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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Azusa-based CFX Battery , a developer of advanced battery technology, said today at Los Angeles Technology Week that the firm has just closed a $15M, Series B funding round. CFX, a spinout of Caltech, is developing both primary and secondary batteries. Tags: battery materials venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

And this is my chance to give back to all of those people for whom I don’t have enough time in the week for that “15 minute coffee meeting&# that many people wants with a VC. In aggregate we have a ton of great developers but we need a better feeding system into our startups. Tags: VC Industry. Hope to see you!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. In our regions?

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Carlsbad-based Helixis , a developer of nucleic acid analysis tools, has upped its recent funding round to $7.3M, according to a filing from the firm this week. venture round which the firm has been raising since July. Helixis is a spinout of Caltech. Tags: helixis analysis lifescience biotech venture capital.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Culver City- and Seattle-based Indi Molecular , a startup developing a synthetic replacement for antibodies, has raised $1.5M Caltech professor Jim Heath is a co-founder and board member of the startup, and the company has also licensed technology from the Scripps Research Institute. in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Pasadena-based Materia , which is commercializing olefin metathesis catalyst technology developed by Caltech Nobel Prize winner Robert H. Tags: materia venture capital olefin nobel prize chemistry materials. Grubbs, has raised $11.75M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2011

All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. But also when you’re developing so is your competitor.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

The funding was led by Tata Industries, and also included MRM Capital and the Cycad Group. Sofie Biosciences--which is a spinout of UCLA and Caltech--said the funding will go towards further development of its technology. sofie biosciences venture capital lifescience molecular diagnostics positron' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based Equipois , which develops ergonomic arm technology, was the winner of a fast pitch competition hosted by the Monte Jade Science & Technology Association last week at Caltech. Equipois, which is headed by Eric Golden , has developed technology to make lifting and manipulating heavy loads and tooling effortless.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Elevance just announced a $104M venture capital round in July, a Series E round which came from Lacustrine Limited via Genting Genomics Limited, and Total Energy Ventures International. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2009

Carlsbad-based Helixis , a developer of nucleic acid analysis tools based on technology spun out of Caltech, has raised $5.3M venture round. According to a regulatory filing, some of the funds involved in the deal include Advanced Technology Ventures VII and Domain Partners VII. out of a ongoing, $10.0M READ MORE>>.

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JULY 12, 2012

An Illinois firm whose technology is based on, and licensed from Pasadena-based Materia and Caltech , has raised a whopping, $104M funding round. Elevance is using olefin metathesis technology, licensed from Materia, and originally developed by Noble Prize winning Caltech professor Robert H. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2015

Pasadena-based SlipChip , a Caltech spinoff developing microfluidics technology, has raised $26.5M Details on the Series B funding have not yet been announced by the company, whic his a spinout of technology developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). READ MORE>>.

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JULY 28, 2010

Laguna Beach-based venture capital firm Okapi Ventures , which is run by Sharon Stevenson and Marc Averitt , has seen its first portfolio exit, in Carlsbad-based Helixis. The venture firm closed its first fund, Okapi Ventures I, LP, in 2006. Tags: okapi venture capital helixis merger acquisition.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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JULY 26, 2012

Impinj , a developer of UHF, radio frequency identification (RFID) chips which has linked to Caltech, and an office in Orange County, said today that it has raised $21M in an equity funding round, as well as dropped its plans for an IPO. Impinj said the funding came from AllianceBernstein L.P.,

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Glendale-based Beyond Limits , a venture-backed developer of artificial intelligence software, has named Meghan Sharp, Ph.D., the former Managing Director of BP Ventures/Americas, as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).

