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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --MicroProbe Acquired By FormFactor For $116M --DriveCam Deploys At Waste Management --Geni Connects With Facebook --DTS Wins Sony --Sequenom Bolsters Board --Avalon Ventures Raises $201.6M As Part Of $250M Venture Fund --FollowMaid Helps Clean Up, Manage Twitter Followers MARKETPLACE --Get the latest PwC SoCal MoneyTree Report --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Solution Architect, Los Angeles, DataDirect Networks --Hardware Production Test Engineer, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks --Quality Engineer, Camarillo, Johanson Technology --President, West Los Angeles, 33Give RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- PortTech EXPO 2012: CLEAN TECH SOLUTIONS FOR TOMORROW’S PORTS September 5 (5:00 - 8:00 PM) - Entrepreneur Showcase and Pitch Competition September 6 (8:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Panel Sessions, Exhibitors, Demonstrations, Breakout Sessions and Keynotes DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, Cabrillo Marina, San Pedro Keynote Speaker: Carla Peterman, California Energy Commission On September 5th and 6th, PortTech Los Angeles welcomes community and industry leaders, technology entrepreneurs, university researchers, and investors to PortTech EXPO 2012. The 3rd Annual EXPO will focus on products and services, issues and opportunities for enterprises and entrepreneurs with emphasis on trade, transportation and logistics. EXPO program topics include: Financing Technologies for Ports and Beyond; Labor Opportunities Enabled by New Technologies; and Environmental Technologies for a Sustainable Future. PortTech EXPO 2012 also includes sponsored breakout sessions, exhibitors, demonstrations, workshops and the Entrepreneur's Showcase and Pitch Competition featuring clean technology companies. For additional information or to register for EXPO 2012 go to: PortTech EXPO http://www.porttechla.org/events/expo.asp ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- MicroProbe Acquired By FormFactor For $116M ---- MicroProbe, a venture-backed developer of semiconductor systems-on-a-chip wafer test equipment that has offices in Carlsbad, has been acquired by FormFactor, FormFactor said today. FormFactor said it paid $100M in cash and $16.8M in stock for Astria Semiconductor Holdings Inc, the parent company of MicroProbe. Astria/MicroProbe was venture backed by Flywheel Ventures, Gemini Investors, and Intel Capital. FormFactor said that MicroProbe had $87.3M in revenue in its fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and has approximately 360 employees worldwide. DriveCam Deploys At Waste Management ---- San Diego-based DriveCam, the developer of driver monitoring technology used to manage driving fleets, reports today that waste hauler Waste Management, Inc. plans to deploy the company's products across its entire fleet. Financial impact of the deal were not disclosed. DriveCam said the 5-year service contract comes after a successful, 6-month pilot in two of Waste Management's markets. DriveCam's systems use both video and other data collection to monitor fleet drivers and behavior, helping with driver safety issues and fuel efficiency. Geni Connects With Facebook ---- Los Angeles-based Geni, the family tree and family history site, said over the weekend that it has added a new social feature to connect Geni with Facebook. The company said its new Facebook Social Sharing feature allows users to share their public Geni activities with friends and family on Facebook. The new feature automatically shares information on those public activities if users turn on social sharing, and if they are logged into Facebook Connect. DTS Wins Sony ---- Calabasas-based surround sound and audio processing technology firm DTS reports today that it has signed Sony as its newest customer. DTS said that Sony will integrate its audio solutions into its line of flat-panel televisions. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. DTS said it is now supplying its technology to eight of the top 10 flat panel television manufacturers. Sequenom Bolsters Board ---- San Diego-based Sequenom, the developer of life sciences and genetic testing equipment, said today that it has added Myla Lai-Goldman, M.D., to its board of directors. Lai-Goldman is Managing Partner at Personalized Science LLC, CEO of GeneCentric Diagnostics, and also serves as a Venture Partner at Hatteras Venture Partners. Avalon Ventures Raises $201.6M As Part Of $250M Venture Fund ---- In what is a rarity nowadays for a Southern California venture capital fund, San Diego- and Cambridge-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has just closed on $201.6M in commitments for a $250M fund, Avalon Ventures X. The funding was disclosed via a regulatory filing Thursday. Avalon has backed such companies as Zynga, Ambit Biosciences, AnayptsBio, Awarepoint, Cheezburger, Inogen, MOGL, Ortiva Wireless, and others. The new fund comes only about two years after Avalon's last fund, Avalon Ventures IX, a $200M fund, was announced. FollowMaid Helps Clean Up, Manage Twitter Followers ---- A new online service, FollowMaid, is looking to neaten up your Twitter account, by automatically pruning out spammers and find new people to follow by keyword. The new service--created by Pacific Palisades software development firm Etronica--is aimed at both individuals and businesses. According to Etronica, the new service automatically scans Twitter accounts, and is designed to help social media managers better manage their Twitter followers. The service--currently in beta--allows users to log in using their Twitter account, and then scans those accounts and lets users know if their followers are normal users, celebrities, spammers, or potential spammers. 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Learn more at http://www.v2tc.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Solution Architect, Los Angeles, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5415 Hardware Production Test Engineer, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5414 Test Development Engineer, Sunnyvale, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5413 Quality Engineer, Camarillo, Johanson Technology http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5412 President, West Los Angeles, 33Give http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5411 Failure Analysis Engineer, Chatsworth, DataDirect Networks http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5410 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 08/30/12 Wallaby $1.1M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44977 08/30/12 NuvoTV $40.