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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Banyan Biomarkers Gets $6M For Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury --Sonos Ties Into Hype Machine --Clearlake Capital Buys Electronic Data Discovery Firm --Ceres Names New Board Member --Kurion Names New CEO --Leads360 Becomes Velocify --Gobbler Gains $500,000 More --Fab.com Investment, Faith In Team, Pays Off For Baroda --Dun & Bradstreet Credibility's Stibel Among Ernst & Young Award Winners --Marlin Equity Partners Combines Sycamore Networks, Coriant --DreamHost Launches Conference, DreamCon --Playsino Debuts Bingo World On Nook --Vertos Medical Gets $23M for Spinal Treatments --Silicon Beach Fest Kicks Off Today --Combat Gent Scores $1.84M For Men's Fashion Startup --ThousandEyes, Spawned At UCLA, Raises Funding From Sequoia MARKETPLACE --SBIR Phase II Workshop - Los Angeles, June 20th, 2013 --Don't Miss Silicon Beach Fest - June 19-22 --BUSINESS ROCKSTARS ACADEMY - June 18-30th --SoCal IP Law Group LLP --CLEARSTONE VENTURES: Venture Capital for Technology Innovators --Key Info --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. RECENT JOB POSTINGS RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Technology Fast 500 — Call for nominations Powerful Connections Deadline to submit: June 28, 2013 Submit your nomination for Deloitte's 2013 Technology Fast 500, a list of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology companies in the United States and Canada based on percentage revenue growth from 2008 to 2012. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.fast500.com or contact the Fast 500 team at [email protected]. We look forward to your participation! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Banyan Biomarkers Gets $6M For Detecting Traumatic Brain Injury ---- Carlsbad, California- and Alachua, Florida-based Banyan Biomarkers has raised $6M in a Series A funding, to go towards development of a diagnostic test for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Source of the funding was not disclosed. Banyan Biomarkers said it is developing a blood test which can be used to diagnose traumatic brain injury in patients. The firm said it is currently in the midst of a 2,000 patient, clinical trail funded via a $26.3M contract with the United States Department of Defense. Banyan Biomarkers said its diagnostics test will make it easier for physicians to triage and diagnose TBI. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=51319 Sonos Ties Into Hype Machine ---- Sonos, the developer of the user-friendly, multi-room music systems and related software, said this week that it has tied intoHype Machine, a music discovery tool which searches through music blogs to identify the trending songs and artists people are talking about. According to Sonos, users can access their Hype Machine account and play trakcs, by linking into the Sonos Labs section on the Sonos controller. Details of the deal between the companies were not announced. Clearlake Capital Buys Electronic Data Discovery Firm ---- Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital said this morning that it has acquired Inventus, a provider of electronic data discovery for global law firms. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Inventus is based in Chicago. Inventus will remain headquartered in Chicago, led by current CEO Trevor Campion. Clearlake said its investment group also included Cera Group, a private investment firm based in New York. Ceres Names New Board Member ---- Thousand Oaks-based Ceres, which develops agricultural biotech for the energy crop market, announced today that it has named Daniel Glat to its board of directors. Glat comes from Glat & Associates, an agribusiness consultancy in Brazil, and also has served at Pioneer Hi-Bred International/Dupont. Glat replaces Douglas Suttles, who the firm said is stepping down from the board. Ceres is developing strains of sweet sorghum, high-biomass sorghum, switchgrass and miscanthus specifically tailored for conversion to biofuels. Kurion Names New CEO ---- Irvine-based nuclear waste remediation technology developer Kurion has named a new CEO. Kurion said this morning that it has appointed William "Bill" Gallo as its CEO, with current CEO Ralph DiSibio remaining as Executive Chairman. Gallo had joined Kurion in March as its Chief Operating Officer, having previously served at AREVA Solar. Gallo is based in San Jose. Kurion develops nuclear and hazardous waste management technology. Leads360 Becomes Velocify ---- Sales automation software developer Leads360 said Wednesday that it has renamed the firm to Velocify, saying the new name better reflects its focus on "high-velocity" sales environments. The firm, which is headed by Nick Hedges, develops cloud-bsaed, sales automation and lead scoring sytsems, used to help sales organizations better prioritize leads in an automated manner. The firm said its product is being used by companies such as Allstate, Royal Bank of Scotland, USAA, Nationstar Mortgage and State Farm. Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Volition Capital. Gobbler Gains $500,000 More ---- Los Angeles-based Gobbler, the operator of an online backup and file storage service for creative projects, has raised $500,000 in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. (More...) http://bit.ly/19jf3Zm http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=51297 Fab.com Investment, Faith In Team, Pays Off For Baroda ---- Being a seed investor is a tough job--being early to a company doesn't necessarily mean you'll see a return--and it's usually a long road to see any reward. But, it looks like being a seed investor has paid off for at least one local investor, Baroda Ventures, the venture capital investment fund owned by GeoCities founder David Bohnett. Baroda was a very early investor in Fab.com, which just raised $150M in funding at a $1 billion valuation (More...) http://bit.ly/1202QXo Dun & Bradstreet Credibility's Stibel Among Ernst & Young Award Winners ---- Ernst & Young has announced the Los Angeles winners of its Entrepreneur of the Year awards, naming at least one technology exec to the winner's list, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility CEO Jeff Stibel to one of seven awards. E&Y's list this year included a number of finalists from the LA technology sector, including Dinesh Ravishanker of Callfire; Demian Sellfors of Media Temple; Rick Stollmeyer of MINDBODY; Tim Cadogan of OpenX; Loren Bendele of Savings.com; Walter Driver of Scopely, and Jeff Green of The Trade Desk. Ernst & Young runs its program every year to recognize high growth entrepreneurs. Jeff Stibel is also an active angel investor in many Los Angeles startups. Marlin Equity Partners Combines Sycamore Networks, Coriant ---- Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners is combining portfolio firms Sycamore Networks with Coriant, the company said Wednesday morning. Sycamore was acquired by Marlin in January, and Coriant--formerly a unit of Nokia--had been acquired by Marlin in May. Marlin Equity Partners said it will rename Sycamore Networks as Coriant America Inc. The new company will remain headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass. Sycamore Networks is a developer of optical trnsport products, including optical switches and gateways. DreamHost Launches Conference, DreamCon ---- It's a rite of passage for most technology companies--getting to the size where you have enough users, revenues, and market presence that you can launch your own conference. Los Angeles-based hosting provider DreamHost is the latest local company to hit that milestone, telling its users that it has just booted up its own, user conference, DreamCon, where it will provide presentations to software developers, entrepreneurs, and more. The conference will include a keynote from WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg. DreamHost said the conference will run from August 1st through the 4rd. Playsino Debuts Bingo World On Nook ---- The next time you see someone absorbed reading an e-book on that Barnes & Noble NOOK--look again. They might just be playing a bingo game from Santa Monica-based Playsino. (More...) http://bit.ly/15dTsxk Vertos Medical Gets $23M for Spinal Treatments ---- Aliso Viejo-based Vertos Medical said Wednesday that it has raised $23M in a Series E financing round, to fund the company's expansion in the U.S. (More...) http://bit.ly/190VgRC http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=50377 Silicon Beach Fest Kicks Off ---- It's all Silicon Beach, all the time, for all of the rest of the week as Silicon Beach Fest, the combination conference, networking session, party started by Kevin Winston, kicks off at noon yesterday. (More...) http://bit.ly/1bVWpGv Combat Gent Scores $1.84M For Men's Fashion Startup ---- Need a good suit, and don't know where to go? A new, Los Angeles startup--Combat Gent--has just raised $1.84M to make finding a new suit as easy as a mouse click. The new startup said yesterday that the funding came from MHS Capital, VegasTechFund, Naxuri Capital, Greycroft Partners, Blazer Ventures and Jake Bornstein of Flint & Tinder. The new startup is an outspin of the Fashion Tech Accelerator program. As part of the funding, the company said it has named Enrico Beltramini--formerly of Gucci--as chairman of the board of the company. Combat Gent offers up shirts, suits, ties, and denim to online users. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=51275 ThousandEyes, Spawned At UCLA, Raises Funding From Sequoia ---- A new startup, which was created at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has just raised a first funding round from Sequoia Capital. ThousandEyes, created by two UCLA computer science Ph.D.'s, said it raised $5.5M yesterday for its software for monitoring cloud-based applications in enterprises. ThousandEyes was founded by Mohit Lad, who received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA; his co-founder is Ricardo Oliveira, who also received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA. Both met while at school. The firm's technology was created while the two were at UCLA, originally as Oliviera's project, Cyclops, a network connectivity audit tool he built as a graduate project. ThousandEyes is based in San Francisco. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showco&id=37446 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- SBIR Phase II Workshop - Los Angeles, June 20th, 2013 Every year the Federal Government invests over $2B in Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer projects through 11 Federal agencies. PortTech Los Angeles is offering a workshop to assist applicants with the preparation of effective Phase II proposals. This workshop will provide applicants with the tools, techniques, plans and deliverables to meet the proposal requirements, create the Commercialization Plan and the best practices to maximize the chance of winning an award. Who should attend: Small innovative companies seeking government grants University researchers commercializing technology SBIR/STTR Phase I and Phase II teams Technology based entrepreneurs When: June 20, 2013, 9AM - 3PM Where: PortTech Los Angeles Training Center, San Pedro, CA. 90731 Cost is $225 per individual, plus discounts for teams. Advanced registration is required at: http://PortTechLA.org or by calling 310.519.1801. Only 20 seats are available for this workshop. ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Don't Miss Silicon Beach Fest - June 19-22 Welcome to Silicon Beach Fest, June 2013! Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international. Silicon Beach Fest is created by Digital LA with 15 tracks organized by tech community leaders. Silicon Beach Fest panels take place primarily in Santa Monica at Cross Campus, ROC Santa Monica, and Santa Monica Place. Network at night parties on Wed, Thur, Fri and Sat night. 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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Principal Software Engineer (Windows Drivers), REMOTE from anywhere in USA, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5470 Software Architect (VMware), REMOTE from anywhere in USA, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5474 Junior Software Developer, Burbank, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5484 Senior Test/Development Engineer, Burbank, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5471 Senior Software Engineer, Burbank, Condusiv Technologies http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5469 Senior Project Manager, Los Angeles, Counterpoint Systems http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5495 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 06/20/13 Banyan Biomarkers $6.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51319 06/19/13 Combatant Gentlemen $1.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51275 06/19/13 Vertos Medical $23.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50377 06/19/13 Card Scanning Solutions $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51273 06/17/13 Oculus VR $16.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51268 06/17/13 Nimia $0.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51170 06/17/13 Fullscreen, Inc. $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51168 06/17/13 Salka $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51167 06/07/13 Cool Planet Energy $29.9M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51072 06/07/13 weMonitor $5.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51029 06/06/13 NationBuilder $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=51026 06/05/13 Colorescience $10.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50989 06/04/13 daqri $15.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50896 06/04/13 Surf Air $7.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50895 05/31/13 RadPad $0.2M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50877 05/29/13 Numecent $13.6M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50760 05/24/13 Ad.ly $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50715 05/21/13 Uncovet $1.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=50679 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 June 20, Los Angeles -- SBIR Phase II Workshop. Researchers, entrepreneurs and small business teams can improve their chances of creating a successful proposal for Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grants. Prepare a winning proposal for the $1M Phase II grant to complete research and development. PortTech Los Angeles will host a SBIR Phase II Workshop focused on proper proposal preparation and development of the commercialization plan. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23506 June 20, Santa Monica -- SAM Preccelerator Presents: Brands don't 'happen'. Brands are created. Every day your company's brand your personal brand are being developed whether you like it or not. The time to 'figure out brand' isn't tomorrow, it isn't today. It was yesterday. We'll cover the basics of "Brand 101" and how to build, manage, and grow a brand effectively. John Tabis is Founder & CEO of The Bouqs Company. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23515 June 20, Santa Monica -- Silicon Beach Fest. Silicon Beach Fest celebrates LA’s unique startup entertainment tech community with panels, pitches, and parties. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23522 June 21, Santa Monica -- Silicon Beach Fest. Silicon Beach Fest celebrates LA’s unique startup entertainment tech community with panels, pitches, and parties. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23523 June 21, Santa Monica -- Tech Coast Angels Deal Screening Meeting @ ROC. Invite only. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23371 June 22, Fullerton -- Patents and the Consultant/Entrepreneur. The 2011 American Invents Act and recent Supreme Court decisions have heralded some of the biggest changes to patent law. In the wake of these reforms, inventors need to be more diligent than ever in their pre-filing strategies to protect their ideas. Ms. Li will provide an overview of the changes to patent law, and address common issues that inventors now face concerning patentability, inadvertent disclosures, prior art, ownership, and post-issuance reviewNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23555 June 22, Santa Monica -- Silicon Beach Fest. Silicon Beach Fest celebrates LA’s unique startup entertainment tech community with panels, pitches, and parties. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s first festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica on June 19-22, 2013. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA's digital innovators in tech, entertainment and startups! Attendees and speakers include: Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23524 June 23, Santa Monica -- SMALL BUSINESS BREAKFAST SERIES: HOW TO LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA & COMPETITOR VS. COMPETITIVE MARKET. We return to a “Two Timely Topics”for this Event: How to leverage Social Media for your small business: Media in today’s marketplace; Competitor vs Competitive Market Intelligence Speakers: Jennifer Beever, Founder of New Incite and Seena Sharp, Founder of Sharp Market Intelligence. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23509 June 24, Santa Monica -- Ideas2Apps. Do you have an app idea? If you have been thinking about building an app for sale on iTunes or Google Play Market, this is the event for you. If you have an business and think you need an app (you do- maybe a few) this is also the place to be. How do you protect your app idea? How do you take an idea and build an app? How do you design an app people want to use? How is an app developed? How do you market your app & gain new users? How do you monetize your app? What business functions can you automate with an app? These and more questions are answered June 24, 2013 @ 6:30PM - 9:30 PM. Come learn about the App Development process for you, your venture or your existiing business @ Cross Campus. Michael Devellano is a principal of iworkdigital.com a boutique mobile app development and design shop. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23514 June 25, Santa Monica -- Want to get your Intellectual Property in shape? LAVA. Want to get your Intellectual Property in shape? Weintraub Tobin, Women In LAVA and LAVA Digital Media Group will host "IP Boot Camp” on Tuesday, June 25 where you will learn the nuts and bolts of intellectual property law. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23526 June 25, Los Angeles -- Rapid Growth in LA Tech: What's Next? LA’s tech industry is changing, fast. Even faster than you most likely realize. 2012 was a record-setting year for tech in LA. What does this rapidly evolving environment mean for the future of technology entrepreneurs, engineers, and everybody involved in the industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23492 June 25, Santa Monica -- LA Ad Tech networking mixer returns to BUSBY's West on Tues June 25th. Come network fellow ad tech professionals in the LA areaNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23551 June 26, Santa Monica -- Rapid Learning: Intro to Ruby on Rails Workshop. Coloft Academy. Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular frameworks for developing web applications. It is used by Hulu, Groupon, LivingSocial, YellowPages.com, Square, Visa, and many others. In this class you will learn: How to make a simple dynamic web app using Ruby on Rails What Ruby is, what Rails is, and why use them instead of PHP, Node.JS, Python, or .NET. How to learn to code – there are hacks. Where to go from here to continue learning. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23541 June 27, Culver City -- How to Speak Business: a Translator for IT Professionals. AITP. CIO Malorie Lanthier on How to Speak Business: a Translator for IT Professionals. IT folks, project managers through CIO level complain they can’t get the business to listen to them. The problem is not what we are saying, but how we are saying it. This presentation will give you some practical tips on how to figure out who you are talking to, and how to present your information in a way that will give you the results you are looking for. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23504 June 27, Irvine -- SBIR/STTR Grant Development Series. OCTANe. Please join OCTANe and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering on June 27th for the second session of SBIR/STTR Grant Development Series. The topics that will be adressed at this program include:Building the right team; Selecting the right granting agency; Developing a grant writing strategy. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23537 June 28, Santa Monica -- TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) June 2013. Held the last Friday of every month, TechZulu Final Fridays (#TZFF) are a creative blend between mentorship, networking event, startup showcase, and community celebration. