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MAY 1, 2012

The round came from Coinstar, PI Holdings, Moore Venture Partners, AKS Capital, Koh Boon Hwee, along with Claremont Creek Ventures and TAO Ventures. San Diego-based EcoATM , the developer of kiosks to help people trade in their old mobile phones and devices for cash, store credit, or gift cards, has raised $17M in a Series B funding round.

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MARCH 2, 2011

ecoATM is headed by Tom Tullie, and is backed by Coinstar and Claremont Creek. San Diego's EcoATM , the developer of kiosk-based buyback of consumer electronics, has scored one of the top prizes at the DEMO conference in Palm Springs. The firm was named a DEMOgod winner, one of the top seven firms to pitch at the launch event. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2013

and Joy Rathmann Professor and Director of the Amgen Bioprocessing Center at Keck Graduate Institute at the Claremont Colleges. According to Sapphire, Croughan was most recently the George B. He also has served at Genentech. Dr. Croughan will continue to hold a position at the Keck Graduate Institute. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2012

The round came from Redmile Group, Claremont Creek Ventures, as well as earlier investors in the firm. San Diego-based Genalyte , a developer of life sciences equipment which uses silicon chips for protein and nucleic acid testing. said this morning that it has raised $11.8M in a Series B financing round.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

According to Wheelz, it has added the Claremont Colleges, Loyola marymount, Caltech, and Occidental to its list of local schools, which already includes USC and UCLA. Wheelz lets people offer up their cars for rent, via a special in-car box and integrated smartphone apps.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The funding came from Claremont Creek Ventures, Google Ventures, Formation 8, Navitas Capital, Red Swan Ventures, and other angels. Building Robotics , a developer of software to manage heating and cooling in commercial buildings, has raised $1.4M in a seed funding, which included Navitas Capital, a venture firm with offices in Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

EcoATM's equity investors include Claremont Creek Ventures and Coinstar; the firm last announced funding back in May of last year, when it pulled in $17M in an equity funding. EcoATM provide any details on the terms of the debt financing, but said it plans to use the new capital to roll out its kiosks nationwide. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

in venture capital from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Trinity Ventures; TargetCast is venture backed by Claremont Creek Ventures. Ripple Tv's former CEO, John McMenamin, has become Chief Revenue Officer at TargetCast network. Ripple had taken around $19.0M Ripple was formerly known as ActiveMaps. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2016

Claremont-based oral health startup Prisyna , which recently raised $6M, has named Robert Riggs as its Director of Marketing. Riggs previously was at Blu Theory Solutions, and also served at Nobel Biocare North America, Oralogix Corporation, and ESPE America. Prisyna operates as a unit of Synedgen.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Claremont-based Synedgen , a biotechnology company developing wound care technology, said this morning that it has raised $2.6M in funding. Source of the funding was not announced. According to the company, the funding will go towards commercialization of two, U. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)-cleared products for wound care.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Elena Medo of Neolac (Murrrieta) and Shenda Baker of Synedgen (Claremont) will speak about "Overcoming Startup Company Challenges". Thursday, February 16, 2012 -- SoCalBio Women, Work and Wisdom (W3) Mixer in Los Angeles. See [link] (more)

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

The company was founded by UCLA Andreson and USC Film School grads who had met as undergrads at Claremont McKenna. The new funding came from Crosslink Capital and Redpoint Ventures, and also included angels Gil Penchina, Auren Hoffman (LiveRamp) and Justin Moore (Axcient). The company is now in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

from DFJ and its existing backer Claremont Creek Ventures, which the firm said would go towards expansion of its network. Casting some additional light on the acquisition of El Segundo-based Ripple last week, acquiring firm TargetCast Networks revealed today that it has received a new round of venture capital worth $6.5M

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APRIL 7, 2009

The firm operates facilities in Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Palo Alto, and Seattle, and says it is opening facilities in Washington, DC; Salt Lake City, Claremont, and Tempe, Arizona this year. Bikestation develops infrastructure, including lockers, changing facilities, showers, and repair services, to help people ride and park their bicycles.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Claremont-based Prisyna , a unit of Synedgen, said this morning that it has raised $6M in a growth equity investment, to help it advance its products. The funding came from Andrew Miller.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Zak is the director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and he has studied the connection between trust and performance all over the world. He says trust is the key to a good culture. Trust causes the brain to release oxytocin, which stimulates productivity and raises motivation.

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MAY 2, 2013

There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA. David Waxman: Los Angeles is a tremendous hotbed of creativity, and there''s so much potential. We have a lot of world class universities here. I was just at USC yesterday, and they''re really focused on great things in science in engineering.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

in Management from Claremont Graduate University (CGU). He blogs at startup-marketing.com. Dr. Richard Sudeck. Director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics and Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Ph.D.

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JULY 22, 2023

Zak is the director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and he has studied the connection between trust and performance all over the world. He says trust is the key to a good culture. Trust causes the brain to release oxytocin, which stimulates productivity and raises motivation.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

Zak and I went to Claremont McKenna together, and have been friends for a long, long time. The funding is a requirement to get to the next step. What's the background of your founders, and how did the company come about? Sunil Rajaraman: Zak, Ryan, and I were the co-founders. I went to UCLA Business School, and just graduated this past June.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Of course, there's a lot of concentration in LA along Siliocon Beach, but there are great things in Pasadena, Claremont, Downtown, and the Valley. There are so many different pockets of interesting companies, and different vertical that are strong in LA. It feels more spread out to me than it is in San Francisco.

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MARCH 1, 2017

The universities are now more focused on the innovation economy, with schools like USC, UCLA, Caltech, the Claremont Colleges all bringing good people to LA. Snap hopefully will be one, or is one already, and Cornerstone OnDemand, and what Brian Lee has done.

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JANUARY 22, 2017

Zak is the director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and he has studied the connection between trust and performance all over the world. He says trust is the key to a good culture. Trust causes the brain to release oxytocin, which stimulates productivity and raises motivation.

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