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JANUARY 29, 2016

In a boost to LA's clean technology industry, energy storage products developer sonnen said this week that it has set up its U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles, to help increase its market presence in the United States. The company, which designs battery-based energy storage devices which use LiFePO4 batteries to capture solar power and supply that power back to a home in the evening, said it will be manufacturing its devices in California.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2016

In business, the only thing that counts is results, not how hard people work or how many hours they put in. Have you noticed in your startup or around your office that some people are always at work and busy, but others seems to consistently get more done? Studies of software teams, for example, show differences as great as ten to one in productivity between working team members.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based Naritiv , a new startup developing a network of content creators for Snapchat, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company said Thursday. The startup--founded by Dan Altmann and Eric Posen--says it is enabling the creation of mobile-first content for Snapchat and other social network platforms. The funding was led by Third Wave Digital and Allen DeBevoise and also included Disney and Luminari Capital.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

A report, issued earlier this week by venture firm the Female Founders Fund , says that Los Angeles, and New York, are better markets than Silicon Valley to find funding for female founders. According to the fund, it tallied up Series A investment rounds across the country, finding that there were five, female-led companies that raised Series A fundings in Los Angeles last year, or 13 percent of deals for the year, compared with only 16 Series A fundings of companies led by females in the Bay Ar

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Advertiser: Aggregage

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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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

The California Public Utilities Commission voted on Thursday to approve new, net energy metering (NEM) rules, which govern how owners of rooftop solar systems are metered by the electric industry, in a ruling which was widely hailed by the solar industry. The ruling on the NEM 2.0 tariff rates governs how rooftop solar energy is metered, including how those rooftop solar energy customers are paid for excess solar energy generated by their panels.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project is in a deal to extend the company's advertising marketplace to linear television, in a partnership deal with AdMore , the companies said this week. Rubicon said it will power automation technology for AdMore, which will allow advertisers to use programmatic buying to target linear TV audiences. AdMore, which is backed by The Carlyle Group and HIG Growth Partners, helps agencies and marketers automate their TV advertising.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

Irvine-based ALPHAEON , a provider of beauty and wellness products which is owned by Strathspey Crown Holdings LLC, said it has acquired Eveo , a provider of software for the healthcare market. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. ALPHAEON said that Eveo was the developer of ShoutMD, an online- and mobile platform that allows physicians to collaborate with the company, share insights, and purchase products from ALPHAEON.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

As part of the city's efforts to make more of its data accessible to citizens and others, the City of Los Angeles rolled out a new site, Los Angeles Geohub , powered by GIS technology from Esri. The new site allows citizens and others pull up a large library of open data, and browse that through a map interface. The data includes everything from ZIP codes in Los Angeles, to high accident rate corridors and the locations of traffic accidents; wineries in Los Angeles; bus routes; volunteer opportu

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2016

Irvine-based Kareo has named Drew Hamilton as its new Chief Sales Officer, the company said this week, to help scale the company's sales organization. Hamilton was most recently Executive Vice President and General Manager of TeleTrac. Kareo is a developer of cloud-based medical office software, and is led by Dan Rodrigues. The company is venture backed by Montreux Equity Partners and Silver Lake Waterman.

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