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JULY 19, 2021

Irvine-based Halo Technology Group, a manufacturer of fiber optic transceivers and high speed cabling, said last week that it acquired two companies, Aria Technologies and Solid Optics.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

San Diego-based Deckard Technologies , a new startup founded by serial entrepreneur Neil Senturia, said on Monday that it has raised $4M in funding and launched a new company focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify property tax scofflaws. The company said its latest funding was worth $500,000.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based rocket and spacecraft developer SpaceX has acquired Swarm Technologies, a developer of "smallsat" (small satellite) technology. Financial terms of the buy were not announced, and no details of the acquisition were announced. The deal was uncovered via a series of filings with the FCC. Swarm has a network of 120.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Valencia-based Valencia Technologies, which is developing a device for the treatment of urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), said it has named a number of executives this morning.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Disclaimer: Terpin has been a frequent contributor to socalTECH). Terpin was previously very active in the Los Angeles startup and technology industry. A crypto scammer--who stole $22M from blockchain advisor Michael Terpin--is now facing up to 18 months in prison for his role in a 2018 SIM-swapping incident.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based Karman Missile & Space Systems, a developer of flight hardware and sub-assemblies for the space market, said Friday that it has acquired Systima Technologies, a provider of integration of mission critical space and hypersonic systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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JULY 13, 2021

Carlsbad-based Smart Earth Technologies (SET), a developer of LTE and 5G products for the water utility market, has been acquired by San Francisco-based CrescoNet. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Carlsbad-based mionx, a developer of lithium-ion battery technology, says it has received a Series B financing round. The company said the funding will go to accelerate transfer of its technology to lithium-ion battery manufacturers. Size of the investment was not announced. Amionx is led by CEO Jenna King.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The company said it will officially be called Fair Technologies. According to the company, it is pivoting to launch a launch an end-to-end e-commerce marketplace that offers consumers inventory and comprehensive financing, insurance and extended warranties. Fair is now headed by CEO Brad Stewart.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman announced this morning that one of its portfolio companies, BigHand Ltd, has acquired legal software developer Iridium Technology from private equity investor Polaris Growth Fund. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based Hubble Connected, a technology products developer, says it is launching a new set of products at at parents, infance, children, and expecting mothers. The company said it has launched a new brand called "Hubble Connected" which includes a baby monitor, infant sleep monitor, and camera.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Quibi, the short-lived, short-form-mobile-video startup run by Jeffrey Katzenberg, is transferring its mobile video technology to another company, Eko, after Eko filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Quibi. Quibi--which shut down its operations last year--continues to exist as a legal entity, despite no longer operating as a company.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Santa Barbara-based Live Data Technologies said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. Source of the funding was not announced. The company says it is developing software to verify B2B contact data for people, tracking people as they move jobs.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

El Segundo-based Millennium Space Systems, which was acquired by Boeing in 2018, said this morning that it has demonstrated its technology, which allows companies to "deorbit" their satellites in significantly less time than normally required after a satellite's usable life.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

and the other in Sherman Oaks--will start implementing the new "Just Walk Out" technology, which uses what Amazon says is "computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning" to let customers simply walk out of the store and skip the checkout line. According to Amazon, two stores--one in Washington D.C.,

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on. A local tech winner really creates a generational technology opportunity in the way nothing else can. ” that is right around the corner. Local press matters. Alumni Outreach – I always tell communities to find out who their famous city alumni are and seek them out.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Redland-based GIS software giant Esri announced on Friday morning that it has acquired ClearTerra , a developer of data extraction technology, from ClearShark, LLC. ClearTerra's technology helps extract unstructured data from emails, briefings, and reports, and automatically extracts geographic coordinates from that information.

