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MARCH 30, 2016

The LA Dodgers Sports and Entertainment Accelerator has opened up applications for a new class of startups, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and R/GA Venture said they plan to run another startup accelerator class. According to the LA Dodgers and R/GA, it will select five to seven startups in this new class, giving them access to both the executive leadership team of the Dodgers and its business units, plus access to marketing, branding, design, and technology services.

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MARCH 30, 2016

$30 million. That’s how much Invoca raised and we’re announcing it today.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Los Angeles-based Fullscreen is getting set to launch its own video streaming service, starting next month, and will charge $4.99 a month for streaming access to both original and licensed content. Fullscreen, which detailed its plans today for the service, had announced plans for the streaming service in September. The new service is expected to debut on April 26th.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2016

Intuitively, many entrepreneurs and businesses believe that the key to faster growth and success is more products, features, and markets. Since we all have limited resources, and can’t add more hours to the day, the result is usually more things done poorly, rather than a few key things done better than anyone else. The message here is focus , reiterated by every advisor and investor.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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MARCH 30, 2016

San Diego-based Zavante Therapeutics , a biopharmaceuticals firm developing injectable antibiotics, has raised $45M in a Series A financing round. Zavante said the investment was led by Frazier Healthcare Partners and Longitude Capital, and also included Aisling Capital. The new funding included $35M in new investment, and $10M in conversion of existing convertible notes.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 30, 2016

When people express concern about how smartphones are damaging our young people, I laugh. This anxiety that the internet is going to ruin real human interactions is reminiscent of parents in the 50s who were worried that Elvis shaking his hips was the devil. Let’s be very clear here. Being concerned about cultural progression “damaging us as a society” always repeats itself with the current trend and will continue to play itself out again and again and again.

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MARCH 30, 2016

$30 million. That’s how much Invoca raised and we’re announcing it today. It is an heroic accomplishment in a brutal fund-raising market in which only market leaders can bring in that sort of money. But the story started more than 6 months ago. And the narrative may tell you something about your own journey one day. We started planning our fund raising as much as 14 months ago.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Online shopping giant Amazon.com is opening up a new fulfillment center in San Bernardino, the company said on Wednesday, which will be the e-commerce giant's seventh facility in California. Amazon said the new, 1.1 million square foot center will pick, pack, and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and toys, and will create more than 1,000 full time positions.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Younity , the personal media server and sharing software which is the flagship software of Encinitas-based Entangled Media, is now available on Android, according to Entangled Media. The software, which is free, let users access media files--such as music, photos, and other information--from their own computers and devices, without uploading them to the cloud.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Culver City-based Sony Pictures Home Entertainment says it is planning to roll out a new, 4K Ultra HD moving streaming service on April 4th. According to Sony, the new movie streaming service, ULTRA , will debut on the Sony 4K Ultra HD TV with Android TV. The company said a "variety" of movies will be available for purchase and playback in 4K Ultra HD.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Los Angeles-based medical device developer Neural Analytics says this morning that it has added former Motorola CEO Ed Zander as a corporate strategy advisor for the company. Zander also served as President of Sun Microsystems, and is an active investor in early stage technology companies. Neural Analytics said Zander will help the company as it prepares to launch its products.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , the developer of call tracking software used by marketers, has raised $30M more in a Series D funding, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, along with Accel Partners, Upfront Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures and Stepstone. Incova said it has now raised a total of $60M in funding.

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