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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Startup accelerator operator Techstars has opened up a its second, startup accelerator in Los Angeles today, the Techstars Healthcare Accelerator. The new accelerator is being run alongside Cedars-Sinai , and will focus on health and healthcare delivery. The two said they will provide up to $120,000 in funding for each team in the program, which will run for 13 weeks, from March 28th until June 23rd, 2016, taking 6-10 percent of equity in each startup in the program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. Even those things that worked yesterday may not work tomorrow, as the market matures, the culture changes, and competitors appear with new solutions.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based Vet On Demand announced a new, on-demand pet health app for iOS and Android this morning, which lets pet owners get remote, consultations from veterinarians. The company--which says it is als now offering up its service via a subscription model--lets pets owners directly contact veterinarians for questions. The company says it charges $25 for a 10-minute veterinary consultation, with subscription plans for repeat users expecting multiple calls per month.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Cedars-Sinai today announced its partnership with Techstars to launch their first-ever Techstars Healthcare Accelerator , in partnership with Cedars-Sinai, a three-month program that will enable entrepreneurs to propel the global healthtech industry. Marking the 10 th Techstars corporate program, the accelerator will provide funding, three months of mentorship and guidance from senior leadership at Cedars-Sinai and the Techstars network of more than 7,000 founders, mentors, investors, and corp

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Irvine-based Western Digital announced this morning that it has acquired SanDisk Corporation , the maker of NAND flash memory, in a deal wort $19 billion. Western Digital said it would pay $86.50 per share for SanDisk, split between $85.10 per share in cash and 0.0176 shares of Western Digital common stock for every share of SanDisk. Western Digital said the deal will help it secure a stable supply of NAND memory, at lower cost.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based DigiTour Media , which produces events and concerts centered on YouTubers and other social media celebrities, has reportedly raised around $10M in a funding round, from Viacom, LionTree Entertainment, and Slow Ventures. The investment reportedly gives Viacom a significant minority stake in DigiTour, which is led by Meredith Vallando Rojas.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

El Segundo-based Kaleo Software has raised $7.0M in a funding round, to go towards its employee knowledge sharing software. The funding was led by OMERS Ventures and also included Saturn Partners, Karlin Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Double M Partners and Greycroft Partners. Kaleo Software helps connect employees with a company's other, internal resources and experts.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

San Diego-based tag management software developer Tealium announced Tuesday that it has opened up a new office, in Japan, to expand the availability of the company's software in that country. Tealium also has launched a local language version of its products for the market. The company said it has appointed Andy Clark as its new General Manager of Asia Pacific; Clark previously served at Limelight Networks, Crossbeam Systems, RightNow Technologies, and IBM.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Irvine-based Ingram Micro announced Tuesday that it has acquired Grupo ACAO , a Latin American value-added distributor. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Grupo ACAO is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and carries products from IBM, Oracle, Red Hat, EMC and VMware. The company serves Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador.

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