socalTECH
JUNE 4, 2015
Los Angeles-based NantHealth , the personalized medicine effort which is one of the companies run by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said today that it is deploying its platform in London, with the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The two said they are working together on precision medicine efforts for cancer patients, using NantHealth's software to help manage cancer care.
Tech Zulu Event
JUNE 4, 2015
If you keep a smartphone or tablet long enough, it loses resale value to the point that it may eventually end up sitting in a drawer somewhere, gathering dust (try selling an iPhone 3 on Craigslist these days…). Technology advances so quickly that within a couple years, many of these devices are pretty much useless for their original purpose. However, with a little bit of ingenuity, you can turn an old iPhone into a high quality home security camera—for free!
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socalTECH
JUNE 4, 2015
West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday. The funding came from Resolute Ventures. Orbitera is led by Marcin Kurc, who had previously been at Amazon Web Services; the company says it was incubated out of software company Boxador Labs.
Berkonomics
JUNE 4, 2015
This week, our guest post is by David Steakley, a past President of the Houston Angel Network, and a reformed management consultant. David is an active angel investor, and manages several angel funds in Texas. . I have a positive fetish for recurring revenue. When I hear a company pitch a business model which I believe has the potential to acquire a customer once, and keep the customer paying for a multi-year period without further marketing expense, my ears perk up.
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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.
socalTECH
JUNE 4, 2015
Irvine-based sales and marketing company Advantage Sales & Marketing said late Wednesday that it has acquired Atlas Technology Group >, a technology company which develops applications for helping retailers improve their product sales in stores. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Atlas Technology Group helps retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers improve their product sales in stores.
socalTECH
JUNE 4, 2015
Pasadena-based Calhoun Vision , a company which is developing implantable, light adjusting intraocular lenses used to treat cataract surgery, has raised $69.0M in a funding round, the company said today. The financing was led by Longitude Capital, and also included H.I.G. BioVentures, Balance Point Capital Partners, and RA Capital Management. The company, led by Rick Heinick, says it is developing a light adjustable lens which can be adjusted by physicians following cataract surgery, to adjust t
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socalTECH
JUNE 4, 2015
FireText , the UK-based SMS marketing service whici s now owned by Santa Monica--based CallFire, said this week that it has integrated its software for customer support software provider Freshdesk , allowing companies to interact with their customers via texting. FireText said the integration allows companies to add text message to their customer service efforts, letting them update, notify, and stay in touch with customers via SMS.
socalTECH
JUNE 4, 2015
Los Angeles-based Mojix , the developer of RFID-based wireless sensors, said it has acquired TierConnect , which develops connected enterprise applications. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. TierConnect was based in Michigan. Mojix said that it will add over 100 software engineers to the company as part of the acquisition, including TierConnect's two founders, Gus Rivera and Terrence Crown.
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