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Midas List: Cornerstone OnDemand, Green Dot Help VCs

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However, two, Southern California firms drove the inclusion of two other, venture capital investors on the list--Miachel Moritz of Sequoia Capital (for his investment in Monrovia-based Green Dot ), and Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners (for his investment in Los Angeles-based Cornerstone OnDemand ). READ MORE>>.

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SiLC Technologies Sees $17M

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Monrovia, California-based SiLC Technologies, a developer of machine vision tools, says it has raised $17M in a Series A funding round. The company says it has now raised $30M in total, including an earlier, $12M seed funding last year.

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AeroVironment, SoftBank In $65M JV To Develop Unmanned Aircraft

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Monrovia, California-based AeroVironment said on Wednesday that it is in a joint venture to develop a solar powered, high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system, potentially worth up to $65,011,081. The joint venture is with HAPSMobile , which is 95 percent owned by Japanese technology giant SoftBank Corp. READ MORE>>.

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Ondax Raises $2M More

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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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Soliant Energy Names Marketing VP

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Monrovia-based Soliant Energy , a developer of concentrated solar energy systems, announced this morning that it has added Ben Jamison as the firm's new Vice President of Marketing. Solus Micro Technologies and NEC Technologies. The firm said that Jamison will be responsible for all marketing related activities at the company.

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SoCal Venture Capitalists Shut Out Of Midas List

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Forbes Magazine has just published its annual Midas List , its annual ranking of the top 100 venture capitalists, and -- despite a record number of IPOs and exits last year from southern California technology companies -- Southern California's venture capital community was shut out of the list entirely.

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Eleven of Southern California's Firms In The Alternative Vehicle Market

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It's unclear if or how any of Southern California's crop of alternative vehicle firms will be able to capitalize on the interest in electric vehicles, however, it's clear that Silicon Valley does not have a monopoly on firms looking to address the emerging electric and alternative car market.