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23544 June 29, Irvine -- Emerging Trends in Sports Technology. EON Reality is hosting the first “Emerging Trends in Sports Technology” Seminar. We will have world leading experts presenting about innovations in sports technology, training, marketing, rehabilitation, sponsorship, social media and advertising. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23517 July 1, Santa Monica -- Pay It Forward for Business . The free “Pay it Forward for Business” events are always based on the strong Santa Monica culture of helping one another in becoming established in their endeavors. Thought leaders in every area of business competence from funding to marketing and everything in-between are joining forces for this year’s event. This year they have over $15,000 worth of prizes and free advice to help you grow your business surrounded by the brightest and best in Santa MonicaNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23556 July 9, Costa Mesa -- PMI-OC July 2013 Dinner Meeting. David Luzquiños and Darrin Ladd, Agile coaches from BigVisible Solutions, will discuss Lean startup methodology and its applicability in real enterprises at the July 9, 2013, dinner meeting of the Project Management Institute’s Orange County ChapterNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23550 July 10, Woodland Hills -- How To Find The Capital Your Company Needs At Every Stage of Its Growth. ACG 101. With the economy showing encouraging signs of growth, business owners and managers are thinking about expansion. Where can they find the capital they need to make that happen? Come find out at the July 10th meeting of ACG 101 at the Warner Center Marriott, where we will explore the various types of growth capital a company can access at different stages of its life cycle. Our panel of experts will explain the criteria that financing sources apply for senior and mezzanine debt, asset-based lending, private equity and venture capital. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23518 July 11, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs. This month's LA CEOs will be a fireside chat with BrainRush CEO Nolan Bushnell hosted by Dynamic Synergy Managing Director Mark Landay. Nolan will share his insights on entrepreneurship, founding Atari, hiring Steve Jobs, finding the next Steve Jobs, and his latest venture leading education technology start up BrainRush. Nolan Bushnell is a technology pioneer, entrepreneur and scientist. Often cited as the father of the video game industry, he is best known as the founder of Atari Corporation and Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater. Mr. Bushnell is passionate about enhancing and improving the educational process by integrating the latest in brain science, and truly enjoys motivating and inspiring others with his views on entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation and education. This event is restricted to funded CEO/CFOs ONLYNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23552 July 11, Rancho Santa Margarita -- 3rd Annual OCTANe Golf Tournament. You’re invited to OCTANe’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament! Team up with your colleagues or come solo, either way you are sure to meet many new business contacts and friends. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23314 July 12, Los Angeles -- LA CTO Forum. LA CTO Forum is a vibrant, private, invite-only network of software CTOs who exchange ideas, share experiences, and help each other when needed. We conduct monthly meetings, quarterly roundtables, and discuss different business and technology topics. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23472 July 16, Los Angeles -- Supporting the Female Ecosystem. Broads Circle. Getting to the ‘hockey stick’ ramp-up in revenue: What does it take to turn the flat line into a growth phenomenon? The Los Angeles Female Business and Capital Ecosystem: Can we get to a shared vision, and find mutually supportive roles in LA business, to build and grow the female business and capital ecosystem. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23520 July 17, Thousand Oaks -- Clean Technology Council Summit. BEYOND ENERGY EFFICIENCY -- Meet Ron Pretlac, Founder & CEO GreenTech Motors -- Learn how serial entrepreneur Ron Pretlac turned GreenTech Motors into a vital energy enterprise by tapping into aerospace innovation and engineering assets to deliver best-in-class commercial cleantech electric motors and power generation systemsNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23553 July 17, Irvine -- PMI-OC July 2013 New Member Orientation. The Orange County Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI-OC) will hold a new member orientation Wednesday, July 17. The orientation will provide new members with information about PMI-OC’s professional development opportunities, programs, and networking events, as well as an opportunity to meet chapter ambassadors. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23511 July 19, Santa Monica -- Tech Coast Angels Deal Screening Meeting @ ROC. Invite only. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23372 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments in and Acquisitions of Growing Software Companies 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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