*NEWS: WeWork Confirms New Space in Irvine
WeWork has signed a lease in an office tower at 2211 Michelson Drive in Irvine, according to a SoCal public affairs spokeswoman for the global co-working company. This space will accommodate roughly 1,300 members across three floors and is slated to open
NEWS: Med-Device Startup Modulated Imaging Raises $7M in Series B Funding. Will Use Funds to Move Within Irvine and For Hiring.
A startup that developed a medical device that helps identify patients at risk for diabetic foot ulcers and other vascular complications announced today that it’s raised $7 million in Series B funding. Modulated Imaging COO Richard Oberreiter told OC Startups Now that
OC Tech Happy Hour!!
Details 2019 is going to be a pivotal year for OC Tech Happy Hour. Each month we will be having a social mixer at an exciting venue in Orange County with the usual OC Tech Happy Hour hospitality you've come to expect.
*NEWS: Allergan Establishing Presence in Cambridge, MA — a Hub of Innovation and Science
When Don Frail was hired to conduct R&D at Allergan, a global biopharmaceutical company, he relocated from the Boston area. Now, he’s moving back there and establishing an R&D presence in the Kendall Square section of Cambridge, a “hub of science,
*PEOPLE: Irvine Incubator Appoints New Managing Director
An Irvine incubator has a new managing director. Bob Genthert is now running EvoNexus at the Vine in Irvine. He replaces Alexa Enlow, who joined one of the startups at the incubator, Syntiant, which just raised $25 million in a
OC Tech Happy Hour: 4-year celebration
Details A humble thank you, That first event -- I wasn't sure if anyone was going to show up. We were at the Fashion Island Hotel in Newport Beach and we'd booked the Aqua Lounge bar area. At first, a few people
*NEWS: Co-Working Space Seeks OC Licensees
A co-working company that focuses on female entrepreneurs is looking for licensees in OC. Hera Hub, with HQ in San Diego, is comprised of co-working spaces where entrepreneurial women can create and collaborate in a “spa-like” environment. But the co-working spaces
*NEWS: EvoNexus Incubator Accepting Applications
Irvine incubator EvoNexus (see related story here about the incubator’s latest news) is sending out a call for applications for the next round of startups. The deadline to apply is September 14. The bar is high to get accepted. In its
*NEWS: Education Software Startup Receives Grant
A startup that created software to increase literacy achievement for students in grades K-3 announced a grant of close to $15 million from the U.S. Department of Education. Learning Ovations, with HQ in Irvine, announced in a press release that it
NEWS: EvoNexus Incubators Switch to Equity Model
An Irvine tech incubator that has received most of its space and operating expenses for free from the Irvine Company – and was accepting startups with “no strings attached” - has started taking equity stakes in the startups it incubates,