socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , the advanced battery manufacturer and technology developer headed by Joseph Fisher, announced today that it has launched a new line of coin cell batteries targeted specifically at 3DTV, active shutter glasses.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

CFX Battery's Fisher said it will use the new funding to double manufacturing capacity at its Azusa headquarters. Robert Grubbs. The firm said the new round brings its total funding to $29.4M. The firm is developing both primary batteries and advanced, secondary batteries. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , the venture-backed battery developer spun out of research from Caltech, said today that it has added two new lithium batteries to its line of coin cells. The firm said the new 2016 and 2450 lithium coin cells are aimed at advanced and next generation portable electronics.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , the developer of battery technology based on research from Caltech, announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The company said it added new investor SBI Jeffries Asia Fund L.P. as a new investor in the round.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

Azusa-based Contour Energy , the developer of advanced battery technology backed by CMEA Capital, Harris and Harris, Schlumberger and US Venture Partners, announced today that it has named automotive executive Francois Castaing to its board of directors.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , the Caltech battery technology startup headed by Joe Fisher, said today that it has been awarded a new, U.S. According to the firm, the new patent covers its production process and fluorinated multi-layered carbon nanomaterials, which are used in its batteries.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , the Caltech spinoff commercializing advanced battery systems, reported today that it has doubled the size of its company headquarters. The firm said it has added an additional 15,000 square feet of manufacturing space, as it prepares for ramp of production of its batteries.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Azusa-based advanced battery developer Contour Energy Systems has merged with Austin-based ActaCell Energy Systems , the two said Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The two said the merger would help accelerate the companies' technology to market.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2012

Azusa-based Contour Energy Systems , which is developing next generation battery systems, is announcing today that it has scored a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel , the investment arm of the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2012

Azusa-based battery technology firm Contour Energy Systems announced this morning that it has named Louis E. Lupo as the company's new President and CEO. Lupo joins from T3 Technology, and also has served at EaglePicher Technologies, Honeywell International, and BE Aerospace.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

Azusa-based Contour Energy , the advanced battery company backed by CMEA Capital, Harris and Harris , Schlumberger and US Venture Partners, said today that it has formed a new Scientific Advisory Board.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Azusa-based Contour Enery Systems , the battery technology startup which is backed by CMEA Capital, Harris and Harris, Schlumberger and US Venture Partners, said today that it is planing the release of its first line of coin cell batteries, starting in Q4.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Azusa-based Contour Energy , the developer of next-generation battery systems headed by Joe Fisher, said today that it has acquired carbon nanotube technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Controu said the technology can "dramatically improve" the power capabilities of lithium-ion batteries.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2011

Presented by Dr. Dmitri Kossakovskin, Managing Director of ZT Plus in Azusa, CA, ZT PLus is a division of Amerigon, Inc. This technology allows a direct conversion of heat to electricity and electricity to heat/cold by means of solid state semiconductor materials. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Azusa-based CFX Battery , a Caltech spinout developing advanced battery technology, has upped its funding to nearly $15.2M, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. CFX Battery has previously raised funding from CMEA Ventures, Harris and Harris, and US Venture Partners.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2009

Azusa-based CFX Battery , a developer of battery technology, has raised $5.0M in what looks to be the first tranche of an ongoing funding round. The funding came to light through a regulatory filing this week. According to the filing, the new funding is part of a $26.9M fundraising effort by the firm.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2009

Azusa-based CFX Battery, a Caltech spinout focused on primary and rechargeable battery technology, has scored $11M in a $15.18M funding round, according to a regulatory funding. The funding was first disclosed December 24th in a filing with the SEC. Details on the funding were uncovered by PE Week from the filings.

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socalTECH

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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LATechDigest

AUGUST 3, 2019

The cities of Bellflower, Carson, Lakewood, Palmdale, Pasadena and Santa Clarita are finalists for the population 67,000 and over category, and the cities of Azusa, Commerce, El Segundo, Pico Rivera and Vernon are finalists in the population under 67,000 category.

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