SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years. This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. or focused on industry or type of company.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Financial details of the deal were not announced, however, Sempra Energy said the two will continue current work researching and developing "innovative solutions" to help shape a lower-carbon future. Sempra Energy is the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric CO. Image: SDG&E community microgrid in Borrego Springs, California).

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MAY 11, 2017

San Diego-based AmpliPhy Biosciences , a developer of therapies for treating drug-resistant bacterial infections using bacteriophage technology, said it raised $9.1M for the company in its IPO. The company trades as APHB on the NYSE Small Cap Market. The company's IPO offering was run by Rodman & Renshaw.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 5, 2023

Public companies looking to acquire your growing enterprise usually have a few financial measures that help them weed out those candidates that will be too expensive in terms of effort or of too little financial attractiveness. That’s quite a goal to achieve. The second rule: The 20/20 rule. Not a bad goal, and certainly not a bad result.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. How about young or pre-revenue companies?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

I am on the board of a services company that specializes in the middle of the market, knowing that very large competitors throw lots of resources at the largest accounts – resources that our company just does not have. [Email readers continue here.]

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MAY 21, 2021

San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences, a developer of biopharmaceuticals for female reproductive health, reported it raised $50M in its previously announced public offering. It said it will net approximately $46.6M The company sold 50 million shares of its common stock, plus two year warrants on up to 50 million additional shares.

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MARCH 23, 2021

Carlsbad-based Design Therapeutics, a company developing treatments for serious degenerative disorders, has set an expected IPO offering range of between $18.00 per share, the company said in a filing this week. The company has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSGN. and $20.00 billion.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2011

The beauty of this method is that it causes the person proposing the solution to think much more deeply than during the development process, unveiling many possible consequences to be considered before implementation of an idea or project. One stated that he asked “what if” the U.S. What if” are two very powerful words when used together.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Laguna Hills-based biotech developer PharmaCyte Biotech said late Monday that the company is shifting to the Nasdaq Capital Market, having been approved to list on the exchange as PMCB. The company, which currently trades OTCQB, is focused on developing cellular therapies for cancer and diabetes. Wainwright.

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APRIL 20, 2020

Costa Mesa-based artificial intelligence software developer Veritone --which is publicly traded on the NASDAQ as VERI--reported that it has received a total of $6.5M The company said the loans, from Sunwest Bank, will allow it to continue operations without salary reductions, layoffs, or furloughs.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Los Angeles-based Oblong, which develops futuristic collaboration systems, said on Monday that it has raised $12.4M The publicly traded company--which trades on the Nasdaq as OBLG--said it sold 4,000,000 sahres of its common stock at a purchase price of $3.10

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MARCH 16, 2021

Los Angeles-based Magnite, the sell-side advertising software developer which was previously known as Rubicon Project, says it has priced an offering of $350M in convertible senior notes. The company said the convertible note offering was made to qualified institutional buyers. The company trades as MGNI on the Nasdaq.

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MAY 18, 2021

San Diego-based Evofem Biosciences, which is developing biopharmaceuticals for women's contraception and related areas, says it has priced a $50M, public offering, and also will receive up to an additoinal $50M upon exercise of accompanying short-term warrant.

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MAY 14, 2021

According to Cohu, it sold its Printed Circuit Board Test Group (PTG) business to Mycronic AB, a Swedish company involved in development, manufacture and marketing of production equipment, including atg Luther & Maelzer GmbH and other affiliated entities and assets. The deal is worth $125M in cash.

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JULY 24, 2019

the parent company of Snapchat , says its daily active users (DAU) increased by 8 percent year-over-year, to 203 million users. The social media and communication software developer announced the numbers in its second quarter 2019 financial results. Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. ,

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Berkonomics

JUNE 20, 2019

Should be an easy fix for companies making annual net profit. Companies that are successful with their first product must begin thinking about the costs of additional products or of that product’s replacement well before any evidence of a peak in sales is noticed. Not so much, as our rear view mirror makes obvious.