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JANUARY 30, 2009

Carlsbad-based Luxtera appears to have raised $26.75M in another venture round, according to this week's PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. The firm, which develops optical interconnects, is a Caltech spinoff. Tags: interconnect venture capital luxtera caltech optical semiconductor. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, February 2, at Caltech. Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Take the next left on Holliston Avenue, into Caltech campus. There are still a few tickets left for you to be part of what will surely be an amazing night. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

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MARCH 19, 2013

The startup, led by Andy Wilson, said it has created a big-data driven system to analyze a user's professional relationship, and helps organize and syncrhonize contact data, emails, meetings, and phone calls.

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JUNE 28, 2021

This is Venture Capital. The Denominator Effect I want to share with you some of the most consistent pieces of advice I give to new VCs in their career journey and the same advice holds for angel investors. You’ll find engineers out of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Caltech or execs out of UCLA, Spelman, NYU, etc.

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JULY 7, 2017

Culver City-based Indi Molecular , a developer of protein catalyzed capture agent (PCC) biotechnology being aimed in research tools, diagnostic agents, and PET imaging, has raised $11.5M Darren Cai from Legend Capital will join the company's board with the funding. in a Series A funding.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The new group, The Tech CEO Network , said it is looking to help bridge between the technology present at local schools like Caltech, UCLA, USC, UC Irvine, and other universities, and actual, viable companies. The founders of the group, Richard Koffler and John Morris , are two well known investors in the Los Angeles area.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. We then spoke about startups.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. Encouraging the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California. Saturday, November 12, 2016 -- Entrepreneurs in a Biotech Moment. Speakers also include: Alex Dickinson, Illumina; Gregory A. Weiss, Phage-Tech; moderated by Russell Frandsen, The Business Legal Group.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Impinj , a developer of RFID and other wireless chips which has rseearch offices in Rancho Cordova and Newport Beach, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC that it is looking to raise up to $60M. Impinj was co-founded by Caltech professor Carver Mead, and had set up offices in Newport Beach in 2004.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Upfront Ventures has made an investment in Jiko , a startup developing an alternative to traditional banks. in its Series A, which came from Upfront Ventures, Radical Impact, and Social Capital. in Applied and Computational Mathematics from Caltech.

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JULY 11, 2016

Impinj , a developer of RFID technology which has engineering offices in both Rancho Cordova and Newport Beach, has set the estimated IPO pricing range for its stock at between $12.00 The company's IPO is being underwritten by RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Piper Jaffray, Needham & Company, and Canaccord Genuity.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

The CalTech Enterprise Forum presents Renewable Energy & The Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur this Saturday May 7th. 40 on-line registration fee; $50 at-the-door; $10 for students with full-time student ID and free for Caltech students (must show ID at door). Caltech students can now register online.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Bolingbrook, Illinois-based Elevance Renewable Sciences , a developer of ingredients for use in personal care products, detergents, lubricants and other specialty chemicals and fuel markets, based on renewable feedstock, has raised $100M in funding, the firm said Tuesday. Materia, TPG, and Cargill were the original investors in Elevance.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

But, there is broad agreement that it would be a wonderful thing to get more entrepreneurs and venture capital into the region. So, despite their rivalries and silos, people have come together, and we now have all 5 UC campuses in Southern California, plus Caltech, Harvey Mudd, USC, UC San Diego, and others involved.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Culver City-based Sofie Biosciences , a firm developing agents and devices for molecular imaging, said today that it has raised $2M in funding. The round came from Cycad Group and other investors. Sofie Biosciences technology is being applied to new imaging agents for PET. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Monrovia-based Ondax , a developer of optical filters and laser sources based on research out of the California Institute of Technology, has raised $2M in a Series E investment. According to the Pasadena Angels, one of the investors in the firm, the round also included the Tech Coast Angels and un-named venture capital firms.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based 8minuteenergy Renewables , a private solar and energy storage developer, said it has entered into a joint venture with J.P. Morgan Asset Management and an affiliate of Upper Bay Infrastructure Partners , which will provide over $200M in capital for 8minutenergy's pipeline of products.

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MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. But we do have great technology developers. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. You don’t.

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