Benjamin Kuo’s Blog

Awards season is upon us, with the first local awards event of the year from the Los Angeles Venture Association. LAVA awarded its annual awards last night at a dinner in Bel Air, headlined by a Lifetime Achievement Award in Venture Capital to Idealab’s Bill Gross.

Among the other companies recognized at the event:
Best Venture Financing in Biotechnology and Medical Devices: Agensys
Best Venture Financing in Communications and Wireless: Mobile Messenger
Best Venture Financing in Software and Media: Spot Runner
Best Venture Financing in Clean Technology: Ceres
Best M&A Exit: Business.com
Best IPO: Entropic Communications

The LAVA Awards event is the fifth year the group has honored local companies; Doug Burke of Morgan Joseph headed up and was the driving force behind the event, which benefited the nonprofit Union Station Foundation. Among the upcoming awards events: the ABL’s Innovation in Healthcare Awards (April 23rd); the PricewaterhouseCoopers EntretechEntrepreneurship Awards (March 6); and the Technology Council’s 2008 Technology Industry Awards (February 28).

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