socalTECH

JULY 24, 2012

San Diego-based Life Technologies , the maker of life sciences equipment, has signed on as the first competitor in the Archon Genomics X PRIZE , the life sciences prize being administered by Marina Del Rey-based X Prize Foundation.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Marina Del Rey-based Tribogenics , the developer of X-ray technology being aimed at enabling handheld, ultra-miniature portable x-rays, has raised $6.2M Tribogenics' technology based on research out of UCLA--enables the generation of X-rays without need for high voltage power sources. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Marina Del Rey-based Tribogenics , the UCLA spinout which is developing small, low power X-ray sources aimed at enabling X-rays from portable equipment, has added Dr. Peter Diamandis to its advisory board. Tribogenics technology was originally developed under a DARPA-funded project at UCLA. Tribogenics is led by Dale Fox.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics , a developer of carbon nanomaterials aimed at improving the power consumption and performance of wireless semiconductors, has raised $5.5M Carbonics says its technology is based on research conducted at UCLA and USC. in a funding round. The funding came from TAQNIA international.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2018

Marina Del Rey-based CREXi , which is developing a technology platform aimed at the commercial real estate industry, has raised $11M in a Series A funding, the company said on Monday. CREXi operates an online marketplace for commercial real estate, connecting buyers, sellers, and brokers.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2010

Marina Del Rey-based AuctionPoint , which operates an online service for helping property brokers auction off commercial real estate, has received a strategic investment from LoopNet , LoopNet said today. Tang was formerly Chairman and CEO of technology consulting firm Guidance; Yang was a real estate developer.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2019

Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE Foundation , the group which runs competitions to spur innovation in technology to help solve major societal problems or very hard technical problems, says it is going to launch a new prize to spur ideas for wildfire detection and suppression.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

San Diego-based DivX , a provider of video encoding and decoding technology, said today that it has partnered with Sonic Solutions, a developer of digital media software. Sonic Solutions bought video-on-demand service CinemaNow, which was based in Marina Del Rey, in November of last year. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Deloitte & Touche announced its national Fast 500 winners today, the firm's annual list of fastest growing technology firms in the nation. Tags: competition ranking firms technology growing fast deloitte.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2019

Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE , the group which runs challenges to help advance the development of technology, will award a $1M bonus prize this month in Monaco for the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE , according to the nonprofit.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

ispace is leveraging technology developed by one of the teams in the Lunar XPRIZE, run by Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE Foundation, in what had been an attempt to win cash prize money offered by XPRIZE for landing a mission on the moon this year. That effort expired in March.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 13, 2019

Marina del Rey advertising technology outfit Lucidity has raised a $5 million Series A round of funding to invest in engineering, product development and customer support.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

According to the USC Viterbi Startup Garage, its new Fall 2019 cohor will now host startups focused on voice technology, as part of a joint effort between Amazon's Alexa Fund and the University of Southern California's Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2020

Marina Del Rey-based Flowspace , which is backed by Canvas Ventures, Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures, and Y Combinator, said last week that it has named a new Chief Revenue Officer. Flowspace is a provider of warehousing and fulfillment technology, and says it now has 50 employees, having grown from just 20 a year ago.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2020

Marina del Rey-based XPRIZE has launched a new effort, the XPRIZE Pandemic Allaince , which it says will help scale the impact and promise of solutions to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Marina Del Rey-based LeaseLock, which is developing artificial intelligence technology and lease insurance products to eliminate the need for security deposits, has raised $52M in its Series B funding round, the company announced this morning.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club is announcing a major boost to its executive team this morning, with the hiring of four executives--Alan Wizemannas Chief Digital Officer, Danny Miles as Chief Technology Officer, Gloria Synn as Vice President of Member Strategy, and David Kujda as Vice President of Experience Design. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based Dollar Shave Club is announcing a major boost to its executive team this morning, with the hiring of four executives--Alan Wizeman as Chief Digital Officer, Danny Miles as Chief Technology Officer, Gloria Synn as Vice President of Member Strategy, and David Kujda as Vice President of Experience Design. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

Marina Del Rey-based XPRIZE , the organization led by Dr. Peter H. According to XPRIZE, it decided to split the top $10M award in the competition between two winners-- Kitkit School , which has developed a learning program using a "game-based core"; and onebillion , a developer of "numeracy content" and literacy material.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2017

Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, a carbon-on-silicon wafer aimed at helping advanced radio frequency (RF) semiconductor development. Carbonics is backed by $5.5M from TAQNIA International, and is a spinout of research conducted at UCLA and USC. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Redlands-based Esri , the developer of mapping and GIS tools, has linked up with Marina Del Rey-based prize competition operator the XPRIZE Foundation , to use its tools as part of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The $7M in prizes will go to award a team that creates technology to map the seafloor at high resolution.

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APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. The Startup Garage is located physically in Marina Del Rey, in the twin tower on Admiralty.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2015

One of the companies working on that effort is Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics (www.carbonicsinc.com), which recently raised $5.5M We caught up with CEO Kos Galatsis to learn more about the company''s technology, promise, and where the company is today. What can you tell us about Carbonics and its technology?

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. Kevin Winston: Digital LA's biggest news of 2016 was celebrating our fifth annual Silicon Beach Fest, with more than 2,000 attendees at the Marina del Rey Hotel. Luckily got a selfie with Princess Leia :).

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd catch up with two of the co-founders of Marina Del Rey-based Telesign (www.telesign.com), Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield. Telesign--which now has over 300 employees-- recently was acquired by BICS in a deal worth $230M.

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

Over the last few quarters, we’ve definitely seen the funding levels come down” from 2015, said Tim Holl, an EY audit partner in San Diego who heads the firm’s technology practice. deals in the second quarter, based on the MoneyTree Report: Uber Technologies. Slack Technologies. Marina del Rey, CA.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

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