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JUNE 4, 2019

The company reported a net loss of $31.02M in 2018 on revenues of $8.5M; the company's current revenue stream includes both license fees and grants. Inhibrx develops protein engineering technology used in biopharmaceuticals research. The IPO is being underwritten by Evercore ISI, Barclays, Nomura, and Raymond James.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based Phyn , which develops "smart home" technology to both monitor water usage and also help prevent major water damage, has inked a deal with an insurance company to offer up its technology to consumers. The company is backed by plumbing giant Uponor, and is a spinout of Belkin International. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Irvine-based Viant Technology, a developer of advertising software, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. The company is led by CEO Tim Vanderhook. The company reported $9.9M

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based AlphaTrAI , a fintech startup which is backed by venture capital investor Analytics Ventures, says it is launching its own, extrenal fund, and is expanding its leadership team. the founder of Hightree Advisors, to its advisory board.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Santa Monica-based game developer Activision Blizzard says it is slashing 8 percent of its staff, or nearly 800 employees, as a part of a restructuring effort at the company. The move comes even as Activions Blizzard reported record net revenues in 2018 of $7.50 bllion, up from the $7.02 billion it had in revenues for 2017.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter.

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JULY 15, 2010

Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. Did we miss your favorite tech company which wouldn't exist without Hollywood? Let us know in the comments below!).

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Allen , the founder of Mojave-based Stratolaunch , one of Southern California's new crop of aerospace-meets-technology companies, has died at the age of 65, according to a statement from his family issued late Monday. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, and had a net worth of an estimated $20.7 READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , which develops very easy to use, connected whole-home speaker systems, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing on Friday that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The company has applied to list as SONO. The company had a net loss of $14.2M

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Xconomy

JANUARY 4, 2019

When it comes to developing and promoting innovation, external factors beyond the control of company founders, investors, and other business leaders can also determine whether a startup succeeds or fails. Xconomy: Has the Trump era been good or bad for your company? Manoj Saxena , CognitiveScale chairman.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Pasadena-based Episona has raised $4M in seed funding, to go towards expansion of its male fertility testing product, Seed, the company said last week. According to Episona, the funding came from the Pasadena Angeles, as well as other high-net worth individuals from Pasadena and San Francisco. The company is led by Dr. Alan Horsager.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Pasadena-based Axial Biotherapeutics , a biotechnology company which is focused on developing treatments for Parkinson's disease and Autism Spectrum Disorder, has raised $25M in its Series B funding round, the company announced this morning.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion. Honey was founded in 2012 by George Ruan and Ryan Hudson.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based Manalto has raised $1M in a seed funding round, for the company''s social media content management software. According to Manalto, the funding came from Europlay Capital Adivsors, Raven Capital, as well as high net worth individuals from Australia. The company splits its operations between Santa Monica and Australia.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Santa Barbara-based software developer AppFolio announced on Monday afternoon that it has named Jason Randall as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as new member of the company's board. Randall is replacing President, CEO, and director Brian Donahoo, who AppFolio says is retiring from the company.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Research is paramount, and sources are everywhere, especially for public companies and large investment firms. You can list companies you know, have contacts within, or that fit your industry segment. What would the candidate want from your company in a transaction?” The net result of this exercise. Think carefully.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

Veritone is a developer of artificial intelligence software used to analyze audio, video and other data sources. Wazee Digital had net revenues of over $19M in 2017, according to the companies. Veritone said it paid $15.0M for Wazee Digital, split between $7.5M in cash and $7.5M in Veritone common stock.

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MARCH 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based advertising exchange and technology developer OpenX said on Tuesday that its net revenues rose to $172M in 2017, as it saw 20 percent growth in its revenues for the fourth quarter. The privately held company said the results represented its tenth straight year of growth.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

in a funding round, the company said this morning, to go towards the development of its platform for managing data from cardiac devices. The company said the funding came from high net worth individuals, including cardiologists, physicians and successful technology entrepreneurs. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based financial automation software developer BlackLine has boosted its leadership in the Asia Pacific region, saying on Monday that it has named Terry Smagh as Senior Vice President overseeing its Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Smagh will be based in Singapore.

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