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Frost Venture Partners Snags OCTANe's Vasquez

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Frost Venture Partners , the "big data" startup incubator started by DatAllegro''s Stuart Frost, has just hired away Luis Vasquez, OCTANe''s VP of Entrepreneurship and LaunchPad director, as its new Vice President of Investor Relations. According to OCTANe and Frost, Vasquez joins Frost Venture Partners on July 1st. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

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At the same time, the need for the products and services that OCTANe provides are greater in a recessionary economy than in when the economy is booming. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow. Historically, OCTANe has been loosely married to UC Irvine, where OCTANe first started five or six years ago.

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Orange County's OCTANe, OCVG Merge

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Two major orange county technology advocacy and business groups, OCTANe and the Orange County Venture Group (OCVG) said today that they have merged their organizations. Tags: octane ocvg orange county technology event organization venture capital group nonprofit.

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OCTANe Names New Chairman

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Aliso Viejo-based OCTANe , the industry group which is looking to help spur new companies and innovation in Orange County, said this morning that it has named a new Chairman. OCTANe also said it has added Andrew J. According to the group, Robert E. Grant replaces former Conexant CEO Dwight Decker. READ MORE>>.

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OCTANe LaunchPad Firms Raise More Than $25M

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OCTANe , the Orange County-based organization helping to bolster the high tech industry and entrepreneurs, reported this morning that in the first half of 2012, companies participating in its startup accelerator have raised a total of $26.8M in funding.

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OCTANe Firsty

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Thursday, April 5, 2012 -- OCTANe Firsty. Join OCTANe, CHI, OCRA on April 5th for a night of dynamic networking in the Dana Point Harbor at the Wind and Sea. Firsty is heading towards the South Pacific.South Orange County/Pacific Ocean that is! Although this Firsty will be biomedical-industry focused, all industries are welcome.

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OCTANe Firsty - February

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Thursday, February 3, 2011 -- OCTANe Firsty - February. In order to broaden the OCTANe Network and to get to know other professionals in the industry, OCTANe will be collaborating with the Harvard Business School Association Orange County (HBSAOC) for Firsty in February.

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