Startups Open Arcades to Play Up Virtual Reality
L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Virtual reality startups open arcades to test how game consumers are for the medium.
L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Virtual reality startups open arcades to test how game consumers are for the medium.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
For this morning's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature the contributions of our readers, we have an article from Wiliam Hsu , co-founder and managing partner of Mucker Capital (www.muckercapital.com). He explains all the ways VCs say "no" without actually using the word "no". You can read the full article at The Cryptic VC's Guide to Saying "No" On Investments in our Insights and Opinions section.
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L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Israeli web development company Wix said last week that it had purchased popular West Hollywood-based online artist platform DeviantArt for $36 million, including $3 million in assumed debt.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Calabasas-based network testing hardware and software developer Ixia said yesterday that it has shifted to a 100 percent, channel sales model for its enterprise customers. Ixia said the adoption of the model was made to show its "unwavering commitment" to its network of reseller partners. Ixia said it has more than 800 resellers who are part of its partner program.
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L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Aerojet Rocketdyne buys missile maker, Snap founders tighten grip on voting power in response to one investor, and how Nasty Gal fell from $85 million in sales to bankruptcy.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Redland-based GIS software maker Esri and the ArcticDEM project, a public-private partnership between the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the Polar Geospatial Center, and Esri, has release a big storehouse of elevation data for the Arctic, the groups said this week. According to the NGA, the release of the elevation data is the largest to date for the project.
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socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Carlsbad-based radio frequency and mixed signal integrated circuits maker MaxLinear has scored a design win with Irvine-based Vubiq Networks , saying this week that Vubiq is using one of its systems-on-a-chip for a new radio link product. MaxLinear said that Vubiq is using its MxL85100 baseband SoC for its HaulPass V10g radio link product. Expected shipping volumes of the product were not announced.
L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
In a move that appears to follow in the footsteps of rival toymakers Lego Group and Hasbro Inc., El Segundo’s Mattel Inc. partnered on Feb. 14 with Chinese e-retailer Alibaba Group to develop content centered on Mattel brands for Chinese consumers.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Marina Del Rey-based Shareability , a startup which focuses on creating viral content, said this week that Rob Reed, the founder and former CEO of MomentFeed, has joined the company as Partner and Chief Revenue Officer. The company said Reed will oversee Sales and Marketing for the company. Shareability said Reed joined the company because "online video is the next big wave of marketing disruption and innovation".
L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Evan Spiegel was in London for the Snap Inc. roadshow, offering up what one local paper called a “sleek presentation.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Justin Mateen , the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Los Angeles-based Tinder , is one of the seed investors in FOSSA , a developer of open source license management software. FOSSA said Thursday that it has raised $2.2M in a seed funding round, which came from Bain Capital Ventures, along with angels Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Steve Chen (YouTube), Jaan Tallinn (Skype), Amr Awadallah (Cloudera), as well as Justin Mateen (Tinder).
L.A. Business Journal
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Bankrupt Breitburn requests more time to file its reorganization plan.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Two publications this morning--the WSJ and the Los Angeles Times , have dissected the fall of Los Angeles-based NastyGal --once, one of the symbols of the rise of Silicon Beach--and how it went from nearly $100M a year in revenue to bankruptcy. NastyGal's Sophia Amoruso had started the company on eBay, took it to the venture market, but was unable to sustain its growth, or loyal customers.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services.
Xconomy
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
A short week makes for a shorter roundup. As we’ve come to expect, however, there was no dearth of health and life-sciences news from Washington, D.C. A bipartisan group of Congress members who oversee health policy countered President Donald Trump’s encouragement of vaccine skeptics ; the real test will be the upcoming budget’s funding of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine programs.
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