled the IPO due to a new private placement of preferred stock. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

In a bid to help research from the University of Southern California reach the market, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation said Wednesday afternoon that it is awarding $439,000 in gap funding to seven projects from USC, which have a high potential to spin out of the school. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Carlsbad-based Signal Genetics , which had been developing genetic testing technology for multiple myeloma, has been acquired in a reverse merger by miRagen Therapeutics , a developer of microRNA (miRNA)-targeting therapies for treating cancer and other diseases.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

Santa Barbara-based energy storage technology developer Ice Energy announced today that it is opening up a new, research and development center in Riverside, with plans to immediately hire 12 at the location. Ice Energy said the move comes due to grants and incentives from Riverside, as well as the University of California, Riverside.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

How do you take a new, genetic test to market, and how do you bridge the gap between research and the market? We chatted with Alan about the company, the process of taking a new, genetic test to market, and his experience taking research from the University of Southern California and University of Utah and commercializing that research.

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JULY 29, 2010

We've dug through our database of high tech companies, web sites, and startups and found four Southern California companies and web sites looking to cater to that adventure traveler in you. . The site offers up a way to research and book adventure travel, across the globe. . Planning out the rest of your summer travel plans?

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JANUARY 28, 2019

However, there is already the technology out therefrom San Luis Obispo-based Whitefox Defense (www.whitefoxdefense.com)  to both detect, and neutralize those drones. We spoke with founder and CEO Luke Fox to learn more about the company, and its technology. Explain how your technology works?

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JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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APRIL 1, 2009

According to Zag, the firm will provide a turnkey, fully integrated auto buying program for the site, which will offer resources to research and compare vehicles, read AAA editorial reviews, and configure and purchase vehicles. Tags: automobile research purchasing service. Financial details of the win was not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We have a new piece of technology, which figures out social value, and delivers something to companies they never had before, which is the ability to measure influence among people, and to do so with hard numbers. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing?

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Unlike Yelp and listings sites that are focused on user-generated reviews or things like that, we're really a portfolio sharing site, and a tool of professionals. He introduced me to Wavemaker, also in LA, and also Halogen Ventures, which is led by Jessie Draper, which invests in women-run technology companies.

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APRIL 13, 2021

The NSF determined eight to ten years ago that the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants they were funding to academic teams, to commercialize technology, they were losing, because not many academics had the background to understand how to go out and source customers, and did not know how to run a startup.

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MAY 7, 2010

Marc Friedmann: SciVee serves the STM - Science, Technical, Medical - market. For example, an author can talk about their recent research, which was published in a scientific journal, and highlight key findings. They were looking for a technically knowledgeable person who had a strong business background.

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APRIL 26, 2011

We're not talking publicly about that yet, but the idea is to get away from the annual review, away from the quarterly review, and give everyone within and outside a company the ability to recognize people, up and down the chain, for doing great things in the workplace. Beyond that, it's really about real time recognition.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We have a new piece of technology, which figures out social value, and delivers something to companies they never had before, which is the ability to measure influence among people, and to do so with hard numbers. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing?

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AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. In a recent Forbes.com article , contributor Tara Brown wrote of her own misapprehension moving from San Francisco to Southern California, saying, “I’m a technologist and moving away from the tech hub of the world to the land of Botox seemed like a really bad career move.

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JUNE 4, 2018

There are now a number of products, technology, and services which are being brought to market, which a few years ago had no way for an entrepreneur to generate money. So yes, our big focus is on technology and the more digital related businesses. Those are all of the customers an early stage company might want.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We have a new piece of technology, which figures out social value, and delivers something to companies they never had before, which is the ability to measure influence among people, and to do so with hard numbers. Explain what Ninja Metrics is doing?

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AUGUST 18, 2009

In the recent surge in interest in the clean technology and energy investment area, we're constantly surprised by the number of startups in the area focused on some aspect of the industry. Let's start on the technology side--can you tell us about the technology, and its origins? It's very simple, from the technical perspective.

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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. Do you think you could have offered this earlier, or was it due to the scale that you could launch this?

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars-Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Finally, we're seeing some really interesting research in biotech applications, and ways to drive innovation in healthcare research.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Finally, we're seeing some really interesting research in biotech applications, and ways to drive innovation in healthcare research.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products. Mickie Rosen: Tecca is the easiest and most helpful independent service for mainstream consumers to learn, shop, and make the most of their personal technology.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Earlier this month, Azusa-based CFX Battery , a stealthy battery technology spinout from Caltech, announced it had raised a new round of funding worth $14.2M. This week, the firm announced that it was renaming itself Contour Energy (www.contourenergy.com)--and said it was ready to talk about what its battery technology is all about.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

In a long, convoluted way, the value proposition we bring to the client gives them many different options for lawyers they can choose from, not just based on price, but also based on their profile, experience levels, and client reviews. It took a while to do market research, but we ended up starting an app for law.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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APRIL 29, 2014

So, very early on was our project-Voxel Research, how our name got created and mashed up to Voxearch. They wanted to do 3-D X-rays, but at the time, there was not technology available to do that. Unfortunately, UCLA''s money dried up due to legal issues. I''ve been a laser engineer, working with optics and lots of RF as well.

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JUNE 21, 2013

I started doing research on his behalf, learning about it, and one thing led to another, and I started asking people if such a service existed, would they use it. I kind of fell into it, after a period of diligence on the idea, and realizing it was a big opportunity. Enough people said yes, and I thought about building the company.

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APRIL 8, 2009

Eric Golden, the firm's President and CEO, told us more about the company and its technology, and its fascinating beginnings from Hollywood's Steadicam. Tell us about your technology? Brown was approached by a manufacturer, who asked if his technology could hold tools for an assembly line. Eric Golden: They do.

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MAY 18, 2010

Al Eisaian: IconApps is built around simplifying people's lives through mobile technology. As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

The reason for that, is in my opinion, the majority of the innovations that have improved our nation in the past 150 years have been due to technology and engineering innovations. Who can enter the competition? There's no restriction about their grade or level of involvement at Viterbi. When will the first competition be held?

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