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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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Monrovia-based Ondax , which develops laser products and holographic gratings used in defense, industrial, medical diagnostics, analytical instrumentation, and consumer electronics markets, has added Andrea Belz to its board, the firm said Monday. Belz was the lead investor on the funding round. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2012

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid debit card provider headed by Steve Streit, said this morning that it has acquired Silicon Valley mobile social networking firm Loopt. in cash for Loopt, which will become its Silicon Valley hub for its mobile technology and product development team. Green Dot said it will pay $43.4M

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Monrovia, California-based Xencor , the biopharmaceuticals technology developer headed by Bassil Dahiyat, has set its IPO pricing range, saying today in a regulatory filing that it is expecting to price its IPO at between $14.00 The company is looking to trade as XNCR on the NASDAQ Global Market. and $16.00

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MAY 9, 2013

Monrovia, California-based electric vehicle charging developer Aerovironment has added a big new customer for its charging station installation service today: Ford Motor Company.

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APRIL 3, 2017

Monrovia-based AeroVironment is expanding its lineup of chargers for the electric vehicle market, with a new product specifically aimed at the forklift and materials handling market. The company said the new product implements a new sophisticated charge algorithm, battery thermal management, and anti-arc technology.

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JULY 22, 2010

Southern California appears to be on a IPO roll this month, with the pricing of Monrovia-based Green Dot 's IPO last night and expected trading today, following the successful IPO of Beverly Hills-based RealD last Friday.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Monrovia-based Ondax , a manufacturer of holographic filters and semiconductor lasers for the industrial, defense, scientific and medical markets, announced this week that it has named Randy Heyler as its President and CEO. Moser is a native of Switzerland, and will remain as Chief Technology Officer at the firm.

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MARCH 6, 2014

If it seems strange to find the inventor of Bitcoin living in the San Gabriel Valley, it''s actually not all that surprising given the area is home to one of the most prominent research universities in the United States, The California Institute of Technology ; NASA''s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; and the original Internet incubator, Idealab.

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