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44978 08/27/12 NastyGal.com $40.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44916 08/23/12 MYMUSAIC $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44907 08/21/12 Swagsy $0.1M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44869 08/21/12 Ultrawave Labs, Inc. $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44871 08/21/12 Bioniz $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44866 08/21/12 MelRok $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44864 08/21/12 BioPhotas $0.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44863 08/21/12 Stroma Medical Corp. $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44862 08/17/12 Modern Meadow $0.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44741 08/16/12 Little Black Bag $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44739 08/15/12 EcoMom $4.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44736 08/15/12 PageWoo $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44732 08/14/12 Educreations $2.2M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44730 08/13/12 Elcelyx Therapeutics, Inc. $4.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44691 08/08/12 Pivotshare $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44587 08/07/12 AwesomenessTV $3.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=44506 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events This Month http://www.socaltech.com/Calendar socaltech.com Calendar of Southern California High Tech Events Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html September 4, Westlake Village -- Interactive Website Workshop for Startups. The Sites for Friends team creates powerful, easy to maintain websites for clients like Revenue Watch Institute, Solarbuzz, Red Hat Society and Fretted Americana. They will show you how to improve your website. WORKSHOP TOPICS: How to improve dull, brochure style websites * Portals vs. Destinations * Engaging your audience with interactivity and social communications * Websites as a meeting space * eCommerce and collaboration * More than Facebook and Twitter accessible * Specific, focused & fun * Content Management Systems (CMS) that improve website design, let you edit content and increase Google ranking.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22736 September 5, San Pedro -- Port Tech LA 2012 Expo. On September 5th and 6th, PortTech Los Angeles welcomes community and industry leaders, technology entrepreneurs, university researchers, and investors to PortTechEXPO 2012. The 3rd Annual EXPO will focus on products and services, issues and opportunities for enterprises and entrepreneurs with emphasis on trade, transportation and logistics. EXPO program topics include: Financing Technologies for Ports and Beyond; Labor Opportunities Enabled by New Technologies; and Environmental Technologies for a Sustainable Future. PortTech EXPO 2012 also includes sponsored breakout sessions, exhibitors, demonstrations and the Entrepreneur's Showcase and Pitch Competition featuring clean technology companies.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22735 September 5, Los Angeles -- Is Your Pitch in the Strike Zone? Entrepreneurs, does your pitch measure up? New this year, the pitch competition for entrepreneurs with innovative clean tech applications will be held on the evening of September 5th at the 3rd Annual PortTechEXPO. Angel and venture investors, business advisors and coaches, attorneys, accountants, and port representatives will be in attendance. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22649 September 6, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Monica Dodi, Managing Director of The Women’s Venture Capital Fund with Perspectives of a Venture Capitalist and How They Evaluate Potential Investments and The Benefits of Gender Diversity. This free event is for CEOs only, with at least a million dollars in sales or funding. Service providers will be asked to leave. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22713 September 6, San Pedro -- Port Tech LA 2012 Expo. On September 5th and 6th, PortTech Los Angeles welcomes community and industry leaders, technology entrepreneurs, university researchers, and investors to PortTechEXPO 2012. The 3rd Annual EXPO will focus on products and services, issues and opportunities for enterprises and entrepreneurs with emphasis on trade, transportation and logistics. EXPO program topics include: Financing Technologies for Ports and Beyond; Labor Opportunities Enabled by New Technologies; and Environmental Technologies for a Sustainable Future. PortTech EXPO 2012 also includes sponsored breakout sessions, exhibitors, demonstrations and the Entrepreneur's Showcase and Pitch Competition featuring clean technology companies.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22734 September 6, Santa Monica -- Intro to Search Engine Optimization. Coloft Academy. What is Search Engine Optimization? This class is designed to teach you how to drive more traffic to your web site and increase sales, by using tools suited for anyone!. We’ll cover getting on the first page of search engines (results not guaranteed), getting more web traffic without spending money on advertising, and strategies for onsite and offsite website optimization techniques.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22673 September 11, Costa Mesa -- 2012 PMI-OC Project Management Conference. The Orange County Chapter of the Project Management Institute will hold a Project Management Conference Sept. 11, 2012. The event will feature education and leadership sessions, as well as speaker Troy Hazard, recent global president, Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Also included will be the proclamation of Project Management Day by Orange County mayors, state assemblymen, and other dignitaries, and a 9/11 remembrance ceremony.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22715 September 11, Santa Monica -- State of the Market. LAVA Distinguished Speaker Series An Evening with Paul Kwan - "State of the Market". Paul Kwan, Managing Director, Head of Internet & Software Banking, Morgan Stanley. Paul is responsible for Morgan Stanley's Internet and Software Banking practice and has been focused on the software and Internet industry for over sixteen years. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22724 September 12, Santa Monica -- Startup Accounting - Essentials every founder should know. Coloft Academy. In this class we will cover the necessary tools and measures startups must take to manage their finances. Taught by startup finance veteran David Ehrenberg, we will be covering the following: Accounting prior and post funding; Taxes; Accounting systems and software; and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22674 September 12, Los Angeles -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum . At Silicon Beach @ USC, the Marshall School of Business Institute for Communication Technology Management, the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Entertainment Technology Center will host a series of panels to educate startups on trends in entertainment distribution, discuss the convergence of entertainment and technology and will seek to advance technology startups, as well as foster connections with venture capital and angel investment communities. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22716 September 13, Los Angeles -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum . At Silicon Beach @ USC, the Marshall School of Business Institute for Communication Technology Management, the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Entertainment Technology Center will host a series of panels to educate startups on trends in entertainment distribution, discuss the convergence of entertainment and technology and will seek to advance technology startups, as well as foster connections with venture capital and angel investment communities. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22717 September 15, Santa Monica -- User Experience (UX) for Lean Startups. LuxR and Cross Campus. Please join LUXr and Cross Campus for a 1-day workshop on User Experience for Lean Startups. User Experience is one of the most challenging and least understood aspects of creating a product...and yet it will make or break your product. Join Lane Halley to learn Lean Startup methods that help you make the right product, and make your product right. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22725 September 18, Irvine -- CleanTech OC 2012 Conference & Expo. CleanTech OC 2012 is the third annual conference and expo promoting economic growth in the Orange County clean technology industry, likely to be one of the most significant engines for job growth over the next decade. Attended by cleantech entrepreneurs & industry leaders, investors, policy makers, and many others, this is the only annual conference in Orange County dedicated to covering the clean technology space and connecting industry stakeholders from throughout the region & state. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22732 September 19, Santa Monica -- StartEngine - Summer 2012 Demo Day. StartEngine Summer 2012 Demo Day event on Wednesday, September 19 at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. This latest batch is comprised of 14 startups who have been immersed in the StartEngine program since the session began on July 2nd. This innovative group includes an interactive health and fitness assessment app, a task oriented email secretary, a cross-platform multiplayer games, and an enterprise dashboard made social.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22722 September 19, Pasadena -- Innovation Soiree: Caltech MIT Enterprise Forum’s 2012 Fall Social. September at Caltech, signals innovation in high gear as summer blends into a new academic year: creative minds abuzz, innovating and discovering throughout a strikingly beautiful campus. To celebrate entrepreneurship across all of Southern California, the Executive Committee of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum invites you to an evening networking reception. The focus is exclusively networking and making connections (yes, no program!). Bring your business cards and your entrepreneurial spirit. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22730 September 19, Santa Monica -- Search Engine Land Editor-in-Chief Danny Sullivan - Startups Uncensored #30. Professional search engine marketers rely on the editors of searchengineland.com to keep them up to speed. Widely considered a leading "search engine guru," Danny Sullivan has been helping webmasters, marketers and everyday web users understand how search engines work for over a decade. Danny’s expertise about search engines is often sought by the media, and he has been quoted in places like The Wall St. Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, The New Yorker and Newsweek and ABC’s Nightline. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22727 September 20, Santa Monica -- Co-Founders Wanted of Santa Monica - presented by CoFoundersLab. Looking for a co-founder? CoFoundersLab focuses on more effectively facilitating co-founder matchmaking and they're coming to Santa Monica! The CoFoundersLab matchmaking process works by combining two services: a free, online matching platform at CoFoundersLab.com and in-person Meetups.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22726 September 20, Santa Monica -- Co-Founders Wanted of Santa Monica. The purpose of this in-person Meetup is to help you find a co-founder for your business or help you find a business to join as a co-founder. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22741 September 21, Los Angeles -- Lean Startup Machine. Lean Startup Machine is a three-day workshop where attendees use Customer Development and Lean Startup principles to validate an idea for a new product or service. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22679 September 27, Beverly Hills -- OnHollywood 2012: Where Innovation Meets Entertainment, is a two day executive event featuring high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22593 September 28, Beverly Hills -- OnHollywood 2012: Where Innovation Meets Entertainment, is a two day executive event featuring high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22594 October 3, Hollywood -- Digital Music Forum West. On October 3 and 4, DMW hosts the 8th Annual Digital Music Forum West, where 300+ of the most influential music and digital media leaders gather in the heart of Hollywood to socialize, share ideas, do deals and learn about new technologies and services. This year's event is packed with great content, stellar people and a lot of companies that are new on the music-tech scene so come on out and join us. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22664 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. Safire Partners (http://www.safirepartners.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (http://www.binarypulse.com). 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