Entretech
October 7, 2008

Upcoming Events

Avery Dennison Strategic Partnering Opportunity
Avery Dennison’s Office & Consumer Products Division is looking to identify innovative companies in key areas of interest to form mutually beneficial strategic partnerships with rapid revenue and growth potential.

For more information, Click here or call us at 626-356-9933

LA Tech Week
Featuring L.A., the Automobile and the 21st Century

LA Technology Week, October 22, 12.00 pm – 4.30 pm, features “LA, the Automobile and the 21st Century” with keynote speeches, panel discussions and innovative technologies on show; speakers include Geoff Wardle, Art Center College of Design, Steve Fambro, Aptera, Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla Moters and Dave Barthmus, GM with moderator LA Times Pulitzer Prize-winning auto journalist Dan Neil. Program highlights include a FREE Technology Fair on the grounds of the BTC with innovative technologies from JPL, Aerovironjment as well as efficient gas, electric and fuel-cell concept vehicles.

New Members
Entretech is pleased to welcome its newest members, Koch Genesis and Vantage Media

Koch Genesis Company, LLC
Koch Genesis Company, LLC is an entrepreneur-centric firm providing direct capital investments in early-stage companies with substantial, revolutionary ideas. We are investing with proven entrepreneurs who have the integrity, vision, passion and expertise to build sustainable companies that can create new markets, displace industry incumbents, and generate significant returns. We will look for disruptive innovations across a broad spectrum of business areas in which Koch companies have existing capabilities such as refining and chemicals; fibers and polymers; forest and consumer products, chemical processes and specialty materials. Our investment focus is grounded by capabilities rather than bounded by industry. Our investment focus is grounded by capabilities rather than bounded by industry.

For more information about Koch Genesis, please visit them at their website: www.kochgenesis.com.


Vantage Media
Based in El Segundo, CA, Vantage Media is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated media and marketing firms in the U.S. The company’s proprietary online marketing technology has been developed over six years and has been effectively used to partner with over 100 major brands within the education, home services, finance and insurance, and consumer services verticals. With expertise in search, email, display and other online marketing capabilities, Vantage Media delivers highly qualified consumers to its clients in large volume with quantifiable and measurable ROI. Vantage Media recently topped Deloitte's Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 and ranked tenth in the nation. Vantage Media was also named to the Inc. 500 and ranked fourth among Inc. Magazine’s Top Companies in Advertising and Marketing.

For more information about Vantage Media, please visit them at their website: www.vantagemedia.com.


Materia Announces Army Funding for the Development of Fire-Resistant Fuel Additives
PASADENA, CA -- (Marketwire – October 1, 2008) - Materia announced today Army funding for the development of fire resistant fuel additives. As described by the Army, enemy combatants target fuel tanks so that small munitions and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) can cause great loss of life through explosive fuel combustion. Novel additives could provide superior protection against these ballistic-initiated incendiary threats.

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Caltech Solar Project Receives City Rebate
PASADENA, CALIF. - The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and EI solutions, a leader in solar solutions, announced today that the City of Pasadena has granted a rebate to the city's largest-ever solar-energy facility as part of the Pasadena Water & Power Pasadena Solar Initiative (PSI) program. The facility is located on top of Caltech's Holliston parking structure and will begin operation in the next few months. The project is the city's first large-scale power purchase agreement in the area. An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place November 4.

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For Women Entrepreneurs
Check out these Astia programs for raising money and excellent networking
-it Conference
-Astia Awards Dinner
-Doing it Right

GreenTech 2008 Presentations
Available Online

Learn about fast track companies with products that will impact the marketplace in 3–5 years.:


Congratulations to the Winners of the 5th Annual PricewaterhouseCoopers Entretech Entrepreneurship Awards
Celebrating Entrepreneurial Business Excellence in the Greater Los Angeles Technology & Life Sciences Industries

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Caltech Industrial Relations Center
Sponsors Online Community for Strategic
Marketing of Technology Products


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