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18 Articles match "CalTech","Pasadena"
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Earlier this month, Azusa-based CFX Battery , a stealthy battery technology spinout from Caltech, announced it had raised a new round of funding worth $14.2M. How did Contour Energy spin out of Caltech?
Joe Joe Fisher: Back about three years ago, Caltech took some of the intellectual property involved with this to an event, where once a year they invite venture capital groups to come in. This week, the firm announced that it was renaming itself Contour Energy (www.contourenergy.com)--and said it was ready to talk about what its battery technology is all about. Joe
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of Internet acceleration appliances based on research out of Caltech, said today that the firm has partnered with Brazilian firm Allier Technology. The firm is backed by Miramar Venture Partners, Caltech, and angel investors.
According to the firm, the partnership will focus on Internet-based viewing of world-class sporting events, including the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2016 Olympics, and 2011 Military World Games. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Updated 11/23/09 by Todd Zebert Name: Women At Work - Pasadena Career Center Review: They offer a variety of for-fee services from office equipment usage to career and resume counseling. Find an event - something you're interested in - suddenly you and the other attendee's have something in common, and a place to start a conversation. USC's Arts and Events Calendar UCLA's "Happenings" Events Calendar Caltech Today Calendar Other & Indirect Job Networking Opportunities Professional Associations, Groups, Societies & Events. Weekly updates!
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Last Saturday, I was a panelist at the CalTech - Social Networks event. I would guess that there was about 100 people - on a Saturday in Pasadena. It was a really good event with lots of interesting folks in attendance. That shows some interest in the topic. The presenters had some interesting things to say on a wide variety of topics.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Pasadena-based Materia , the advanced chemical technology firm spun out of Caltech, said Tuesday that it has licensed its metathesis technology to specialty chemical firm BASF. Materia's olefin metathesis catalyst technology has a very wide range of uses in the chemistry industry, and is based on reserach from Professor Robert Grubbs at Caltech. Tags: material chemistry chemical basf olefin Financial terms of the license were not disclosed. According to Materia, BASF will use the technology in research and development of certain specialty chemicals.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Pasadena-based FastSoft , a developer of Internet acceleration appliances based on research out of Caltech, has raised $950K in a debt funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. FastSoft has previously received funding from Miramar Venture Partners, Caltech, and angel investors. READ MORE>>
...Tags: Tags: fastsoft internet acceleration caltech venture According to the filing, the round came from eight investors and has a target of $1.34M. No details on the funding have been announced by the firm.
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout developing Internet acceleration devices, disclosed earlier this week that it has rolled out a new product. FastSoft is venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners, Caltech, and angel investors. The firm's technology is based on software research at Caltech, originally designed to accelerate file transfers over the Internet2. The firm said its new E Series EX accelerator now supports 10Gbps throughput, and accelerates TCP traffic 2 to 5 times. The firm said it is targeting hosting, SaaS, social network, content distribution
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of Internet acceleration appliances based on research out of Caltech, said today that the firm has partnered with Brazilian firm Allier Technology. The firm is backed by Miramar Venture Partners, Caltech, and angel investors.
According to the firm, the partnership will focus on Internet-based viewing of world-class sporting events, including the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2016 Olympics, and 2011 Military World Games. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Review: None Added 11/8/09 by Todd Zebert Name: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum Sites: www.entforum.caltech.edu , twitter.com/CaltechMITForum Self-description: " About the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum The Caltech/MIT Enterprise forum is a joint venture of Caltech's Industrial Relations Center, Caltech’s Office of Technology Transfer, the Caltech Alumni Association and the MIT Alumni Association. Mission The mission of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in
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Friday, August 14, 2009
can’t really speak generically to this because the Tech Coast Angels / Pasadena in SoCal have produced Green Dot, MyShape and many other successes. And If you’re three s***-hot kids from Stanford, Caltech or MIT you might be able to push valuation higher. If This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC .
Last night I attended a DealMaker Media (whom I love because they always host such great discussions) panel on raising angel money moderated by Dan Gould and with panelists Rob Hayes (First Round Capital, more seed or A round than angel), Scot Sangster
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Pasadena-based Protabit , a brand new startup based on research from Caltech, and chemical giant Monsanto disclosed this morning that the two firms have entered into a two-year collaboration, to develop new tools for protein design and optimization. Protabit, founded by Caltech professor Stephen Mayo, and Duke University professor Homme Hellinga, said the firm's software tools will be used to shorten the product discovery process for Monsanto. Monsanto will use the technology to more quickly identify gene candidates for improving yields in corn, cotton, and soybeans. Financial
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Pasadena-based FastSoft , which develops network appliances for accelerating Internet transfers, said this week that the firm has upgraded the firm's E Series devices. FastSoft is a spinout of Caltech which is commercializing enhancements to the TCP/IP protocol, which is used to transmit Internet data. According to the firm, the upgraded devices accelerate small web objects, and also include performance reporting and analysis. FastSoft that the firm has also improved security and manageability, and added remote upgrade functionality, among other improvements.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Pasadena-based FastSoft, which develops network acceleration technology, announced today that it has named J. FastSoft is venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners, and is a spinout of Caltech. Edward Synder as the firm's CEO. Snyder has been involved in seed funding and founding such companies as Netboost (acquired by Intel), Jibe Networks, and Proxinet (acquired by Puma Technologies).
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