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AUGUST 3, 2015

Luxe , the on-demand, luxury valet service, said today that it is expanding its service in Los Angeles with a new "Drive Home" service aimed at drinkers in LA. If you've had a little bit to drink while out on the town in Los Angeles to drive home safely, Luxe said it will begin offering service on Thursday through Saturday from 5pm to 2am in Hollywood, and 5pm to 1am in Downtown, which will drive users home safely in their own cars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2015

Most new entrepreneurs assume that great investors will find their startups based on the compelling solution the founders have created. It does happen once in a while, but usually only for entrepreneurs who have already spent money promoting their efforts, and a large amount of precious time connecting with their peers and the investment community. Others spend money on mailing lists and investor contacts and “cold calling” a few thousand people, hoping to find someone willing to take a risk on

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Walnut, California-based WizRocket , a developer of mobile ad technology which helps companies better profile and target customers, has raised $8M in a funding round. The funding came from Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. The funding comes on top of an earlier, unannounced $1.6M seed funding from Accel. WizRocket said Sequoia's Mohit Bhatnagar led the investment.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 3, 2015

Look alive! Its episode 5 of the TechZulu Tech W(rap). From Social Media stocks, Facebook drones to Obama pushing to have the fastest computer in the world. Produced by PodShare’s Elvina Beck and Kera Package for July 27- Aug 2nd, 2015. Referenced Stories / More Info : Social Media Stocks :: [link]. Yelp: [link]. Facebook Drone :: [link]. Drone Shooting :: [link].

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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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AUGUST 3, 2015

Los Angeles-based Soylent , the startup which is looking to replace food and eating with an all-inclusive drink that contains 100 percent of the nutrients a human needs without the need for actually eating food, has rolled out a new version of its product it is calling "Soylent 2.0". The unfortunately named startup--not to be confused with the depressing, dystopian Charlton Heston movie of the identical name--says its new product is entirely vegan, and uses--wait for it--"farm-free, algae source

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 3, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. The Beatles’ Manager, Brian Epstein, was a 30-yr old, former furniture salesman when Beatlemania hit America in 1964. When he was approached by savvy Nicky Byrne to license the Beatles’ name and likeness for various novelty products and toys, he firmly stated that he would not accept a penny less than 10%.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Irvine-based antivirus software developer Cylance has raised $42M in a Series C funding, the company said last week. The funding was led by DFJ Growth, and also included KKR, Dell Ventures, Capital One Ventures and TenEleven Ventures. Cylance says it is using artificial intelligence to predict, identify, and stop cyber attacks on computer endpoints.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi reported another win this morning, with a New York City commercial property leasing and management company. Yardi did not disclose the financial impact of the deal. Yardi said that Sage Realty Corp. ii using its Yardi Voyager platform, for property management, accounting, invoice processing and job costing.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Culver City-based NantKwest , the immunotherapy developer aiming to treat cancer with its technology, said Friday that it raised a total of $22.5M in its IPO, where it sold 9,531,200 shares of its stock at $25.00 per share. The company's stock is now hovering around $30.00 per share. The company's market cap is now around $2.14 billion. NantKest--formerly known as Conkwest--was mostly owned by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong before the IPO.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Are you thinking about moving across town to that new apartment, or buying a new house in a neighborhood? A new, Los Angeles startup HowLoud , says it is developing a service which will figure that out--ahead of time--while you are looking for properties. HowLoud said last week that it is tapping into the database of business information from Los Angeles-based Factual, as well as other data like airport locations, to help come up with a "Soundscore" to indicate how loud an area is.

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