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MAY 12, 2021

Pasadena-based GuRu Wireless, a developer of wireless power charging technology, is powering a new effort to bring wireless charging to Motorola, the two companies said this morning. GuRu claims its technology allows for delivery of watts of power over meters. GuRu is led by CEO and co-founder Florian Bohn.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

However, there is already the technology out therefrom San Luis Obispo-based Whitefox Defense (www.whitefoxdefense.com)  to both detect, and neutralize those drones. We spoke with founder and CEO Luke Fox to learn more about the company, and its technology. Explain how your technology works?

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JANUARY 7, 2022

Farhang was most recently Corporate Vice President at Micron Technology, and also served 26 years at Intel. Chronos Tech is developing technology for systems-on-a-chip (SoC) in the cloud computing, AI, mobile, automotive, and other areas. San Diego-based Chronos Tech said this week that it has named Ali Farhang as CEO of the company.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Fans of SpaceX , the rocket launch and spacecraft company founded by technology mogul Elon Musk, have yet another opportunity to see SpaceX send a spacecraft into space from Southern California, as early as Wednesday.

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JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. We're here to serve, as a technology distribution platform, to help those insurance carriers become digital.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Thin Line says it has already made three investments to date: Sistine Solar (low cost solar roof technology); Digital Harvest (predictive analytics for crop harvest forecasts); and Kevala Analytics READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 30, 2017

As a result, organisations’ cyber security defences need to be more complex and broad than ever, taking into account not only technological vulnerabilities, but also the people who use that technology. Such attacks comprise both a technological component – the malware – but it is most often spread through social engineering.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Los angeles-based Silvus Technologies, a startup developing radio frequency (RF) spectrum scanning technology, has scored $1M from a Phase Three DARPA contract, the company said today. Silvus said its technology provides "extremely fast" spectrum scanning in a form factor the size of an iPhone.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

San Diego-based Radicle Growth, which focuses on incubating early stage agriculture and food technology, and agriculture giant UPL said today that the two are in a new partnership, which will invest $1.25M in two startups that can "positively impact and reduce the carbon footprint and improve soil health of the food value chain."

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based TS2 Holdings , a strategic business development firm focused on the technology industry, said on Friday morning that it has acquired three companies, including Neohire South , RockIT Recruiting , and Hero.jobs.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Irvine-based battery charging technology developer Enevate , which is aiming its technology at the electric vehicle (EV) market, announced this morning that it has received a round of funding from Bangchak , a Thai energy company. Enevate said the funding came via the Bangchak Initiative and Innovation Center (BiiC).

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? That you cant do it alone.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It's unclear how much the move will benefit Southern California's technology industry, as many other tech moguls with property in Beverly Hills have not necessarily gotten involved with the growing technology industry here despite having residences in the LA area.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

California Lutheran University has been particularly active engaging with the startup and technology industry in Ventura County, and runs the Hub101 startup incubator and coworking space in Westlake Village, one of the most active locations for startup events and the local startup and tech community in the county.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory , in Pasadena, as well as dozens of technology companies--at least one managed service provider (MSP)--have been hacked by Chinese spies, according to an indictment by the Justice Department filed on Thursday.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Amazon's new space, at 1001 State Street, is expected to draw workers from UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and other local universities, as well as from the region's existing supply of technology companies. Amazon's Alexa technology powers the many, voice-powered devices that connect into Amazon. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2021

Santa Barbara- and New York-based Lead Edge Capital, a private equity investor which focuses on growth stage investments in technology companies, said on Wednesday that it has raised $150M in a new fund. According to the company, the new fund will be used for public equity investments.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based Belkin is rolling out a new, 60W wall charger based on new gallium nitride (GaN) technology, which promises to make wall chargers much smaller than they are now. According to Belkin, its BOOST CHARGE PRO USB-C PD GaN Wall Charger charges such USB-C PD enabled devices as the Google Pixel 5, iPad Pro or Macbook Pro.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Limited (AI technology focused on cancer); Genegoggle Sp. Illumina's startup efforts are led by Amanda Cashin, PhD, co-founder and Global Head of Illumina For Startups. Companies which received funding were BIXBIO LIMITED (genomics in South Africa); EpiCombi.AI biotech in Poland); NewStem Ltd.

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